, 1876-04-02


rsoner 1nd Emery 4 storrs, published in yester-
days issue, concerning the c. s. Bell, whose
testimony before the Clymer Committee Of Con-
Gress damagingly implicated Babceck and
Luckey-charging that they and q man named
Bradley conspired with him to purloin from the
Office Of District Attorney Dyer, Of ST. Louis, all
tue documentary testimony held by the Govern
ment against observation-disclosures was made to
IN affidavit which had been made by Bell, in
which be implicated Secretary Bristow, Bluford
Wilson. and Dstrict-Attorney Dyer iu plot to
surreptltloualy ohtain private papers in the pos
session Of Babcock and Avery The following
is copy OF the affidavit, which WAS yesterday
afternoon forwarded to Washington by Mr.
StorrB:
WAsH1sGTos. D., Dec IS, 1375.-In pursuing inves-
ngations in the case Of John T. Hoag late Revenue
ieirsnd the % revenue, met and Became aequaintsd
nth D. DIer; United States Attorney At st Louis
November, met MI Henderson, the special counsel
Hosg, seeing the published evidence In the Mcdonald
ease, wherein It WAS testified that he HoeD had RS
r this fact, and des1rous Of capturing Hosg, saw
pyer and offered him ny sersicss. BE promised 70
gp to the Teasry psprrte11tt TN foa r ae.noray TO
From this date frequently at Dyers Office where
met most Of ths onaei.ls connected With the prose-
ih.t INV there was IN ardent desire to connect
.h tbs sssss persons alluded 70 as "w.as nss
ss. sna t. inpits high oacss Ut wsss1g t6st t
1fs1 y duty 70 - report s mattsrn S to ": Lueksy
svenins1 laser, Tnfs Il tha iandell, / met
NR. ". Q. AVERY,
np sSked ms If would gct him copies o1 the Huag-
1efense. A. hs had rendered me personal favors tn
fndisnspo1is and Cincinnati and obtaining for him
Tho morning sftar MeDona,d's conviction vss 1t
Eh from Secretary Bsssow, Attorney Pierre
paat, and Buford Wilson. noticed mora particu-
cepton of one passage in Mr. Brissos the talegraa
were very similar IN phrsseology. Tbs pas
.,gs e, IN r. ptaa 'sssIa
and Te thought we should have used them III this
case, but your judgment x'sa correct Accept my
nearly u can remember, the language Of the dr.
patch, and think the portions aereIa quoted vary te
from ns sss sS5a. assa e pe
ity Of opinion the subject Of MeDonalds eonTio-
lion 1remasked to Dye1. What about the papers
- Oh objected to putting them IN because 1t would
give other parties not yet On trial chance to eonfute
hsnd. You see This thing haa hardly begun YETI
Just then thers catue in detective Of tbs Secret
gs5sos pT9a M By Ra1as ansn IN e @6s
Sas much ela,ed and tslred treaty. Anchih
went out and complained to Chapman Of the failure
to lnd1ct Hong at cincinnzd aud indianapolis after
al 1y work and said that be had now escaped with
out eyeu having given bond- Dyer and Chapman
then told me that policy uas TO b adopted It
ppce: that elsewhere than Ut St. Louis only the dis
tlers and rectl1ezs had been crowded, ard thzs
the see1ery {Bristow y had determined to give tho
whisky men opportunities to divulge undaF fe17na
favorable to them !; that |
ruE rFA1Ly GUILTY ONES WERE GOVERNMENT |
oTR1cERa,
whom it waz determined to prosecute from the highest
- Wclr remarked "I don't see how the plan |
viii xurk when ths District Attn1neyB elsewhere s1e