Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-04-06

| AID trial Bristow wrote to Dyer demanding
that the Washington papers be put In evil
| deDce, so far as they related To Gen. Bao
| cock Dyer said he had q head To lose, and
he thought the thing ought 10 be prolon gei
| from month 10 month until near the time of
! the Presidential election, when IL will act
| heiter; that he heard Dyer saw How will
| thiN set on their bowels 2" referring To The
b bcOck kilograms. He said that he 1ad
h'Hld Henderson say that be would see L. =
! Grant in hell before he would help him.
! When Bell made these statements it seemed
10 me erhapS there was some truth ia hts
/ stat' ments. Judging from Bells statement
I Z at there
| \ COS sTIRACY AGAINST GEN. GRANT.
! | CCuciuoed 10 get as much Information
! ron him as l could. I never authorized
! Ben 0T any one else 70 bring ary paperS n
! In' room at the Lindell hotel ana destroy
| mon asked him 10 get all the intnrma-
/ t"u lie Couid as 10 the mature Of the evidence
"EaiTst General BabCCCE. and 20 get such
COP Is a. he CODld. Whes I left ST Louis I
ttld h'n II he was unable ~ get Comics az ,fo
! cviCel &c, 10 send ire The substance So Or
] as Mickey l. concerned. no bal nothing 10
! 90 with Be-! Before left Washjngto GEN
h4hc' en- reyer authorized rne TO do any
tAii which was Illegal ar improper what
ever. After returned 10 WASHINGTON I p
cciVCd letter from Bells, II concluded bv
aSkiI = Its return. as God knows there are
CROUCH papers in existence now" ! took "A
copy OF IL, and expected % give f. 20 the
fnu nlttee 10 day, but have not Yet re-
CHived H. The 'Ciier said that the district
attorney, 10 order TO secure the indictment
90 RahcOCk, was using forged letters Also
mat Dyer bad been ente2voring TO procure
letters from joyce.
THE INvITATIoS FOR RELL To COVE TO
WASHINCTOS.
witness Acknowledged the identity OF a
ielter written 10y him TO Bell, requesting
him 70 come 10 " 3shingtOn ard that ne
would be cared for, and continued: Bell
came on, aud l did not have much 10 do
with him afterwards. He frequently called
10 borrow money. but did rot invest IN that
way. l paid him in ST. Louls $40 az one
lime and $50 al another. General BabcOck
9th no r.F Poll
to Washington.
.. You say you did ask him 10 get copies
OF Iapers from District Attorney Dyer's o.
A. did. lie said they were laying around
loose: and that be could &c. copies easy.
wife Bell 10 come here?
A. Luckey said that II he came on he
might get an apPOintmest. Col. Luckey
said that he believed that Bell could pro.
cure place II be came here; that he had
rendered valuable services as q scout and
might get an appointment.
q. What induced you 10 think you could
gel a man an appointment In whom you had
A. We'll, The government either has TO or
does emTloy detectives. / told Luckey,
however, mat I didn't think much Of them.
q Did Bell ever bTlrg You any papers at
al In look al in 81. Louis.
y. No, sir.
. when did you FIRST get acquainted with
ilIs mani
A. When be returned from Ohio - get the
H0ge dispatches ia the Interest Of A very. !
met him a. ne LiHGell Hotel about tie 18th
of November.
Z. When did you first conclude Bell was
rascal
a Wen. after he had been in washington
awhile be made ststement that Gen Rab.
cock led sent Tim 20 the Attorney General.
ThiS Gen. babcOck denied, aud COfsCluded
se was lying IN order 10 borrow some money
from me.
q what was Luckey doing in s. Louis in
November?
&C a ,rfr,-oSc Tor T,,1 ,-.--- H. ,-,r
! not called s. witness in the Avery case,
beCauEe the court made a ruling which would
nave excluded his testimony. ami he went
/ home. Bell repeatedly said 10 me that il
| was a great mistake on the part OF Mr.. L1c
! key that he refused 10 allow the evidence 10
b taken from District Attorney Dyer's or
| fee,
q Where did you meet Bell when he came
| 70 Washington?
\. lie came to my Office 1 don't remem-
| Der what passed between rs. Luckey wss
! 10 my Office a few minutes when ne was
| there. He was passing in a carriage, and l
| called him in. He said at first he didn't
| have time. have 10 recollection how IOGg
we were together.
@ was Il prolonged interview?
n. All my interviews with Bell were pro-
| lOngeo; he generally did all the talking him
SELF.
| MR.. LUCKEY As WITNESS.
Leu T. Luckey SwOrn.-W8s sent 10 ST.
| Louis by the President.
Witness read a long written statement,
which was 40 application of the test mony
Of the previous witness. The cypher which
| he gave Bell was at the latter'S request, be-
! cause he (Bel) thought the mails or tele-
era pa could not be trusted. Mr.. Luckey said
| whatever res ponsibiiity there was In giving
| Bell the CIPHER rested solely with himself,
as neither The President or General Babcock
| knew anything about IL.
The examination OF the witness was in
progress when our report closed.
BROTHER BOWEN, AND THE BORON
| FACl S-Tbe Bowen special committee of