Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-02-24
g.. Babcock's Trial.
rouxrH DAT.

Nsl a,ates army, stationed at Sc.
% the un. 80 that last fall. while in that
Louis, $50 a.,.eock had said to hia that he
st,. Ger aroS.Sly want to send some letters or
soa'e through him (witness) 70 other
pselsss. that short time after ne re-
nsrfics, az sIstsy siyned O. e. baococK, inclos-
ssissd sks 80 Nc Donald, with request TO
III oDs N. ~ same, which witness ala. lew
dsli'sslI. - he received two otner levers, az
Sgs times, addressed 70 McDonalo'
sbith De us stated that. in conversation
aou WHITE s;mself and McDouald, when he
siseel III ietfers. the latter had stated, IN
5sliyerro ~, as..s,iop. that he did not believe
rsply - asedIsrk knew anything about the
Gss. On the redirect examination
shsu IA Mcdonald had also stated that
sirnsssss s knew nothing about such
& acD0hA' -
ang. - r,re,ke. rectifier, testified as to the
.. a,.sS nv distillers and rectiters for
ccpes agepts. and said he had seen, In
rssin'1o or In part, kilograms, or what pur-
DOE n be kilograms, in the hands OF Joyce.
ps.xa,nv him Of the contemplated Visits Of
S,soue sgents- r;s .,o,or AZ Tns
s,gsc Rogers, Deputy Commisslon OF IN
hSparanne and ex-Commfssioner OF ln-
ga % yenue Douglass testified as 10 the
% -, nj the orders made last winter
emu. ..snsfer OF Internal Revenue Super
FDc sf,er the transfer had been deter
- Ar Douglass had conversation
seo,asaadant. the latter calling witness at
~ - the subject, and saying the trans
rnoh ~ unwise measure and would result
Es,ng such a strong pressure on the
s alnt that the order would have to be re-
"a rhe Presidents revocation OF the or
ane. as thea read, and witness Identified tel
sa Sa ralafinp thereto received by him from
.sis la'snd Mcdonald, and others sent by him
d those parties. 0 8et
FIFTH DAY. ts8 s,,E
r.o cross. examination of ex-Com'r. Doug
:. was completed in few unimportant
-..,,ons. On the redirect examination he
80. .ss.a that an Endorsement on an affidavit
10 10 1878, purporting to beicharges made
T;,dsav Murdsck, a Collector of Internal
ane in Southeast Missouri, against
ard Mcdonald, showed that such
10y. .,ss had been received and filed. The en-
sp ,a,s containing the affidavit was indorssd
wy Sniffin. the Presidents private secre-
o. and the prosecution proposed to read
~. Wy Sornment, showing that in 1873 the
y. had been sent to the Executive Man.
IN ~ md had gone through the departments,
s mi witness was allowed to testify only as
.bove. to-, os
,,sep up in trying to trace. through the teie-
.s asnh clerks OF St. Louis and Washington,
I'D s.Sfalsn by the doorkeepers and messengers
'sshe Executive Mansion, certain kilograms
vos rpf, admitted, To prove that they were re-
80 and sent back and forth between
Wassrs Joyce and Mcdonald in st. Louis,
snS Cen. Bsbcock in Washington. finally,
M defense waived this proof as TO one dis
Itch and allowed the following, admitted
H. in Gen. Babcock's handwriting, to be
read n. 20 ,o-,
Cen. John Mcdonald, So. Louis: ,,,.....
IL Isueceeded. They will not go. / will write
you (,igned) ttg ofLfh'
before this was read the defense announced
mai they proposed to make a lengthy legal
eminent against the admission Ct the other
,sIsgrams. and perhaps they might wish to
;ncllae the "Sylphn dispatch in those OBJ
ieetsd to. The defense wished to reserve that
point -
,sstited that he had conversation with
Gen, Babcock with regard to the transfer OF
revenue Agents, and that the latter had ex-
messed his regret at the issuing of the order
irsuch transfer, as 1t would bring pelitica,
rressure on Douglass, and he would be forced
Dreyoke the order, and that would work dis
suousy 10 him. On the cross-examiDation
ytuess said Gen Babcock expressed great
hadship for Mr.. Douglass.
he defense made strenuous opposition to
admission Of the dispatches alleged TO
hlve passed between Messrs. Joyce, McDon-
id and Babcock, and insisted that they
should require not only proof of the author
ship and transmission by telegraph, but that
hedispatehes were actually placed in the
ha0ds OF the persons to whom they were adj
dressed; they also objected to the relevancy
Of the dispatches. IL was then agreed that
he Dispatches should be grouped together
and the question of their delivery, etc, and
their relevancy, should be argued at the same
time #..
PRESIDENT GRANTS DEPOSITION.
Washington Associated Press dispatch
d the 18th says the Presidents deposition
was taken on that day at the Executive Man
sion. There were present Chief-Justice Waite,
Sec'y Bristow, Atty Gen. Pierrepont, Col
William A. Cook Zone of Gen. Babcock's
counseD, aud Mr. Eaton, who represented the
prosecution. The oath was administered by
the Chief Justice, and the examination de-
veloped the facts that Gen. Babcock had not
Influenced or attempted TO influence the Exec
utve In the selection of any official involved
In the so-called Whisky Ring; that he had
not interfered in any manner TO cause
the suspension of the celebrated order for
The transfer OF Supervisors, but that the rev.
Ocation was directed by the President him-
self, In order that, suspicion being removed
from the minds of those engaged in the
frauds, they might the more readily be de-
heied In their efforts to cheat the Govern
uent out OF the revenue on distilled spirits;
thatthe PresidenC still had implicit confidence
10 The integrity of Gen. Babcock, aud was sat
kded with his explanation of the dispatches
Which have formed so important an element
ID his prosecution. The cross-examination
elected nothing OF importance, but devel-
oped the fact that II there had been anything
wrong on the part of Gen. Babcock, which
hs President emphatlcally stated he did not
EleYe, II was entirely without the knowJ-
dge Of the Executive The President stated
Ias, during the twelve years that Gen. Bah
cock had been intimately associated with
MN, he had not learned anything calculated
nimpair his confidence In lis integrity.
SIXTH DAY.
Alter the conclusion of the arguments as
. the admissiblity of the dispatches, Judge
Dillon decided in favor Of their admission,
and they were subsequently read in Court,
ahd comprised various kilograms from
Aessrs. Joyce, Mcdonald and others to
y, Messrs. Babcock, Douglass and Avery in
sashington, and from the latter named gen.
Asnen 10 the former
:, lhomas j. Walsh, brother. in-law Of Gen.
saeDonald, and chief clerk IN his office when
SUPERVISOR, was called aud identified several
MIlers and dispatches written by him at the
sAseti0n OF Mr.. Mcdonald, and also identi.
a ssa me signature Of himself and Mr.. Joyce
S v1n 70 receipts for kilograms 10 Messrs.
hSgDonaid, Joyce and others.
Aennedg Duff, manager OF the A. & p. Tel