The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-05
MISERY LOVES COMPANY,
Brady's Fortunate Foresight-The Presi-
dents Determination that no Guilty Man
shall Escape.
WAsHINGTON, April 29.


Gen. Brady has kept, so his friends
assert, not only all the petitions and
other documents bearing upon the Star
route jobbery, but full minutes of all the
private conversations held in regard to
Star route transactions with prominent
persons such as Dorsey-people who
came to him to get routes raised in the
interest of their brothers .in-law and other
relatives and friends. He has thus,
they say, complete written history OF
every Star route which he raised or made
more profitable than the original and
lawful contract made it, a history show
ing at what influential personal solicita-
ton this was done, what were the special
plans or inducements in each case, as,
perhaps, that it was favor to brother
or brother-in-law, and that it would help
the party, and 80 on.
A CHANCE FOR BRADY.
If this report is true, then clearly it is
only necessary for the President to
squeeze Brady hard. enough to get at the
whole nefarious business in all its details.
Brady does not mean to 60 to Jail him
self, or at least not until some other peo-
pie have gone to jail first. If all that is
put out by his friends here is true, per-
haps, with proper inducements, be might
turn informer, and if he has been careful
to keep minutes of all transactions he
might be q valuable witness for the gov
ernment in the prosecutions. which are
impending. IF he would tell all he
knows about sham bondsmen, about
sham contracts, about the system by which
honest bidders were underbid by mem
bers of the Ring, who took contracts at
ruinous rates because they knew
they would be raised in few
weeks or months; if he would make
public the whole system of fraud, and
the names of those who were concerned
in it, and how they were concerned, be
would be valuable witness.
PLENTY OF WITNESSES.
Unless, however, private reports are
false the government is going to have
quite as many witnesses as it needs, ano
those who come last with their offers may
find themselves in the prisoners dock
instead of on the witness stand. The pub
lie should understand that the accumula
ton and examination of testimony in
eliminating individuals is necessarily
slow work and takes good deal of time
But this work is getting done. The post.
master general and the attorney-genera
are in close communication. Further
removals in the postofice department
will be made at once, and the government
has already in its possession evidence
which, when it is brought before grane
jury, will cause the indictment on crimi
mails charges of several important persons
and their arrest.
THE JoBBERs ALARMED.
Meantime a considerable number O.
the jobbers has gathered here to consult
as to means of defence. They are anx
ious, because they do not know where
justice will strike first, and they seen
inclined to hang together in the hope tha
a solid or bold front will drive off the
President and the officers of justice
There are rumors that huge bucket o.
dirty water is preparing to be emptieo
on the Presidents head in the hope tha
this will make him run off in a panic
But the jobbers deceive themselves
There is the best authority for saying
that the President, Postmaster Genera
James and Attorney General MacYeagf
are determined to 60 the bottom of the
Star route jobberies, no matter who ii
hurt, and there is also good authority fo
the statement that while the jobbers pre-
tend to each other to be standing together
oyertures have already come from then
to confess, and by their revelations place
the government in possession of impor
tant and decisive evidence against other
on condition OF their own security.