The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-23
ArEw MORE niNa coNsrrRArol


THUS 1t will be seenth t the "Sviph" despatch
which first directed suspicion to lilbcock was
not found till the latter part Of July aud was
not discovered to be Ia his handwriting till
some time during the fore part OF August. The
testimony Of Dyer In regard to these date Is
corroborated by that Of cx Senator Hen ierson
and solicitor Wilson. Their importance will aii-
pear hereafter.
Indictments were found by the 81. 10 uis
Grand Jury at the July tern against McDonald,
Joyce, Avery. all the dstiers and ctifiers, and
great number ~ subordinate revenue OH 'crs
The evidence against Avery was confined to the
testimony OF G.. q. Megtue and the telcgrAms to
Joyce. Megrue hal been, during some fourteen
months the go-betwcen Of the distil'crs and the
| revenue offictls, and had attended to the col
lection ami Distribution OF the money. He did
! not testify TO the payment OF money to Avery,
but swore that in his settlements with the rev.
enue officers at ST. Louis, they required 40 much
for themselves and so much for their friends In
washington and that on several occasions fitI-
roy aud Joyce had mentioned Averys name as
one Of the parties to whom they had to pay
money.
The facts In regard to Averys case seem To be
about AZ follows: lie furnished Information to
! Mcdonald and Joyce as to the movements Of
| revenue officers. aud kept them Informed OF the
| Intentions OF the department about sending
special agents to look after the 81 Louis distil-
leries. This Is proved BY his kilograms to Joyce,
and this he never denied. But none OF these
telegrams bore date later than 1873, whilc Me-
grue's connection with the Ring terminated
several months before. Ih-ve been acquainted
with Avery, aud have had good opportunities
to observe his manner OF living during
the period he was charged with being the re-
cipient OF several hundred dollars month from
aLav nj ma xap rnnHi-
tion in which his family was left when he was
taken to the pcnitentiary. He owned modest
little house. ON which there was amOrtgage OF
$500, twothirds OF Its cost. The house was
neatly, not extravagantly. furnished and bis
manner OF living indicated nothing not IN keep
ing with the position he occupied and the salary
he received. The expenses Of bis travel to st.
Louis to attend his trial and the fees I'D his
ATTORNEYS were about $l.J0), and this consumed
every dollar he could raise, and when he was
taken to the psnitenuary Ia April last his wife
had not enough money to buy meal for herself
and little girl, and for weeks thereafter she was
compelled to accept the charity OF her neigh
bors. Avery was. ike the average Government
clerk, a man OF barely sufficient capacity to oil
the position he occupied. Without any intel-
lectual independence, he was, like the great ma
jority OF the onlceholding class, susceptible to
hattery. ana fond OF the recognition Of his supe-
riors. Naturally an oohging omcer' ne ui-llhel
exceedingly To refuse ani one favor. joyce
and he had been intimately acquainted when
Joyce wasa clerk along with him IN the internal
Revenue Bureau. ana after they both married
their wives became intimate friends also. joyce
was always on terms ot Intimacy at the White
House, and was suggested oy biocock as aslit-
able person to act as McDonhds chief clerk
when that iLdividua very unexpectedly 10 the
politicians OF 81. LOUIS became supervisor oil
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aulred after Joyce and Mcdonald. .iwiys a.
military. "a "How are the boys getting along Al
81 LOUISE" Levi T.. Luckey another Of the
, Presidents private secretaries was also frienc