Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-16
The BabcOck Trial.

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whisky ring conspiracy.
Abah Everest, the ring paymaster' was
put on and swore that he mailed two let
! tess. one addressed to Babcock, in which
letter, or in one of them he said Joyce
put five hundred dollars. Everest could
not swear that Joyce put five hundred III
each letter. however.
1 The first witness called on Friday was
in the United States Army, stationed at St.
| Louis.
"Maior Grimes WAS introduced by the
prosecution to show that General BabcOck
carried on a correspondence with McDon-
aid last fall while the latter was under in
dictmcnt FOR completely in the wh>key
| frauds
Major Crime, said
have been in the army since September, Is y.
knew General i;abcOck, having met HIM first IN
l-'! IN Utah. where Wa District Qual termlstr
law General Bahcock when lie was here last
ttI, o.HbIy III september, just before 1alf lne'
with the Presidential palty. He said to me that lie
W"uid probably wat To send some leuci, or p'th-
A-e- iou-h me to the other p'ltcs. lie "li not
| say To- whom.
! After that he sent three letters t. me, ~ re
collect that Is suppose lie sent them. cot let
ter ai,ire>sc, to myself with another letter in 1t +,
thrt was Il short time after saw General Habcoch
"Thc letter enclosed in mine was in White en-
velope sealed and marked McDonald.' The note
To me IN the first letter was simply, Please deliver
the en- loocd letter to McDonald,' and 1t signed
@. T.. iidbc"ch. gave the enclosed To McDonoli
| ! think at my Office.
a week or ten days later | received another let
ter through the Postollce directed to me. There
was no note in 1t, but an envelope Addressed IN Il
different hand from that of the first to McDonalt."
In his cross examination Grimes caused
laughter by saying that Mcdonald, when
he expressed his belief in Babcock's inno-
ccncc Of any connection with the wh>key
ring, asserted his own innocence also.
Ell Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Douglass was examined. He testified as
follows:
''puii1. l-7. IA and 80, there were efforts
rstuItly made to icret out the frauds that were
ben. pefpeuatel: several revenue agents were
-cnt To- t LOUIS III Isl. but received definite
information from them, when sent Joyce to Cal
1oI ma 1t was 10 get HIM out OF the way of The
agents whom / sent here and who complained ot
an excessive attention on his pant, WInnG and
,!!ninS the M, 50 that they could OF do any work
Mcdonald and Joyce never cane TO much
when they were in Washington.
: h;tI a conversation with Mr.. Rogers in regard
to the investigations III the West remember
Of showing him a copy OF letter received be
tween the IUth and 18th OF December, written l,y
Brock, saving that the DELAY wo,IlI proye e,IiIaiy
eve ~" ,T ~ h,t I tin th Of our ,
.' em was , 7ho wi to me at the he honse h'
zen. i-hc"ch, he sand Il gentleman had shown 1t L
him. and he wa, afraid was being deceived 10y
ion theIr coniuct to, hIn that had gIc.,t ron
IivTG IN IIe men he sa Wv max , m ~, , ems
E'ncork i"ld me that the letter had been given t'
where received it nom; once IN 50, Hobcoci
@ n, I to t9 , MN rlele Were no r,,
: Mele against the living; he asked what eNlmina
bacacnlns The memory of Ford that the only wa
e man memory could be blacAened vino was dca'
va oE ian an C, CNlin III ,,,.o
, rort ilt W. OF infe9 monllIs nciole hchA''i-o
nT Guy olnte hai TAX WI n me IRE e 'ent an
ana thought # proper inve usa,ian was mad
r c roncnrTed Win me- No e AMI ni"e ID m 1e wbcn
W" VA gong to begin on the 2'th OF January, $50
n l'snd to the change OF super visors the runor
eter aerwari Secretary Eii,tow came INTO tn
% n Ws iht rr nt We're over M c
and then there wee a number Of senatorial ee'
hen we found that We were in the midst Of tn
Gle alter that we angel to IN Ike the trnsieS
Nearly all Saturday morninr was take
,, ND in trviuo to trace thronch tclcor,,
. clerks of St. Louis and WASHINGTON. am
bv the door kecpcrs and messengers O
the Executive Mansion certain Ji.n,tchr
-, not vet admitted. to prove that thcv wcr
~ received and sent back and forth b,twcc1
'. Joyce ard Mcdonald here and Grn.r,
Babcock in WASHINGTON. FINALLY thc d..
, fence waived this proof a, 10 one lisp,,,
land allowed the followino. admitted TO y
!, c.r.r.1 R,I,cocl,.s hand,vr;,i,,, :, i.
,o,1.
WAsIn<GroS, d.. {. December b. Isl
e - G.". John .NcbonnH, st Lonis, No..
1 . | succeed. They VIII not 20. VIII VIII
= You. slIlH ~
# Iopc, .r,runnrt En1lov.I op tho -,,l,i.,
- lo'i al :" III iO'1'N'" VII '''N 3"'J
e of admitting other DISPATCHES Monday
large batch was admitted, and show
:, - =.
" TpUu tr;u Oh intimacy, TO say the least, bC
n tvnrn the ,inr mon and P,hrn.L Til
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y lnttnr however, claims they had not hin
.
10 60 Win the WHISKY business To III
n 1fl
e The New York Ulut71 publiShr, 4 nam
Al" " " ~ l - it'i
e Der of cipher dispatches from Col L.,
+ ,
~ /. IUcktN. private secretary oil Irc>ldei
n ,,. w. p1l :; >-..l .
t!'ht' 10 MI btocOth III -\oNclil''
vhich ,re sunno.nI to relate to the vvhi.
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of si,;on i r,,,i;. bo1 ana i :, .rr,s,,noo
oo eI1,,.e
-. lie sud that he had known General sibcock |
! IIe a"ef hi ost c 't onor nd
:, teI!cveI ms Ieputatl"n to BE- excellent whercv
L.. thing IN any way connecting him with the whi-k
bo ttg ity. BaIcarI showed him a dispatch from Joy