, 1876-02-12
Various Distillers Give Interesting
Testimony Before the
Grand Jury.
The Sinners Of the Second Batch Will
Plead Monday.
Indifferent Success Of Ring I'rNFs
ccutions in California
DABCOCK.


Special Disrdtth to The Ch1eGd0 ITaoHns.
ST. LOUIS, Fob. 1l.-Tho Dabcack trial Is
not panning out many OF those startling and
Undertaking sensations which tho prosecution
promised credulous public. omitslng one OF
two Insignificant bEouls in tho monotony, no
hayo thus far been troatod to tale asals, fiat,
and unproillabla. With tho exceptions rofcrrod
to, tho testimony has boon confined to TINT in
torrninablo story OF tho inception. p,ogross, and
ingloriouR downfall Of tho Hing which has boon
told to us 80 o!ton aud in 90 many shapes
BY battalion OF distillers, seeuders, storo-
keepers, duagcss, Revenue Agents. aud super
n1.morarios at arge that tho public
brain is as completely bonildorcd by tho intolor
abl, repetition ~ Ma:k Twain by the hluo trip
slip that was punched In tho presence OF tho
paaasntalto.
Tie appearance Of Maj. Grimes On tho Wit
ness-Btepd to-day croatod an endihlo ripple OF
excitement throughout tho audience, as 1t had
been understood ho would c1plain all abouts
those tlrce mysterious letto1s writton by Bsb-
cock to Mcdonald. nt,er tho lattor's Indictment.
EASY FOIL TIE nASxEn-oann1ERs.
Whilo giving Ills testimony, Mai. Grimes, like
aomo Horny Clay Dean On tho hustngs, stood
up and drliyerod his story In = cIoar,
ringing voice tint penetrated to tho
remotest corner Of ihe room,-a
circumstance which fiIod nIth Joy tie sou1s OF
this butnmors who occupied tho rear benches,
and who hayo heretoforo thrown their ears for
ward In vain to catch the least sound from thoBo
who aro on tho Witnosa-Bsand. Mai. Grimes.
being All army otlicar, Woro blue-ta,od coat all
battonod down boiote, aud la air was such as
! to mako
A v1BluLE 1MrnEss1os
$t+al Ito nj t,4.4 T1af@o
asked lin todpljver thu lelteys TO Mcdonald, and
how tllis trust ha,l bsen fulfilled, wns
sufficient to sstsfy my hearer that
! he himself regarded tho tnsk as
very dclicata ono, aud that ho strongly aus-
pcctod tho1o Was something wrong botueen the
writer and the receiver OF tue lottors. The
| jury undoubtedly look uron tho circumstance
narrated 1y this WitpeHB NJ one which tho d.
fendaut mnat clear up by s mighty pretty cx-
| PLANTATION before lao chn he declared Innocent,
] Grimes waa not in any maui,er connected with
| tho Hing, and, ~ Witness, " trlMPeachRb!e.
THAT WILL BE ALL RIGHT.
! Gen. Dabcock said tonight that, when the
proper t!mo came, he world explain, tho
| MoDonsld-lettor husinesa to tho hatiafao.
Iittlo things are coming up against tho good and
honorable DabcocA that 1t will mako bis work
| OF explanation tedious and problt matical.
|
Loungera hero aro eyiucing extraordinary In
! tosest III tho legal points ratHcd in tie csso
Gov. Henderson,. lato Government cnlluHci, said
Tonight that 1t waH now 1utth apparent that The
prosecution did not laye 20 oiract cans against
Dabcock Al 1t had against Joyce aud Mcdonald,
| tho evidence being altogether ciscumBtantiA
and yet 10 strong and unbroken "a to form
pot-work around Dabcock fFom which eacape
will DO impossible. llo thinks tho circum
stances brought out aud to b. brought aul
b7 the Government arc explaIuablo uron nj
reasonable theory except that Of the guilt Of thc
accused. 1ls looks upon conviction ~ fore
Bonn conclusion. .......
THE UNIVERSAL REMARK PROBABLY LITTLE orr
With rofersnca to tue i1nhl result OF tbs caae
It Ia almost tho nniSors.l remark that ths Jury,
! coming az It doca iron, the interior dstsiotu
whore tho public prejudice is 30 great agalnh
any poraon suspected Of completely in the ffaudt
against the Government, only neoa sttongl5
probably course against tl.a ae'Gneans 70 3ast.s!
cussd is entitled to tts benefit. ol
a doubt, they will resezso tho maxim, and give
the benefit to tho Government. From tho toni
reasonably supposo that . juror who would q datt
to yota fot acqultsal would be loaded with odlnu
upon his return home, ana aubjocted 10 tht
charge that he had bean bsaeed to stand out fo'
such VERDICT
| with her several tongues. IL qults bnsT tonight
and the H!testa arc full Of gossip. Il IL assertet
tnAt tho Government will tomorrow introduce
telegram In ljaboock'a handwriting. directed t
Joycs. and :aoknowledeinG tho 1scsIpt OF $500
tho limo refozred to by Evo1eet Whon lo pro
fesses 10 have mailed auoh an amount to tbs do
TO THIS coMrLxx1oa.
| nutuof has Il that the satisfactory explanation
Which Babcock VIII make Of tho ssozetlstss1s wzit