The Morning herald., 1876-02-15
THR WHISKY TRIALS.
BApcoCK oNTnE RAGGED EDGE

100 W0l0Al lNlAAN'
BADCOCK ONTmE RAGGED EDGE.
Admitting the Dispatches In Evi-
dence-Msk1ngA . AStrong Case-The
O. chicago RtnE-Oome Interest-
lar ing Developments = Will
M'Kee ana Avery Get
Now Tr1als9
ST. LOUIS, NO., Feb. ,l4.-The court in
the Babcock case opened at 10 o'clock a. m.
Ex-Judgs Porter resumed the argument
against the admission of the Babcock and
Joyce kilograms 40 evidence, and concluded
at 11:45. Thos Walsh brother-in INV Of
McDonald's identified the signatures In the
telegraph receipt book, covering about
dozen dispatches between Joyce, Mcdonald
and others. The court at 1890 took q re-
cess until . p. N. - ----.--z.
This afternoon Court was late in opening
and the few minutes of waiting was occu-
pied by counsel in chatting pleasantly to-
gether. At 3 o'clock the Judges took their
seats, and Judge Dillon delivered an address
on tho objection to admission of the tele-
grams on his relevancy Of these messages was
stated to be matter for the Jury to decide,
while those which passed between McDon-
aid and Joyce were admitted as acts OF the
conspirators. In re-furtherance Of the
alleged conspiracy they did not necessarily
convince the defendant there as to the ad
mission Of the dispatches dated Dec. 3rd
and 9th, 1874. The opinion Of the Court
was reserved for further consideration. The
remainder Of the afternoon was principally
occupied in the identification Of hand
writing and fixing of dates Of various
dispatches. "A large proportion Of them
being admitted In evidence without obJec-
tons from the defence. .--
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Thirteen of the dis.
tillers and rectihers of this city who are
under indictment. in connection with the
fore the United States District Court this
afternoon and plead not guilty. Mr.. Null
Ter, the well-known ex-County Treasurer,
was oneJ6f the number. General Webster
has been very generally besieged in regard
to the result Of his visit to Washington with
which he seems perfectly satisfied. He saw
the President, Secretary Bristow and A.
torney General Picrrepont. The circular
letter addressed by Mr.. Pierrepont to
several District Attorneys was the subject
of conversation between them. This let
ter has been regarded by some as
written insthe interest of Supervisor Fulton,
and for the purpose of enforcing the views
entertained by him and Others in opposition
1 to the course Of the Governments counsel,
in Chicago. The Attorney General however,
assured General Webster that he had no
such intention in writing the letter. 1t was
merely general letter Of instructions, and
not intended for any special application to
the Chicago case. The fact that the prose-
cution will 60 right on in the course origi-
nally decided upon is also conclusive evil
dence that the construction put on the cir.
cular letter was false one In so Tar at least
as the order related to Chicago cases.
State Attorney Reed has returned from
i St Louis, and demands of the Times the
name of the person who informed that paper
that he had been indicted, failing TO receive
some satisfactory answer, he will bring sui
for libel. 1t seems certain that the report
was manufactured in the office OF the Times
Reed was in attendance upon the Babcoci
trial while in St. Louis. and expresses tn
opinion that Babcock cannot properly 81
convicted by any testimony thus far. H
says there is a great pressure against him
The air is full of pressure to convict
People in St. Louis now agree that Mckee
should have been convicted. Judge Porte
and Mr.. storrs says Mr.. Reed assured M
they had most triumphant defense. say
McKee's counsel and they told me he will
doubtless, get new trial and also tina
Avery will have new trial. Recently
, subpoena was issued, citing Orville Grant t
. appear before the Grand Jury. This morn
ing it was returned by the Clerk OF tn
Northern District Court, not served 10
reason that Grant is now in Springfield an
! is not expected to return to Chicago soon
ii is understood that he is wanted to CIV
his testimony in regard to letter which h
! wrote to the President when Bloomfield wa
t Supervisor of Internal Revenue, asking to
that officers removal, and charging hir
: with being mixed up with whisky rings an
also inti@ating that if he could have Pr Pr
: lvate conversation with his brother, Vh
PRESIDENT he would tell him more than b
y cared to put on paper. The subpoena wi
be sent to Washington for service.