Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 April 1876 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY APRIL 5, 1876-

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REVELATIONS.

WASHINGTON WICKEDNESS. HOW THE RING- SAVZD ZD BABCOCK. Detective Tells a Committee of the House that he was Employed to Steal Evidence From Dyer's Office. THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION. HR THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO PJ5RSECUTB BAB AND WOULD 8AVB HIM PLAYING THE SPY ON DVtR B4BCOCK AND LCCKEl's PLAN TIlfcY ALL HATS D BRISTOW A VKRY STRAIGHT 6TORY. Washington, March 31. Mr. C. I Bel', of Jackson, Mississippi, testlled this morning before Clj mer'i committee that he made an application for a post tradershlp at Fort Davis, Texas, and came here In Jane, 1ST?, to see Belknap about It. He had a number of recommecda'ions rora army officers, but Secretary Belknap told him that if be hd known he hd rome to matte such an application, he (Belltnap) would not have seen him. The witnes replied that it would take him very little time to get out of his offlce, and he then got out. TnU bruqae treatment made him angry. Ashe got to the west f -out of the building, a young man came running f'-r Lim and nquestea brm to come back. When he returned, Belknap said apologetically lhat he was a really annoyed over the many applications for p"t tradershios. Belknap then turned to him brusquely and assed how much that position was worth, lie replied that he did not know. Wa- it wortu U,W a year? Hereplielthat bsuppos(d It was worth that. Would ne oe Winnie to pay he be willing to pay 'hat, Belknap nuTBiied. He wouldn't be willing 10 py any thing, he respondtd, and then he left. Bell stated that he did not believe that the secretary meant to make him an offer for the post lor 8.',)0U, but tboosut tbeecretary attempted to entrap him into offering a bribe, so toat he might have some reason to decline to appoint him. 'the witness could not remember that he had said to anybody that Col. Uood'ellow and Mr. Crassly, the secretary's ch:ef clerk, were Belknap's gobetweens In post tradershlp bargains The examination proceeded as fo'lows: Q "What business are you engaged In now? A lam on detective work, not at present, under the government. Q, Y.u were a detective and scout for years in Texas? A Yes, sic 1 have also been act! Eg as special agent lor the internal revenne department. 1 Q Who appointed you? A Mr. Chandler. l Have you rendered any recent service to that department? A None since the lbth ot February thi yenr Q .r3 you personally acquainted with Chanuier? A I am. Q l)ld he appoint you on his o n motion and, if not, at whose solicitation? A The president of the United States. IJ Are you acquainted with him nersonallv? A Yes. sir. U How long have you known him? A I have served tolm at Intervals since li. Q, Had you his recommendation wi ea you went to tue secretary of war? A 1 hhd. tA Had you Uemral Reynolds's? A 1 did not ask any, but THE PRESIDENT'S RKCOMME5DATUN was of such a character that I did not think I needed any other. Q. Have you got that recommendation of the president's with you! A I have not. .- Can you send for It? A I do not think I can reach that at present. Q-What time was it dttel? A The lttter uart of December, 175. Q I thought you said you bad it with ou when you went to the secretary of war to apply to be appointed a post trader? A 1 had papers from the president then, but they did not pertain totuat matter. 'J hey wie general Q Then tnis recommendation you now spoak of was a recommendation to the secretary of the Interior to apoiui you as a detective? A It did not 8pt city that, it was the general recommendation .ogive me an appointment. It was on a card. I tbLiK U rau something likethir. To the Hon. Z. Chandler, Secretary of the Interior: 1 com men a to you the bearer, Mr. C. 8. B-il, ior an appointment, lie naa rendered valuable service during the war and since. 