Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-02-19
BABCsOCK.
Special Counsel Droadhcad has
the Floor.
He Does Not Represent the President.
Nor Congress, but the =.
Law of the
!. l'7s@ Land.
BABC0CK.

BABCOCK.
ST. Louis, Feb. 19.-l'he closing
arguments in the Babcock case was
commenced this morning by Jas. O.
Broadhead for the government. The
couI: room was crowded and the out.
er doors were kept locked nearly all
the morning. After speaking Of the
attention which the jury had given
during the 10 days Of trial preceding
and his belief that the jurors meant to
do their duty, Cpl. Broadhcad said
the government ! represent is not the
congress, the president, or the judi
ciarv, butt is the law Of the land.
The strict enforcement Of the law is
vital to national existence, it
is for you simply to inquire
if theG law has been violated
by this defendant, and if it has it is
for you to take cognizancc OF it. The
punishment is in your hands. The
grand jury found an Indictment against
this man, but you are to pass on the
evidence submitted to you and if you
believe the defendant is guilty, you
are not TO be Influenced by his former
good character. Men as good as he,
fallen before temptation
conspiracy may exist by solemn agree
ment, or by a tacit understanding, and
one who conniycs at the purpose Oft.
guilty combination, ,or he who shields il
is himself guilty in TIE eyes OF tie law
Col. Brosdhead then passed. to the
kilograms OF March, 1871, when Joyce
was ordered to California, and Avery
notified him that agents were going
TO St. louis: Avery furnished the.
information, but he could not stop
the agents, SO Joyce SEM this tele.
gram to Babcock: "Makc Douglass
call off his scandal hounds-business.'
That meant something. The scan.
dal hounds were called off, and Doug
lass remembers Babcock calling about
this time and asked him about this
matter, and he told him no charges
against Ford were being investigated.
great length the evidence, not con6n-
ing himself to the testimony for
the government. He said be.
fore he concluded he would
show that all kilograms and witnesses,
led in the same direction. He quoted
largely from the presidents deposit
tion, and put-ihat- construction upon
it which carried out the theory of the
prosecution. He said the defense in
troduccd numerous letters inter-
changed between Icycc and Babcock,
but these letters stop in 1878. Why
don't they produce letters in 1874 and
1875, when the distillerics were run.
ing crooked.
Mr.. Broadhcad then skctchcd the
dispatches through the fall Of 1874,
when efforts were beiug made to get
off raid on St. Louis. He noted the
various delays for the elections, and
saFcasticatly id=tf,ese revenue agen.s
were political machines. The clcc
tion of these distinguished individu
ais was Of more consequence thar
the detection of frauds on revenue
These delays dated down to the l4tl
Of December, when Brooks, with hi
men waiting IN Philadelphia, wa
notified that the raid was postponed
1t was on the 18th of December tha
Babcock, having seen the commission
er tclegraphed to Mcdonald tn
"sylph'dispatch:-'; succeeded; the
will not go!!' The ring knew Of tn
defeat day before the raiding part
did. When Rogers told McDonal
= on the sih OF December, that tt
agents had not gone, that was re
enough TO satisfy Mcdonald and mal
him feel SO good that he sent his tel
gram to .Joyce-"Dead dog! the goo.
hangs al,itudilum. "the sun shines
$50 Mcdonald hadsAn nut someth;,