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

WAsIINGTOH, April 90.
Gen. Brady has kept, so his friends
assert, not only nii the petitions and
other documents bearing upon the Star
route job0ery, but full minutes Of all the
private conversations held ia regard 70
Star route transactions with prominent
persons such as Dorsey-pcople who
came TO him 10 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 be raised or made
more profitable than the original and
lawful contract made it, 4 history show
Ing at what influential personal solicita-
ton this was done, what were the special
plans or inducements i'm each case, a.
perhaps, that it was q favor 10 a brother
or brother-in law, and that it would help
the party, and 80 on.
4 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 oil its details.
Brady does not mean to 60 to Jail him.
self, or at least not until some other pco-
pie have gone to jail first. If all that is
put out by his friends here is true, per-
haps, with proper inducements, he might
turn informer, and If he has been careful
to keep minutes Of all transactions he
might be valuable witness for the gov
ernment in the prosecutions which are
impending. II he would tell all he
knows about sham bondsmen, about
sham contracts, about the system by which
honest bidders were underbid by mem
bcrs of the Ring, who took contracts ut
ruinous rates because they knew
they would De 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 Il, and how they were concerned, he
would be valuable witness.
PLENTY or WITNESSES.
Unless, however, private reports are
false the government is going to have
quito as many witnesses as it needs, and
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 general
are in close communication. Further
removals IN the postoflice department.
will be made at once, and the government
has already in its possession evidence
which, when it is brought before grand
jury, will cause the indictment on crimi-
mails charges Of several important persons
and their arrest.
THE JOBBERS ALARMED
Meantime considerable number of
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 seem
inclined to hang together in the hope that
q solid or bold front will drive off the
President and the officers of Justice.
There are rumors that huge bucket of
dirty water il preparing to be emptied
on the Presidents head in the hope that
this will make him run off in q panic.
But the jobbers deceive themselves.
There is the best authority for saying
that the President, Postmaster General
James and Attorney-General MacVeagh
are determined TO go the bottom of the
Star route jobberies, no matter who is
hurt, and there is also good authority for
the statement tha. while the jobbers pre-
tend to each other to be standing together
overtures have already come from them
to confess, and by their revelations place
the government in possession Of impor-
tant and decisive evidence against others
on condition OF their own security.