The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-13
ONE OF BABC0CK'S PALS.
A STATE PRISON CONVICT IN YER
MONT UNLO1DS.
Miles. the Bnrre Bank Nobber. Confr--c- his
Cnnpiicity In the Washington safe Bur-
slaiv-H WINS Bubcock who Measured
the BurgInr when he Bccnmo Frightened.

sIaiv-It WINS Bubc0ck who Rcassured
the BurgIar when he Bccnmc frieht'ned'
From n, Herdm
WINDSOR, VT, April 1.-THE Washing
Ion safe burglary revelations seem to implicate
In that nefarious job George Y. White, atlas
Miles, the man recently convicted I'm vermont
Tor bank burglary and under sentence ~ four
teen years i'm, rsonment lie was the chiof
operator In the burglary conspiracy. being the
person who d" did the job " Of hreakina open the
safe In the District Attorneys ONCE AT WeSh-
lnrton. a..
lis place Of confinement Ia In this town, nnd II
has cen funured that his v"rsi, u OF ne hlstoIN
" the conspiracy miPht he ohta'heu Nv s'c'"E
Making mysclf known to the Superintendent,
texplaincd To- HIM fulN .inu ireeIl tne uuJ, " W
INV visit. stating that J. would NE 20 ue per
mitted to talk with Mile. on tho Washington
safe burflaly. and that ~ Miles woulu consent
to an Interview Of brief duration, would only
uuest'on MIN upon that topic, covering any
POINTS which he might wish t. talk about Tho
Superintendent said thst Miles was nj work In
the shop. and th9t my request seemed not u be
Unreasonable. Sever ] weeks ago, 1t seems,
Miles, IT. n strictly confidential manner had IN
timated that he knew the VIII 'e history Of the
All iir from its inception, and had made some
very astonishing and seemingly truthful state
ments to him. These statements, which Miles
made weeks ago. the superintendent informs
me, cortoborate substantially the facts as pre-
scented to the Congressional committee by Whit
ley aud others. and which, II true, implicate
Gen. Babcock IN the business.
Inc sup riutenutnt ana entered tnO priSOn
door leading INTO the dOrmitory: The prisoner
was sent for. Superintendent bailey met and
greeted Miles as he entered lie was cleanly
shaven, his h tr was short cut and he wore the
prison regulation suit. | sat some nftecn var "a
from the doorway where Miles entered: Tho
SUPERINTENDENT explained fully TO Miles the ma
turo of my visit. aud for several minutes Miles
WAS I'm earnest conversation with him. Finally
he consented to be introduced 10 me, and the
formalitv was soon through with Miles remark
ing, " have changed NY clothes withln the
past fortnight" The prisoner then TOOK chair.
Asst.g NNNtfr alUTnY nFNh AF al hn
seated. the following conversation TRANSFERRED;
~ THE jon.
Reporter Miles. | have called at the prison to-
day to get permission from Superntendcnt
BAILEY to talk with you about the Washington
sife burglary case. miles smiledD presume
you have learned from the Superintendent the
object Of nv Visit. and before we 90 any further
In this matter wish to say tina: shall Keep In
good it'll any statements you may make II you
time. within the past week the bottom has
fallen out If the whole conspiracy and the par
ties implicated have been discovered through
ex Detective whitley a evidence, supported by
documentary evidence very dAmaeIng TO GER
tain high officials and exon Halls Of the Govern
snent.
Miles-wel 90 ahead with what you want to
ask me. Here | am in prison. and think the
,usi how | stood in that safe breaking job.
Report.r--Were YOU employed IN the sO-called
safe burglary Joo and did you do ~
Repotter- who employed you to do this job ?
Mles-weil. was hired by Harrington. As
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the contractor. knew all about it.
Reporter wnen and now were you first APP
preached about this businessr
Miles | was sent for b. Col. whitley to come
TO his ufce at ~ Beecker street, New York. |
have known Whitley quite Ion. time, and
know whet, he lived at Cambridge, near Boston.
In response to Whitley 3 message tn Il he wanted
10 me at lis Office | called on him, lie
sail, when asked him what he wanted OF ne.