1 know It covered ,ne full side of the eird and a portion if the other. I handed it to. the secretary of the interior. I wem there a day or two afterward to gel It, and he c mid not Und it, although he h id a very careful search made. t Oa (bat recornmeudaticn the secretary of the luterior appointed you? A I suppose be did. 1 know that the president and ir. Luciey both spoke to him personally about appointing me. I r ceived an appointment daud January 5th. Toe witness p ojuced his appointment as a lirst-class der In the pension office. He explained that there was no such ot fleer as special aent under the interior depai tment. the men acting at such being clerks detailed for that duty. IJ What was yoursalary? A Thirteen hundred dcl!arsa year and three dollars per day and travelin? expenses, aggregating a bo at H.'.Uj a year. 1 entered office ou tLe 7lü of January last. The list of cases wit Rent to me at St. Louis to ba worked op, but I n?vr workei them up. Jn cros8-exauilnatoa by Mr. Dan ford, the witness stated that the reason hedid not goto the president and Uli him that Secretary Bt lkcap nau propose.! iu mm to pay ror a post traueisbip was tbat tte secretary of war weighed somewhat more than he did, atd be did not think It woa d do to attack him. By Mr. Clymer: Q Under that appointment were you laterested in the Babcoc case in HI Lou's? A no. I vat not. -Wer : you seat out there to tak any p irt In it? A No, sir, not under this appointment. t Under any apuulntuiui? A No, sir. H Vere you never employed in any way or connection with that case? A Not by the government, li By whom.Uei eral Babcock? A Hesitatingly No, I can uol say that 1 was. By his counsel? A No, sir. Oj By any body for blm? A By some one acting for him. I suppose, actlDic ror him. They taid they were. I was em ploy a J in November. Q What Services were jou to lender nnder that employment? A Af er a pause I wou'd like a little time to reflect npn that matter so as to put It In shape. Q I only waul THE TBÜTH. Jt Is not very hard to tell that? A I do not know as that has anything to do with this case. Q We will determine that after we hear lt. 1 only want to know who employed jrou? A In regard to those St. Louis whisky matters? Q Yes. Gen. Babcock is an army officer and I propose to Inquire about bim now! A Weil, I was employed br Sir ' - liUcidT, me private secretary or the n-esifint. l What were you to do for Luckev? a To make it as brief as possible, I was to look into the hands of the district attorney and see what evidence there was against Gen. Babcock. l You were sent by i uckey then to go out there and inquire what case there was against Babceck? A I was th re at the time. -Dld Luckey write to yon? A No, sir. I met him there at tbe hotel. Q How were you to do It? A I wassimplr to visit the district attorney's office, as 1 bad the run of the office there, and see wnat evidence there was. O. Did you go there and get hold of it. A 1 did. Q-With the consent of the district attorney? A No, sir. Q You got It surreptitiously, then? A I did. i Did you furnish what you got to Colonel Luckey? A 1 did. That was in November, at the Llndell Hotel. Q Was there any other person connected with Colonel Lackey, that you know or? A A gentleman named A. C Brad ley, of Washington, who Mtd be waa acting as one of tbe counsel for Babcock. U What information did you furnish Luckey? A I told him tbat tbe evidence against Babcock at that time was weak. I did not give him copies of any papers, (i flau you read "the evidence against Babcock tbat was in the district attorney's office? A Oh, no. I only knew from what 1 nard in the offlce and what Colonel Dyer himself-told me. ti Did Colonel Dyer know tbat you were tbe agent of Lackey? A No, sir; not at that time. Subsequently hedid. ti -Did you look over the papers In the office? A Some of them. i Did yon read them all? A l read a good manyofth-m. Q Where did 30a get tbe papers In the office? A On tbe table and in the drawer, ti Was tbat tbe precise ervlce that Colonel Lackey told yoa to render him?

