Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-07

UNSATISFACTORY EXPLANATIONS
Ine postal route agent, William j. StOwell
whose arrest was noticed yesterday in THE
STAR, was before U. s. Commissioner Rogers. in
nsn1 Baltimore; Yesterday; The charges, as origt
nally preferred by Special Agents Henderson
and I1dball were for having Illegally in his pos
session certain third class mail natter to these
Colonei henderson added another charge, that
OF turning into the department counterfeit
mali LOCK Key. The American OF this morning
says:-Messrs. Henderson and Tidball testified
IOr the government that number Of articles OF
value have from time to time lately been MISS
Ing from the mails, and when the accused was
arrested On Wednesday afternoon he had in his
mailed; besides these they had found I'm his
mouse large number OF brass pouch ties used
on the bags containing the third-class matter
Agent TidbaIl explained in some detail the re ,.
ulations Of the department and StoWell's irres
ular1t1es, and also told OF his having turned in
key, Key, numbered 326, which was plainly counter
Ielt. Ihe mail matter found In his possession
was what was known as mislirected or unm All a.
PIE; ne had been to the end OF his route at Wash
lngtOD, and should have delivered all his un,nall
a. aoie H; pacKages there, instead Of taking them
10 his mouse, which he was doing when arrested:
tney were In basket In which he usually car
ried his lunch. Stowell was then heard in his
own Denaif. AS to the pouch ties found at his
mouse, he had, he said been collecting them for
several months past to experiment with. as he
nad patent for similar article. He had no
l1ea OF appropriating them to his own use or
uepIlVlng the department Of them Being an
olIlcer OF the government he thought that these
Delng In his possession covered the case The
m1sdirected packages found in his possession he
sald' ne intended to take to the Baltimore ofiice
ana try 10 find the proper directions. He In
sisted that he had them with no evil intent, and
took them home only for convenience. As to the
Key, ne had lost his own, and had the one called
counterfeit made to save the department ex-
pense. commissioner Rogers said that defend
ants own statements showed that he had vio-
lated the regulations OF the department., and his
explanations were anything but satisfactory.
he would, therefore, hold him in $4,000 to an
sWer, In default OF which he was committed to
the custody OF the marshal.
DEMOCRATS AND GREENBACKRRs ALIKE Dis
sATISFIED.-A telegram from Detroit, Mich,
marc March 5, says; The coalition movement in this
state starts Off with good deal of friction. All
the hard-money democratic papers have put up
the ticket, while bitterly denouncIng the plat
form and the convention. 1t is thus certain
that there will be no organized bolt. The
jackson county delegation. which seeded, have
published public address denouncfng the ac
ton OF the majority OF the convention, defend
Ing tne1r own withdrawal and saying that their
constituents are not bound by the conventions
action, except so far as they may be individu-
any suited The seeding Kalamazoo delega-
ton, headed by Foster Pratt, an ex.chatrman OF
the democratic state central committee, have
also Issued an address taking the same ground
declaring that the convention nominated a
platform committed to fiat money, unlimited in
amount and irredeemable in coin Beyond this
sort OF demonstration and much private quar-
Ienng democratic dissatisfaction will not go. On
the national side there is some quiet dissent
from last Fridays action. The Battle Creek
journal, formerly republican, the only estab-
lshed daily organ OF the nationals in the state
edited by ex-COngressman George Willard. has
refused to accept the coalition. It denounceS
the movement as Trojan horse, intended to
Detray the nationals to the democracy. and help
on the latter for 1850. Such schemfng for the
beneflt OF solid south the paper refuses to aid
and Mr.. Willard will not be without MANY fol-
lowers. The republican state convention meets
tomorrow at Lansing. It will be unusually
strong In membership, and can be relied upon
Tor wise action. Judge James v. Campbell will
ne renom1nated by acclamation to head the
ticket