, 1876-02-13
The Fabrication About State's.At-
torney Reed Exposed.
Last Story Concerning Joyce and His
Possible Revelations.
n1r, Golsen Spends Another Day
with the Grand jury.
Things Around the Custom-Houss--.
snme Petty Cases---Jonesa
of louisville. ..:,'
BADC0CH.

BADCOCE.
OBSERVATIONS
THE TURNING POINT.
Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune
St. Lor1s, Feb. 12.-The turning point in th
Babcock trial vas undoubtedly reached to-da,
when counsel for defense objected to the intro
duction Of the kilograms purporting to hav
passed between Joyce and Mcdonald and the de
fendant. The attorneys on both sides evicentt
hid strong realization Of the importance q
the discussion, and elaborate prepar ha
been m4de 10 support Of the Positions mair
tanned by either slde. Storrs' opening argumen
On the objection Was mastery piece Of oratory
chock-full Of brilliant points, and b1istlins
here and there with judicial opinions tia
gave much piausihility to what he said
Dyer followed With roush-shod harange, hew
ing here and there. and letting tho chips fal
around generally, asserting and repeating unit
evezy ctr suffered de1cruciatlngly from the drsary
discord Of the backwoods monotone. Dyer is .
regulsr country 1awyer, with voice and geeture
calculated to make the rustic Justice quail in his
boots, but entirely devoid Of that pleasing elo-
qusnea Which persuades the cultured jurist
Has
SUBJECTED 10 LUD1CRoU3 PnEDlcANESTs
quite frequently on sccount Of his lack OF gen-
essl reading. To-day Mr. Storrs, it, his nreu-
msnt WAS 1idiculing the effort OF the
Government to show Babcock's compile
itT in the conspiracy By proving the au-
fhentcltr Of the dispatches, aud said
there Was not parallel case to it. except that Of
Barden vs- Picawick- Dyer, With pencil and
notebook in hand, very gra4ely asked what
page. 6tor1s had = Riverside edition OF Dick
ems at hand, and at once answered, Page lis, n
md then proceeded in his inimltable manner to
finish the parallel between Dabcock's case and
Bazdell IS, P1ckwick, all at the expense Of Dyer
the nntutoEed savage Of Pike County.
BBoApHEAD.
Compared to Dyer, Bsoadhead is an intellect
ual Light, and hie speech, which followed that
Of his co-prosecutor, Tas splendid judicial dis
play, concise eEery assertiop backed by Law,
clothed in such language thai the common herd
soutsade the rail!ng could understand. and put to
the Court with an air OF overwhelming honesty.
htorrs' speech was ornate, sonorous, and pre-
6ented With pertsnacity that almost persuaded.
'Rroadheade wa6 legal GRAFTON, and in argu-
nent vide IS door aud deep as a well.
II pAed up point on point and precedent
,on precedent, till assent to his conclusions
became irresistible. HIS answer to the position
'of storrs that the telesrans we're meaningless
IFas especially powerful. and completely f1fmol-
lshad hls opponents. His speech fully fore
shadowsd the exact use the prosecution would
make Of this evidence if it is admitted. II the
Court oge1rn1es the objection raised BY defeud~
ants counsel. it is apparent that nothing can
prevent the jury from regarding the teleeraus
9s satisfactory proof Of Babcocks guilt. When
Btosdhead had hnished,
PORTER AROSE
and began speech which, for forensic power,
promises 10 eclipse any argument which has
Ses marked the progress OF the case. He ia
100 Kel worthy OF Broadheads steel,
ana the od Saxon will ind no mAiden's arm ia
1oSter only spoke shout twenty minutes, when /
1ne Courf, on account OF the latepe6s Of the |
aonr' expressed desire to adjourn till Monday
morning. When the argument will be resumed |
az 1af rs he proceeded his effort WAS adroit, |
e4oquent, and classic. The result is locked for
rstd to with the creates. snxiety.
~ eae hotels and other public places are |
e9o#ded tonight the sole topic of discussion |
peaog psao ~ toe new turn in the Babcock
ss ease. Tbs general opinion among lawyers il
:, osERnCLE TIE oDJEc11oN
;ao Hoo let IA the evidence. This belief is based
largely upon Judge DiiIon's proneness hereto
.ote manifested Oh every available occasion, to
tt ga.e eser5thtpg to the jury, and let them sift
sd o. both edes- Should he 40 decide, it will be
*1a handwriting On the wall to Babcock.
TIE DISPATCHES,
tho dispatches which the Government is
os95nn& to get before the jury. there arc four
uny Of Primary importance. The first, or the
oFlPa dispatch, is as follows:
nAsaEsToS. D. C., Dec l3, 1874. Gen. JOHN lie
pa@ 1sisa a.: haze succeeded They will not 60. will
"4.s sou- tsgnedl STLPu.
=, The second is from Joyce to Babcock, in rela-
1loa to the detective Hogue, who uns in St.
ttouas, II follows:
hAre seen The gentleman. He appears very friend
Is ne looking after the improvement Of the river?
Ihe third one is from Babcock to Joyce, and
reads:
see that Ford's bondsrnen recommend Jon before
suoee Dillon informed the jury TINT tbs Court
~ compelled to Withdraw the permission here t .
otole granted them to read the daily papers. -.
'o@e paperH on one side and soDe On the other
laa contained articles concerning the case which
'e1e s such as the jury should not see. I
1ne crowd around the Courtroom to-dny WAS i
The popular anticipation WIS that Z
as ff1al would reach its climax.
LINE or THE DEFENCE
IN the cross-e1am.nation OF Commissioner
douglass by Mr.. Storrs to-day, some indications f
efe made manifest which foreshadow still n
1ote closely the line Of the defense that will :,
aonaoly be adopted by Babcock's counsel. Fol-
wing almost immediately On tho questions ad~
Ay whether Joyce had not been in the habit OF d
snd4ng letters to Government officials With in- Il
osuree Of newspapers, editorials and speeches +
Importing to be written by himself. His re- a. :.
'onse to these questions Tas in the affirmative: IL
ID the Importance apparently attached d
}, the answer by the questioning coun- n
y hoggested the explanation sought to be CT
zen to the seemingly suspicious correspond :,
ICE, and no doubt the precaution OF elciting L
r. r.. admission was brought about By statements
aich had been made b Irresponsible guesse1s "a
tne ptess to the effect that the Government 81
,9ld show kilograms or \ telegram from Bah bs
cS to Joyce someWhst as follows: Yours, t.
u inclosure, received. Thanks" bs
1Hx ARGUMENT FOE THE pEFr1sk ca
undoubtedly ha that Io1es, in following out m