Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-05-03

Again, Bell, q Government detective,
selected by Grant himse!f, was bribod to
steal valuable papers and documents
from District Attorney Dyer's Office
and thus destroy the chain Of evidence
against Babcock. For this service be
was paid by Babcock's attorney s76
in cash, together with promise from
Babcock himself that hc would DO
swell provided for by the administra-
ton" Remember, Boil was dctec.
tive for the U. s. Treasury, and yet he
was used against the government.
Again, just before the trial Of Bah.
cock commenced, Picrrcpopt, the At.
torney General, issued an order to
Deputy District Attorneys, ordering
them TO arrest all witnesses lin the
whisky trials) who criminated or i'm.
plicated themselvesin giving testimony.
Pierrepont has said in explanation, that
he intended this order as private, and
for the eye Of no one but the Deputy
District Attorneys; but, very mystcri.
ously Grant got possession ofthis order
and, in his innocence, placed II Oh the
table Of his Private Secretary, Bah
cock, who Of course had II published
in the st. Louis papers. Its publica.
ton had the effect intended dozens Of
summoned witnesses, fearing arraing-
mont and punishment, took to their
heels and never stopped this side Of
Canada By this coup d efdt District
Attorney Dyer lost the very witnesses
be most needed. That Pierrcpont,
President Grant and Babcock devised
this infamous trick with view to clear
the prisoner, is believed by every man
of sense. Picrrepont says Babcock
stole the order, but this is evidently
cock.and-bull story, or, in plain Ian.
guagc, positive faIschood. Babcock
found the order, $50 he says on his
own table; aud ii had boon placed there
by President Grant. We ask again,
where did Grant get il? Evidently
from his Attorney General and he
got it TO be used in behalf of Babcock,
and as such Babcock used it. That's
very clear.
Another circumstance. The cabinet
officers and bosom friends of the ad.
ministration, Immediately after the
conclusion of the Babcock trial, took
up a collection for the benefit Of Bah
cock. Boric, OF Philadelphia, the man
Grant stops with when he visits that
city, headed the paper with good
round sum. Chandler, Secretary Of
the Interior subscribed $1,000, and, il
is presumed, all tho other members Of
the Cabinet planlsed down a similar
sum. How much money was thus
raised for the guilty but escaped Bah
cock, is not known, but il is believed
forty or fifty thousand dollars cheered
his soul
These things go TO show that the
whole power OF the government was
used TO defeat its own suit. NFair and
foul means were resorted to by every
man connected with the administra-
ton. The dismissal of Henderson, who
was so successfully engaged in hunting
down the "crookcd" whisky conspir-
acy, was but the beginning of long
train of administrative exploits IN favor
of Babcock. Had Babcock been con-
victcd--as he would have been had
Justice not been neutrality-suspicious.
brother Orvil might have been the
next. The trial Of the thieves led
directly to the White House, and hence
the necessity, In The opinion of Grant,
TO shoot the legal dogs who were in
close and hot pursuit. lie ciIectually
blocked the game OF those who were
IN dead earnest after the guilty con-
spirators. Grant, his cabinet, and bosom
friends don't stop at trihcs--to save
one Of their number from the peniten-
tiary they will resort TO fraud, perjury,
bribery and theft.