A It was. Q He told you to go there and rind out? A To go and find out all I could. I wish to state that aU that time I believed, from conversations I heard la the district attorney's offlce and moog many influential men outside, tna this attempt to Imp acn Central Babcock was made for the purpose of mjTJRIICO PRESIDENT ORAHT, whom I had served as a scout during the war and for whom I had a strong regard. These m? n claimed to be strong friends of Brlstow. I saw many telegrams that passed between Washington and the district attorney theie and elsewhere, and It looked tbat way. 1 believed that, until another matter came up there, and then I tnought the parties out there were acting without authority and perhaps were over an xlous, and I bälltvdd it until I came to Washington. When I oame here 1 found that I was on the wrong track, and I dropped it, and I took measures afterwards to cause Information to reach the president tnat the Idea was wrong that Babcock was no' guilty, and that he reatjy was guilty. Q You informed the president that Babcock was guilty? A I took measures to inform blm that I believed he was guilty. I did it because the president himself told me that If Babcock was guilty he wished to know It. He wished nothing concealed, and he wished him punished. 1 took the president at his word and informed him of it, and I got my dismissal three days afterward. Q Did you have any conversation with Babcock with regard to this matter? A Frequently, probably a dozen times alter 1 arrived here In December. Q If at any time General Babcock admitted to yon that he was guilty please state it? A His admission was clear enoueh. If they wanted meto get evidence out of the offlce and destroy it. It was clear enough. Q Did he sdmit to you that be was guilty? A I told him what Bradley aked me to do In St. ouis. and Instead of dissenting he saidhe cid not wish meto get the evidence of that offlie, unless I could get the whole of it, that if I got part of It it would be- worse than none. (J What had Bradley asked you to do? A He had asked me to set the evidence out of

the offlce and bring it to the Llndell Hotel. O. What was to be done with it there? A Destroy lt. 14 was col. Luckey present wnen Bradley totd blm to do that? A i Deneve not 1 believe this was in Bradley's room in the Llndell Hotel. The proposition was made after Luckey came fcasr, in the latter part of riovemoer. l went Gown wim urauiey ana Lucsey to the depot when Luckey went to take the train to come Eas. He told me to consult with Bradley, that Bradley was there in the interest of Babcock, and that this whole move was not against Babcoci, but agsinst the president and for me to consult with Bradley and to act with them. Q And Bradley teld you to get that evidence out of the district attorney's office and bring It to the Lie d 11 llo'el to be destroyed. A He did. O-Did you attempt to set it? A No, sir; I did not. ti Why did you not? A Well, I thought that we were GOING RATHER TOO FAR in the matter. Q You had told him all you knew of it? A Yes. Q-When you came back here, you f aid' you bad a conversation with Babcock? A Yes, I met him at No. 2100 Pennsylvania avenne The witness produced a memorandum of the number of the house that was given him, he said, by Lucsey. In that conversation I relited alt 1 had teen or heard in St. Loulo, and I told him of this proposal of Bradley's. He said he didn't ivant me to get it, unless I got the whole ol it, that a part of it would be worse than none. The matter was talked over between us afterwards, and he remarked that It I got it I would be well rewarded. 1 told blm I didn't like to go Into it I also met his counsel, Mr. Storrs. 1 was at Babcock's honRAHlxor seven times. O What occurred there? A Tn ere was a great deal of talk. 1) give them a written report of all that ihai seen and heard at St. Louis. I have not a copy of the report. Hen. Babcock, I suppose, has the report. I had given them that report previous to lhi talk about getting the evidence, and up to the time of making tbat report I still thought the matter was Intended hs a political move. But when 1 found out I was wron I dropped It and went from here to New York on the 13th of January, and did not return to Washington umll about theMh or 9th of Ftbruarr. 