The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-01

!, z. What were you to do? A. wa
/ simply to visit the District Attorney
office, as l had the run Of the office there
|. and see what evidence there was.
Q. Did you go there and get hold ofit
/. A. l did.
t Q. With the consent Of the District At
:. torney?
A. No sir.
9. YCugOt it surreptitiOusly then?
= Q. Did you furnish what you got to Col
l Luckey?
p A. l did; that was in November at the
: Lindell Hotel.
: @. Was there any other person connect
l ed with Col. Luckey that you knew Of
: A. A gentlemen named A. G. Bradley, o.
!. Washington, who said he was acting a
! one OF the counsel for Gen. Babcock.
| @. What information did you furnish
/ Luckey? Al told him evidence against
Babcock, which at that time was weak
, did not give him copies Of any papers,
@. Had you read the evidence against
, Babcock that was ia the District Attor-
neys office? A. Oh no only knew from
what l heard in the office, and what Col.
Dyer himself toldme.
Il @. Did Dyer know you were the agent
Of Luckey? A. No, st, not at the time;
subsequently, he did.
Q. Did you look over the papers in that
office A. Some Of them.
| Q. Did you read them all? A. l read
agood many Of them.
| @. Where did you get the papers in the
office? A. On the table and in the drawers.
@. Was that the precise service Col.
Luckey told you to render him2 A. It
was.
| @. He told you to 60 there and find out?
A. To 90 and find out all / could. l wish
to say that at the time / believed from
conversations l heard in the District At
torney's office and among many influential
men outside, that this attempt TO impli-
cate Babcock was made for the purpose Of
iniuring the President, whom l had served
as scout during the war, and for whom
l ehad strong regard. These men
claimed TO be strong friends Of Bristow.
l saw many kilograms that passed between
Washington and the District Attorney
there and others, and it looked that way.
believed that until another matter came
up there, and then l thought that the par
ties out there were acting without au-
thority, and perhaps we're over anxious;
and believed it until came to Wash
ington. When came here, found that
was on the wrong track, and l dropped
the case and took measures afterwards to
cause the information 10 reach the Pres
ident that that idea was wrong.
@. That Babcock was. not guilty? A.
That he was guilty.
@. You informed the President that he
was guilty? A. took measures to in |
form him that l believed he was guilty.
l did it because the President himself
told me that il Babcock was guilty he |
wished TO know il. He wished nothing
concealed, and he wished him punished.
took the President at his word and in
formed him Of it, and got my discharge
three days aiterward.
@. Had you any conversation with
Babcock in regard TO this matter? A,
frequently; probably dozen times after
arrived here in December.
Q. II at any time Gen. Babcock ad-
mitted he was guilty please state it? A.
His admission was clear enough. If they |
wanted me to get the evidence out OF the
Office and destroy it it was clear enough.
Q. Did he admit to you that he was
guilty? A. Itold him what Bradley had
asked me to do in ST. Louis, and instead
Of dissenting he said he did not wish me
to get the evidence out OF the office un-
less could get the whole Of il; that II ! |
got part it would he worse than none.
@. What had Bradley asked you to do?
A. He had asked me 10 get the evidence
out OF the Office and bring it TO the Lin
dell Hotel.
Q. What was TO be one with it there ?
A. Destroy il.
@. Was Col. Luckey present when
Bradley told you to do that? A. ! be-
lieve not. believe this was in Bradley's
room in the Lindell Hotel. The proposi-
tion was made after Luckey came east
in the later part Of November. l went
down with Bradley and Luckey TO the
depot when Luckey went to take the
train TO come east. He told me 10 con-
suit Bradley, that he was there in the in |
terest OF Babcock, and this whole move |
was not against Babcock but against the
President and for me TO consult with
Bradley and to act with him.
@. And Bradley told you to get the
evidence out OF the District Attorneys
office and bring it to the Lindell hotel to
be destroyed? A. He did.
Q. Did you attempt oget It? A. No,
sir, 1 did not.
Q. Why didn't you? A. Well, |
thought l was rather young to go too
far in the matter.
Q. You had told him all you knew
A. Yes, sir.
@. When you came back you say you |
had conversation with Babcock? A.
Yes. l met him at 2l00 Pennsylvania
Avenue (the witness produced memo. |
randum Of the number given him, he said,
by Mr.. Luckey). In that conversation ]
related all ] had seen or heard in
81. Louis, and told him Of this proposal Of
Bradley. He said he did not want me
to get It unless l got the whole ofit;he said
that part OF it would. be worse than
more; the matter was talked over be-
tween us afterwards, and he remarked
that il got it would be we'll rewarded;
l told him did not like togo into it.
also met his counsel, Mr.. Storrs; was at
Gen. Babcocks house six or seven times.
@. What occurred there? A. There
was great deal OF talk. Igave them a
written report Of all that had seen and
heard at ST. Louis. l haven't a copy Of
the report. Babcock, suppose, has the |
report. l had given them that report
previous to this talk about getting evi-
dence, and up to the time Of making the |
report thought the matter was intended
as political movement; but when !
found out l was wrong l dropped it. |
went from here to New York on the 10Th
Of January, and did not return here
till about the Sth or 9th OF February. |
then took the President at his word, and
took measures to send him the informa-
ton that Babcock was guilty. should
have stated that l gave the thing up after
Bradley left St. Louis, which was night
or two after Luckey left, and went TO Lex
ington, Ky. From there / wrote to Brad
ley, and asked him to return my letters,
He did so, with the following:
WAsH1SoToN, Dec. 0, 1875.