The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-08-11

A. FOEp WILSON'S TESTIMONY BEFORE
The COMMITTEE % THE HOUSE.
gFo me Western Azsociat~i Prs-.1

WASHINGTON. July I.-The zeal Of Sc
eresy hasiag b<en removed from the con-
.IrGng PORTION ~ the testimony OF eN-SO-
Letter Biuf0ru wilson, Il l. given q the
Ure--. Much q Il Is n repetition Of former
r~e..fInory or in explanation thereof Will
IN testified that about the yth Of September
~ wrote a letter % Henderson. In which he
,tlfed Substantially that during the hearing
~ the motions 90 qua-h the indictments in
the Mcdonald case, then pending before
JUDGE Miller. l fought IL important that
Mcdonald AMI joyce should be put under
To- ~-trictest surveillance, and that ever
proper Dr. should be taken 10 pre-
vert their escape; that Il waS highly i'm
porsnt also that the a-sociates and Cocoon
-pir1tor- with Mcdonald and joyce. II there
Gsre lnv then unknown, should be disc0y-
cred Ard brouzo 20 unishment, and I used
these wcrts. That u wa OF the utmost
importance TO the public interest that he
should 20 10 the very bottom or top Of the
combinations - and un~derscoredthe words.
..ho-tnm cr top:'' and knowing a Gen.
sri Bahcock would be in -. Louis with
To- fr -idrnt. and knowing his relations
WITH NcDolAid and joyce, l Intended 10
Use. and did u~e such terms a. that.
GENERAL HenderSon mi-hi clearly
-et tuat his relations with Me-
Dorais and joyce while 10 the city
sboaIa De carefully looked after and in
NNA|H ~ n HN'NNA 4 va AIiAN
uniformed anG warranted % De By the terms
= tna Presidents Endorsement o. the Bar
nart ietter. rnd suppo-edthai By 20 doing |
would receive hs support and approval.
n uraea out that This letter o. mine wa
taken from among the papers % General
Hen1er~0n nile he Wa engaged In a law
arrlrlarr iu court IN -. Louis: that Ne
ponAls ~ Joyce got Possession o. IL. and to
.uppcr- the charge th1tI was putting spies
OF the President. after the word to- in
nv iefter the capital letters Wv. H. were
f1rgcd therein. This letter. or n copy.
~ranrliairg the fOrzerfes we're brought back
iron the West b. Babcoek and shown TO
Br-t-w AUd PlerrePont, who were much
disturbed. bat wilson had no difficulty in
cnns ncing them q the forgery. That was
ihe end o. the matter with them. Wilson
Also evPiaiaed the iettertO General Horace
Porter. wh. aid AZ once, Wilson. I don't
U4rt u hear any thing more; that j the
end 20 thai matter. The letter j. . forgery
hevond question, and that lets YOU out. -
.a-d- "a word With you. General. about
ihlr Iettsr. 4 wrote that letter intending
rha- General Bahcock should be looked AZ
ter. ~ he w&s IN the ring I intended to
rlfsh lin n Il was in nv power II he
was MT intended 20 demon
.rrl-a b. Innocence beyond the
shallow ~ doubt. IL possible
70 as so.f- asked General Porter what
NAM .MNaNNA AZ a - az EfNKA NrAE~
grlu- ard b. gave me- an explanation 20 the
es-rr tlat -Sylph was a lewd woman
with wnos the President 81 the United
state bad been Ia intimate association. md
thar 80 bid bothered and annoyed the
President until atone time u Glanced that
Mepclaid'- attention Wa called 70 her and
Ne ~4fr he knew her. and would relieve the
Pre-iasnt % her. y hich he did. General
Porter s1id 70 me. without going any further
into rhe exptanati0n- that the most inesti-
mabte service in my power 10 rende the
President % the United states. % be TO
shield and save General B~abcockfrom expo
sure : tb1f thr-e matters were Of character
thai could not be gone into without giving
all Parties tk- very greatest trouble and con-
eeru- itolt the General that ] would do
what could fairly u see that General Bab-
eorE was honestly and ~squArely dealt with.
and -hat 10 injustice was done him. but
that further than that Ieould no, and would
not 60. The matter was in the hands u the
l0cal "a er- AZ u. Louis, and | would urge
upon them L gave Importance 20 all par
tie that no mistakes should bsImafe in ref
ereree % Gen~1l BabcOckrs con-
nec-ioa with the ring. General
Porter expressed himself a. perfectly
sati1=ei. Wilson testified a. follows in
reference % an Interview with the Pre-i-
denr. Ishowed the President the Barnard
letrs-. and read 20 him thar extract from u
ia MAMA H. 49, AANA - AN"MNAE -
h1vir- saii substantially The President
dare not IN too FAR with Mcdonald and
love-. ~ E1bcock i. lost. | read 20 him
THAI part ~ his lef.er in which Jim Casey
wa refsTTei o. aud turned over the let
ter amt on the hacS OF It read 10 him with
gren- elaboration the Endorsement IN which
ne had skAi These lew paper clippings
ard thi. letter are sent 70 the department,
10 the end ~ they throw any light upon
news witErSEe. 20 be summoned they nav -
bruughf at let 10 guilty man escape II
e en- - avoided read tOthe President
of tn United States tle concluding SEN
irr~e- IN his letter In which be said: BE
specially y~ixfianf. or charge those In author
rs % ~. against all those who claim 10
have higl authority 20 protect Them =
mrauiIE - protect others. or 20 protect
themselves. and in which he finally said
thar s'psr-1ual Consideration -hsuld not
stand IN n wsyOf the performance ofspub-
ifc duty. and ! .Aid 20 him - President.
what ! have done IN the premises touching
Ge-enl Babc-k I have done under warrant
and ia fliI pu-.uAnce ofyour own i~nstrIc-
uor- - tn secretary u the Treasury and %
my-eif. He aid. "Certsinly. ! had Bah
cocs Anf jim Casey in INV mind when
made that Endorsement and | expected you
TO DO yJur duty Isaid 20 him '.Nr.
President. fhat l. precisely the reply which
Ievpecteu you. a. President 81 n United
- ~ lAAAF ~ MFs EAEAAutA ~
tha President that Il Wa General Babc0ck I
meant IN the letter 20 Henderson. aud not
himself: that il never entered my mind for
a moment that under any possible combina-
ti0u o. circumstances, was Il possible for
him % have hAd any improper relations
with tho-e parties. or with any other party
engaged in violation Of the laws Of the land:
thu. when ! liked the period during which
thu Investigation should be made
in -. Louis. I had reference to the fact %;
zen BahcC4ks ~OJ0um in that city ard no;
70 MS owr. and " hen | referred o. the z~<o-
eiati1ns ~ Mcdonald, Preferred 10 the well
kuswr anh familiar associations % McDOn-
aid and joyce with ten. Babcock. also
showed the President that under the In
str1ction. ~ the Attoruey-Genenl. but
without the approval u the Secretary % the
Treasurv. ! bad zone 20 II. Louis for the
purpose "a Urging upon the local o~fhcer~.
ifencersou and DYER. the imprFtancc OF