1 then took the president at his word and took measures to send him Information that Babcock was guilty. I should have stated that I gave up the thing after Bradley ieftst. LnuiP, which was a night or two a'ttr Luckev left, and went to Lexington, Ky. From thfre I wro'e to Kradley and asked hlui to et urn my letter, and he did so, accompanied with the following: Washington, P. C , Ftb 9, 1876. C. S. FELI.,t-q.: Y'ours received to da1-, and herewith return d. I am authorized to request you to come immediately and to gay you will cared for. Yours trul ', . t Bra dley. 635 Fslieef, Washington. I .w s Intended tbt I should be aproln'ed i special gent in the at'orney general's offlce mt sent o M. Li u'.s to O'btmua my wore and hers is the ktyof the cipher that was given to rne t co no nn'cat win. The witness h re produc;d th origlnsl of thtciph r publlhd 1 t ne New Yor Herald on Feoiuar' 10th. Q-Were ou ppolntrd la the at'o Tiey general'4 offlc. A I wa not, ba I wa t b ppolnted and I had a car I f oni he president to Atto ney Gen?ri Pierrepont. sl bil r to the one I h d to Secretary Chan -ler. Q A card asktnzttatyou beaprrirted special ngnt? A I did not say so. I said: "This !s the man of whom I spoke for the appointment, or something to that eßeet. ' Qwhy were you not ar pointed? A That was about tbe löth of IVo m be -. Tb attorney general delayed tee appointment from day to day, and finally went oft with tha Congresslopfll txeursion to Philadelphia, and wh n he came bick he was decayed, I leported to the pres'dent two or three times that the appointment had not been made and I finally found out that the nttorney general was in consultation with the treasury officials and he said lhat be had ascertained t' at Dyer would not consent to my wo king in hl offlce any longer. I asked tbe attorney general how he knew. He told me tbat be had a conversation, ks he expressed it, with a man official that he met frequently. I asked him who had disclosed my Dime to that official, and said to him that If I were out there and the district attorney were Inimical to my mission, 1 I could find It ont myself. He said that he had casuallf mentioned it to that official and he had 'come to his houte and they had this conversation, lie said that he had ray instructions all written out to send me to St. Louis, and he asked me lfl wished to go there under tbe circum stances, if I thought I could be of any us a now tbat my mission was known. I said that I did not think 1 could. I reported that to the president, and it was decided that I could not be of any service under the circumstances, If 1 wts appointed In tbe attorney gen erals i nice, Aa me object or your going was to get hold of tbe testimony? A i going was to get noia o: I itvuaini.a what, wo rrin on. I had bo intention of tantng tbe testimony. Q Is 'this cipher In Lackey's handwriting? A ?josi oi it. uia you ever communicate with Lackey by means of this ci pher? A No, because I waa not appointed by the attorney general to go out there, ti How did you communicate tbe ln'ormatlon to the president tbat you believed that fabcock was guilty? A I went taree times and tried to have an Interview with hlij and failed. Then I put the thing in a shape that I could get it to him. I got it to him through a newspaper. I put It in that way, because I did not care to (nut anything in writing In the bands of any one there to go to tbe president. 1 had made up my mind tbat the case was In such a shape that 1 could do nothing fuitherln it, and I dropped It. t-In what newspaper did you make that publloation? A in the New York Herald. 1 marked a copy and sent It to the president, and I have reason to believe It reached him. Q in your conversation with Babcock In regard to this matter, did yoa sav to him tbat yoa had proof of his guilt? A No, i told him what evidence was there. All the evidence came in Just before I leit there, and I told him what the evidence was so far as 1 kaew. He sa'd to me that there were papers and telegrams of bis Which, if tbe prcs cation got hold of. It would be almost impossible for blm to explain. I saw blm lrequent;y for a period of perhaps three weeks. Q Who paid you for tbe services that yoa rendered out there? A I received very little pay, perhaps 120. It was paid to me by Bradley and Babcock. When I went away from Ht. Louis I had given up the ease, but when I received this communication from

