The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-05
CONSPIRACY TO DErRAuD.
Toe Charges Brought Against brad sn
the other Alleged Thieves.

the Other Alleged Thieves.
WASHINGTON, Sectember -. Colonel
George Bliss, Benjamin Harris Brewster
and Colonel Cook, as counsel for the gov.
eminent il the star route cases, filed in
court this morning long information
against Ex'Assistant PoStmsster-G General
Brady and others, and the following orlor
was issued by Justice Walter s. Cox;
In the supreme court of the District OF
Columbia, holding u criminal term. June
term, 1881, and now to-wit; September 20,
ISL, on reading the atiidavists Of Thomas
L, James and Z. Henry Woodward, and
on motion Of George b, Corkhill, United
States attorney for he,District.of Columbia,
and William \. Cook, special assistant
district attorney for the United States, it is
ordered that the information annexed to
said aihdayits DO exhibited against Thomas
J. Brady, John l.. French, William Ii. Tur-
ner, George l.. McDonough and Samuel Z.
brown Tor conSpiring to defraud the United
States, and that the same DO filed and that
Warrants DO issued in the ordinary form ~
tprayed for"
The information sets forth that on Octo-
Der l, 1873, Thomas J. Brady, second assist
ant postmsster-gcncral John L. French,
chief clerk; William H. Turner, clerk in
contract office, together with George l.. Nc
Donough, Samuel 7. Brown and certain
other persons willmlly, unlawfllly, fraud
ulently and Corruptly, etc, did conspire,
combine and agree together to defraud the
| United States or, Of large sums Of money
in causing and procuring UNI
nee ssary and improper and OK
travagant additional compensation
to be paid by the United States for additional
service in carrying the mails The general
charge set up In the document is OF conspi-
racy TO defraud the government, and an at
tempt Is made 10 show the fraudulent pro.
ceedings of the alleged conspirators in the
manipulation of the contract for carryina
| mails on the route between Prescott, Arizo-
ma, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, a distance
Of four hundred and sixty miles. The
theory of the operations, &C
cO7ding to the documents presented to-
day, is briefly this; The contract was origi-
nally awarded to George l.. McDonough to
carry the mails on his route once week
taking 40 hours to perform il, for 81 ,3l3
per annum. Before the time for beginning
the work under the contract il is charged
that ali increase in the number OF trips,
from once u week to seven times Il week,
was authorized, and an additional compensa-
ton of $l77j0 was allowed. The alleged
conSpiratorS, in like manner, before work
commenced; increased the speed
and time, so Us to make it % instead OF 100
hours, and added Us compensation t56, 100
The result was that contract, originally
awarded at Sl3,3l3, was increased to
| $50, S62. Alcr time McDonough was
first authorized to sublet his contract
to John \. Walsh, and then the contract
with McDonough was terminated altogeth-
err When this was accomplished, Walsh
necessarily dropped ont. After the
McDonough contract had been terminated
in accordance with law, the contract war
offered to the suretieS. but on such terms
| that they could not accept. Then, there
being no contract General Brady, il is
charged, under All alleged provision Of law
made d contract with Walsh to cover this
route once a week, in one hundred and fifty
their contract, he then, in the same man
ner as before, increased Walsh's contract,
so that Walsh was to receive $l36,-
900 year, although his original contract
was for 1880 After time Walsh failed to
be q satisfactory contractor. Ii is charged
that General Brady began to annoy him
| first BY reducing the number of trips and
cutting of some go, 1000 Of his compensate ion.
! Then the route was changed, and, alleging
that II had OeCn shortened. S2U,OD more OF
the compensation was cut of. Afterwards
the contract was annulled altogether. The
document charges the alleged conspirators
with defrauding the govornment out of
$4,000 in manipulating the contracts for
mail service in this particular route between
July /, 1875 and June ~, lSS2
One of the consul for the government, re-
icrring to the contemplated action against
other persons than tiJsc mentioned in the
document presented to-day said that
papers are in active preparation to
be presented against Ex-senator Dor
sey and several other persons who
have held Office under the government.
and that the counsel engaged in the prose-
cution of the star route cases intend to pro-
coed against them just rs fast rs the formal
papers can be got ready. Nobody" said
ey-District Attorney Bliss to-day, "cou.
nected with star route frauds is to escape
prosecution except such persons as may
chuuSe 10 appear and give testimony against
the others. 81 Philadelphia Times,