Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-12
BabcOck Again.

very troublesome to the district ring. Inc
rinc concocted a plan to ruin him. 1t was
to have burglary committed. ana me
stolen articles placed III Alexander hands
when he was to be arrested.
George Miles, who was sent a few days
,oo tn Windsor. and u man called Benton
were hired to do the job, and on the sd OF
APRIL. 1874. they performed tn celebrated
,af. burglary. Bat there WAS Il hnnd"r,
md the police officers who watched de
scendcd too quick and caught the real bur
glars before they had played their trick on
Alexander.
Miles and Harrington We're indicted, the
former under the name Of Williams, but
the Jury dill not agree on trial and Attor-
General Williams entered a mol. pros.
because the grand jury finding the indict-
men, proved to be illegal, so Il nyiction
would br good for nothing.
Last Friday Col. Whitley. cN-rhief Of
the secret service division Of the Treasury
Department. testified before the lIou>"
judiciary committee. He chrrGrd Gen.
B;,bcork with completely lin the Satc-bur
g!arv conspiracy, declaring. that he sum-
moucd him from Florida. two years ago
this spring, on the Ground that there WAS
IN effort to remove him, and on his arriv-
I'll. after little talk about the removal
business, told him that some of his friends
wanted Il little ID done; that he (Whitley)
expressed his willingness TO help them;
hat Babcock sent him TO Harrington, then
assistant district attorney, who disclosed
the whole plot to him, and asked him to
supply the men TO carry it ont. which, ;'t-
ter some hesitation and a second Interview
with Harrington at Il ,bcoch'> request. he
finally consented To do.
On Saturday. Gen. Ba1cock appeared
| before tn" committee, and confirmed the
| prrt of Whitlcv's story about his efforts to
prevent the latter's removal. adding thtt
| Whitley expressed his gratitude for the
ftvor rendered. and said that. if he could
| ever be Of any service To Gen. BabcOck. he
must let him know Some time afterw ard,
personal attacks having been nude upon
him O;tbcock) charging him with fraud
the measurement of cert Tin improve
ncnts male by the board of public works
be paid for by the government, he re
allied this offer, and concluded to employ
| Whitley to find out all his ASSISTANTS, bat
neither then nor ut any other time spoke
o him about the : ,fe burglary, which he
knew nothing about; if he had known it
Was me,litatcd, he should have taken meas
lrcs to prevent it. The committee produc-
ID II letter from B,hcock to Whitley. with
out date and written in pencil, i'll which
b ibcock said that Whitlcv's letter had
been received: he had attended to the mat
ter ut once, and. before this Letter reached
Whitley he and his men would be paid, *
.thcv said they would send 1t once To
pay them the letter concluded with some
hing like this " \ on can wait with con
ldencc that in the end Your services will
,c fully pplcciatcd.' Gen Babcork cN-
planned saying that Whitley wrote to him
hut he and hi~ men had been turned ont
If office and badly treated, and had not re-
.'rived their arrcaragc~ of pay. and asked
Babc0ck 10 interest himself in this rtslcc;
n their behalf Babcock went To the treas
nv and law Solicitor Bnnc,d, who sud
hat whatever WIS due these men >hould
ne paid. Gen. Babcock. having been ask
ed what he meant bv using the word 'tbev
in his letter to Whitley, replied nothing
more then the treasury officers undrl
whose direction the money would be paid
IT, further said that he did not know
whether these men have vet been paid
md that there never was 4 dollar OF MONEY
transaction between linn and Whitley.
Albert kunz and Irhab al \cttc-hiI
| !,
plot and >ub>tantiate Whitley 50 far a
they have knowledge.
And now hark from the Tomh> Il dole
full sound" +. Z. Som,ryllr. the ma
who was going to prove Miles innpccn~.
n this very state by ten angels. WI, Tia
next witness. He appears in Washingtu
tween for burglars and higher ra>ca>
. He represented Miles alias Williams l.
i he safe burglary negotiations.
He was employed by the burglars to d,
l. fend them. and the Trtbune says he test
= led that lie received 500 raised bv Ilur
rn-ton for the burglars. He also test
lied that while riding with Huntington t
I The house Of Judge DIN to obtain the ba
J. for Miles, one of the burglars, !, IIartingjol
asked him how much they ought to pa
e Nile, for lying in jail and he reptile
" $4,000. Huntington raised the money IN
' sent for him for that purpose.
i TIE FIRST DI>racr.-Wnh de sent
i m, ut of the District rs it i. there is n
necessity FOR Il nominating convention, h,
i; we presume it would be hardly orthodo
: vote for Il member Of Congress withot
Re having the ordinary political machinrr
/ brought into use for placing hm in nom
:, nation, 50. we presume. in due time Il cor
vcntiun Will be called. ami Col. .Jovc
nominated But there is no hurry abot
II Il. because Congress. under powers con
= erred upon it bv the Constitution. has see
lit to sly that our state laws to the contr:
Y notwithstanding, elections for rcprcscl
" a'ivc> in Congress shall be held on tn
) Tuesday succeeding the first Monday {
Il November, instead of The first Tuesday .
n September, Is heretofore And to TIL
supreme law Of the land all good citizen!
whether they will or no must bow. IN,
1t the same time. treat our own >tatut
lc with contempt. 1t Is hoped that our lie.
J., iSiaturc will not. for the thr, time altemI
:. 0 ignore the laws of the United State
but ut Its next session. will make our 1t,
: conform with that of Congress -bl
y whether it does or not. the election {
il member of Congress comes two montl
=, later than usual, and so there is 10 hIrl
,bout District Convention. R1lt,u
1t G'0JC.
IA S'posin we shoud Just once let the vote
and not delegates nominate congress
man in Vermont The fact that it take
lie a majority to elect would deprive such :,
! experiment of the danger of letting in
e dreadful democrat and the plan is alrca,
, applied to the choice of town Represent