, 1876-02-09
W6aOhl. |
Opening Day Of the Great |
Crooked Sensation at
ST, Louis. |
Babcock Listens 10 the Allega =
tions Of Ills Corruption by
tho District-Attorney.
Tie Fevers Beneath the Gaze Of
the Sympathetic, Apathet. y;
ic. and Antipathotic =.
Bummer.
The Opening Declarations Of
the Prosecution Surpris-
ingly Confident.
Distinct Promises Of Proof Of
the Defendants Participa-
tion in Ring Spoils.
Two Witnesses, Fitzroy and Thomp-
son, Partially Examined.
The Defense Constantly Imploring
and 0oaselessly 0bjeoting
in Vain.
The Nine Defending Lawyers Crouchcd in
Wait for tho Host Insignificant
Tethnieality.
Rumors Of the Discovery Of Evidence
at Once Conclusive Of Bah.
cocks Guilt.
A Milwaukee Paper Makes Seri-
GUS Charges Against Car-
pentcr and IKeyes,
And Say, Congressional Committee
Win Have Finger in the Pic.
Rumors Of the Discovery Of Evidence
at Once Conclusive Of Bah.
cocks Guilt.
a Milwaukee Paper Makes Seri-
GUS Charges Against Car
pentcr and IKeyes,
And Says q Congressional Committee
Will Have Finger in the Pic.
THE CYNOSuRE.

HE GfNCSuKE.
THE RALLY OF TIE DANSER-CARn1Ens.
Eptefa1 Dtspafch to Ths Chtcaoo 7rIbt,n<.
sr. Louis, Fob, 8.-Tho aceno In aud asonnd
the oonst-Ioom today wau no less remarkable
than that Of yesterday. by $50 q. u1., At least
five timea % many mon as could have cotton In
were gath ared at tho Court-uouso atcpe. and
thore WINS perfect scramble for eligible placeB
near .ho doorway, from Whcro d rush for tho
best seats could bo moro easlly made. Tho
bummess and 1oafers in search Of q good CON.
Portable placo to pass the day nero On
hand carly, and would haYa taken ovcr5
inch OF available apacc, had nos
llrrn discretion boon exercised by tho ofIicosa
In cha1to OF tho doorways, who lot In only those
with some show Of hight to sdnittance. Tho
h1hrslGl undor tho atrict ip]upclionB OF Judge
Dillon, preserves admirable order, and almost
perfect st.!lness reiguod while tho attorneys
were talking.
uSpgR FINE.
Babcock Was moEcitessly BtArod at from the
time OF lis entrance to Tho adjournment Of
court Eyory moveinout aud expression OF bis
was watched with intense eaEerness, and while
tho pislrict-Attorney wae reading tho in
dicsment aud while In tho middle Of
thosa parta of his epoech which looked
80 damaging to BAbcock. tho defendant betrayed
unusual excltemout. pulling ncevous!y 1T his
mnatacho aud moving uneasiIy In hin sent Fro.
quoutly bin faeo flushed. Occasionally he would
hold hta hand to hs clcok and gaze intently md
rather deaantly ~ Col. Dyer, whose xithering
charges fell upon the audonce with electric
forco and here and there malc pooplo start from
their seats. - II thoy wcro amazod at his bold
aud pitioss arralgnment of ono Who had hold
such confidential aud Important ttnHts Once
| twico ho turned 10 Ills counsel and
smiled, but it Waa not bravo
| anlt1o by Rny mcRus. and had
moro tho appearance OF ~ effort to maintain bis
| tcmpcr or courage thau anything else.
uSaarRNTA11oH.
When tho AdjouInmont Of Court WaB IN.
| nonnced he passed rapidly Into tho Clerks Of
| hco, aud, gaining the et1eot from there. made
| llls way to his hotel before the rabble was
| awaro that he waa out Of tho court building.
| BAtKET HUNG opT.
Arriving In the sotunda Of Tho I4nde1 he i'm
nodiately took scat Ia tho elevator and went
aloft. Once in his room he refuacd to 500 RuY
caoFs for tile time boiug.
| "nAN'a " NKrE No1n.
| To reporters especially Aa ts navor tn. TO
| that class ho iB na GrefHo NJ mad dog 10 TO
| water, 1etreatnB from their presence ~ il they
wcro AEiaso lopcrs, and curBlnH tho whole sct AZ
| = generation OF ytpetB whose soEe business X III
to crawl about seeking whnn they may conyen-
iontiy swallow.
| FEWER tNQUlnINo rH1YSps,
| Dabcooks manifest disposition to keep anay
from tho maddlng crowd has materially dnlin-
iehod thc number OF Callers At tho LtnIoli, and
| that hostelry Wks much loHs animated to-day
than It was yesterday.