Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-16
THE HANCOCK TRIAL
The 7esti snooy for the Prosecution
Nearly ALI In.

After our telegraphIc report OF the pro ,eei-
ings IN the Bsbcock trial, al ST. Louis, closed
yesteTday,-
+. b. Frazer. distiller. was placed on the
staIo, aud stated mat Mr. Bevis showef hin
The letter mentionet I'm his tBevtsD ties "a
mony In December, iS74, and that the effect
oi IL was aeir house recommended making
Illicit whisky. On cross examination wit
ness sa'd he was pretty well acquainted with
Hoge, the revenue agent TO whom ring mo-
Hey had been paid, bat could not tell tuS'
when he began 10 serve the ring. nor when ne
was seduced into its service Witness re
ceiVed various letters aud kilograms from
Hoge; some of the latter were signed - Blk
by" recollected going TO Cincinnati 10 meet
LIN ou one occasion in response 10 tele-
gram; Hoge kept the ring pretty well advised
OF The movements OF revenue agents, and
was generally considered as working con-
sclentiously in the cause in which he had
been retained.
:. NJ. Barton. agent OF manager NJ Ring
hsm Bros distillery, took the stand and teS-
tined 10 having contributed IN April, IS75,
$500 To fund Of - GO, which was To go TO
Joyce; he had a conversation with Joyce re
Was put.
Mr.. Storrs.-Now fit Is proposed 70 con.
vlct the defendant by this conversation We
object.
Colonel Dyer.-wen, sir: we purpose to do
Mr.. Storrs.-Then we object.
AMER argument Judge Dillon announced
his decision, and closed by saying: / would
tremDle for the reputation of the court III IL
ton OF this man In carrying out his scheme;
and we think testimony as TO his mere dec
larations ought not 10 be received.
J. j. Brooks, formerly revenue agent, but
now assistant chief OF the Secret Service di /.
vision Of the Treasury department. teSLihei
and corroborated Commissioner Douglass
account OF his efforts to unearth frauds i'm
1874, giving the same dates of consultations
interviews, letters, kilograms. visits To
Washington, Philadelphia, &c. by himself
ana Hoge, as were given by Mr. DouglaSs
1psprihp1 Ia
and detection of frauds there i'm April. IS7 l.
and subsequently, has detection OF frauds by
bevls and Frazer, OF this city. On cross
examination he said he had some suspicIorS
OF Hoge's integrity by reason OF reports
which came 10 him while at New Orleans:
Hoge had failed TO meet him at the appointed
tine, and did not reach New Orleans until
two days after he 1.-THE witness) had seized
the distilleries there; there were evidences
at New Orleans that tidings of their visits
had been received in advance; again, when
be and hoge were In st. Louis examining
Bevis & Frazer's affairs, Hoge did sorls
things which nc (witness) thought reprenen-
SIbie; he associated with FitZroy too much
and went around with distillers.
Colonel Dyer then offered some telegrams
IN cyrher, which the defense claimed were
conndentla. dispatches between counsel and
client. After examining them the court ruled
them out. They are kilograms sent from here
hy Mr. Lucky, the Presidents secretary, 10
General BabcocG during the Mckee trial,
add are understood TO refer almost wholly to
business matters between Judge Krum and
General BabcOck, As his client. Colonel Dyer
then offered what are known as the Avery
dispatches in evidence, and they were ad-
mitted.
In regard to the dispatch signed "Mack''
the court said 70 the jury, There is no evil
dence before you as TO VINO sent il or 10 whose
hand writing IL is"
Colonel Dyer said, off the court please. IN
reference 10 the dispatches that your hcnCrs
hold which have not been acmittCI In evil
dence, dated December 3 and 3. lS7 {. the gov
erI ment is not prepared now with Testimony
10 prove the handwriting of the man who re-
celved them and receipted for them an Wash
ingion, but will tomorrow, or certainly by
the Lext day, and the gentlemen on the other
SIDE Will kindly consent that the witness,
when he arrives, may be intro iucei during
the hearing OF their side of the cause. think
with the examination of that witness. the
government will rest its case, with the un-
Outstanding that the gentlemen will allow
all evidence necessary to establish the re-
ceipt Of those two dispatches TO be introduced
hereafter"
TIE court then adjourned to give General
Williams, who will open the case for the de-
tense, time TO look over the evidence and pre-
pare his speech.