Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-26
Devaiopn,en Of the Ntar ROu,os.

ninety tuTee NJar TOu eS out OF DZt
WIS raised between the lettings in
1878 and January Ist, 1880, from
S729 1l9 to $2,S02,2l4 The regular
appropriation for Star route service
for year ending June 80, 1880. was
$5, 900,0 600 OF this amount So, S02,-
PA was absorbed by 80 routes.
more " sn- Stnr Ksues scandal.
NEw YORK, April 24,-The Times
this morning has the following
from its special Washington cor.
Respondent: Those who claim to
know all the points of the investt-
gatiJn which is being made into
the methods of the Star ring say
the half has not yet been made pub.
lie and Will not be until measures
are taken to bring Brady to justice
and the penitentiary, il possible
what Is known as tho Dorsey gang
ami the Gilner and Salisbury
party, the latter being by far the
most extensive operators in the
swiudie. The Dorsey garg is com.
posed of J. w. Dorsey, J. Nj. Peck
AMI j. IL. Miner, who have
acted ns blinds for Steph-
en- ". Dorsey, ex-senator from
AIkansas. ani Secretary OF
the Republican National Com
mittee, bidding for aud receiving
Contracts. J. w Dorsey is a broth
er of stephen w. Dorsey. Only Il
little over three years ago he was
farmer iu Y, rmOut anu an ignt-
rant, stupid -pecimen of humanity
He was not 20 stupid, however,
that his more brilliant brother
could no Il him as D cats paw to
pull No!d from the public treasury,
aud he WAS brought out to. w ash.
ington for this purpose. J. Nj.
Peek, the second worthy of the
ring, Is brother-in-lsw of Stephen
w. Dorsey, having married n sister
Of the hlteI's wife, and j. r. Mi
nor is n partner of the great origi-
nal Dorsey himself. He was
brought from Ssudusky. Ohio, ex-
psessiy to go into the Star route
business. The amount known TO
have been pocKeted by the Stephen
NJ. Dorsey gang in excess OF the
amount called for by their original
bids is not less In round mum beis
than S4l2,0O0. What percentage Of
this was transferred to Brady
as his share of the spoils,
only Stephen W. Dorsey
aud bis partners can tell. The
firm Of G.lmer,' Salisbury g. Co.,
which did even more extensive
business In swindles than the Dor
sry crowd, is composed of j. II.
GiImeT, Monroe Salisbury and o.
Y Salisbury, u younger brother of
Monroe. J. r. G.lmer was former
ly n stage driver over the Holla-
day overland route from St. Jo-
seph to Sacramento, California.
He was a very ignorant man and
could scarcely write his own name,
tut he hud shrewd eye for busl.
ness. In 1858 he form ID u partner
ship with the two Salisburys and
bought ont the stage line of Wells.
Fargo " Co. over which most of
the mail III the Territories was at
that time carried. Since then the
firm has been engaged In the Star
route business and has made
large fortune. Among the agents
who have made straw bids in the
interest of these firms are V. w.
Parker, 4. A.. McDevitt, A. H.
Patrick, Luke Voorhees,, Geo. H
PIatt, o. j. salisbury, Patrick g.
Brown, A. II. Brown, G. V. Mes
scroll, G. a. Cosgrove, W.
A. Giddiugs, G. D. SeIy, and F.
w. Gilmer, brother of J. +. Giimer,
w. D. Hill, Hugh White. Sails.
bury & Nichols, VIM. Hamilton,
w. V. Nichols and VIM. Il. Force.
The excess Of pay received by the
Giimer aud Salisbury combustion
over that called for by the original
contracts amounts to the neat little
sum OF $17S, 608, with more still to
hear from. In addition to the
money given these large contract.
ors, who made their bids through
straw agents, small f,rtuues have
been DIVIDED between Brady and the
smaller cantra; tDr-, who III ,de their
bids on their own accounts. Iu
Louisiana DR.. j. r. Pearson secur-
cd an increase of $40,26 on a route
OF 26l mites. Or. Pearson was for
merry member of the Yarmouth
ring in Louisiana, but row lives in
this city upon an income derived
from dealing with BRADY. Chas.
Andrews, whp received on two
rout, 5. each twenty miles long, an
excess of $l2 267, is Washing
,on man and was formerly
n clerk in the Postotiice-
Department here, but was re-
moved by Postmaster Gereral
dewell for malfeasAncs IN Offic ,.
John A. Walsh, who secured an
increase OF $lS8, AIS on route from
Pre- colt to Santa Fe for which he
originally contracted for SIS 500. is
native t Louisiana. When the
war broke 0ut he joined the Rebel
army, bat, after the reconstruction
OF Louis4ua, joined the Yarmouth
ring. he WAS indicted in New Or
ieGns for making illicit whisky and
was saved from Imprisonment by
Brady, VINO was at that Time Su-
pervisor of Internal Revenue in
New Orleans and refused to appear
as Il witness against him.
Pn-.eng'rs T-o,s sn. East
KANSAS CITY, April "a Follow
ing are through passengers via
Atchison. Topeka &c Santa Fe rail;
road to-nighi: J. V Cischina, New
York; Mrs. Belle Mcfarland and
two children, New York; J. II.
Nancy, San Francisco.
Tine Om-a~ E,.. ds.
OMAHA, April 24.-The Missouri
has risen SIX inches more since last
night and reached stand.till at
0 O'Clock this evening. Railroad
connections are maintained by boat
transfer at Council. Bluffs.
L~s-ss Irasn she Fiood.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, April 25.-Af-
ter continuous rise since Wednes.
day the Missouri river became sta
tiouery here yesterday. The water
i'm pvat0nWpd Htatricta howayar