, 1876-02-13

ana now comes new story concerning Joyc
That jewel of the St. Louis Ring appears ,
have Wearied Of his retirement from uotoriet,
and, II the story be true, proposes to emerg
from his present confinement and zebra~Iik
aspect, aud resume, if q reappointment can b
secured, the functions Of Revenue Agent.
1t VIII be remembered (by joyce, at least) thu
when he Vas conveyed to the Jefferson Cit
Fenltentsary he Was sentenced to hard labor. a
that time he rather gloricd in it. Had be beel
condemned to death it is questionable il b.
would have entered any vigorous protest. fo
| friend Joyce at that time was moro attentive t.
newspaper publications than to his FUTURE
| Before and at the time Of his conviction
Joyce registered an oath that 10 wonld give n,
nothing, for he Was aod always has been an in,
Decent man. But now he develops otherwise.
and has planned way By which he hopes tt
emerge from the yellow walls Of the Missouri
Prison. aud once more assume q front rank in
Missouri politics.
! It is claimed on his behalf by some OF the most
astute lawyers in this section Of the country that
| inasmuch as the revenue law does not proyido
for hard labor on conviction under its provisions,
any sentence involving hard labor is void, and
that, sentence having been passed and the COM
mtmont issued. no other sentence can be pro-
nouuced and the prisoner is entitled to hiy free-
|
proposes to avail himself It is said that he has
employed counsel in Chicago, who have advised
hin that C. writ OF habeas corpus will yank him
out OF jail, and once more place him beside
NAPOLEON Bonaparte, Alexander the Great, Joan
OF Arc, Aristotle. the Maid of Athens and al tbs
other.peoplo to whom lie compared himself, wheu
ho stepped from undsr Carter Harrison's eagle
into the arma Of Warden Sebrea and Contractor
Fox.
Joyce rolled the advice over in his mind, and
fhar YnAo ntn1 khpA E$e1-n I..hA
won for him sleigh-ride from the BiAckwelis
Island Ferry to the White Plains Court~ropn
and back. Joyce felt that he mu st make bis
calling and election sure, so Gas tho story 1uns)
he opened negotiations NTH the Government
officials at st. Louis
Pat Dyer has always been atrong in tho faith
that Joyce is IN position to thoroughly and ef-
fectually convict Bebcock; that the historically
multl!a1ous Joyce has possession Of certain
documents which would, if presented, make any
jury OF any mans peers wink their eye-lashes
out. Acting on this theory. bo sent Assistant
Distrlct-Attorney Bliss and Marshal to Jeirer-
Eon City to await the coming OF HRS. Joxce
When che came Bliss aud tha Marshal searched
her baggage, but beyond few articles suggest
i've OF an Accession to the family, they found
nothing startling.
But now comes joyce, saying that Dyer has
always bsen right That the documents do ex-
ist. and that he (Joyco) can control them. And
ne lays down this proposition: Il the Govern
for discharge on q writ Of habeas corpus he
will produce letters and kilograms. papers and
documents against which Babcock can make no
defense, and which will as sure]y send him to
tako toyce's present position as he is assured Of
living. He CLAIMS that the papers are far mora !
damaging than any now in the possession OF The |
Government; that be bas telegrams OF the ex-
Istence Of the originals Of which Pat Dyer has |
never dreamed; that he has letters Of inca1cu1a-
Die value to the prosecution, but as for giving I
rn3agH hatn or4
and the Council. be won't, lie won't.
It ia confidently asserted that joyce will be- !
out aud about the streets OF St. Louis before J
many days have passed over his head. He has t
copies of his formidable documents
which lave been or are about to 10 submitted to
Dyer's inspection. that he may judge Of the
value of them as evidence.
II this be true, We may soon look for SINH
II effort from Mckee's wife, who claims also !
have damaging documents, and who may yet
aheas him out Of his $10, 900 fine. should that
. assessed in lieu Of imprisonment for his
Gonse.