The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-10
TIE WASHINGTON INFAMY'
pURGriRY. PERJrRf. AND MOST
vIfIITNOIN CONSPTRICT.

Carrabor,tivo Testimony Of Nettleship.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-The story OF the
s.fo burglary conspiracy, which, taken alto
sether, Ia probably one OF the most remarkable
In ths annals OF crime, is " 10 laid before
she public in all its details. The confessions OF
whitley and Nottleship. two OF the principal
agents employed by tho original conspirators,
are undoub' ly true IN the main. There may
be somo ttlfing inaccuracies In Nettleshipe
aatee and perhaps disposition on Whitleys
mart 40 screen certain Of his favorite suburdi-
nate. who remained true to him under nll cir-
es,mstsucea, hut taken all toHAihss ine tesi-
mony Of these two men will stand the severest
tests that C. be applied TO It. They fasten the
toll. around Bnbcock and Harrington, and
despite the almost superhuman exertions which
will he N aGe by the District Ring TO save them,
their doom Is certainly sealed. But will these
two miscreants have to expiate the sins Of tho
other and perhaps Guilter men who stood be-
hind thcmp This Is The inquiry that addresses
itself to every man as ho reads the story Us
n has now been unfodcd by two OF the
principal actors. II is SO plain that neither Of
them could possibly have any motive to orig
lnafe such a conspiracy Neither is II likely
that u b o X and Harrington were alone the
orRinGtors Of the plot that Whitley and Nctte
ship ui dertook to execute. Doubtless both
Harrington and Dabcock had sufficient malice 10
eorresro udcmts who had she'd food Of Hight on
their dnik and devious ways. But Is It possible
that they alone deliberately planned the
destruction of half u score Of ,miuent gentle
men, whose only oGeucc to hem wa, the Ieti-
tioning Il Congress for an inyesteAtion TITO the
Affairs of the Disiri"i Goypumentf
Its true that both were intimately connected
with the men against whom that investigation
was chiefly directed, and that to a great extent
ha onor mama and fame % one of them Wh
largely dependent upon the result OF that In
quiry, but " no will believe that they conceived
this hel ish conspiracy and kept 1t dead secret
from the men VIII were their daily and almost
hourly companions7 Granted that It originated
In the ferIe brains Of Bai cock and Harrington,
who can conceive II possible for them to have
kept locked In their own hrc1sts such secret
from the llth Of NJ ich to th- 24,h Of April7 Let
any intelligent man cal the following verbatim
report oi the essential portions Of Col. Whiuey's
testimony and then believe, II he c,n, that this
was not a conspiracy deliberately Matched by
the men who were banded together under the
lead of q at master spirit of wickedness, Doss
Bbepbefd.
SUMMONED BY BABCoCK.
whitley says he was IN Florida during the
winter II 1894. He started from there IN time
20 arrive in Washington on tho 1lth Of March,
1874. He went there because solicitor Banneld
had written to hun that n Friker Of Chicago
wanted to get his (whitey's) place. lie STOPPED
At the National Hotel, and went up to see Dab-
Dock, who was friend u bis. Babcock seemed
30 know hat there was a movement on foot to
have Whitley removed, but told him that
be need MT tear 1t, because he NO ud attend to
the mat or. Whitley further testified:
Bsbcock then sold that thcre was al investiEation
song CInS's,' Inc, were & yaui SsSIss 20
sfoi ,an n, Iu Sa 81 s ne e 10 sn , na aid
aim IN snouq be hs 10 do ,aay!nag 10 nv powsr
arrived th,re on tlc morn ny ~ ne l3ih. LAD eht
csatrsi Hgtel on s1turda, evening was oat TO
ars iSr BoslSn rseoNog oy. !,ys N sea a.
b,bcocE wanted see ne 70 eout 10 hs hone nrst.
ms of the is:h, went 10 tue Mc,ropotan noie, rcgs
house Banneld as Al appointed because CID not
me 10 con ~ ara lake Win i9ef aSa Mr.
hartingt9ni NJ a. neld ssye NE carl la bsococs
went 20 hs neuse s1d sseertAlned INT Is bcocS had
nI E pam muse Dtov % SH IA nS ec s8tt m nsa % no. NJ
nsme. Dui am colnien! mat It was no. listrils.on
with the people this cry had no. been mere very
Bs6socE said to thii they naI made up their
~ord, t. hat n@c an iaf.nst' was tae snae ne
man He spc.e 20 ae at sse leas1 a5oat ,eir .c.