Bradley I gave op a position that was paying me about f.uO a month to come oa here, and then, alter a delay of about five weeks, I received this appointment in the Interior department and three days after I communicated this intormation to the pre ldent I received my cong. Q Were you to be employed in the district attorney's offlce at St. Louis by Bradley, Lackey, and Bibcock for any other purpose than to attempt TO PREVENT THE CONVICTION of Babcock. A Tbat was what they understood, but tbe president did not understand It tbat way. At least I believe he did not. He said to me that he wished me to see what was going on, and If there waa an attempt made to introduce false testimony or any prejudice against the defendant, he wished to know It, and I was to make my reports to tbe attorney general, and if Babcock was guilty, he wanted him punished. That is what the president said rom the start. Q Did you tell tbe attorney general that In your opinion he was KU'ity? A I had not arrived at that point at that time. Q Did you at any time tell him that? A No, 1 did not. Q-Did you ever tell it to Luckey? A I did not. Q Did you ever tell Bradley so? A It was not necessary. They fully understood the case. Q Do you mean by tbat that they knew ce was eulity? A I do not say that. They thought there were many documents in existence that it would be very dimcuit for him to explain. Q Did you ever take any documents out of the district attorney's office in sr. Louis? A I did tn one occasion, reports, notes, and memoranda In regard to the Avery matter, but ttey were chiefly matters that had been published before. I bave explained lhat all to the district attorney, to his full satisfaction 1 believe 1 took one telegram awr.y from there, a telegram from Bluford Wf-on, but lhat has all been explalaed to D.sf' let Attorney Dyer. He understands tbe whole matter, and was perfectly satisfied with the explanation. Q He was entirely satisfied with your conduct in trying to get his papers away from his offlce? A Well, there is an understanding there, and I do not know that It Is necessary to explain tbat to the committee. Q I do not care about havlnz It, If it would be detrimental to the public tervlce With whom else did you have any negotiation here In Washington with reference to the Babcock matter, save Bradley, Luckey the attorney general and the president? A His counsel. Mr. htorrr, no other that I remember. The attorney general seemed to averse tt this arrar gerne nt, I rom tbe fact tbat he delayed my appointment from day today, ti That is, he was averse to your going out there to play the spy on Col. Dyer? A Yes. he seemed o be. I went directly irom the while couse to the attorney g-nerai with that card from to president a-d I s'ated to him exactly what the presidett told me, tra'irt er was any lnnoce t party to be prosecuted he wtit-ed to know it, that if üab-C-CI was kUUty he waute hiua punished. The attorney general said. "I wanted to com-m-srdon you tr-day tut an official came to my hooe last night, I will say a very high official wh"m 1 met on special occasions." I understood him to mean the secretary ot tbe treasury and I pointed out of tbe window, where we were sitting, towards tbe treasury department and said: "If you havt said anything In that quarter, there Is no use of ray going." The attorney-general said: "It is not the secretary, but it is a high official, and under the circumstances it is no use fur yoa to go out there." And I said : "No, but you ocght to bave let me find that out for myself." Q You knew tuen that tbe head of the treasury department would not have approved cf your woing out there to play the spy on district attoiney Dyer? A Most assuredly. Q When you got that card from the president was it understood between

you and tint that the purpose or it was to get you an appointment, and tbat you were to go lost. Louis and through the district attorney's office ascertain whether there was any e v dence that would show Babcock's guilt? Was that THE OBJECT OF THE PRESIDENT in sending you there? A The object as I un0 erstand It was that I was to ascertain whether there was any reasonable ground for believing Babcock guilty, and that If that was so the president wished to know it, and If he was innocent and an attempt was being n:ade to make political capital out of it, or, in other words, to persecute an Innocent man, the fires dent wished to krjow It. But he trusted n my Judgment and I was not to report to him but to the attorney gen er 1 Q According to your jadgmert the t bject 01 the President In sending you there was a proper one, to ascertain whether Babcock was guilty. iiul under cover of that appointment, the attorney general and Bradley, Luckey and B- boock ere going to nse you for the purpose of

be,d9 troylag tbe evidence? A No, not the at

