, 1876-01-27

tntoriew
ST. LOUIS.


CLOSING or THE rnos1S ION.
sD'f,ai E1t1oteh t. The CHS tribune.
sT. Loc.s jan. 2s.-Tho g ,snment alsor-
neys IN tho Mckee, trial. altar mining p1m-
her Of wtnoHecs, cloacd thcir case, aud the do
Ienao Will commeucn tbs prosecution OF tboir
suo OF tho matter Tomorrow. Nothing now or
startling Was olicIted, tho testimony pertaining
moro particularly to miscellaneous operations IT
tho Hing tL"n to McKeos completely therein.
Tho general opinion ls that the prosecution has
made ont good caae agains. alcKee, though
not 40 strong "a thoto against Joyce and Nc.
Donald. Tic result will, Ut coussc, deperu yery
much upon tue nature nt tho desonlan1a owl
dence. So far "a kuovn Mckoo's lawsess will
dcneud almost entirely upon their ability to in.
rrheh tho Government Titneescs OIL .he scoto of
bad character.
THE CHEAT runI.o isrEnEsr
which has bcen orluced from the commence
1ncnt Of Tie trial continues nnabascd. tretncn-
dous crowd being III Tho courti oom uutil adjourn-
mont.
rosrroxEMENr nY pAncocE'a TRIAL.
On account Of the length OF ti1ne coununled In
tho Mexico srial and the tme likely to be taken
up III tho Mcguire cass, which, IL nott on tho
ducket, Dabcock'B trial las been indefinitely
postponed from tho 31nt, this day originally aot
for It. 0cn. Babcock. rs soil a. tho Noyefn-
inc0t witnesses who roEide In Washington. hare
been notified 10 keep themselves in teadinesB to
como Immediately when Bnmmontd.
tn the Assoet1ttd E'ress.I
ST. Lor1s, jan 1t.-Cpon tho resumption Of
tha trial ot Mckee thta n,olning. 1t wss agreed
between tho Court, tito counsel for the Govern
!aens and for Gcncral Dahcock, that neither
i'abcock nor tia witucs.es tn Washington sum-
inoncd for bis case Should to required to pre-
cent themselves ne1t Moaday, a. Nh'ch dato the
caso III Get III the docket IAn Mexico trial will
last all OF Ills week. and air. Voorhees, said
there waH n probabiIlty TINT tho trtal Of Mcguire.
the ex-Collecsor. would bo ~ lon. AZ Mciicos.
Da3cocx fellows Mcguire. Tls instrnctiuus Of
tho Court Welt that the dsfondaut aud witnestes
should simply bo instructed to hold thons elves
In readluoea TO coune aoon as selcgraphoi for.
c. Il. MEoKEE.
who had been sick couple OF days, whs recalled,
and hia direct examination continued. Col.
Urer repeated hla1uestion which !od to tho long
argument Of Mununy Oh tho declaration OF tho
cn-consplrators. Tue question VAS What con-
reEHatlun l,sd you With Leavenwortd at the tilno
yo. paid him Two sharas Of tho Hing money eacl
week relative TO tho distribution Of thoan
amounts3 Wituess-l gave TWO packa.ca each
Nook TO John LcnYenworth, AZ per ordera from
Joyco, to deliver onB 20 Mckee and tha other to
rord 3oyes t9ld n0 si a, rGFd sss
| paper man. 1t WIS necesaasy to hAyo
| tuetn IN Lie Eiug. Tie t.o-iiftIs wo1e iuvarl-
| atIy ppid to Leayonwortn for these gentlemen.
Occasionally talked to Lcssenwosth about what
| he did NTH tho money thus gwen hin. and al
Ways understood ba delivered It 10 Alokeo and
| Ford. In November Of 1872. Mcdonald aud
Joyco said that tho ostensible object Of tie HING
was accomplished, AID It was time to quit. the
During tho time was collector fur tho Hing no
money whatever was Hct asido by mt lor political
i purpusta.
OTHER WITNESSES.
Mackfot ThomEapn, Ittloph W. UlrCl,, aud
| Louis Zenachor, dssiors. ano William j..
Dsesott, m ex.tiauEer rave the history of their
connection with tho ling, but stated nothing
asnsnst or even about Mexico. aud nothing waa
| brought out in their cross- -exnn,inat.un.
JOSEPH Il. flIzHoY
was recalled and to.sttleA to having arranged IN
interview botsecn Mckee aud alesruv 4. tho
| L,udol! Hotel After the luterviow serminatcd
tho way down Mckec told witness Megrue wn. \
| bad lnau tbat hs had to pay him mouey that
he paid him $3.50, Witness theu mads on'
statement about the destruction OF tue records
In tha Collectors office. ue Baid concaunun
| was prcsout at tho ;imo that shout bushe! uf
tae duin4 ing paprta we're burned IN tho ollco
etorcB, aud that Cenrannon a4sissed III
burning thou. 1t will be recollec,ed that
ConcAnnon testified yesterday that he left the
Collectors office after 1:loS ing joyce. F1tz1oy,
aud Lewis w!aelo Tho pa ora they sished TO az.
anime wera kept, and that he WAa nuk present
mhen the papers wcro dEapnacd Of.
GlIne.s continued: It saH made part Of The
affair that Conehnnon Bhoald put some Ut t1u
stsoycd to prevent Tho dstect!ou of frauds ol
tho lhug.
| ~ PETER CURRY,
disitler. testified to having paid I'd aggregate Of
S5n. .o10to ssU.040 to the Hing. His paynentr
weru nlale IN cheokn. Ile was sued ID 1853 for
deficiency OF tai. aud the suit lasted till 1871,
whou It MAS dteldcd asnu,st htlA. Other suits
bud also been brought ng!tlB: hlm. Had 4 talk
with MoKceiu 1878 about these quits, Had beet
told The nuIts would not be prosecuted. but hls
attorney aa.u thoy would be. Iio took thcst
checks to Nckco and told him II these euits
weto not stopred thero would be storm; that
Ee "ou!d expose the whole thing. Mckee said
checks were very dangerous things. Tno su.sH
we're BtonpRd for tuat time, but judgment waa
rendered ngaicst him Hext wear.
On crogh.exainuatiob wl.neBA stated that he
went to SEQ lclice abunt thu suits. because ho
beloved Mckee Ind great iniintnco with Dis
trlct-Attoruev Patrick, u.i4 could get tbs suts
stopped, but 10 Mould not toll what particular
reasons Ae bad for tbluking 40. Wituess DID
not exroct to bo lnlctod for Ills connection with
the Hing, but the defonsB did not obtain LIT
reasons tor not o1pecling to be Indicted.
Here the prosecution closed. aud tue Court
| adjourned.