The Morning herald., 1876-02-16
THR TRIAL OF BABCOCK.
rME PROSECUTION CLOSES.
Rather . weak cass-Tho 'te1eGFama
and there adm1ss1bil1ty-Some
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WIZ
t neSses ON the stand-Ju0Go
Dillon reserves his
DeeaoaDn In sever. -

De00e0 ON tine Dto00-SuOBO
Dillon reserves his
Dseaslen In ssver.
At Cases.
By American Press Association.
sr. teu1s, Feb. 15.-Ths prosecution IN
the Babcock case promises to close to-day.
They have only thrss moro witnsssss. The
dispatches which passed bstwssn Lsvt 2.
Luckey. ons Of the Presidsnt's secrstaries,
and dsusrsl Babeoek, ars considered i'm
portant. These despatohes are mostly ID
cipher; they an i've in numbsr. Two are
signed Oscar and Are from Gem. Babcock; one
ia Ggned O. D. Bsbeock. The others are
signed by Low r. Lusksy. Tho following
are the supposed trsnslstions Of the dfs-
3 sss5 No. l. .,.-..s,.....
WARRINGTON, D. c., Nov. II, 1876
L,vt p. L.cksy, Ltndsu Hotel, 81. Louts, No.:
Tell him employ assistance II he wants,
and means; but 10 prevent my going there
now at ali hazards. Exercise your best
No. a.
WAsHfNo LON, D. c., Nov. Il, lS7o:-
Lsx P. Iucisv, Ltndsu Hotel, ST. Loxis, No.:
See John NJ. Krum on receipt Of this, what.
ever hour. Retain him to protect me, ana
confer fully with him and answer at earliest
moment. To 70 there now would be very
unfortunate II he can possibly prevent 1t.
Report fully and promptly to !, my house.
here. 1 y. \. bA6cooA.
Washington, D. G., Nov. 16, 1875
Lsss p. Lacksy, H~dsu Hotel ST. Lovis. No.:
Friends advise me not to &C. A friend
leaves tonight: I can make affidavit If
needed. Yours received. VIII attend to
bondage Hamlet. All well. OscAR. !,
("Bondags Hamlet" 10 supposed to stand
sr. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 1e, 1o75.--Gessra'
o. b. Babsoek, WasAtnetom, p. O.: K. says
no detriment, no danger, personal er other-
wise, should you come. Billy and al others
upon whom Macks case rests are going to
testify: and friends think 1t would be well
| If YOU could also; 30 all would show nothing
received, But It rests with you II you
choose. K. urges 1t. But they cannot force
snvtbing, He is retained for your interest.
shall do best can.
Nod
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 1S, 1s75.-Gensra
O. ID. Bubcock, WashsMgtoA d. a.: AFTER
consultation Z. says you WILL not pe asked
to come. Rogers rung In to-day: DID you
get my despatch about bondage Hamlet .an1ex
Tn these dispatches Billy "is supposed
| to mean Avery, Mack" means Mcdonald
Rogers was Deputy Commissioner OF Inter
nal Revenue. .
Hon. Adolph l.. Borie, ex-secretary o. o.
the Navy, has arrived, and will testlly II
General Babcock's behalf,
Il Sr, LOUIS, Mo-, Fob. 15.--ln the BabcocA
trial to day, Judge Dillon said that a mum
her of telegrams offered by the Government
i had been considered as to their admissablll
tv of those dated December 9th, and ther!
still remained strong doubt Of those to anc
from Avery of Washington to which ob)ec
tions had been made were also held to await
the effect of further testimony. Despatche.
dated Oct. 10th, 1874, to Joyce, signed
Mac were also rejected. Alfred Bevin, tes
titled that he was at one time shown tele
gram by Joyce, now knswn as the Sylpt
despatch. Edward Frazer was recalled ane
testified to the bribery Of Hoag, revenue
agent. Sanford L. Barton, formel
agent for Bingham Bros, testified K
J the connection Of that establishment
! with the ring. The witness wa
asked for information regarding the conVer
sation he had with Joyce, in which the &c de
fendants name was used, Judge Ulol
. ruled such evidence as incompetent ana ID
admissible. At 1880 Court Adjourned un
2P. N. D
ark. N. j., was the last witness called 10
J the prosecution. He Is aselstsnt cnlel !,
, the secret service. He testified as to nl
Connection with Hoag, the abscondin
revenue agent. who made so much none
. out of .the St. Louis whisky ring, while n
tanning tho confidence of the United State
+ offlcials. As to the cipher messages ,concerr
! inp which 30 much has been said, they Wer
t ruled out by Judge Dillon on the ground tbs
thew are privileged communications bein
} au1e relation to case as communicate
between a client and Attorney. Message
j to and from Avery were read, but unlel
} somethinq changes the aspects OF tt
case thew will not be admitted as svideno
The counsel for the defeuse coul
onlv arree to allow the prosecute
to bring on witnesses and to prove the =
INSTABILITY of the dispatches of the u
= and bth Of December 1874.
Col. Dyer then said the case for the Go'
, eminent would rest, and the Court at "a
> D. m. adjourned.
The Weather To-Day.
4 Foy The Lake region Now Kngland A'dd
d and South Aslansic States rising oarotnses
{ Tslltso sssnperatvrs, Northsrly to Ws.tsr
/ vinds, diminlshisg IN force, dscided9y cold a.
. generally clear ssathsr sOiH prsvaA srctps Wg
: snow IN The lake regions.