torney general, ti Bat tne others, urpoiey and Babcock and Luckty, wished you to go there and destroy the evidence? A Ye. They wished me to do that. I will say he-e that I had no intention of going there before, because f thought my first duty was to the president, and if 1 found prjof of Babcock's guilt, my Intention was as proved by my Lbsequent action, to Inform the president of it. as ha had requet-ted. Q And as soon as you did inform bim, you were turned out of tne position yoa had received under the Interior department? A Yes. 1 do not say, thou.b. that tbe president had any hsnd in cancelling my commission, 1 only state the fcf. The witness produced letters of dismissal, which were read 18 ollows: Department of thk Interiok, Pension Office. Washington, February 1 is:8. Hru: Yon are hereby directed to return at once to this offlce with all tbe official 1 apers In your possessloc . Very respect f n 11 y CHA3. H. (Jill. Charles O. Bell, 1C17 Choteau avenue, St. louts. Department of the Interior, Office of the sf.cbetary, Washington, D. C, February 1, 15,78. -Fir: Your fervlces as clerk of class 1 in the pension offlce will be dispensed with from and after this date. Respectfully, Z. CHANDLER. I will state that on my arrival lu t. Louis on the night of the Uth of February, I had a consultation with District Attorney Dyer at his house, At which there were present Mr. Day, who, I believe, I knew In this city, and Mr. Eaton, the sisUnt counsel. 1 explained all this matter to Dyer as fully as I have explained it to the committee, and he understo d what I was doing. He knew a good deal of what was going on, which It is not necessary to state to the committee, t Yoa we eemployed on both Bides then? A No, not at all. Q I thought you said that Dyer knew what you were doing? A He knew what I was doing. There waa an understanding, and when Iioeer M. Hhermsn came out irom Mr. Bliss's offlce, in New York, he got tue- D.-oKs ana papers in air. uoag's ease, and It is susceptible of proof 'hat they were turned over to lieneral Babcock's counsel. He furthermore attemDted to carry out la the district attorney's office the mission on which I was to have been sent, but I having Informed Dyer of that mission SHERMAN'S EFFORTS did not succeed. Q What others were employed by Babcock, Bradley and Lackey tn this same service? A I don't know of any other. I wish the committee to draw the distinction, If they will, that ar long as I believed Babcock Innocent I was willing to help him, but at soon as 1 thought him guilty I tbrew up tha sponge- Q Have thy paid yoa any more since ih9? A No, sir; 1 hav never met them since. I have understood they designee to see me several times. Q-D:d yon eve; bave any communlca'lon at all with the secretary of the treasury about the matter? A No. I had some with Bio ford Wilson before I went to St. L-uis. Q Were you careful 0 conceal your movements from secretary Brlstow? A At the time of the inception - of the plan and until it arrived at tbe point I bave stated, I was. Q Did yoa see any otber telegrams that paired between Babcock and the members of the whisky ring, save those that a ere Kiven In evidence against him?. A I bave never read the ev dence fully, but I think there were others that 1 saw that were not introduced in the caae. I saw them in Col. Dyer's offlce. 1 think there were other telegrams from the fact tlia, before Bradley left ot. Louls.lt waa desired trat I should be particular to eet hold of any telegrams signed "B. Finch" or "Bulflneb." I never saw them, but after I got here ien. Babcock told me that when he came to think of it, he thought there never had been any with that signature sent to that quarter. tj What was the slxnature

tbat be - used in that quarter? A 4-Ba" and sometimes Sylph." I never sawny other i-lgnatures than "Sylph" and Bab." ti Why wee they not given in evidence? A 1 can not say. From what I heard to St. Louis I think an attempt was made to Introduce them, but tbey were fought out by tbe defense. Q Was It this cipher tbat you published in tbe New York Herald on February loth which enabled Mr. Dyer to decipher the dlspatcbes. A I don't know that tbey did not give the key to the idpber in that article. Bnt it was declared two days afterwards In - a paragraph It was a double word. Tbe words are misspell and placed In a certain order and It would be very dlffleul Ho decipher tbem without a key. Q Was any otber member ot the president's household Implicated save General Babcock? A General Babcock and colonel Luckey. I do xot think Luckey bad anything ti do with the whisky matter I 1 ever saw the slightest evidence of 1. Q Thn, as I understand It, jou, Bibc ck, Eradley and Luckey were the PARTIES TO THE SCHEME? A Yes, sir. Q And the only parties? A The only parlies. 1 don't consider his counsel as parties. Q Did yeu never see any

