The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-02-16

may not have been known. His purpose may
not have been known, or the person who re-
or may not have Invited it. or:hsve known that
1t wastD any way connected with the guilty
onp or assresa sSy to - Py nspdee ns
plan, and as men act differently under
T9e same circnnstsRce II 3 for the Jury, under
letter, If IL was sent and received, in connection
With the other circumstances in evidencs. Mr..
fed: Colonel Joyce handed me two envelopes
anS ,. directed me TO pat them in the letter box,
JOYCE WAS WATCHING
me from the window ofhis Office. was fearing
him. could see him watching me. 1 cav the
directions on the envelopes. One was directed
to w. o. Avery, Washington, d. c., and the
other to Gen. o. E. Bsbcock. Washington, ID. e
Each OF them had personal" on the left hand
corner. They were ordinary envelopes and had
no printed matter on them, or other di-
rections, except what have stated.
They had postage stamps on them
the city June 10, 1875 and went to New York
City and from thereto Liverpool. left Liver
on the 7th OF January. never saw Gen. Bao-
cock before this trial began Crnss-examined by
Mr.. Storrs: have been in this city since Jan.
20. can not tell the month on which mailed
the letters. 1t was In either Februaryor March,
1879 but Z am not positive. think
it was In the latter part of Feb
got the money first from the supervisors Office
Col. Joyce stood in front OF his desk when he
put the money in the envelopes. The envelopes
Were on the table when handed him the two
$500 bills. 1 then satdown on his left was
watching him attentively. He first took the
two envelopes up, took the paper out of one of
the envelopes and put the bill In. did notsee
am not positive that he did put it In /.
Whether Ii was the letter directed to Babcock or
When i went to II IiverpooI % m had "a no can snecisi
knew about the whisky ring, and wanted to
keep out of trouble. went TO London and Paris,
a ter leaving Liverpool and then went to Rome,
where I received a letter from my brother
telling me TO return home. He did not tell me
it safe to return. met Col. McFall when /
landed iu New York, but the meeting was seci-
dental. From New York went TO Philadelphia
where / met District Attorner Dyer.
He came to see me. told him
JUST WHAT HAVE TESTIFIED To.
l told Col. Dyer since came here what would
testify to on the stand. told him couldn't be
positive which envelope saw Joyce put the $500
bill into. There has besn no pressure 10 make
me remember that there was a $3.50 bill placed
in both envelopes. When 1 was before the grand
jury and on my direct examination said that
presumed the second $500 bill was put in the
other envelopes, as we'll as the one 1 saw. do
not know whether have been Indicted here or
not. The papers say am. 1 made no inquiry
about it. have never been arrested on any in
understanding or bargain about it. There have
been no hints to me that would not be ar
rested. bave no reliance that will not be. i
was before the grand jury at the May term.
but did not testify that knew
nothing about the whisky frauds
on his redirect examination the witness ex-
p'ained that Joyce was standing up at his desk
when he pul the money in the envelope, and
after placing one bank note in one of the en-
velopes he turned partially around so that the
witness saw only a part or the other envelope
and did not the other bill put into it.
| p AleXanHer fAfl
In the United States sub-treasury of this city,
testified to having Civ en- two five hundred
dollar notes for small bills TO man whom he
aid not know about year ago, but ne could not
identify Everest as the person to whom he gave
them. In fact he rather thought Everest was
not the man. Edward b. Frazer, of the distill-
ing firm OF Bevis & Frazer, then took the stand
and for the fonrth time recited his gto.y of The
conspiracy and the operations of his house dur
ing its existence. There was nothing new
brought out, either in the direct or cross
examination of the witness, and nothing what
Journed. During the examination of Everest
and particularly where he was testify sing about
the placing of the money in the envelopes ad-
DIRE ssed TO Babccck and Avery, there was a great
in the testimony was intense, but
VIXEN the cross-examination revealed
the fact that the witness saw the money plac ed
In but one envelope, and he could not tell
which one 1t was he saw the bank note put into,
there was reaction, and great relief seemed to
be experienced by the counsel and friends of III q
defendant. The counsel for the defense ex-
pressed themselves, since the adjournment of
court, greatly delighted at breaking the force
of EyelSst'S evidence, and seem to be very SAN
guine tn tthey viii succeed in like manner
on ell occasions.