Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-07
The War Department Investigation
Gen. BCSc0ck's Tesfisaouy.

After Mr.. Luckey had concluded the read
iug OF his statement yesterday before the
Committee on Expenditures In the War De-
partment, which was mainly corrooorative
OF tie testimony OF MT. A. c. Bradley, Gen.
q. r. Babcock was called.
Ger ersl Ia bcook testified that he had first
seen Bell at the headquarters of the army or
the Executive Mansion, when he was rec
ommerded as scout. He next heard of him
wren Dir. Luckey returned from st. Louis
nut did not see hun until he got back from
Chicago. December "a. He received cons,d.
cradle Information from Bell. who SAID he
mad TUNED 1t over TO Mr.. Bradley, who would
report particulars. He LETT here for the ives,
on the 9TH OF December, and heard nothing
from Bell until the oath OF December. He
asked Luckey to send Bell around to his OF.
ice, 2iC0 Pennsy lvania avenue. Bell made
long report 10 him there. Bell said he was
very poor, &c., and witness told him to put
what he had 20 say In writing and he would
submit 10 to his counsel Mr. St0rrs, and ifit
was valuable he should be paid for IL. Storrs
told him TO get Bell 10 make AFFIDAVIT to the
statement. He went out and got notary
named John w. Corson, and broush. him TO
Witr ess' house with his seal and made affi-
taytt TO the document. Witness believed in
Bell when he found him willing to subscribe
IN the affidavit. and first paid him S25. and
raid him altogether about hundred dollars
Bell called at his house six or eight times.
and at his office three times. On the 18th of
January Bell sent letter 10 witness house
asking for S40 which he said he would con-
slider as in payment for all his services. or
WoOlO Spay II on the LIST OF February out of
h salary In the Pension bureau. Ge0eral
Babcock was out and did not receive the let
ter IN time TO answer, but would not have
paid any attention TO it. The next day he
received another letter from Bell asking that
the mOney be sent by the bearer as The At
tfr was very important, and he wanted 10 60
IN New York in the first train and return on
Saturday. Witness told the boy there was
10 answer.
THE AFFIDAVIT
covers thirty pages OF legal cap paper It's
SNf.S FOR Sc sfNFl l,. IL
came acquainted with District Attorney
Dyer, his assistant, Bliss, and Mr. He1deT-
son, special counsel, in November. Dyer
promised to employ him as detective in re-
gard TO the case of HOge, a revenue agent,
who was briSed and fed the country. Chan
man, OF the internal revenue bureau, said he
would be well provided for in the depart
meBt. Bell said that there was a conspiracy
on the part OF BrStOw, B!ufOrd Wilson. Dyer
and Henderson To eIItrap BabcO"k aud
IUCkey so as to make n strong blow at Pre-
sident Grant and help Rrist0w in the ooiiti-
cal canvass. That he hen seen Luckey il 81.
Louis and told him this, and that LIckey
had very little to say abOui it. Bell says:
II feel IL my duty To 10 this, as l cGgld aOt
conference conspiracy then in progress
against persons | believed innocent. when
its whole anirnus spraug from political in
rigUe." He charges n difare1ce between
Dyer and Henderson, which he saws grew out
Cf desire on the part Of the latter to hurry
mp things aud set the cases through, because
he did not expect they would keep him IN
office long. This was before B8bcDcE was
indicted. That DYER tod Henderson he did
] OF wish To 20 80 far, bs"auSa ne hal head
10 lose; hat Henderson rarely went 10 Dyer's
office, but tbat Oh the day the .Sylph"
ieIcgr3rl was produced in court ha met
Dyer in his office, end further wOris
were had IN regard to HenderSOa'S preciDi-
fancy. Dyer seeming TO fear that he would
he held accountable for HendeTsOG'S acts
on the evening of November 9Th lie saw
Dyer at his office alone. The latter shut the
GOOr and pulled from his coat pocket some
papers ard kilograms. lie seemed iUbjidut
AID excited. Look at this" said Dyer,
TGinting TO the papers, first Bah ;Gck, then
/. ). Grant | expressed surprise, and he
repeated the remark. There was nothing IN
any OF The letters or papers ne hal that was
rot susceptible OF easy explanation. Dyer
said they had been introduced q: the close q.
the Avery trial, that Babcock's mouth would
De closed and he could not expiain ne let
teTs; that Dyer proposed 10 send him n
Joyce TO promise Joyce pardon il he cDGld
furnish letters that would implicate Bah
cock: that q necessity existed n BAbc1cS's
case; that insulting language vas freIu ant
ly used IN regard 10 those Washington par
ties, meaning Babc1ck and the President.
that editOrial * were prepared in DyCr's OH &
for the press Of st Louis. bearing IN the d.
feCtiOn that wOuld indicate such a c0nspira-
cy as Dyer had developed to Bell: That tneF
had telegraph operator in a 81. Louis Office
who was delivering ell kilograms passing
between BabCock ard bis friends; that they
had letters written on paper heared " Exec
utive Mansion" purpOTting tn be from Bah
cock, and which Dyer said to Bell were either
foTgeTies or copies. This astOnished Bell,
who believed they had been used before the
grand jury for the purpose OF indictment.
Dyer said, I'VE are going 10 bring the pres
sure to bear ever where they would not give
Bingham chance at indianapolis, so we
brought him here Bell says in his affiiavit
that 1t was the plan OF Dyer and Henderson
TO bring everything up bearing against the
Washington officials, and TO offer immunity
to the distllleTs in order To accomplish that.
Gen. Babcnck den led that he had ever told
Bell that he (BabcOck) was guilty.
GEN. BABCOCK, On CROSS EXAMINATION,
said that after Bell gave him verbal inf0r
nation he asked him TO put his statement
in writing. which he did in the form OF the
sffldaYit. He did not know that Bell went
to New York after telling him he intended
to do so. nor did Bell write To him from that
city. Gen. BabcOck informed The President
In general terms OF Bells statement. h
never recommended Bell for appoiutmert,
and never said TO Bell that he wanted all the
papers. as part of them only would be of 10
use, and did not employ Bell 10 obtain the
papers. Gen BabcOck said he did not know
that Bell was going TO st. Louis.
By the dropping of the word mot" in yes
terCsy's STAR, the reply to a question pro
pounded MIR. Luckey, whether the President
sent him tn st Louis, reads that he was sent
to st. Louis by the President. Mr. LucSey's
reply was that he was nOg sent by the Presi-
dent to st. Louis
The Testimony TO day.