The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-09
VOL. XLlll.-N0. 200.
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.
fHE BOTTOM FICTS or THE WASH
INgTON SAFE BURGL1Rf CASE

Hub PTOfesstNnnl
do,hcIob-Nhnt Bnbreck ~nysfor h'"so"
wAsnIYGroN, April s.-Tho oAc,'oniv"s
tete over the dcnouement in tho su'e 49,,
oonap,racy 70 day was almost rs s.o,, ','..,.
.-,ion ,oiloyed tho discovery OF beIknap
WIZ" =, t,5 heen very generally believed
-, -. intimately acluantcd with the hlstory
tina diaboltcal conspiracy that had been con
o,c,cd 70 blast the regulations OF number OF
s.,r,,rept citizens Of this District, that Dabcock
was one of the principals therein. IL was now
.ver. not believed that whitley would vea'n ON
MI. oonfcderates, and without hts or harrlnR-
,on., tcstlmony Il would have hccn impossible
90 have caught Babcock. Gel Whitley testified
Yesterday In substance as follows;
He said lao had gone to Florida In the winter
o,Is73 for his health, aud remained there until
about the ist Of March. After the middle OF
April he received letter from Mr.. banueId'
,ben solicitor Of the Treasury. telling him that
=, en,rt was being made to have him removed
from the position Of chief Of the Secret Service
oftbe Treasury Department, and Sam Felker Of
Chicago appointed. lie at once wrote to
Gen. D,bcock, asking him to take
friendly interest in his behalf. and to see that
bo undue advantage was taken Of him during
bts absence, and ne also wrote TO Attorney-Gen-
eral Williams and other persons. He also wrote
toll C. Netteship, WAC was his First Assistant
on the secret Service force, and VINO was left In
charge Of the work at the New York ONCE dur
Ing his absence. lie requested Nettleship to
come to Washington and see his friends here to
rroyent anything being done to cause his re-
moyal. As soon as he could make his arrange
men,s, Whitley himself cane North with his
wife, and reached Washington about the 18th OF
April. His wife went on to New YORK city.
AND he remained here. This, he thinks, was ON
"wednesday. lie had teegraphed to Nettle-
,hip to meet him here, and together they met
solicitor Banleld and dinsd at the National
Hotel, where they both were stopping. He saw
ten. Babcock, who told him what he had done tn
bis behalf. lie thanked Babcock and assured
him Of his friendship, as well as his willingness,
II the opportunity ever offered, to serve him to
the extent Of his ability. There was nothing
said at this time about any j'b. and no allusion
whatever was ma ie to the District invcstigation
watch was then in progress.
A SUMMONS FROM nADcOCK.
On Thursday night Whitley and Nettleshlp
went tn New York. where thcy visited together
the office ~ the secret Servt'e Division at 10
Bleecker street, Wnitleys Wiie was stoppim5S
whitley remained together at the liieecket
street Office discussing matters OF business IN
connection with the Secret Service until about
Inc middle Of the afternoon. lhen they went
over to the Grand Central Hotel. After they
mad been at the hotel about an hour, \ despatch
WIS uFliN "a ~ VI, " "'tie'' ""'e" ~ SfN''NN
aud read. 1t was as follows:
wlsnisc.oN. March IS, 1874.
cen b. wants YOU 70 ,ransact some business. for rim
lease report Immediately. Important. You VIII
w.,,ia haa ,,te hts .-r,,n.,,or,. 10 ,o, %
Boston with his wife, and was somewhat sur
prsed To receive such telegram; and he could
n1t lmasihe wn.t aerN'Is iSn nIueovh rs to1iu h,i
Mansemeh,s, sent u's wlie on 70 possol, s t,,at t
uisnn' anu ne oIn. NJ, 1i,an ' n, III
breakfast: ard aeou. an hour aiterw,rd
went up 10 bannela nouse' banueiu i cru un'ued o'd
hlm iot hoI collug oiree ~ n,s sra Sn
tplu nun tn1t p'uV"Cn 'ilu iia,i 80. "eiV ~,
Mere ior breakfast, anu eapeoteu MN eisH. si'.
ihel nsH some 4ia',e,s .nSS v~i,i ii,.vu ~ s"ir
over WIN nlnl' ne alNlseu " nlllef 70 ~ q.
once To- BancocS h993.e' ana hanue1 MN % a
vnu m''n v hsndwr,ting Wnti.v
~snt " nm fa II Sbcock's no,''c. hut ota not nnd
p,,r thare IL 80 H., Il mar Rshrock had gone
~ ,', IN VWhita Uouse, lie tnen Vent down to
tIa White No,,se. aud there he found Babcock
.u.r r,,cocv ,v,.,rn
WHAT hAh'VNh NA"l"''
Dabcock told him that the mempri1lists and
parti's who were insteating the investi'ation
OF the District Government were giving their
friends great deal Of trouble. They were man-
utacturing evidence ana were plottlns az sorts
of mischief, and he wanted good detective de-
taied from the Goyernment force to ,s lo9k alter alter
,nc.s vic,St and dee,eniny men Who were enc
,mtesofG"v SLea6ero on Of water Habcock did
M enter into any details hut told Whitley 10
no down TO the club houss on New York avenue,
"A x
Ii"k UHrrington who would riye him The de-
tens Whitley returned To his hotel where he
me- R,uneld and couycrsed with him up until
about mo nupoin' ed hour. Then he went to
the club house, and there met Harrington.
n rrin,ton fod him thar they wanted
trusty men who could be depended upon to
Keen trark and watch of the memorialisis and
e.pe,lalV c,f..iu newspaper men. Ihey wanted
The cofrrsutudcnt OF luR NEW YORK Sun
watched constantly TO see VINO he wss con
uected with and what he was about generally
They wanted the correspondent of the New
York tribune also looked after. Spies
were 10 get into conversation with 1HE
sUN man. 10 nnd out In advance what
line the mem oriahsts were to pursue, what
subjects they were going to examine into, and
% report regularly to George Gideon, who was "A
subordinate under Babcock, IN charge Of bridges
N the District on Columbia When they found
out what line Of Investigation was to be pur-
si.d thev we're Ia SUGGEST thar certain
Vitnessas ,vould tostIfS 70 such and
such facts lseir ohisct was TO have witnesses
fummor.d whn ,vHen thev took the stand
Enr,l know nothine about the Subject upou
which tt... "A. "a. olf.stloned 'TIu. M - uenorl.
Ringito, wluld lie enabled 10 saw that the inyes-
tsatiDn Was Il mere farce that there was moth
Inv ~ ths hottnn, ~ Inc investipation hut gen
efa suswcion. Harrington gave Whitley the
nanvs n ol these correspondents on S'p oI
S'P'''
I"h DISTRACTIONS 10 NErILESHIP
Whitley returned to New York, saw Nottle-
slip, and told nm tbat Ills friends in Washing
ton had a lob that they wanted done and they
reos s 20 ~ oS ser H. ne Gse NesesnP shi snd
Instructed him to get couple OF men and send
them to Warrington. lie told Nettleship what
Harrington ~ .ntad done. and suggested To Net
worth. A German Jsw-who waa ready for any
sott o.! AN entprnrise Ne,tleshin himself sug.