The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-30
THE WILSON DISCLOSURES.
SFFEOT OF THE Ex-SOLICIToh'S
sTARTLINo AFFILIATIONS.

/. Put.up Job BY Babcock's Friend MOORE o
WARRINGTON. July 29.-The testimony ~
sf the Hon Buford Wilson YESTERDAY oo'o.' r
abe select Com mittee Of the House oil heprese"- n
satiyes on whiskey frauds was the mos' '
uopai OF all the many startling reVeia IONS rrso
Aur,ps the present session OF congress- WI, 4,
,.nv Of tho facts that Mr.. Wilson developer
...,s,da, have heretofore been bru'ted to the Y
.,,,,,o a. minors. but he establishes them as !
positIve occurrences by incontestaoie prooi' az
Sbe outset Of his examination MI wilson an-
,ounced TO the com nittee his determination TO
deal with facts alone, and In no instance oiu ne
aepart from this sound rule. He refused 10 an
aver questions intended to draw from him what
\. had heard from Secretary Bristow about his
,.,.,,ons with brother Cabinet officers and the
President himself and a careful perusal OF the
,.stimony will convince even prejudiced read
,rs that IL ia singularly free from anything IKE
hearsay stories, gossip. or scandal OF any kinu'
For several days Mr. Wilson has been very iIi'
md yesterday he was really physically unnt 10
tsstify and IL was only by great effort OF the
will that he was able tell his story to the corn
mittee He was so weak that AZ tunes u was
painful 10 witness the physical distress the
sboui the President the day before had set annet
unfounded story about onlcia,, pepSSIJ, citnrs
sS sns Sx M Wilson. That such base and ma
hgnant fssehood wa puollsned ,, vi W" sn.tety Of
mind Il was utterly without foundation, ana
Be know that the facts would III inS s snu con-
s,t,on The story very naturally troubled him
more than It would have DONE had ne oeen III
GOOD health.
why AND now THE PAPERS WERE TAKEN.
I'll. exact facts In regard to Mr.. Wilson taking
papers from the department are these 4 lev t
structed two clerks who were employed In his
own room select from the mass OF pap.rs On
bis desk ana In his cases everythlnH Oh a prl.ate
nature, and pack the same in boxes and retain
Irem until he should order them TO be sent 10
issted Tor this purpose we're men who lad been
charged with the duty Of acting az ms connuS,n-
Sey war. The Secretary had ordered that every
thing relating to ii should be kept on the regular
eIes OF the Treasury Had not this rule been
adopted, the cores pc ndence reports,iand other
papers relating TO this subject would nave ave
bureaus, aud there would have been IN, no
pOssbty Of secrsey ,r, Al wa the " So,
hcitor's ON re, 1t Is well known that the Ring
In St. Louis received timely notice that ii Sann
accomplished. papers relating TO routine mat mat.
sers went to their respective bureaus, and only
puch as concerned the prosecution OF the thieves
came 20 the Solicitors once Among these
sbere were Of course many OF s,r,S,y p,v.te
constant communication with the secretary
when he was absent and was aso III raS
snce with district attorneys and iatnIul rev
enue officials. OF course many OF his letters 10
these ocals were Of purely bsy oS hat Sns,
ness, and their replies thereto would pe OF tnt
same description; In sapu1 there 20 we're "s man,
other mstter-, purely private; which went Int. mt
Abe hSnas Of his 1tl s once so ia WAS these
that MIR. Wilson directed the CLERKS 10 eeievl
ron MN syins Inc order, Mr. Wilson paid ne
further attention to the matter, and wen, away
49, or not The fact Is that II was not com
pleted until some time after he had lett tn'
s sayi se,scted by his clerks, and gave othe
directions than the general order referred 10
He went away, not expecting 10 ne per
settled ia Sptingueli for some time hence h
was In no haste to have the papers sent W MN
GRANTS ANXIETY.
wncn he returned to Washington yesterda
~eek in obedience to a suolpna served upo
him TO appear and testify before the select com
mittee ON wniskey frauds, he desired 70 nay "
his papers and select from them sueh as q
J might need In giving bis testimony he WIN
ever TO the solicitors omee anu bo ,oaa sent
bis room at the Riggs House. Then he was to
by Mr. Robinson ina, some n1S p,en,o Tor III
letter on which his endorsement about letIh
guilty man escape aad been maze a enu nee
Robinson saio, the fies OF the Secretary's ono
soicitors once. and In the once OF the Con
missioner OF Internal Revenue, but had M
,eS a0 p n, 1na ne away along with Mr. Wilson
private paper. Mr. Wilson replied that ne kne
nothing about the letter: that the last Tune
recoiiscted seeing 1t was when he carried
along with other papers to the PIesideht., II
AWAY for him, but he at once proposed that NJ
Robinson should, Ia company with tne w
no through them and see If the letter was ther
This Mr.. Robinson declined 70 do. MI Wis
az them II they had any recollection Of sect
j., and they both replied that they nau not nc
he. AZ" had SI put sWay for MIR. wilson,
Here the matter dropped aud MI. wilson
t hlitS 20 Soon afterward he was told that
Preside emit was demanding that his private pap
retary Morrill,, and said he had at nrst offered
allow MT. Robinson TO ekanlns the p 1
Geet,on he was satisfied that It would not o.
BE- unjust to himself, but TO the President al
o. me NE Presdents son. VINO was acting as
priy,te secretary, for be Tecollected that tn
nrooer FOR any person save the President hi
self or his son TO see. II tho President wo'
:."d D :SOn Ia a Wen Ss ps
VIII / indignant, as ne mad a perfect right un
:.s 1ss S S,sSS@sA himself ana the secret
on the contrary, Secretary Morrill, admitted
% w oysr5sal IL ar. Wilson's papers. 10 {
Ibe matter, MIR. wilson went 10 tue sonclt
son aud the two clerks who had packed the
psrs 10 the boxes, went through them.
Sss miss,nS letter with the Presidents endoI
ment. Among the papers there vas one pa
age marked private and cOnhIentlal' 40
witch Nh wilson was at Arst uncertain. On
nection lie recolected that ths WIS zoe u
mont he lore he resigned. lie had no re
lection OF seeing II afterward. ana inc
clerks hld no ecJHe'loh U. ~. iDs - ~
boz. Mr.. Nilson suggested that tho Inls
Il found the lost document.
THE PRovES FACTS.
Al this point 1t Is well 10 note one or
tact- First, Mr. Wilson, Il be Is put 90 MS Z
will swear that he knew nothing about thls
Ter heing In this package Of papers SEC
that tie last time he saw II was when ne ehi
Ia to the President With this same phtka-
papers. Third, tue two clerks Will swear
lbey did not know that the misSing letter
| In the box, ana that they had no recolectit
ever placing the package Of papers IN WEI
Uas found IN the Lox Fourth, several W
40 Il was given out by w. Is. Moore who
co-conspiTator with Babcock, 70 have havn
n Perry ABDUCTED by the Secret Service I
In order 10 prevent him from tosttSing Il
Ban Domingo inyestig Ton, that bluiord
dreaned Of. Fifth, tins same W. y. M2ott,
dismissed the service through biuiotu " IL
sns,rttmentality and the President u
side, stIon OF his past services Ia ne u
ningO tigation, ana d3uDtlts 10, "
M. usefuiness, ordered him restored,
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