The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-10
The Rnbcock TriaI.

the adviccs OF the court the Government
counsel in the BabcOck trial to-day passed
over the conspiracy Of 1871 and 1877, and
produced evidence to show the operations
Of the whisky ring from lS7Sto 1875. No
direct evidence was brought out against
Babcock, the testimony being general In
character tending TO show who were in the
conspiracy and its character.
Joseph NJ. Fit1roy was put on the
stand and kept there an hour and hall.
Fitzrov was deputy collector OF internal
revenue, and after the departure OF Con.
Mcgrue became the active man Of the
ring. The examination proceeded with
only an occasional technical objection
from the defense, and very little Of the
testimony was ruled out. FitIroy was
asked ii he knew the defendant, and said
i met Gen. Babcock once last Scptem.
Der, II was Mt the Lindell Hotel in this
city. William o. Avery introduced me
to him. The President was at the hotel,
as it was on the OCCASION oi visit to this
CITY hy the President and Gen. BabcoCk.
] had not seen BabcoCk before that time.
! was then under indictment for compile.
ity in these frauds.
On cross-exami ination, FitzrOy said Oi
this meeting that it was simply an intro.
duction. There was no conversation. |
was standing near abe elevator and Gen.
Babcock came up and Avery intro
dnccd us,
After Fitzroy, John +. SieLentoph, the
foreman ut Ulrich's distillcry was called,
His testimony related wholly to the opcr.
ations Of the disti!lery Of which he was
foreman and manager the manner in
which crooked whisky was made and dis
posed Of, the amounts Of money paid to
revenue officers, etc.
Rudolph W. U'lrich then took the stand,
and said his foreman had given = good
account OF their operations, and added
some testimony about raising money to
buy oiTthc revenue agents who came here
and found the irregularities.
There was nothing in either Ilrlch'sor
SicdentOph's testimony that has not been
published several times, and was repeated
mainly to show the existence OF the con-
apiraCr, This can also hcsaid Ui FlIaroy's
testimony.
Just previous 10 the Adjournment OF
the morning session Mr.. StOrrs stated
that the defense had intended to have the
personal attendance Of President Grant
~ u witness, but rs the case now stands
he thought it would not he necessary,
particularly as the cxigcnCics OF public
affairs require his attendance at Wash.
ingt0n. lie then proposed TO the counsel
for the prosecution that they should meet
with the counsel for the defense and agree
upon the questions and Crosa.qucstionS
to bc put to the President, and that the
examination should hc made before the
Chief Justice ot the Supreme Court.
Colonel Dyer said he had no particular
objection to such m arrangement, il ii
should appear after examining the inter.
rogatoric1 OF the defense that the Coy.
ernment could be as we'll served in this
way as by the personal presence Of the
President.
Mr.. SlOrrs stated that they had their
questions written out, and asked the
Court to prolong the noon recess until !"
o'clock, to give the counsel for the Gov
ernment tine to prepare their cro''
questions.
This the Court agreed to, and the court
adjourned to > I'm.
On the reassemhliug OF the court Dis.
trict Attorney Dyer stated that the coun-
sci Tor the government had met the Coun'
sel for the defense regarding the questions
to he sent to Washington, hut they had
not time to prepare their counter inter