, 1876-04-16
Gen. Babcock Declared to Be t}na Of
the Leading Spirits.
The House Committee Decide to
Keep Kilbourn in Jail.
Cau1feld's Committee Having q
Dry Time of 1t.
8ABCOCK,

eABcoCK.
NB mDrcTnExT BI TIE DISTRICT GRIND 1UR
Speetal D.tpdtch to The CHICAGO Tribune.
WARRINGTON. .. G., April 15.-Goa. Babcoe
Il either the victim Of misfortune Or he is +,
caiTinE tho penalties OF personal and ofici
misconduct He was today indicted for allcce
complcaty in tho safe-burglary affair, and wit
him rs alleged co-conspirators, are Richa,
Harrington. Hiram c. WhitcIy, Iehabod Ne
tleshlp, Thomas ?. somerville, Geo E. AIilel
nlias Bliss, alias Williams. and Walter Brown
aliss William Benton. They are all indicted O.
the charge Of having On the 18th Of April, 1871
eonspdrnd to inju1e and oppress Columbu
Alexander, and that in pursuance Of said con
spiracy they did procure said Brown AM
the said Niles to break aud enter the Office Q
the Attorney OF tho United States for said Dis
trict, and to take therefrom two books Of on
John o. Evans, and to carry them to the resi-
dence Of the said Columbus Ale1andsrs3' Th.
witnesses arc 4. C. Richards, Albert Cunz
A. B. Newcombc. O. D. hladse, Joshux Parker
e. c. Barfeid, Michael hayes. aud Columbus
Alexander. OF the indicted persons it is UNDER
stood that Whitley, Netneehip. and Somervilla
~sre
TEE ASSURANCE OF EfNUvTTT
'fon the President Miles is undergoing sen-
tencs Of fourteen yraEn in the Vermont Peni-
tentiary for robbing the Barre Bank, and the
whereabouts Of Benton. ono OF the burglars
who bEoke the safe, arc unknown. The endless
a8persions which have been made upon the
character Of Gen. Babcock in this connection
will now be proved to bave been justified or
gToundless il there n a fair trial. Thers is rea-
son to beaisvo the juries in this District and in
connection With this very 1nattar have been
packed. But there are 70 many eyes watching
now that q fair trial may BE- anticipated. The
case will DOW be remitted to the courts, ard tho
Congressional Committee will have It.lo further
to do with it.
It ia reported that
HARRINGTON HAs FLED THE COUNTRY
sud is to bo supported By voluntary cont1ibu-
toos during tue seven years OF his enforced
absence. By that time the etatute Of limitation
will have run o0t- Meanwhile the latest story
at Whitley, the chief detective, wzl1 be Of IN
terost In IN interview to-day be Is reported as
gave tho following particulars conce1n-
ing Geu. BabcockS relation and coppec-
ton with ex-solicitor Bzndeld, and Binford
Wilson, the :, present Solicitor Of ths
B.a6eld was supposed to b. friendly to BIB
eock, md the otber sueged leaders of the SAFE
burglary conspiracy, but at last when for Ger
tain reasons, president Grant Unlisted on Ban-
6slds removal, Eahcock. accordin: to Col
Whita]H stepped in and began layine his plans |
Tor
DECE1FEs8 BLuFURD WILSON,
Tho he knew wss to be Ban6eld's SUCCESSOR. t
Whitel7's . narration is as follows
Banfeld was not in good fellowship at the !
White House when tho conspiracy first CON- |
nnenced- It bad been reported in New York that |
10 Was Intimate with people known to bo unfriend-
y to the Administration. Finally, when the |
safe-butgls1y q job came up. and it Vas known !
fhat change was to be made in the Treasury, I |
ssu the necessity OF keeping Bsnfeld there. I
rent to Gen. Babcock and told him that it twou1d |
DOT 90 to dave new man II the Solicitors De- |
paxtment. Tho General replied that the MN
mas al right that q brother Of his had Prev,
ously served with him Babcock) On Gen.
Grants stan. and he knew that he could be
handled But the truth is. Blufor3 Wilson ysas
NOT HANDLED WORTH CENT.
although Eabcock tried very hard to influence
bin Whenever would have any talk with
Habcock on the subject he would sav, .sEyerv-
thing is working all right" had ut least
s"ent5 different interviews with him about the
'2fe-buEglaEy matter alone. lie knew more
cauae he wss concerned in it. He haa deep
interest in it, and hnd none. Neither myself |
nor my men ever owned paece Of land in this |
District. The wholo point, 50 far as our coppcc~
ny men were ofacaIs Of the Government, acting |
uaDER THE INSTRUCTIONS OF GEN. BABcocK,
lad We hAd to obey his order. Anything that he |
Eequired Of us had to be done He a1erted
,
II his position. The character OF his orders vas
aothlng to me- 8o1ong IS ther ca1ne within our
Department. our business was to obey As
of Grounds and Public Build
:! nes: End ~ owner Of much property in the !
'reatiy concerned in the Investigation then :
:oing On. The Secret Service officers !
. no way knew either Harrington or Ac1an- :
Eer, nor any one Of the memo1ialists. They
Fere simply agents Of the Government acting {
lndar Bstcock for his own purposea. l might ! :!
id, don't think that Attorneys General Viii i
ans OF tho President had anything to do with ! \
be seS SsonspFasy Il Williams vaa used he WAS
Whitley, in the same interview, makes this en- J
lous statement:
"About year before tbs sa:e-burglary oc. e
urred. there w1s movement On foot to bring =
lana to Washington. md Harrington wanted me I
, put up the job. think it was tho yerv first
mo ever met him to know him. He wanted | Il
le to invent \ plan to get Dana to come to !
iaahinEton- Babcock consulted NC about it 1t 1
1e same time vent to see him in reference to
at bis request he said that It could get =
10 old scoundrei over here he would put him in 4
10 Penitentialy- They took me down to Shop .
e1ds Office, and Babcock told Shepherd tbat E,
TIE RIGHT Find or A HAN
get Dana here. Shepherd turned around IL Il,
hea Babcock said this, and replied that it WAS @ @
matter that he did not want anything to do | = =
lth- Babcock said We'll, II Whitley can get | - :.
ana over here, will put the damned scoupdrel -
The Penitentiary.' Tho fact that Babcock =
sea the detective force Of tho United States for ~
IL ewn personal benefit ahous that hs is Just o. o.
70 kind OF man ia be il the burglary con- -. ~
nsacy. He wanted to use tha secret service VI
nee to kdnap men whom he did not like with ~
It e1pending q dollar OF his oHn money for it, ~
an sa1lsfea that there ara detectives en- Gu Gu
o5ed uoH to manufacture evidence to break M Ms
% force of the testimony to DO given ia the - -
ooaing safe-burgisEy tr1als. From informa- -,
aa a which have received believe that Bsb- ~
ck is already 1t work
TRYING TO ExTRIC4TE HIMsELF
means OF his peculiar devices It has been
q q that was paid to come before the Com
i istee IN this caso. It ia totally false. I was
aopeQaed on another matter, as will appear.
oeo came here went to work to understand n,
status in the ssfe burglary case, rs had in w
Elaahon that made such Z step neces- me
= I found that they were GRADUALLY wh
'ang the conspiracy down upon me, and that COZ
y intended to make me scape-goat, and let Sta
case fall through. As the statute Of limit ~,
ons would expire On the 2ard of this month, ns'
ss to be dropped right into the Dit and idft to Mu
I ont the best way could Then I resolved am
Sse the truth to the country and save myself. hac