otber person In the president's house with reference to this matter. save General Babcock and Mr. Luckey? A I don't think I ever spoke to Babceck about it In the president's house. 1 generally met him at his residence or at his room on Pennsylvania avenue. 1 went there openly. Q Do yoa know anything about the publica tion 01 tne attorney general's lnctructlons to the district attorney? A Nothing whatever. 1 had nothing to do with the attorney general's offlce afier about the first of the year. You never saw the written Instructions that tbe attorney general had prepared for you when you were to go to öl. Louis? A I did not. I know nothing about them only that he stated to metbat he had prepared them. That was at his residence on Vermont avenue. I met him there once or twice Q How did you happen to be at Sr. Louis when Luckey came out there? A I lived there temporarily . Q Did you go to see Lucaey, or did he come to see you? A l went to sue Avery and Lncicey ws ther , I knew him p evious-ly. Q How did the-enego 1 Ions commence butweeo you ardmckey? A On account of my negotiations and interviews with iiveiy. Avery had been a good rriend of mine in ih department, and at tnat time 1 bellete blm to be innocent, ent and I always believed so cntil be made a fcta'emeat 10 me at tne Llndell Hotel Jus', before he was convicted, (i Was tt ere any bargain between you and Luckey as to wbat you were to receive In case yoa got that evidence? A No, sir; I made no bargain with them whatever, ti Did be ever make yon any promises as to what tbey would pay? A He did not. Before he leit St. Louis he said that of course I would be very literally paid. I told bim 1 didn't care for that. Q-Did Babcock make you any promise in regard to it? A Not there. He did here. He said I would be liberally paid if 1 got the evidence off. It was not to much tbat 1 was working In his Interest as that I regarded the whole matter as a political move, at thatt me, and 1 desired to serve my commander, If I could. I had very little acquaintance with General Babcock, and 1 had no special t utero t or sympathy with him. ti Do you think that if ten. Babcock bad been had an Innocent man, he would have wanted you to take those papers and destroy them? A Well, 1 have reflected en that matter a greatdea). He stated to me that his letters were capable or double construction, and 1 thought tbat a man In familiar correspondence might write letters tbatcould be mi.'constiued. lknow that a very innocent expression in conversation Is sometimes misconstrued to mean something very different from what It was Intended. . But there seermd to be a great . deal of this, too many of thefe misconstructions. Q Did be ever U II you any particular thing tta'. he wanted you to get? A After I spoke to blm about the dispatches signed "Bull Finch" or B. Flncb," he said he did not think be had ever sent anything with lhat signature to that quarter, bat WANTED ALL THERE WAS, everything. Q You were to take those bcdlly from tbe district attorney's office? A Tbat was tte understanding. Q And they were to bs destroyed? A Ye?, but 1 never agteed to It. By Mr. Blackburn Q Do you know who Bradley Is? A I believe he Is a brother-in-law of Mr, A. B. Shepherd here. He was sent out there Just to ba on the wach, f.s he exrj lined to me. He was acting as one of tbe counsel I uppose. ti Have you detailed fu ly the in terviewi that ocevrrtd ' "befteei you and Lackey at s Lcui lelatlve to your emrlovmenf for the purpose which vou have indicated? A-I think I have. He stated to me thaGenerfrl Babcock was innocent: tbat it was a blow at the old man, and I felt so miserable. ti Whom did be mean by the old man and whom d d you neau? a The president, ti Mr. Lackey said that Gen. Bibcock was luuocent, and jet they wanted your cervices to get certain papers out of the district attorney's offlce? A lhat is what B-adley proposed. Lucsey told me to consu t with him. He trnd me to get out all the evidence there was. Q Did Luckey tell you the. same thing? A Not at that time. Q D;d he not at some time tell you that they wan'ed to make away with certain proo's? a I don't think it came up exactly in that shape. But it was lntlmidted. Q Did Luckey tell you In these conversations anything about Brlstow's connection wlth that proseccliOD. A There was a great deal of conversation in that behalf, I sypnose lhat the balk of the conversation tended that way at that time. Mr. Brlstow 'a agency was more ntimated in tbe bulk of the conversation than ex pressed. It was put in tbUway: This Is simply a blow at the old man, the president. Q A blow from whom? A That was understood from Brlstow, because his Iriends were very zealous tLeie. ti The question between Luckey and yourself was. A (Interrupting) I understood it as a Bilstow movement In the Mart. Q That Brlstow was persecuting the president through Gen. Babe oc t? A That tbe whole matter was in