, 1876-11-28

staltfy alll encourage llInl to stand firm.
Through this g0-bctween, lIabcock held co.l.
him wth confidence In tho anal result. IL the
meantime it wns arranged tllat Avery should
employ Judge Krum, ot st. Louis, as his attor.
ncy krnni lal bcen olccted Circuit Jndgo Of
pusitioa but he [laa resigned II orlar to l,ecomu
the attorney u tho Whlslsy-1stng conspirators.
lie WIS retained by Mcdonald, joyce, aud all
the principal atstIllers ana revenue officials. All
tho Starekcepers anu t'a!IEcrs VINO Wers indtct.
etl were told to retau Krum, and, II they said
they were without The nloncy to pay the rsta!t,-
or, $luV It wns furnished them. Ksi,n Ind long
l,ren tho particular friend ut Grant, mud had at
tended to his business III st. Louis, even driving
out upca eyorY week or ton days to l9ok after
Ills faru, which Is distnnt about Mnr mica Iron.
tho city. Avery wanted ben Butler, al,l sD
ulA his wife, but both Rabc0cE au.l Luckily
advised uganst It; and said kru!u was sufficient
tint there was no casc aEatnst him; that It would
only be an additional and nscless expense tn re-
tall another lawyer. stilI nt tho earneat solicit
tatun OF his wife. Avery raised s5o' and retained
Gen. Muttcr; but when the trial came on, But
jpr, although, furnished with tlckct mud sleep
Iugu pass to b. Louis, faliel to put In An a,-
pcaralru, very much to hts unfortunate clients
icEret. Up to the very time al tlo trial. luckny
kept ut Avory'S car to encourages and hold Out
fnlsu hopes. A day or two bet0re Avery's trtal
commenced, Luckuy camo to II. Louis aud re-
,nniucl there I'LL alter Avery WIS convicted, aud
| al1 the tt,n0 was ia constant communication by
| cipher telegrAlIiS With BAbcock. Avery trusted
Kr,m entirely, and placed all tho lr,ters he had
received irunl Joyce. Mcdonald, nn1 liabcuck in
Ills hands, to ho used IN his uefcnss II It became
necessary. They would, with corru6orative
| testimony, have proved perfect dcfensc, b.-
cause they would have shown concnslyeiy TINT
hv had steadily and perslAtently refused To glyo
tne information which the cOnsprators wanted
III lla WIS Instructed 80 to do by tho President
Of the Untte1 States. But
JUp1H KHUM WAS ANXIOUS AhoVk ALL TO Plto-
rkcr TIE PRESIDENT AND uAHCOck.
After tho trlegrains VI Joyce to BaDeock and
The Sylph dispatch had bern put In cytlehec In
bis caao by Henderson, Avery was urged by hts
wifo to t...st OH the use Of The Joyce and Dab-
cock letters, but Judge Kru,n only placed thTre
Of tbs unlmportant Jaycu letters in evidence,
! carefully Withholding aiong. With tho rest the
one tnGlorscl BY Grunt. The request whlch
Avery haa made was communicated By krum
! to LNckey, and OF course he WIZ alarmed. They
rcassurr4 Avery by telling HIN that he would
get new trial, and tllcn, the excitement having
died ont somewhat, he would certainly DO al
quilted But from that hour Luckey aud Bah
eock began to work upon Avery to Induce HIN
10 destroy all letters III hfa possession. Tie
following letter fron Luekey Is 3 specimen Of
the communications almost dally addressed to
Avery inter hts convictions:
ExEcrrtyk MAAsFoN, Ot, III. ncc. 8, 1878
DEAR BILLY: have not YET met man who sayd
ihere II any earthly ahaw " eass agalnas you.
saw Bradley tone u iabcocks lnwysrs) last night.
] don't anticipate my nnfatoraele results, Tue