Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-25
The Ring and Their Profits.
HALF OF The STORY NOT YET TOLD.

HALF OF THE STORY NOT YET TOLD.
Wash Special N. Y. Times.I
Those who claim TO know all the points of
the investigation which is being made into the
methods OF the Star route ring say that the
half has not yet been made public, and Will not
be until measures are taken to bring Brady to
justice and the penitentary, II possible. The
whole steal is practically divided between
what is known as the Dorsey gang ana the
Gimer and Salisbury party, The latter being
swindle. The Dorsey gang is composed of ].
w. Dorsey, j. Nj. Peck and j. X. Miner, who
have acted as blinds for stephen w. Dorsey,
sSd 1o me 9ddRg for
sey is a brother OF stephen w. Dorsey,
Only little over three years ago he was
farmer In Vermont, an ignorant. stupid specl-
men OF humanity. He was not SO stupid, hoT-
ever, that his more b. lliaDt brother could not
use him as CATS paw TO pull the gold from the
public Treasury, and he was brought TO Wash
lDgton for this purpose. j. III. Peck, the second
worthy Of the trio, is brother In Jaw OF Ste
phen w. Dorsey, having married the sister OF
The latter's Wife, AID j. Il. Miner is partner of
the great original Dorsey himself. He was
brought from sandusky, ohio, expressly to go
into the star route business. The amount
known 10 have 1een pocketed by the stephen
w. Dorsey gang In excess OF the amount called
numbers than s412,C00. What percentage CT
this was transferred to Brady as his sh ne OF
the. spells, only Stephen W. Dorsey ana his
paltne::., Can tell.
did an even more extensive business 10 the
SWin6le than the Dorsey crowd, Is composed OF
j. +. G1lmer, Munro Salisbury, and O. j. Sails
bury, a younger brother of Munro. j. T. Gimer
overland route, from st. Joseph to Sacramento,
Cal. he was very ignorant man, and could
scarcely write his own name, but he had
sh1ewo eye for business. In 1865 he formed
a partnership with the two Salisburys, and
bought out the stage lines of Wells,
Fargo "a Co., over which most OF the
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 Ia the interest OF this firm are V.
W. Parker, T. A. McDevitt, A. s. Patrick, Luke
voorhees,, George II. Platt, o. j. Salisbury, Pat
rick & Brown, A. 81. Brown. G. v. Messerole c.
CosgrOve. w. w. .Glddings. A. L. Seeley, f. w.
Hugh White, Salisbury and Nichols, William
Hamilton NJ v. Nichols and William FL. Force.
Tie excess OF pay received by the Gllmer
their original contracts, amounts to the neat
little sum OF SITS, sos, with still more to hear
from.
In addition to the money given to these large
contractors, who made their bids through
straw agents. small fortunes have been diVi-
ded between Brady and small contractors, who
made their BIDS on their own account. In
Louisiana, DR.. B. q. Peterson secured an excess
OF $40 pol in route Of 26i miles. Chase An
drews, who received on two routes, each 20
miles long, an excess OF $l2, 257. Is Washing
ton man. he was formerly ciefK III the fOSt
Ofice department here but was removed by
Postmaster General Jewell. John A. Walsh,
who secured an increase OF $11S,4 ia native
Joined the rebel army, but after the recon-
struct1on OF Louisiana. he joined the Warmoth
ring. BE was indicted In New Orleans for
prisonment by Brady, who was at that time
supervisor OF internal revenue In New Orleans
and refused to appear as witness against
him.
B. d. Peterson, who heads the Louisiana list
of contractors. formerly resided I'm Louisiana,
and was q member OF the Warm0th ring, but
has taken up his residence In washington in
order the better to promote his interests with
the Post once department.. He is not only a
star route contractor. but has some very lucra.
tive steamboat cont racts on the Red river aAd
other tributaries OF the Mississippi. His par-
tiuIar friends are Congressman Ellis and ex-
Congressman Sypber, OF Louisiana.