The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-19
TELEGRAPlH1C.
tIelegraphedt to the Rock Island Argus.l
BABCOCK.
Some Portion Of Col. Broadhead's s
Speech.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. l9.-The closing argu
meat in the Babcock trial was commenced
this forenoon in the United States circuit
court. by James D. Broadhead, for the
government. The court room was crowd
ed and the outer doors kept locked nearly
all the morning.
Alter speaking of the attention which
the jury had given during the ten days
of the trial proceeding, and his belief
that the jury meant to do their duty,
Col Broa6head said:
The government represent is not tie
congress. the president or the judiciary,
but is the law of the land.
Men as good as he have fallen before
temptation. A conspiracy may exist by
solemn agreement or by a tacit under
standing and one who conniyes at the
purpose of guilty combination or he whe
shields it is himself guilty in the eye OF
the law. A strict enforcement of the law
is vital to the national existence. 1t is icr
you simply to inquire if the law has been
violated bv this defendant and if it has it
is for you to take cognizance of it and the
punishment is in your hands. The grand
jury found an indictment against this mau
but you are to pass on the evidence sub.
mitted to you and if you believe the de
fendant is guilty you are not to be in
fuenced by his former good character.
Col. Broadhead then reviewed at great
length the evidence. not confning himself
to the testimony for the government. He
said, before he concluded he would show
that the kilograms and witnesses led in the
same direction. He quoted largely from
the presidents deposition and put that con-
struction upon it which carried out the
theory of the prosecution. He said the
defense introduced numerous letters inter-
changed between Joyce and Babcock but
these letters stop in '73. Why don't they
produce letters in IA and rs when dis
tilleries were running crooked
Col, Broadhead Jhen passed to the
kilograms of March "a when Joyce was
ordered to California and Avery notified
him that agents were goinr to St. Louis.
Avery furnished information but he could
not stop agents. so Joyce sent the tela-
gram to Babcock Make Douglass call of
his scandal hounds. Business" That
means something. The 'scanoal-tounds
were called off. Douglass remembered
Babcock saw him about this time and
asked him about this matter and he tolG
him charges against Ford were being in
vestigated.
Col Broadhead then sketched the dispatc
hes through the fall of IA when efforts were
being made to get off raid on St Louis
He noted the various delays for the cleo
tions and sarcastically said these revenu,
agents were political machines; the elec
ton Of these distinguished Individuals wa
Of more consequence than the detection
of frauds on the revenue. These delay
dated down to the l4th of December whel
Brooks with his men waiting in Phiadel
phia was notified that the raid was ended
1t was on the 18th of Dee. that Bah
cock, after having seen the commissioner
teegraphed to Mcdonald the ''Sylph
dispatch-''I succeeded, they will not GO
The ring knew of the defeat day befor
the raiding party did, when Rogers toll
Mcdonald, on the Sth of Dec. that tn
agents had not gone. That was enough t.
satisfy Mcdonald and made him feel s
good that he sent this telegram to joyce
DEAD Dog. Goose hangs altitu
dinal Sun shines So Mcdonald
: had put something else in motion and o
which he relied.
Babcocks letter from Brooks had bee
stolen from Rogers desk and a wron
construction had been put up on that lette
and it had beel put in Babcock's s hand
who, before the 18th of December, 8
Douglass testified, showed this to Dou,
lass and gave it matchmaking construt
ton. Why should Babcock, with all til
manifold duties which he is credited witt
have busted himself in this secret an
, hidden manner binding Douglass not to te
Rogers who had shown This is the wa
the despatch ends. and the operator maG
!. no effort to complete the sentence.