The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-17
GRiNTIsM ILLusTRdrED BY FRIENDS.
subornins PERJURY to Save Babcock- Orders
from the white House.


RYE BEACH, Aug. 1i.-Everist, gaugor.
who it was discovered. had been q witness to
the mailing of money by joyce to Babcock and
Avery in Washington. had lett the country. and
It WIS expected by tn, defence that he would
remain absent until after the trial. He was
most respectfully connected and ilnaly n short
time before the cnsc wis called he was induced
To return and appear ns witness. When he
arrived in the country those engaged in pre-
pairing the Government cnse Tor trial met him
in Philadelphia and asccrtaincd what his testi-
mony would be-
H., His statement which he afcrward made on
the stand, was to the effect that on certain oc-
casinn he had been sent 10y Joyce 10 tho bank 10
exchange 81 900 hill for two of $500 each that
Joyce had then In his presence enclosed ono of
and the other in one addressed to Babcock /:
that while he had actually scrnthe note enclosed
IN the Avery cnvelopt. he had only seen Joycr's
motto ~ enclosing the other in thu Babcock
envelope. and did not happen TO follow note
into the letter with his eyes According to his
statement both envelopes were then dropped
into nstrcrt letter box near JOycc's office. THIS
evidence was deemed very important by all Gu
Gagged ia preparing the G9vernm.nls ease. and
u strong rfOrt WIS made 10y all Of them to in
duce Secretary l,ristow not To communicate its
purportto President Grant. In spite of all the
ias, stories which gained currency during the
uial. ana which are stlll current in some quar-
tors To the rtret that Secretary Brlstow was
conspiring through the aid OF these trials to
break down the personal and official family Of
TIA" President, II II true that up 10 the time
mentioned lie had regularly and promptly in
formed the President of every item of ryidrnro
affecting either his Secretary or his personal
friends in St LOUIS AZ regularly and rs
promptly all this information had been given
10y the President to BabcO, X. and through him.
of cours.. II ut once found It's way toaho counsel
for the defence.
So when this important evidence Of Eyerist's.
showing the direct payment of money to the
Presidents secretary. and to the Chief Clerk Of
me treasury Department. came into the possess
sion of the Government lawyers and the officials
Of the department. u concerted attempt wis
made Ia prevail upon Gen. Bristow to withhold
Al iniorinatlgn III regard To- Evcrst from the
Ia L. IA fh.ttE ~.
the statement that while he WIS well aware that
tn" Presidents belief in Babcock's innocence
was constantly sacrificing the ease of the Gov
crninrnt against the vii skey thieves, still rs "a
Cabinet oill Ger. his first duty WIS to the prrsi-
dent. and Il the case was lost through its be-
tra!al To- tno defence uhe responsibility would
And - the secretary made known tho new
less than twenty minutes after IL had bcru COM
muncaied at the White House. Gen. Bslbrock
appeared at the room OF Solicitor Blufnrj vii
son Ia make Inquiries in regard 10 Eyerists
statement and his Whereabouts.
Tho appearance Of FVcri-t WIS tho cause Of
great anxiety among the members of the Ring,
and when the nature Of the evidence he would
give became known To them they were in great
CONSERVATION. 1t seems To have been rrcog-
niZnd at once as a cstse demanding the services
Of Moore. H. was then ON duty about The Gus
tom House in Baltimore. H. came to Washing
ton without leave. and II WIS arranged that H.
of ENcrist A. the latter could only swear To-
actually seeing tn" $500 enclosed in the Avery
envelope, ana not To- actually following tho other
i've hundred with his eyes into the Bahcock en-
N"lopr. the defence decided to set up the claim
that the Baheock envelope was only "a blind To-
d"reivr EVeriSt. and that ns "a matter of fact no
money WAS put into It 10y Joyce. leaving the pre-
sumption that tho latter had poeketcd IT,
II WIS arranged. therefore. that Moore should
swear tint tn" second or third day after the dat.
hN"i by Everst for the mailing Of these letters
IT -. LOUIS. he tMoorcl happe ned 10 10. in Gen
Bahocks room at the White House when Bah
cox was opening his mai and that the latter.
after opening n large envelope IN his presence,
called his attention to the curious fact that the
envelope in Joycc's handwriting contained no
VII ting. but simply piece of blank paper.
Moore arrived IN 81, Louis. and uniol'led his
end OF the line These gentlemen. or some e'' Of
them. were also OF counsel for Avery. The lat
ter at once said To- Moore that his story was a
hu; that II would surely convict Avery. sinco il
would establish the fact that the mail contain
Ing The letters Eycrist had described reached
wash. nEton. and IN" PRESUMPTION would be-
that Avery Received tho letter which EVrrlst
swore had been sent Ia him with the $500 in H.
THIS made il n,sr ssary To- adopt Il different
line of defence" and the letter carrier was found
who aft"rwarl swore that on the day Everest
claimed that the letters TO Babcock and AVery
were drepued into tho street box he. at the re-
quest Of Joyce. unlocked the box and gave MIN
back two letters addressed Us described by Ey-
crst
The part that Moore had prepared himself to
play ia TINS matter became known through IN.
lndisorriion Of one of Babcock's counsel in
Washington. who. when the telegraph brought
the report of E,erisis testimony. could not r.
Train from telling IN Newspaper Row how COM
plrtr the defence would hc Ia his rnhurra-s ng
evidence. When the letter carrier was produced
instead. the Washington ounsel WIS greatly non
piussed but soon as rorialnrd that II WAS Ayery's
interests that rendered Moore's proposed per-
Jury unavailable.
Moore left his post without leave to attend TO
tins bus mess. and sent IN vouchers for his OK
p"nse- To- ST. Louis and return. These were
Il lsallowrd 10y Solicitor Wilson us being irreg-
nlar. impudent and outrageous. At suisse
qu"n. date, however. they were paid in pursu-
hn'- 81 orders from the White House. and thus
me Government was forced 70 pay the expenses
of a witness called by the defence TO defeat a
most important case. And further and most
iisgraceful. the payment WIS 10 a witness who
deliberately prepared himself with perjury.
clothing himself with il ms "A portion Of his out
III. and while Government officer charged es-
rerihlly with the detection Of fraud seeking to
use II to defeat tn" Government in attempts to
uncover and punish fraud. No severity 81 LAM
suage can emphaslze such facts Ms these.
H. " b.