tne interest of Brlstow. Q-Dld you learn from the conversation with Babcock tbat that was ais view of the matter? A Ob, most assuredly, ti Did he tell you tbat? A Yes, sir. That was talked over several times. Q Then it Is true that all tbe irlendi of Babcock that you were In consultat. on with there advanc d tnat view, that it was a war waged by Brlstow through General Babcock on Grant? A That was it and that was the reason 1 went out at the start, ti Do you know who sent Bradley there? A He told me that Babcock did. Q-Dld shepherd have anything to do with It? A Never heard his name mentioned In the case, ti Did you nave any conversation with the president aoout this matter, other than what ou have detailed? A I had three or four interviews with the president. Up to the time I bad my last one, I was firmly of tbe belief tbat Babcock was innocent. When 1 found that he was guilty , from what be desired me to do, and from toe remarks that were made and talk b.-tween the counsel and hinueif and myself, I attempted three times to ee the pteeUent and tailed. Q In any of the interviews that you had with the president, did yoa learn from hire, as you did Irom Baboock and Luckey, that he held tbe same view of thls-proseeutlon that they did? A THE PRESIDENT WAS VERY RETICENT. He raid little. He only went on that, if Babcock was Innocent, he did not wish to see him persecuted. He seemed to make a personal matter In regard to Gen. Babcock, but did not seem to have any bias whatever in regard to himself. Q Was there ever anything between yoa and tbe president to show that he shared the same opinion that those other gentlemen ex-pre-aeo to you in reference to Mr. Brlstow? A No, Blr. Mr. Kobics-lhe remark of General Babcork that he didn't think he had sent any telegrams signed "Bullfinch" to that, quarter led you to Infer that he sent such telegrams to some otber quarter. A Yes, most assuredly. ti-It was understood that there waa a systematical contrivance on the part of the Indicted men to suppress telmony against him. A Yes sir. Q, Old he suppress a portion of it? A Yes, as I understood. 1 do not know of my own knowledge Q You suppose, from the knowledge you aertved from him end his friends as to the tracks that he wished covered and evidence he wished suppressed, that he was ncqueetlontbly guilty, If all the facts were known 1

A That is the way I undrrstood It. I don't think he bad any delicacy In regard to my thinking so. There seemed to ba dull feeiing In the matter. Ttaev president had one line of feeling and tbey another. Q You don't think tie president bad anything to do with this attempt to cover up the tracks? A Not at all. Oa his cross-examination by Mr. Dan ford the witnees said tbat he had communicated to Colcntl Dyer, pending Babcock's trial, everything now given to the com mt tee, and that he understood that be was to have bert called in rebuttal of Luckev and some wltte, who'e name was mentioned, if tbey had ben called for Babcock, but as tbey were not ca led neither was he. By Danford-Ooei lhat arnWts li ih Herald state that ou engaged to set as a ppy on Dyer? A I did. Q Don't you thir ktbat Secretary Chandler did exactly right in dismissing you then? -No , you bave akeJ me a illn qneston, and I will teil yon that M-. chandler knew exa tly what I wss pto ployed for. He asked me wbat I wen t. New York for. 1 said I went there on mattet s conn cted with Babcock. Hesald: Dd Gen. Babcock know you weut there? Said I: He did. becau e I wrote him a letter before I left. Tbat is all the conversation we had. I don't know that he knew the detal's of my St. Louis employment, because 1 asked him if It was necessary to go Into details, and he said no. Ihe errand to New York referred to in the answer, the witness subsequently said, wss to discover that ' authoikhip of certain newspaper articles published mslnly in the .New York Sun. He also testified that ha went on this business while in the employ of the government. He said he had received 150 from the Herald for the c'pher matter published ou February 10, but denied that the Information was furnished for pay or that he made any bargain for it. REPLY OF THE BABCOCK SIDE. Gen. Babcock, Mr. Luckey and Mr. A. C. Bradley pronounce tha statement of Detective Beli, given 10-day be 'ore the committee on expenditures in the war department, as being a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. They denounce Bll as ntterly unworthy of belief, and say that they have been aware for some time lhat Bell has been trying to dlpoMA cf this earn 9 story to any one who would become a purchaser.

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