Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-02-24

lalleu 10 lhtTouuce testimony 10 prove
his innocence. lie asked the jury to
read the kilograms in evidence 10 the
light of the days they were written,
and not in the light OF to day, which
is a false light. Read them, remem-
berng that when they We're written
Joyce and Mcdonald were occupying
trusted positions, not as to-day, bank
rupt in position and character, and in
felon's cell. Where is it shown
that Gen. Babcock had reasons to
suspect Mcdonald and Joyce engaged
in q conspiracy of this kind Where
is the evidence? | defy any man to
point to the spot or place which indi-
Gates that Gen b .bcoek knew the
corrupt scheme in which Mcdonald
and Joyce were engaged Col. Broad
head tells you conspiracy is hard
crime to prove. That carries Turk
ing idea. Because difficult to prove,
therefore gentlemen, he cordially IN
vites you TO assume crime which is
not proven. Gen. Babcock never
saw one of these distiIlers He is as
ignorant of the frauis as F'i,zcOy is
of the teaching TO be drawn from the
story Of Ananias and Sapphire But
one of these distill9rs who have been
defiling this place with their degraded
presence knew Gen. Bah ;ock, save
by his reputation as u public man.
At this .juncture, on account Of the
sudden illness of one Of the attorneys
the court adjourned till Monday
morning.
ST. Louis, Feb 81 Emory A.
Storrs, of Babcock's counsel resumed
his address to the jury this morning,
upon the opening of the u. S. Circuit
Court. He said: At tho close of the
discussion on Saturday afternoon |
had furnished, as | supposed, the
dispatches between Joyce and Nc
Donald relative to the successor Of g.
w. Ford. 1t seemed to mo that |
had demonstrated that Maguire's
appointment was the result OF the
most honorable motives, and from
the highest principles of justice. The
President consulted the wishes OF
Ford's hondsmen, who were bound
to the extent Of thousands Of dollars
for the conduct of the officer.
All this correspondence passed il
| October, 1873, from that time down
to March, 1874, there was u period Of
dead silence between Babcock, j oyce
and Mcdonald.
Douglass himself says in : tosli~
mony there was no direct suspicion
against Joyce, but the revenue agent
seat out from time to tine carried
back such stories Of excessive hospi-
talities that the commissioner felt the
necessity of transferring Joyce for
time being TO another sphere Of use
tulness.
Referring to the Scandal ho nds'
dispatch, Storrs asked who waa Ford
aud in reply quoted the Presidents
deposition in which the latter refers
TO his loving friendship with Ford,
and says that for several years before
Ford's death be had the Presidents
entire confidence. H. maintained
the same faith in his old friend
which existed in New York State %
years ago. When Joyce sent his
dispatch, "Make D. call off his scan
dial hounds, that only blIcken the
memory OF poor Ford" is il any
wonder that the private secretary OF
the President, on receiving that dis
patch, went to Douglas aui inquired
if any Investigations were on foot
touching Ford
Mr.. Storrs then read the letter OF
March II from Babcock to Joyce, in
which he says that Douglass inform-
ed him that no charges had been
made concerning Ford or any other
ST. Louis official, and then tells Joyce
he don't know why Douglass sends
him to San Francisco. He asked il
this could be the letter Of one con.
conspirator to another Would il
be possible for Btbcock not to know
the object Of his visit to San Fran
cisco if he had been conspirator
Would not Joyce have Informed him
Immediately, and asked him to pre-.
vent the trip Joyce was in San
Francisco several months, and no
word passed between him and Bah
cock Here is conspiracy from
October, 1873 down TO list May,
and only one telegram from naocock
to Joyce and two answered ones from
Joyce to Rabcock, and those credit
able to the latter.
Mr.. Storra then passed to the dis
patch of October, 1874 to BAbcoek s:
"Have you talked with D. 2 Are
these things right ?-answer and
said no attention was ever pSid to
this This came from a high official
who was asking about the conduct Of
officers in his district, and who had
a right to know. How could G 4neral
| Babcock know there was conspira cy
of the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, who had very facility to
learn, did not know it?
Mr.. Storrs read the tioag letter
with most eloquent denunoiation of
that treacherous sooundrel as chief
Of the conspirators the head devil
the keystone of this iniqultous arch.
The moment Rogers found out that
the famous plan for raiding this dis
trict was known to Mcdonald he
abandoned it, and Mcdonald sent his
exultant dead dog telegram, and
Babcock discovered several days
aferward that the plan was abandoned
and thinking he was telling some
news, telegraphed to Mcdonald, and
never was there more worthless
telegram sent as it conveyed the in
! formation that thing had been aban-
doned which abandonment had occur
red before he ever knew it was con-
templated
Mr.. Storrs then took up the revoca-
ton of the order transferring super.
visors. Joyce sent to Babcock, on
Feb. 8, 1875, about noon, the dis
patch which be signed "sylph "
awe have official information that
the enemy weakens push things"
Daboock received this dispatch at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. The prose-