The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-22

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2l.-Emory A. Storrs Of
Gen. BAbcocks counsel. resumed his address to
the Jury thi, morning. He s.id

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 2l.-Emory A. Storrs, OF
Gen. BAbcocks counsel. resumed his address to
the jury thi, morning. Ho sid;
At the close Of this discussion saturday afternoon
Joyce ana BaococS relative to tn. successor u G. W
Ford. l. SEEMS to me that bad dcmoi strstcd that
81 sqires appointment was The result ~ the most non.
the President consulted the wishes OF Fords bonds
men. who we're oonad 70 the cireat ot thoa.aals oi
.pondenc pas.ei "a octoosr. 1873 from that time
between BabSoeS ana joyce and Mcdonald. l come
now 20 the next de.pa'eh 10 order of time from oyce
tomorrow night make D. call OH bis ,canda hounds.
R-s Se. poG ,as e fS5 i9d 10 n
nony that there Ns no drect Suspicion against joyce
@e s brought % back H .acS oTe. % OF Excessive so.p
tina, me & & ia .ss 10 OF sns
sphere s ea " iS me joyce s,e1p.sa 70 visit wash
3 seSe n hdG
9iiee would have been called 10 use 70 prsVrss the N
visi to Vas sigasion Gen. Dsbcock va, not appealed
no. .as S' q asy * ns
GRANTS FRIENDSHIP ron FORD.
Referring directly TO- the scandal hound
and in reply quoted the Presidents deposition,
In which the latter refers to bis lifelong friend
ship with Ford, and says that for several wears
before Ford's death he was Identified with the
Presidents interests here, and was the recipient
OF hundreds OF thousands OF dollars which he
disbursed, and OF whicn, SO Implicit was the
confidence, the President kept no account.
SAID Mr. StOrrs:
The tooth OF scandal @ay have bitten Ford through
same confidence 10 MS friend which existed 10 New
9 sse al he yas % s a & M ss ss S S
q trH.o ana honesty 20 nnd green sPo' % IKE si;
Joyce sent his dcspatch siake u cal on hn sc nda
s II Sny Wonder hat lie private secretary q the PreL
cent receiving this despatch. to Douglass and
qulred any investigations were anOat touching FOrdf
Mr. Storrs then read the letter OF March II,
from BabcOck 10 Joyce, In which he says Doug
lass Informs him that no charges have been
rnuAa
official, ana then tells joyce ne don't know why
Douglass sends him to san Francisco unless It
II because OF the confidence he feels la him.
MIR. Storrs said:
Can ha. be the letter Of consprator to anoiher'
wSud SaRT ,ns, hat be possible Il Bs6cocS wa
splrator? Wouldn't he have know ~ soudn't Joye,
san Ss ana nsEs Hsoqc9 S% 70
leave the "scanda hound" despatch In your hands.
An UNANSWERED TELEGRAM.
MIR. Storrs then passed to the despatch OF
| October 1874, TO Bahcock-" Have you talked
with d. Are these things rightf Answer -
No attention wAs paid to this II remained IN
answered Now you must rsnember % en- .hst MSp.nHl D, AZ
district. lie a trusted Ofiicer he had right 10
DUTY To- Know 81 every set IN connection win the reve
nue. service which concerned his district. II 4 had
been dlnereni. out here high Ortelai who nsd
,hen engaged in a eonsplrscy, who knew II? Not the
comnIs ioner Of Ia!sIhai Revenue even n0 whose S.
|
se Nssd Ss sys rom of in
nalon % Joyce, telling him HAD long ride v:,h Pre-
was sent to be read truth were known. joyc,
a on Gs se' as Hl '9ss se wsa Mac
has done. He goes TO hssdquArter. lie keeps posted
nothing an any one douot that that was me
tsIpusH couTtcsy taken McDonala into his csrriss,
Tor flde, ana whskey matters found no part OF th
| conversation.
MAKING HooUE THE CoSsPIRAToR.
| Mr. Storrs then referred to the HoRue letters
| the first dating in March, 1874 He sad:
This not only proved Iogue, the trusted agent Of th
not he Beginning OF his Corruption The Goyernmen
nhd been Snsee s az nsston Was anu
bee ause they could not nnd H. they asked that Babcoc
RsS s ionSS IT, and here it was tue % the MAJ
who trusted as ppre 6y the a me he sVu n
70 defend himself against the Wiling perJnrles OF tn
Ring but for this
TO the one giving information Of the very raj,
the discovery OF which had caused such grea
degree OF commotoD, and then continued
| Could there be any doubt now where tie leak
There IA no more honorable man than Mr. Brooks yr
st sns Hs Ta' S IN Sa rook te 10
asSng that tho corrgp, ogHe oe ass9ca!ed win h1
man IN the ene & LGS se Ssna sn who
stronger case than TINS against baDcooA couid no
Mr. storrs finished the reading OF the Hogu
| letters with an eloquent denuncatiOn OF tha
tTeacherous scoundrel ~ the cnief Of tho con
spirators the head devil, the keystone OF tht
| lniquitous arch.
| THE "DEAp-DoG" TELEGRAM.
The moment Rogers found out that the famou, ps
| for raidinR this district was known TO Mcdonald
abandoned H. and cDunald sent his cLultant dea'
| dog" telegram ana Babcock discovered several DAY
afterwATd that the plan was abandOned An1l thlnkin
| he Was telling come news, teegraphed McponAlI
NeI or was more worthless Telegram sent, as II cor
| Veyed Information that thing had been aDAn1Onet
which abandonment occurred before he ever Knew thl
| II was contemplated
Mr. SLorrs then took up the revocation OF tn
order transferring Supervisors, ana said;
Joyce sent TO Baocock on Feb iSat about nooi
cisl Information tnat the enemy Teakeps Push thing
BaOcOck received that despatch al three O'Clock III u
afternoon Babcock did not understlnd this diApatcl
aud did II. The prosecution had argued thl
BAbcock had this despatch AND had pushe
things; hut the trouble was at the tlme Babcoek z
celved that despatch things had been pushed and n
order had been revoked. The Interview Babcock hA
with the Commissioner relative TO the Tey0cauon
this order was not had as result Of this teiesr.m b.