Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-22
BABCOCK.
Mr. st6rrs Continues his Argument in
Behalfof the Defendant.

St. LOUIS, Feb..s 2l.-Emory a.
Storrs Of Babcock's counsel, resumed
bis address to the jury this morning.
Upon opening he said:
{ At the close Of the discussion Sat.
urday evening | had finished, ASH
supposed, the dispatches between.
Joyce and BabcoclS relative to the
successor of g. w. Ford. 1t seemed
to me that had demonstrated that
Maguirc appointment was the result
of a most honorable motive from the
highest principles Of justice. The
President consulted the wishes Of
Ford's bondsmen, who were bound to
the extent Of thousands Of dollars, for
the good conduct Of the officer. All
this correspondence passed in October
1873. From that time down to March
1874 there was !, period Of dead
silence between Babcock, Joyce and
Mcdonald. The next dispatch was in
March 1874 and read as follow:
start for San Francisco tomorrow
night. Make ID. call off his scandal
hounds that only blacten the memory
OF Ford and friends. Business"
Douglas himself says in his teSti:
mony there was no direct suspicion
against Joyce but the revenue agents
sen, out from time to time, carried
back such stories of
EXeEsslNE- -noSplrALrrIEs
that the commissioner felt the neces-
sity Of transferring Joyce for tkc time
being to another sphere of useful
ness.
Joyce then tried to visit Washing
ION, but was thwartcd. Had Bah
cock been member of the ring he
would have tried to prevent the San
Francisco trip. Babcocll was not ap.
pealed TO aud that is the
BEST PROOF OF MS INNOCENCE.
Referring directly to the scandal
hound dispatch, Storrs asked "who
was Fo,d??" and in reply, quoted the
presidents deposition, in which the
latter refers to his life long friendship
with Ford and says that for several
years before Ford's death, he had the
presidents entire confidence.
> Said Mr.. Storrs, "The tooth of
slander may have bitten Ford through
and through, but the president still
maintains the same confidence in his
old friend which existed in the New
York state 70 years ago. 1t is
ApsorJrCyy mn ycr1rr,,rr
in the vast desert Of this case, in the
great void Of truth and honesty, tc
find green spot like this. Knowing
the relations between Ford and the
president, Joyce sent his dispatch:-
"Nlake d. call off his scandal hound.
that only =blackcn the memory Of poo,
Ford" Is 1T any wonder that tht
private secretary Of the president
reading this dispatch, went to Doug
lass and inquiredif any investigation
were on foot touching Ford.
Mr.. Storrs then read the letteF-o
March IL, from Babcock to Joyce, il
which he says, Douglass informs hin
that no charges have been made cor
corning Ford or any other st. Loui
official, and then tells joyce, he don
know why Douglass sends him to Sa
Francisco. He asked If this coul
be the letter one conspirator woul
send to another. Would it be poss
bic for Babcock not to know the OF
ject of his visit to San francisco,
he had been conspirator. \Nould'r
Joyce have informed him immediate
and asked him to prevent the tri
Joyce was in San Francisco sever
months and no word passed betwe.
him and Babcock, and how cou
Gen. Babcock know there was co
spiracy if the commissioners Of inte
nal revenue, ;who.4had facilities
learn, did not know it. Here is
conspiracy from October, 1878, dow
1 to the last OF May, and only one tel
gram from Babcock to Joyce and t,
answered ones from Joyce to Babco
and these credita bl, to the.latter.
Mr.. Storrs then passed to the d