The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-06
PIERREP0NT'S TURN NEXT.
DINING DTSCLOSURES or TRPtCH-
LRI ~ BtBCOCk'S TRIIL,
Tho Nations chief Omcer Of Justice Demand.
ing the Proofs an Inst the " hi-hey Conapir-

Tho Nations Chief Omcer Of Justice Demand.
ing the Proofs a an Inst the W hi-key Conspir-
ntor and thcp Giving them TO hts In wycrs.
ST. Lou1s, Mo, March 5.-Tho Times to-
day publishes what purports to be part VI the
secret history Of tho whiskey Ring prosecutions
hero and especially Of tho Babcock trial 1t a.
sorts that Attorney General Plerepont " IS very
active md Jealous in the prosecution until Bah
cock was Indicted. when his ardor cooled and
he began to use hi- Influence and the power cf
his Office TO save that gentleman. with this
view, It IA asserted, the Attorney ca Gcncta sum
moncd District Attorney Dyer 20 Washington
DYER went, and vhils there Plerrepont on tue
plea that It was very important. and oven neces
sary that he. rs tho head Of the Department Of
Justice, should know what the prosecution was
to he In the Babco,k case. obtained oi him In
detail, by the greatest and most inoAoueailo
hypocrisy. the oral testimony against nabcock,
the whole plan ot the prosecution. what he
intended 10 riove hy each witness, aud the or
der in which hO Intended to present the evil
denco.
This information, II Ia alleged, Pierre, mt
made over for tho Isc Of lIabcock'- c. uns, in
order to defeat the prosecution, and this. too,
with the President knowledge and consent.
Mr. StOrrs, the senor counsel for Bahcock re-
maintd in Nashiulton, and whateve, Pierre
pont obtained from Dyer in regard 10 the case
he first repeated to the President, and aftcr con-
sultation VITA hin. Storrs cot the benefit Of all
he had learned. T1e Attorney Generals pri-
yate oflco was the place where the pl.rs to de-
feat the Govctnment In the case against Bth-
cock were mHturcd. Every night preceding to
time set Tor Bdbcock's trial, Babcock ani Gon.
Horace Porter met picrrepont IN his ohcC and
CLOSELY studied every point contained in the
evidence for the Government and prepared to
overcome IT, Ben. Hancock was admitted to
pout when the plan was ftst otranced, and
Whenever Dyer sent any additional ey aencc 90
Washington Storrs was sent for and when the
plan of the prosecution WAS fully ured he
was A. familiar with II as the Attorney General
Thoso familiar with the circumstance absolve
Col Dyer from censure. Mr.. Dyer had imposed
Plerrepont and had been deceived. MIR. Dyer
could not lie made TO believe that one OF the
his oath of office and disregard his duty, hence
he accepted l1eTepont's pretended interest In
vigorous prosecution as his senior. and
for aid aud counsel Ii "a t6en s.ertcd
that while PicrrcpOnt was NJ the ,lt=st
very earnest In prosecuting the HAiskey
credit chiet law officer ~ the Governni snt, he
soon found lie was over. .hadowcd by Secretary
liristow. the pecrle aud prosecuting officers
struck nssinsf he ling T4ls Ailed Vierrepon,
popularity, and joined heart and soul with
the Grant faction, This gave him n Arm
enabled him to aid IN defeating D-stow
plans, ana thus weaken him amorg tie
he had double purpose IN joining the '2Vein-
ment TO save Babcock from convetlun-Ae
w. nnd m po'nd w.h D'nnt i
by making II appear that the indctment of
Bahcock was scheme to injuro Grant a1d Gi-
vance Brlstows political interests. A TO
why solicitor General wilson did not warn
Dyer OF Pierrepont TO defeat him. Il is EXPLAINED
Us coming from Wilson himself that he wal
som had already been represented ~ scheming
against the President and Dabcock Every eet
was distorted and borne TO Grants ears ~ a
part Of Btist9ws plan 70 obtain The nomination
several months devoted his time almost exclu-
sively 20 working up the evidence nsan.t and
and arranged The plans to this end, witch made
II impossible for any oitntr man g. steu into bis
to secure his .fenSyai' and so wished
were convicted. Just at the junctdre
when warning to the s.. Louis prosecution
would have proved valuable, he dared Lot inter
pose lest might result M his removal and the
escape ~ the whiskcy thieves In Chicago, The
secretary regarded him as necessity TO sue
cesSful prosecution of the Riag. aud lad he un-
dcfiaAen to have exposed Pierrepgnt lans us
removal would certainly have followed the dis-
coyeTy by picrrepout OF the fact. Bosidee, Col.
Dyer placed the most Implicit faitn IN the pro
LESSONS OF Perrepunt, anu hry suggestions as 10
the Attoiucv- Generals scheme against the uros-
ccutions I'll; nave been resented. Consider
ation- OF this kind prompi Cd solicitor Wi,son to
rcfr iu from giving advice tia; might have un-
dermiued hts plan. solicitor Wilson did not for
get that he wrote Henderson a letter advising
him to keep a detective on Babcuck's track
during his vsit in the fall ~ 1873. and tnat COPY
Of tnst letter was sent TO the President. Nj.
Henderson lost the letter, and by some means
copy found it, way TO the White House.
Col. Dyer and his assistants are fully aware Of
Pierreponts treachery now The day Babcock
was acquitted Col. Dyer said publicly that he
hnd contended alanst an element which was
bound to defeat him. AT that time he declined
% give any explanation, but the fact that his
eyes had lust been opened 10 this element Of
opposition was apparent
The mtlce also accuses Porrepont Of fmano,u-
verng for the removal OF Gen. Henderson,
special counsel for the Government here.