The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-24

MnJs W. ~. Moore, tine 81 Grant and
lsnbcock's Pets, Contributed by Mr.. ~.
". Boynt0n, feIl0w-Itep pub ican--In
History Of the San Domingo scheme
and whisky Ring-How Grants limo
and Protector Of Thieves and Con-
spiratOrs.
From the Cincinnati Gaxcttc-Radicnl
RYE BRANCH, n. H., August s.--A copy
Of the National Republican of the 9th inst.
has Just reached this place, containing let
ter 70 Secretary sherman from Mai. w. Is.
Moore, late special agent Of the Treasury,
charging the Washington correspondent of
the Gazette with an attempt 10 blackmai
him. This portion ~ Noore's communion
ton Il a. follows:
Hearing that the President has based his
action upon the representations made by one
II. v. HOyntOn and ~ hers I Immediately in.
formed the President that the documents
which Mr.. Boynton had made the basi, of his
representations against me were confidential
Of the Government, aud President Grant :
TINT these letters were referred by the PrcSi.
dent 20 the secretary of the Treasury, and
became part Of the official files 81 the Depart
menti that ] had reason To believe that they
were stolen from the HES, through the con.
niynnce OF A. J.. >turtesnnt and Others in the
oifice 81 the secretary, and put into the hands
OF said boynton 20 secure my removal ~
supervising special Agent and 10 renstatc
A. n. Tinglc-Sturteyanf's brother In lawn
my stead TINT Boynton attempted 20 black
n
sum Of money for the suppression ~ said
papers: that failing in this he did use them
for his own profit, by causing their publica-
ton in the New York Tribune and other pa-
per-, and further used them in the interest Of
said Sturfevant and Others 10 secure my re-
moNnls but BOynton, aside from his mcrcena.
~ move, was actuafcd BY the spirit Of ex-
secretary Bristow and friends. and wished "a
punish me because had la my official capac-
ity shown 20 the President that the power OF
,nc United states Treasury Department had
been pro~titutcd To political purposes.
The above statement il that Of man who,
after many years ~ such desperate plotting
against honest men, and IN the interests Of
the dishonest, a. should long since have
landed him in the Penitentiary, suddenly
finds himself power.es- in the face Of his
iniluities. and begins 10 look wildly about
him 10 ascel tain. II possible, which partIcll-
lar >in has found him out and caused his
overthrow.
II was altogether natural for him, when
he heard that friend ~ General Brstow
had been exposing something OF his real
character TO President Hayes. TO suppose
that il was his career Of ,ilainy iii the
service Of whisky thieves, high and row, that
had been used against him. II did not occur
70 him that an old crime ~ 1871 would come
70 light and show BY records written in his
own hand, that his proper place was in the
Pcnitentiary instead Of an important
position In the Treasury service. And yet.
strange A. Il may appear 10 Major Moore. II
WAS such papers that caused his removal.
and not those OF which he gives him dcscrip-
tiOns above.
While this disposes 81 the whole frame
work Of Moorc's charge, II is one tina, should
be met specifically.
l. No papers Of any kind were exhibited
10 the President Ina Moore's case by your
correspondent until five days after the re-
moval Of Moore. The President had then
ordered his dismissal on statements made 10
him by Others who had seen the papers Of
1871 alluded TO above.
.. No paper was shown 70 the President
or used against Moore which ever belonged
In the files OF the Treasury Department, and
your correspondent never had in his posses
sion. or At his control. any paper stolen from
the files Of the Treasury or any other depart
ment or office OF the Government. and never
received from Mr.. >turfeyant line or q
scrap Of paper Of any kind relating TO Major
Moore.
3. Moore's charge OF blackmail il false
hood, unreiieyed by the slightest fingc OF
truth. He was never approached for that
purpose or for any other purpose, either d.
recfly or indirectly, BY your correspondent.
50 far from having published the papers 10
which Moore refers. after an unsuccessful
attempt TO blackmail him, a. he charges,
with the exception Of one brief paper of a
voluminous series, none Of his letters have
ever been published in any quarter.
MOORE, AND WHAT REMOVED HIM.
Mai. W. Ii. Moore was, during the War,
Adjutsnt OF an Illinois regiment. He Il said
10 have had a very crcditablc military rec
ord. lie j. gentleman in external appear
ance, demeanor and address. In the field
he became intimate with some Of the staff
about Gen. Grants headquarters, and final
~ through some Of them he was favorably
TO Grant himself. After the War
he attached himself closely 10 Gen. Babcock
and Others about Gen. Grant, and became an
active instrument OF some Of the most pow
erful rings Of the country, which, without
the knowledge OF the President. had their
eenters In the White House. For these at
various times Moore was the chief intriguer.
With him, al times, worked Whitley and
Of safe-burglsry notoriety. At
other times, the most disreputable charac-
tiers which the detective service could COM
mand were his tools and assistants. He was
always bold and INSCRIPTIONS, Knowing
that practically, through the protection az
forded by the officials Of the Presidents
law could not reach him, and 50
he plotted with impunity. The history Of
his work Il the history Of one Of the darkest
pages In the annals Of the Republic. In this
Moore himself sinks out OF sight except a.
an instrument Of low cunning and villainy,
and those who employed him stand forth In
with plots and Jobs which will
one day be fully exposed TO their lasting and
disgrace. II was one part alone OF
this vouminous history which led to the re-
moval Of Moore.
BABc0CK, MOORE AND SAN DOMINGO.
II will be remembered that In 1870, At The
instance Of Senator Ferry, Of Connecticut,
Charles Sumner and Carl Schurx, the Senate
ordered an inquiry into the circumstances
attending the imprisonment OF Davis Hotch,
I prominent and reputable citizen OF Con-
nccticut, In Santo Domingo City by Baex.
This inquiry took wide range, and covered
All transactions attending the negotiations
by General Babcoek.
Through Raymond II. Perry, who was
Agent Of the United States At
santo Domingo at the time Of Babcock's Wis
Il, II became known that Babcock was fully
aware that Hotch had been arrested on