"Georgc. there is an Investigate ON foot at
Washington which VIII eventually implicate
como of the prominent officials OF the national
fear that tbs uye-tigation will prove dis 4strOus
TO thoul, want To have the force Of the investi
cation Dr ken; and. Miles, you understand what
mean. want you to go forthwith to Nettle-
ship and learn the particulars End EXPLANATORY
deiails ihcre have several rians heen suggested.
bur nothing has been positively d termined upon
rs to when II them Is best.
Nr1Ttrsnir's SUGGESTION.
Reporter DIG YOU call on Nettleshp and tell
him what ol. Whitley toid you!
Miles Yes. Gid.
Reporter Ia, DID Ncttleship say1
Miles lie stated that the Investigation prom
ised serious consequences u certnin officials
that there were several plans suggested To break
thouRht Miles the man 20 engineer II. Tho plan
most likely TO be pursued was to get certain
books AMI ;papers oeloneine 70 tho District AT:
tcrney Ht Washington into the possession Of
& lumbns Alexander, prominent man, who
was pushing the Investigation.
Reporter-D Did tie sa7 how you were to go
about getting possession OF these papers and
MIles-At this interview with Nettleshlp the
safe breaking Jop was not menliOned.
Reporter When WAS It trst mentioned to YOU
thIt 10 get at these papers and books the Dis
trict Attorneys safe would have to be broken
Miles-wer, | had several conversations on the
subject OF obtaining the books and papers, and
Mhen was nearly ready 10 leave New YORK for
Washington, ketiltship tod me, for tle first
time, Tn Il the plin as sgfeed upon was 10 break
open the Distinct Att, rnev'- safe, abstract the
books ana take chem to Columbus Alexander's
house.
Rcportcr-Then Nettieshlp IN &c tho safe.
breaking suggestion 10 YOU
Miles y es. sir.
Miles Ibis somewhat surprised me. But
after got the fIii detail, from Nrttlcship about
breaking mo me safe went III in search OF
Benton, and alter nudlng Benton told Benton
what was about to lie zone. We struck A
bargain e"plo,ed Benton to assist me. ABOUT
SIX days before the ioa was undertaken went
to Washington nr-i, and Benton followed me in
day OF two.
Ecpurter-When YOU ur wed Ut Washington
whom did you seer
HARRlNGTON ARHANGIS THE DETAILS
Miles -Nettle.hip introduced me u Harrlng-
con, aud af,es this introduction the details and
suggestion about ~" J1o came from iiarring-
ton. Now. right here. let me state the part
Mike HAYS WAS 10 Ike HAYS WIS to engineer
the esdin- II Alexander into the trap wnicn
Reporter Then YOU aud Harrington talked 1t
over ami understood eacn othor thorougnlyf
liepolter- Now, viii YOU tell ire precisely what
Harrington sug-c-tcdf
Miles Yes. Harrington and talked over the
ing omen the sale anu taking the books and
papers.
Reporter Harrington, in this conversa.
tion, state 10 you explicitly why such scheme
WIS set on fOuty
Mles-Irs he told me one Of the reasons was
that the memorialistS were Jews and uenuriOus
people, and were opposed 10 improvements AT
Washington. aud this invest CATION would have
20 have IT. force broken to throw stigma upon
those pushing tie lnYestigattun.
Heportei- DID You ever have n talk with Gen
BibcocA
Miles-well will ten YOU how matters stood
When had been In Washington "A day or two
saw that NettlesiiD began to show tho white
feather. did not Ike the thing. | grew anxiOu.
about the looks Of Things, and went up to liar
TingtOns to tell him how felt In the matter
HabcOck was Al IlaTngton's when got there
We three sat together, the same as We three sil
nerr this afternoon. Harrington AMI Bahcock
both head me through, and Harrington assured
ne that everything was straight, and he would
acc me protected 10 the end; whereupon Gen
Bst corl, spoke up and a. .urcd me that what
ever promises were made TO me b. Harrington
u0uld be strictly adhered to.
Reporter Then liabcock was present at Har
ingtOn's and heord what YOU told him abou
Neitlrship and tue dounts you had about straight
SWiiugf
Miles-les he heard all about il.
DREAMING OPEN THE SAFE.
Repor.er- hen you went on with the inten
Nn.aaa faIs a NNaar b.