The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-10-06
The Star Ronte Cases


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct 4-Owing
to a Tumor that the counsel for the de
tense in the Star route cases would this
morning make a motion TO auash the
Information filed against General Brady
and others there was large number of
lavgers and others present in the GRIMM
al court ROOM
The court having been called TO border.
General Brady and Messrs. French,
Turner and Rrown entered, accompanied
by their counsel, Robert Ingersoll, Jere-
miah Wilson and Enoch Totem The
government was represented by District
Attorney CorkhIIl, and William Cook,
special assistant
The speeches were opened by Totten,
who said he had found that paper
called an "informatioR" had been filed
against Gen. Brady and others, and he
wished TO enter a motion to qnash that
paper. He asked leave of the court to
file that motion, and desired that a day
be fixed for its argument.
Cook objected to the filing of the mo-
ton at the present time, for the informa-
| ton had been fled 1t had been accom-
panied with an order for the appearance
of the parties. Until they did appear
and give security te answer they had no
legal standing
all present in court and are ready to ask
that their bonds should be filed.
Judge Cox inquired whether counsel
| had any objections TO offer rs to the
amount of bail.
Cook said that according TO informa
| ton, the amount of which it is assumed
| the government has been defrauded, /:
| $3.50, 900. According TO the act of con
| gress bail in cases of conspiracy to de
| fraud the government was fixed at ter
thousand dollars; he would suggest
however, that in order 10 cover all pos
| sible costs, the bail should not be les
than $4,000. and that in fixing tht
amount of bail the court ought to ex
anime the pretended information, il
| order to learn all of the allegation
against defendant. He instanced aver
ments against Turney IS Friend, whicl
consisted simply of a charge of con
spiracy and the making of some calcula
ton, and that upon such averment
bail of $4,000 or $4,000, or even So
600 was little more than the couI
ought to grant. What applied to thos
two gentlemen applied to all the defend
ants. The whole tenor of the cas-
against General Brady was that ne di
not exercise sound and just discretio
in the discharge of his duties as secon
assistant post master general. Their
was nothing in the information that b
could see that would warrant the coul
in taking a high amount of bail.
Ingersoll, who appears for Brow
contended that it should only fix til
bail at a high enough amount to secuI
the attendance of the defendants.
Cook said the question of the chara
ter of the information was not now b.
fore the court, but that when il came
the question of evidence the governmeI
expected to produce adequate proof
sustain the Information. Judge CoNdi
not think this was case which woul
', require any large amount of bail. II
! would examine the information tonigl
and fix it tomorrow. When the ba
was fixed he would determine upon IL
day to hear the argument on motto
to quash the information. 1t will prol
ably be some time next week. Totten
, answer was then filed and the defen
ants were discharged on their persons
recognizance.