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Show The Ilaheocu Trial. St. Louis, 17. W ednesdny afternoon after-noon Gen. Humphrey, David Mr. M.thon, Jaim-rt G. U.irivlt ami X, P. Hanks, testified to the guud character of Lien. Babcoi'k. Alexander Fuller, internal revenue supervisor reported an interview with the president in reference ref-erence to the order of January, lS7o, transferring the'St. Lnuis otlieers and tilling their places with officers from oilier piaces. By this order Fuller was transle.T'-d from Philadelphia to St. Louis. The president informed him that frauds were going on at St. Lnuis and Chicago, and a change of officers was necessary. Fuller gave him his views, which were to the olfejt that tiio proposed change had been announced in the press, and tne officers and distillers had bad time to oren ire for runnintr straight. Ho suggested that the order be revoked, re-voked, and secret agents bo employed em-ployed to detect the frauds while they were being committed. The president presi-dent said he would suspend the order that day. This morning Geu. W. T, Sherman, Sher-man, Gen. Jos. H. Simpson, Gen. W. L. Harney and others, testified as to , the good character of Gen. Bahcock. Ex-Governor Fletcher was put upon up-on the stand and identified several letters from Babcock to Joyce as those placed iu his possesion a few weeks ago by Mis. Joyce. C. C. Dickinson, chief clerk ol the first comptroller's office, Washington, and Geo. O. Benjamin, connected with the office of public . buildings and grounds under Babcock, were called to identify for the prosecution, the signature ot Geo. S. Joyce, doorkeeper door-keeper at yo president's mansion, to whom too dispatch of April 2od, 187o, addressed to Babcock was traced, but they failed to satisfactorily satisfac-torily identity it. The court then ruled on the three dispatches which have been held in reserve two or three days. The following fol-lowing was admitted: "St. Louis, December 3d, 1S7I. Gen. O. E. Bahcock: Has the secretary secre-tary or the commissioner ordered anybody here? Signed, J." The following two wero ruled out: " Washington, December 5th, 1S74. John A, Joyce, St. Louis: Cannot lip.ir th;tt .nv nr.f In ,.,mo going. Signed, O. E. Bahcock." " St. Louis, April 2oJ, 1S75. Gen. ! O. E. Babcock, Washington: Tell me to seo Parker of Colorado and telegram to commissioner. Crush out St. Louis enemies. Signed. Grit." Regarding the hist dispatch the court said although it was admitted , to be in the handwriting of Joyce, I and that it had been sent over the' wires, there was no proof that the defendant had received it, or if he did that he knew from 'whom it eiuLiC, and there was no proof it was ever answered. James M..gill, letter carrier, testified testi-fied that in July, 1675, I was coming down Pine near Filth street, when Mr. Joyce accosted mo and said there were two letters in the street box which he wished to get back. He poiuttd to the box at the corner ot Fine and Filth. I asked Joyce to describe de-scribe the Setters before I opened the oox. He said one was addressed to V. O. Avery, Washington, D. C, the other to E. O. Babcock, Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, also marked personal. I opened the box, although it was oil" my district, and searched among the letters and I found the tivo and handed hand-ed them to Joyce. rd'.-rrs Did you get a receipt? Witness Xn, sir. Storrs- Is it customary? Witness Vis, il is. I said, "Look here, colonel, I want a receipt. Il you want lo put them in the mail I ! wiil go with you and see it done." I Storrs Wnat did he say? Witness Ho said, "On, that's all ngnt; hunki don, or something like that. It's only a blind." iStorrs Is it trcqucnt to givs letters hack? Witness Xo sir. Storrs You sometimes do it? Witness On a business route it is frequent; that is, letters ire put in and the parties forget an enclosure or something like that, and they are returned to them, Storrs Did you report that' matter to the postoffice? Witness Xo sir. S. Why? W. Well, I thought it was so frivolous, thero wasn't any need of iiijjing anything about it. S. -Did you usually report? W. I usually carried blanks in my satchel, which I had parties sign who wanted letters back, aud then I compared the writing. S How did you happen to re mcmbep tho time this occurred ? W I was house-hunlinc about that time; had been looking around I four or fivo days for a house; had lust been to the Polytechnic, looking , ior a man who I had heard had a house. I was on my way down to mako a collection. It was my day U) collect for seven other carriers. The cross-examination of this witness wit-ness was long, sharp and ihorough. Witness had been a mail carrier five years aud never gavo letters lo Cul. Joyce at any other time. Had opened boxes frequently on business directs and relumed letters, but could not recollect the names of any persons per-sons for whom ho had done it. lie guvo Joyce tho letter on the lost day ot February, IS5, about 1 o'cloek in the alternoon. First meutiuned the matter last Saturday to his wife, lie had been rending in the paporaltie! testimony of Mr, Everett about putting put-ting letters in the box, and recollected ho had given Juyeo such letters. The next evening, Sunday, after going oil duty he went lo Hm Lindell hotel, saw Geu. B.ihi'ock and told him the circumstance, and ti ihcock sent him to Judge l'ort'-r, to whom he repealed the story. Xo one h;id been to see him about il h-loro ho went to the Lindell hotel. It is ui.ilers'.ood that tlio prosecution prosecu-tion will oiler testimony in reinilt;il of this evidenco to-morrow. Storrs then asked lor the deposition of the president, which was produced by tho clerk and read by Judge Porter. As several objections bad been m ado to the questions and answers, Judgo Dillon, during the noon recess, Ionised it over and marked tho ol jnct on overruled or utiHtained, leaving the deposition, I nowever, il is Hani, in very nearly iue iwaine form it was originally. Alter reading tho deposition, Mr. Storrs oflered llio recommendations in lavor ol tin; appointment of General McDonald us supervisor of this district, dis-trict, but the court ruled llieui out anil the defense closed their case, Adjourned. |