The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-02-24

which they were parties. The latter testified
that In 1875, either late in February or early
In March, Joyce had sent him to the sub
Treasury with 1000 in small bills, to get
two $500 bills; when he returned Joyce put
the $500 bills in two envelopes-one Mas d.
rected to w. y. Avery, and the other to Gen.
O. e, Babcock, Washington D. e., each en-
velope having personal" on the left-hand
corner and told. witness to put them ID the
i letter boz box . Viii. h. dix, Joyce watch.
efice; the envelopes had stamps on
them. On the cross-examination, Ever
eat said at the time he returned with the two
$500 bills, the envelopes were lying Or
Joyce's desk; when he handed the bills TO
Joyce witness watched him closely; he
Joyce first took the two envelopes up, and
then took the paper out Of one of them and
put bill in; did not see him put the other
bill In the other envelope, and Is NOT posi-.
tive he did put it in, nor did he
know which envelope 1t was ne saw
ton the witness f explained that JOYCE was
standing up at his desk when he put the
money 10 the envelope, and, after placing
one bank note In one of the envelopes, he
turned partially around, Sd that the witness
saw only part Of the envelope, and did not
zee the other bill put into it.
H. 2. Alexander, teller 10 the sub Treasury,
testified as to giving two $500 bills to man
whom he did not know, about year ago,
but could not identify Everest as the man;
rather thought he was not the man.
| Frazer, the distiller, recouDted the history
OF the whisky conspiracy, but knew nothing
in any way relating to Gen. Babcock.
| FOURTH DAY.
Maj. E B. Grimes, Depot Quartermastcr
in the United States army, stationed at St.
Louis, testified that last fall, while In that
city, Gen. Babcock had said to him that he
would probably want to send some letters or
packages through him (witness) to other
parties, and that a short time after he re-
ceiv. q letter signed 0. E. Babcock, inclos-
ing one marked Mcdonald, with request to
deliver the same, which witness did. A few
days later he received two other letters at
different times, addressed to Mcdonald,
which he delivered. On the cross -ex amina-
tion witness stated that, in a conversation
between himself and Mcdonald, when he
delivered the letters, the latter had stated, In
reply t. q question, that he did not believe
Gen. Babcock knew anything about the
whisky ring. On the redirect examination
witness said Mcdonald had also sta ted that
he (McDonald) knew nothing about such
ring.
b. H. Engelke, rectifer, testified az to the
money raised by distillers aud rectifers for
| revenue agents, and said he had seen, in
whole or in part, kilograms, or what pur-
ported to be kilograms, in the hands of Joyce.
informing him of the contemplated visits Of
| revenue agents.
H. C. Rogers, Deputy Commissioner of In
te-nal Revenue, and ex-Commiseioner of In
ternal Re venue Douglass testifit as to the
| suspending of the orders made last winter
| for the transfer of Internal Revenue Super
| visors. After the transfer had been deter.
mined on Mr.. Douglass had conversation
with defendant, the latter calling witness at.
tention to the subject, and saying the trans
| fer was an unwise measure and would result
| IN bringing such strong pressure on the
President that the order would have to be re-
| called. The Presidents revocation of the or
der was then read, and witness identified tel
Joyce and Mcdonald, and others sent by him
| to those parties.
| FIFTH DAT.
The cross-examination of ex.Com'r. Doug.
l'ss was completed in few unimportant
questions. On the redirect examination he
testified that an Endorsement on an affidavit
made in 1873, purporting to be charges made
by Lindsay Murdoch, Collector of Internal
Revenue in Southeast Missouri, against
Joyce and Mcdonald, showed that such
velope containing the affidavit was indorssd
| by e. c. Sniffln, the Presidents private secre.
tary, and the prosecution proposed to read
| the document, showing that in 1873 the
charges had been sent to the Executive Man.
sion and had gone through the departments,
| but witness was allowed to testify only as
| above.
Nearly the entire morning session was
taken up in trying to trace, through the tele-
graph clerks of St. Louis and Washington,
and also by the doorkeepers and messengers
of the Executive Mansion, certain kilograms
not yet admitted, to prove that they were re-
ceived and sent back and forth between
Messrs. Joyce and Mcdonald in St. Louis,
and Gen. Babcock in Washington. finally,
! the defense waived this proof as to one dis.
patch, and allowed the following, admitted
to be in Gen. Babcocks handwriting, to be
read.
c., ,o,, x WAsa1se1os' D. 6: Dec 49, 1874.
you. igned) sYtrH.
| Before this was read the defense announced
that they proposed to make a lengthy legal
argument against the admission CT the other
kilograms, and perhaps they might wish to
include the "sylph' dispatch in those ob
jected to. The defense wished to reserve that
point.
Deputy-Com'r Rogers was recalled, and
testified that he had q conversation with
Gen. Babcock with regard to the transfer Of
Revenue Agents, and that the latter had ex-
pressed his regret at the issuing of the order
for such transfer, as it would bring political
pressure on Douglass, and he would he forced
10 revoke the order, and that would work dis
astrously to him. On the cross-examination
WITNESS said Gen. Babccck expressed great
htencship for MIR. Douglass.
| The defense made strenuous opposition to
the admission of the dispatches alleged to
have passed between Messrs. Joyce, Melon
aid and Babcock, and Insisted that they
should require not only proof Of the author
ship and transmission by telegraph, but that
the dispatches were actually placed in the
hands Of the persons to whom they we're adj
dressed; they also objected to the relevancy
OF the dispatches. 1t was then agreed that
the dispatches should be grouped together
and the question of their delivery, etc., and
their relevancy, should be argued Ut the same
| time.
PRESIDENT GRANTS DEPOSITION.
A Washington Associated Press dispatch
of the 18th says the Presidents deposition
was taken Oh that day ut the Executive Man.
sion. There were present Chiefly stice Waite,
Sec'y BristOw, Atty.-Gen. Pierrepont, Col.
William A. Cook Zone of Gen. Babcock's
counsel(, aud MIR. Eaton, who represented the
prosecution. The oath was administe red by
The Chief Justice, and the examination de-
\eloped the facts that Gen. Bsbcock had not
Influenced or attempted to influence the Exec.
| utlve in the selection of any official invol. ed
in the so-called Whisky Ring; that he had
not interfered in any manner to cause
| the suspension of the celebrated order for
snS " AAeISA VI ouPCIfAbOEs, UuI tuaL Tue rev.
ocation was directed by the President him.
self, in order that, suspicion being removed
from the minds Of those engaged in the
frauds, they might the more readily be de-
| tected In their efforts to cheat the Govern
| ment out OF the revenue on distilled spirits;
that the President still had implicit confidence
In the integrity of Gen. Babcock, aud was sat
| isfied with his explanation of the dispatches
| which have formed SO important an element
| in his prosecution. The cross examination
elected nothing of importance, but devel-
oped the fact that il there lad been anything
wrong OH the part Of Gen. Babcock, which
the President emphatically stated he did not
believe, it was entirely without the knowI-
edge Of the Executive. The President stated
that during the twelve years that Gen. Bah
cock had been intimately associated with
him, he had not learned anything calculated
to impair his confidence In Els integrity.
SIXTH DAY.
After the conclusion Of the arguments Is
to the admissibility Of the dispatches, Judge
Dillon decided In favor Of their admission,
and they were subsequently, read in Court,
and comprised various kilograms from