Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-09

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NSr. Losls. Feb. %. ls5&s
ailcs u Psaees The tri.a Of
DS1eoe1Ei md the jury. have r.
tlrned eysfdict Of mot guilty. : Il
N b ezsup TO the countryee
lea 10 81 tkpaA Who have in Hny
~.t followed the stidence in the case.
Up to>sas Psssent case the prosecution
had not failed to convict every one par
tieipeAins in Ale sienasie f~ads. asthe
famous names Of Joyce, Mcdonald. Az.
.ers md McKts xilaSssifl ERas xhear
the tracks Of the plunderers led to the
White House, then came the herculean
task-tc essnblisA the faes-thes. trail
was plain and fresh. All through the
above mentioned trials the name Of Gen.
O. T. Babcoek, VAS, of frequent occur
renee, which led to'tbe factsthat caused
his Indictment BY the grand jury, This
Indictment charged the defendant, o.
s. Babcock. With eonspiring to defraud
the goveruuent Of its revenue and o q
party to the conspiracy berrat St. Louis.
ms TRIAL ssoIss-coussfI. xrc. ::
The trial opened about two weeks
ago aud haa continued with unabated
interest upto its close on Thursday
last. The exciting scenes nand around
the r. s. Court room here during the
past two weeks have been of q most
ma rked character The dense crowd
packed in the iucommodious Court room,
where the air at times was almost sti-
fling, and the throngs. applying for adj,
mission, all pointed to some great ques-
ton hanging in the balance. If in a
"malifuds of counsel there is any wis
dom. the defendant in this case was
blessed. His leading counsel was Judge
Krim, of the 81. Louis Bar, (who has
been the chief counsel for the "Ring"
in all of their cases,) Judge John h.
Porter, from New York, (of Beecher
fame y Hon. Emory Storrs, n distin-
gu:sbed legal light of Chicago, and E1-
Attorney General Williams of "Lau.
daulet" potoriety. On the other side,
for the prosecution, were Col. Dyer.
District Attorney, and Col James o.
Broadhe,d-the most prominent men,
Der of the ST. Louis Bar-the author of
the famous "Bradhead letter." aud a
Democrat in politics. .-. -
THE coSsrIRAcI AND THE EVIDENCE.
The rules of evidence governing the
admission Of testimony to establish
conspiracy. render it one of the most
difficult offences to prove. The evil
dence to support the allegations of the
Indictment was abundant, as I W i'll show,
though much of it had to 60 to the jury
with Instructions rs to its weight. The
defendants counsel, unwilling that all
the facts should be given, relied upon
this as the chief stay of their case and
brought to bear all of their adroitness
and their regulations are established
to fight it out upon technicalities in
the examination of witnesses, until the
Court grew weary with the term II OBJ
iect {" Their most strenuous efforts
were directed to the exclusion Of every
fact that seemed to affect the defendant
/ in any way.
DISPATCHES BETWEEN BABcocK AND THE
RING.
The evidence on the part Of the Gov
ernment consisted of series Of dis
patches that passed between the defen.
dant and the now convicted thieves,
joyce and Mcdonald. from 1873 mp to
the time Of tho first disclosures. These
dispatches will include herein, in or
der that your readers may Judge for
themselves. It must be borne in mind
that these were the dispatches to and
from the private Secretary of the Pres
ident. Upon the death Of Mr. Ford in
1873 Joyce was an applicant for the va
cant Collectorship, and thus telegra phs
Babcock. "Poor Ford is dead; Nc.
Donald is with his body; let The Pres
ident act cautiously on the successor
ship" The reply:
Col John H. Joyce, ST. Louis, No.
See that Ford's boudsmen recon- mend
you. "B" (Babcock). Ford's bonds
men having recommended Mr.. NEG uire
Joyce telegraphs Babcock. "See dis
patches sent President. We mean it.
Mum" ("Mum" as to bis application. }
When transfer of revenue was to liz
made in order to discover frauds in
1874 BaIcock thus addresses Commits
siouer Doug lass,-"Thato order will make
terrible pressure; we will be overruu
with politicians" Says to Rogers, Dep
utv Commissioner, az am afraid D.
won't be appointed Judge. unless that
order is revoked. chr. d. was an APP
piicant for Julgeship in Pa) The
Secretary and the President had de-
termiaed upon a transfer Of agents, Lu,
the President finally revoked it. Joyce
at this time telegraphs Babcock from
st. Louis. I'VE have information tha,
the enemy weakens; push things" In
March, 1874. joyce being ordered to
San Francisco aud bearing that several
agents were ordered to follow NJ fraud.
out of their districts telegrapLs as fol-
lows: