, 1877-08-17
MANUFACTURING TESTIMONY

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MANUFACTURING TESTIMONY
y Dealer In rorjury-araJ. ". II. Moore In
the st. Louis Whisky Trlats-1en. 1suyn.
toms "Reminiscences nf thu lsal'cock Case.
Correspondence E1nctandii t7a4ts.s.
RrE BEACH, n. H.. Aug, 11.-A private dis
patel, from Washington brings tho information
tf,at ex-spccial Agent Moore Inns printed IN
affidavit assuming to set forth the circumstances
OF tho attempt at blackmati which l,e had bc-
fore charged on your correspondent. When a
copy OF this bit Of uuallu1teratcl perjury eonNs
70 hand 1t will receive attention.
Meantime story OF the Dabcock whisky trial
IN St. Louis will illustrate tho kind Of scrvlce
Moore was accustomed to render his employers,
md his capacity for perjury.
Escrlst, 0auger, who II Was discovered had
tefn wltoss 49, e tho na9g r. # money By 1oyse
the country, anl 1t was expected by tic defense
that lie would remain ahsc: Until altcr tho trial.
lie was most respectfully conncctcd and finally,
short tlne before tho case was called, he was liz
aucc.l to return aud appear rs wltncss. When
he 9rIlTed IN tho country those outraged in pre-
patug the Government case for trial mot hin In
philadelphia aod aseertaincd what his tesei-
afterwnrd madu on the stand, was to tho cfYcrt
TINT On certain OCCASION he had been sent by
Joyce to the hank to exchange $l,OUO till for
two of $500 eael; TINT Josce aad then iii his
| velope addressed 10 Avery aud the other In one
addressed to Habcock; that while ho had acttl-
oily seen tho note iuclosel H. tho Avery GIL
velopc. ie had only suos, Joycc's motions as III.
did nut l'appcn to follow note Into tho LITTER
With Ills oyes. Ac ,tling to his statement botll
envelopcs wcro then dropped Into street let
ter-box near Juyccs olilec. Tlts evidence was
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pairing The GoYcrnment's case, and strong
effort was lnatie BY Ill Of them TO ill.,
duse secretary bftstow not to con.muni.
spite Of nil tte false stories which gainou cur
roncy during tbs trial, md which arc attll ctr
rent !n SONS quarters, to the effect that Sccrc-
tars Bristow was co''elinng through the MID Of
these trials to brcak down thu personal anil OH.
clal family Of tho President, 1t Is truo TINT up
to tho tlme mentioned hc hal regularly and
promptly informed the President Of every Item
OF oylence altnctlng either his Secretary or his
u promptly all this Information lad been given
by the President to Bal,cock, md through lin
Of courso Il ~ once found iss way to tho couu-
81 when this Important evidence Of Eyorjst's,
showing the direct payment Of money to tue
rrca!dg1at's Secretary and to the Chief Clerk Of
tho Treasury Department., eatne Into tho
possession OK sho G0vernmcnt lawyers and the
officials Of the Department, csucerted w.
tempt Was made TO prevatl upon Gen. brlstow
to withhold all Information In rcGnrl to Eyertst
from the President lie mot all their argu-
well aware that thu Presidents belief ID Dab
cocks Innocence was constantly sacrificing the
ease VI tl.e Government aKaiust the whisky
thieves, still aA Calumet officer. hls iirst duty
through !ts betrayal to tho dotcnse tho rcspon-
sIhilIty would Eust with tfcu. Grant.
AMI 50 the Secretary made known the new
cvisleace which had beon discovered, and In less
] n tkR hf ftnN = hr,f ham
tnunleatca ut the Whtts Ii0uac, Gen. Babcoel<
appeared At the room OF Solicitor Ilufurl Viii
500 to make Inquiries 10 FrgaEd to Eycrlst's
statement aud hls whereabouts.
| Tic appearance OF EVcrtat was the cause
Of great anxIsty amoug lie members Ut tic
RUG, aud when the nature Of tue evidence 10
! wuulu RfVs became known to them they were Iii
great CONSERVATION. 1t seetna TO haye bcen
recognized At onco a. o case demanding tho
services OF Moore. He was then on duty about
the custons-ltOuse In Baltimore. lie camo to
WashinEton without leave, and 1t was
md meet Ito testimony of Eyerist. A. % tue
latter could only swsar to actually seeing the
$50 inclosrd In The Avery envelope, and not to
mutually following tile other $500 with hls eyes
| Into tho BabcOek envelope, tho defense declJotl
to set up the clatn that Tic babcock envelope
Was only blind to deretve Everia, and that as
. natter OF fact 10 money was put Into 1t by
Joyce, lesylnK tho presumption that Tie latter
II was arrapgui, therefore, that Moore should
excar TINT tho second or. third day after tho
date 11sd By Evtriet for tlle mailing Of these
letlrrs at st. Louis, he, Moore, happuucd 10 be
| In Gen. babcock's room, ut ti.a Nhito Housu
| when babeock was opening his mall, and thut
prescuce, ealled hts attention 70 tue curlus fscs
That tj.e envelope in Joycu's han,lwriting a,,,.
| taimetl no writing, but sinnly piccc Of biank
| paper. - y
! aIooTe arrived In 81. Louis aud unfolde<l bjs
PROPOSED evfticnee to tho counsel al work nj
thai end Of tho line TLcso gentlemen, or