The New York herald., 1876-02-05
THE REVENUE FRAUDS.

power OF natonallty against foreign aggression"
THE REVENUE FRAUDS.
THE BABcocK TELEGRAMs READY FOR USE AS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ORDER ISSUED
BY JUDGE TREAT TO PREVENT THEIR PREMA-
TURE PUBLICATION.
ST. LOUIS, Feb 4, 1876
A messenger OF the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany arrived this morning from Washington and deliv
cred into the hands of the Clerk OF the United States
Circuit Court immense pile OF dispatches from Bab-
cock some OF them bound in book FORM Judge Treat,
who seemed to be very much afraid that the contents
of any OF these dispatches should leak out thereupon
made the following extraordinary order
"And IL is further ordered that all said papers and
books be retained in the exclusive possession Of the
Clerk OF this Court subject TO the inspection thereof
by attorney OF either party only In the presence OF
the Clerk or his deputy said attorneys not to disclose
prior to the production of said books and papers the
trial Of said the contents character thereof
District Attorney Dyer spent two hours In examining
the dispatches In the presence of Mr. Price the Clerk
Mr. Storrs, Babcocks counsel, will examine them to-
morrow.
Judge Porter, of New York, will not bo here until
Sunday.
ROGER SHERMAN IN ST. LOUIS AS ASSISTANT
GOVERNMENT coUNsEL--Is THE LIGHTNING
TO STRIKE IN NEW YORK ?-RUMoR OF CIVIL
SUITS TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST MKEE AND
MAGUIRE.
ST. LOUIS. No., Feb. A. 1870
Emory A. storrs Of Chicago, OF counsel for General
Babcock, and Benjamin Campbell his father -.aw
have arrived here. The General himself will arrive
morrow morning, accompanied by number
OF friends from Washington. 1t apperrs that Roger
Sherman, whose arrival here announced on
Wednesday night is not one OF General Babcock's
counsel but Assistant United States District Ator-
ncy at New York His business here is said to be to
look up evidence against parties in New York who
suspected OF having received crooked"
whiskey from ST. Louis and Of having been In collision
with the ring" here. Ii is also stated that Mr. Sher
man has been engaged in looking up teegraphic corre
spondence between Babcock, Mcdonald, Joyce and
others, and that be will be retained S witness to
identify and verify the dispatches
The Babcock case Is expected will continue much
longer than either OF those preceding it. The number
Of witnesses will be greater and there is grea, mass
Reports were published this afternoon that civil
action will be brought against Mr. Mckee after Mr.
Babcocks case concluded for 500 000 basis OF
600 900 gallons OF spirits at seventy
per gallon, and that suit will also be instituted
against Constantine Mcguire and his bonds
men for 5000 600. These reports are denied by Dis
trct Attorney Dyer and Others who In position TO
know the facts, and are pronounced baseoss abrica-
tions.
c. w. Babcock, brother OF the General IS here and
attending TO some preliminary arrangements regarding
his brothers. arrival
SOMETHING LIKE GUY FAwKEs PLOT DIscov-
Erred IN MILwAUKEE-PERsoNs INDICTED
FOR CoNsPIRING TO DESTROY RECORDS OF
FRAUD-THE DIADoLIcAL MEANS SUGGESTED.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb 4 1915
Aldermen julius Jonas and Philip Goldberg, OF Chi
cago arrested at Tivol Chicago at noon to-
day and brought here tonight They are under In
dictment with third individual, who has escaped
owing premature publication OF OF tile facts by
the Associated Press They charged with conspr-
ing destroy the records Of the whiskcy prosecution
in nresented IN the Grand Turv
to the effect that in July last these men,
after preliminary negotiations, 10 Milwaukee
and proposed, for the sum OF $4,000, TO break
into the Federal Building and Prosecuting Attorney
McKnney's rooms, in the Newha House, and steal
thereirom all the records Of tho whiskey
Several dstillers among them Leopold Wrth Leopold
Heller and Lewis Rndskopf were, IL is alleged made
acquainted with the outlines OF this plot, but the
matter was considered unsafe. Various plans were
proposed, among them TO blow up the Federal
Building and Newha House. Finally the men offered
to do the job for $3OO 600 but by tins time the prosecu
ton had gone SO far that the project was abandoned
copies of all the records having been forwarded to
Washington. The will be brought into court in
the morning. Alderman Peter Maher, Of Chicago came
on with the party, presumably TO give bail Being
asked to make statement, the prisoners stoutly
serted their innocence and claimed 10 have been mis-
taken for others.
THE NEW ORLEANS ''RrNG" AWAKENED TO AB-
JEcT TERRoR-TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES TO BE
PRODUCED
NEW ORLEANS, La Feb 4, 1870
The whiskey Ring is awakening to the fact that
the government is in earnest and strenuous efforts
being made to influence General Brady The scare Is
so great that unless matters favorable
turn IN favor Of the "ringsters" there will be few to
risk a trial. even before Louisiana jury.
Mr.. Z. W. Barnes, manager Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company before the United States
Grand Jury to-day having been summoned to produce
dispatches between parties implicated the crooked
whiskey frauds here and at other points Mr. Barnes
stated he did not know such dispatches had been
sent II they bad II would require weeks time and
much labor to look through tho messages
sent, aggregating several hundred thousand,
and get out those required The jury have
the matter under consideration II Is believed
they will order the messages required be produced
by the telegraph managers Judge Woods stated that
an order OF Court would be Issued II required compel
ling Manager Barnes TO comply with the demands OF
tho Grand jury Loss Of books or failure to produce
thcm District Attorney Beckwith states delays the IN
vcstigaton, but the chain OF evidence and will be
completed and produced without them. The process is
slow but certain The Grand Jury has been discharged
until Monday.
MOTION TO oUAsH THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST
HEsINo, REHM AND HoYT ovERRULED.
CHICAGO, Feb 4, 1876
Judge Blodgett this morning overruled tho motion
which was argued before him yesterday to quash the
indictments against Hesng, Rebm and Hoyt for COM
plicty in the whiskey frauds. The trial was set Tor
March 6
THE MOLLY MAGUIRES.
hAucH CHUNK, Pa, Feb. 4 1876.
Yesterday and last night was busy time at the po-
lice headquarters throughout the coal regions The
result the Of six OF the leaders Of the Molly
Magures, and the murdcyers OF - X. Host, Tamaqua
policeman wIo hoF5Dthe 5tk ofJnIy iast John
D. Jones' who kibod~at Lanstordon Septemben2
Tho eOunsel SOI the Commonwealth fave acts fr
their possession which duplicate 4" numDeB oxmen
shrouahout the coal regions IN the murder OF mining
feu anff at thnr0