The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-04-04

went down with Itickey and Bradley to
lie depot, when he went to take the
rain TO come East. and he told me 10
consult with Bradley: that Bradley was
there IN the interest of Babcock, and that
This whole move was not against Babcock
but against the president. and Tor me to
consult with Bradley and act with him.
Ques.-,And Bradley told You to get
that evidence out of the district-attor-
ney's Office aud bring it to the l.indell
hotel to be destroyed? Ans.-IIc did.
Ques. Did you attempt to get II:
Ans. NO. sir, did not.
Que. why did you not Ans.
wei. Thought that wa going rather
too tar In the matter.
Ques.--Io on had told him all Won knew
of IL? Ans.--Ycs.
Qucs. When you came bacl, here yo',
say you had q conversation with General
BabcOck! Ans..-Ies: | met him mt
No. 2lOO Pennsylvania avenue. The
witness produced a memorandum oil the
number of the house that was given, he |
said. by MIR. Luckey. In that converse.
ton ! told all had seen and heard |
In st. Louis; ! told him OF tins
proposals of Bradley's; he said he did
not want me to get IL unless got the
whole Of 1t, that part Of ii would be worse
between us afterward. and he remarked
that If | got 1t would be well rewarded.
| told him did not like to go into 1t: !
also met his counsel. Mr.. StOrrs. ] was at
General Babcock's house six or seven
times.
Oucs.-What occurred there: Ans
There was "A great deal of talk. | gave
them a written report OF all that ! had
seen and heard at ST. Louis. have not
a copy Of that report. General Babrock
suppose. has the report. had given
them that report previous to this talk
about getting evidence, and up to the
time of making that report ] still thought
the matter was intended "a q political
move; but when found out that | was
wrong dropped off and went from here
to New York on the nineteenth OF Janu-
airy, and did not return to Washington
until about the ninth OF February. took
the president at his word, and took meas
| ures to send him Information that Bah
cock was guilty. | should bave stated
that gave the thing up after Bradley
| ltit st. Louis. which was night or two
| after Lucky left. and went to Lexington,
kentucky. From there | wrote 10 Brad
| ley and asked him 10 return my letter. and
he did so, accompanied with the follow
| ing:
WASHINGTON, ID. {. February 8, 1876.
G.. ). BELL. Esq.--Yours received to-
day and herewith returned. am author
lied to request you to come immediately,
and TO say you will be cared for. Yours
truly. a. {. BRADLEY,
$50 r st.. Washington.
| II was intended that | should be APP
pointed special agent in the attorncy-gen-
erals Office and sent to st. Louis to con-
| tinuc nv work, and here j. the key Of
cipher that was gwen to me to cominuni-
cate with. THE witness here produced
the original cipher published In the New
York He,ud on February 10th.
Ques.-Werc you appointed In the at
torney-general's Office. Ans.-I was not,
but was to DC appointed, aud I hal II
card from the president to Attorncy-Gen-
cral Picrrcpont. similar to one had to
Secretary Chandler.
Qucs.--A card asking you to be ap.
pointed special agent: Ans.-l did not
say so. II said this man Of whom spoke
for fliat appointment, or something TO
Dues. Why were you not appointed I:
Ans.-That was about the fifteenth of
December.
Ques.-llc was aversc to your going
out there to play spy on Col. Dyer
Ans.-Yes, he seemed to be. went d.
rectly from the White House to the AT
torney-general with that card from the
president, and told to him exactly what
the president told me, and that IL there
was any innocent party to be prosecuted
he wished to know it, and
that If Babcock was guilty he wanted
him punished. The Encouragement
! said II wanted to commission you to-
day, but an official came to my house last
| LIT. \ ,,.,n It "a. fl
whom met on special OCCASION" | I'M
dcrstOOd him to mean the secretary OF
the treasury, and pointed ont OF the VIM
dow, where we were sitting, toward the
, treasury department and said: III YOU
, have said anything IN that quarter, there
no use OF my going The attorncy-gc
eral said: ats not the secretary. butts
high official and said he under tho
= the circumstances it's no use for YOU Ia
90 out there" ! said "No: but YOU
. ought to have let me find that ont for
J myself
Ques. on knew, then, that the head
| of the treasury department would no,
= have approved of your going out there
to play spy on District-Attorney Dyer
Ans.-Most assurcdly.
I Ques.-When you got that card from
the president was 1t understood between
- you and him that the purpose Of 1t was to
get you an appointment, and that you
8 were to 60 to st. Louis and through The
] distrlct-attOrney's office and ascertain
whether there was any evidence that
e would show Babcock's guilt was that
the object Of the president in sending
you there! Ans.-The object, as | un.
! dcrstoOd 1t, was that was to ascertain
. whether there was any reasonable grounC
: for believing Babcock guilty, and that Il