TONED the name OF Dem.'Le. N6o al swoi1o ne
stand that lac had m4de i-lse measurements. lie tod
my et " ~ rSeto9 tners tgst net Win hon
Ihsd - engagement, who accompanied me 10 the club
sSuse Tnf.' the s ss fas ook GA sIa he
other side OF tne room lar enough TO prevent MN
,he1 hSS ate ~ ntit nnds to ia taese ieoss the
nemor,9 lss ana ICY wantr9 'Gmg competent nAa :"
he a." taa KIM 'ns esu p1scp ana an5 IA 9H og pSfs
put here rnO woulh WORK up the case he
ns a'SS Ss Il Nv 4orE G AMI ,re Si, se & T' to
ketteship 10 ~ TO "ssnnr on and repo.t to Hairns
Boston n. On @ :,9g lsn o, >tE rsta54sd to 3 Ae
Ifoula Netleslip ierc, lie had man uanea oner
20 n I'm man 9 baa ~ scsa sST MA
fol Il OF ] ~. Il N luQ
Eot min on iGey nag TO- & aae Lea any neadIay' i99 nG
certain inat saw hun about tne IN OF Ami H. was
.ere n"SIns ana ne Sad eyeStn,Ss ~ss rpssr liz
Iington kept e. N fully posted lhat was Ill the con
iwli y, be be eec.-9 4, i,, wnea iSn Ne* YORK snew
there h.. been som d.pal' nsn s"Gnor VI son
b. me the on q April, 0ut h-ataa BOOK nIed SO
that Wilson would not seelL
These letters were SHOWN to tho witness, and
he acknowledged tnat some Of the signatures
were bis.
THE PLOT EXPLAINED.
Tho neI, time washer . Sas APr sI ! put up a.
gave mo auetaiel sta cment u the manner IN ~hcn
the safe wss blown open and the tniuss carried 70
hAor kiehsrts suPerintrn rAt q roce.nd SAID 4 he
cd or woris 10 mat enec I,Srrcssei ihe nope tnal
vouiS not tna he s4s boss Of tne itu.tion lie gave
ef S sns sent ~ 10 The Whi,e oase aa "a. Bsb
cock,
with Bloooes eIsc!y but meniioaed ma. oaa Just
Harrington, ana he sad there had been bAd
AEoment tne part Of harrington, anu ntlmattd his
dIssatsflct anu saiI that he sorry halnt
Fied out details In person. The next time saw
BADcock about the middle OF May, when aud
some OF my b, su1pnnaed here before the la
VestigAtug committee, BabcOck tnen We me assur.
AnCes that Il wOulJ not amount 10 ANYTHING, ana IA
WemuB stand up to the A thort time AFT = ina
Harrington came 10 kes YORK aud gave me about $50,
which no told hand 70 SOnervlle This occurred,
1 thlnk In the Metropolitan hOtel, In HariiugtOn's
room. This III nR piO.led along, and tnere was
GOOD dea Of examination, a good deal 81
excitement, and Mr.. Wilson, the Solicitor came over
70 eIaniue my once. | Gld tverytning that mortal
eOud 90 20 checkm te, and succeeded 10 ceit IN
sItent In covering hAd many reasons for doing
thA la the nIst pace did not want the name Of IL,
and In the second Gen. BancoCk | couklered he
0An up uere ueitrrine 10 tue White HOu'el. He used
all the influence, inscf and TRENDS to preysLt me
from Ryi x Anythins twly. IL was agreed by Gen.
BabcOck that Wilson to be taken 10 10 be
AAndi' q, an mat there Toul nothing come Of It, You
can call NJ Wilson aud mud out WHO took him IN hand
and now II was
O. WhAt 40 You mean bY taking lin In tow A. To
mruW SAND In MS e)es ana iLhucuce hlm. | cane on
again to Nashlustun | cannot give You The exact
aAte hut went 10 BaOcnckA house. Harrington was
lVlng then X door To Babcock tod ia cock that
sOne partioa uneasy because they had not been
paid ana SOmeTvlle wanted money Tor them. Baic0ck
aid harrington hAd some money for mr, and he sent =
solOred bIy through the bac6 yald, and
after Harrington came Ia. BahCock got up ana walked
put and Harrington gave me q rol of money which
hAnded TO aoueryue, DO NOS know DOW much there
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