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ynch has been made by the star-route men
.,dtber organs Of the affidavit of Redeu. for
,ery private secretary of Dorsey, reeanting
s,atemen:s made by him to the government
officers about the members of the ring. and
-onfessing forgery and faisehood on his part i'm
sfecting his purpose. The story of that episode
is thus told by those in a position to know the
facts by men who believe with the government
offcers that the affidavit failed Of its effect
because Of its apparent weakness as the prO-
duet of self-cOnfessed foruer and liar Re-
dell first came to ex-senator Powell CLAW
ton with request 10 be brought in com
TunjCation with the Postmaster General
An interview was arranged and there
we're present at it James Woodward and
Calt"n- Redell then said that matters had
cUuic to such a pass that he would have TO tell
al he knew. leave the country. or be guilty Of
perjury. He was only clerk on a salary and
coI3 not afford to ruin himself in behalf of
others II was evident to all present that he
Vas hadiy frightened and was prepared with
the nope of saving himself to mike q clean
breast oi it. Among other information hat he
hr"iy gave was that if the congressional com
mite" that investigated the staT-route frauds
had insisted on his presence when he was hist
summoned. the whole truth would have come
out. and Dorsey. Brady and the resi- would nave
been ruined He must have produced the books
.
told the whole story. But he pleaded Illness
and the committee excused him for ten days
Meanwhile lac worked day and night in his
rooms. making out set of books. In the
original books there We're entries of yario,Is
sums paid To ''Air. Smith or MIR Jones" If
the committee had asked him. he said. to ex-
plain who these persons We're he would
finally have been compelled to say that they
were Brady and others to whom sums had been
paid corruptly. In his new books he entered
these SUMS as to profit and loss with view of
not arresting the attention of the committed
He exhibited transcripts from DOrseys books
Giving most damaging facts and among Others
a description Of fraudulent route i'm Montana.
OF which the department had tben suspicion
and afteTward found To he exactly as he repre-
sented IT. He did not surrender his paper and
memorandum. promising. however. that the
Attorney General should have them For two
or three weeks he was in communication with
the department.
1t is unquestiOnable that during this interval
Mr.. Dorsey and his associates were in state of
the greatest anxiety. Dorsey particularly
busted himself IN an effort to secure influence
that would break the force of Retlells dSclO-
surPs. Among other persons he went to ex-
Senator Spencer. telling him that he dorsey
would tie ruined if RedelTS evidence was taken
in court. About that time RedeIl went to New
York returning as it happened upon the same
train with Postmaster General James ReGell
came to James seat with telegram i'm his
hand which he showed to the Postmaster Gen
erai. 1t was in substance as follows: Return
To New \ Ork at once. Dorsey
Shortly afterWard. when the train stopped at
Philadelphia the conductor asked if NJ C. Re-
dell was on board. and handed him another
telegram This, too. Redell showed to James
II was IN substance as follows, and was signed
WITH Mr. DOrseys initials: DO you want to
rum me and nv family? Come back to New
York and see if We can not make some arrange
ment'
few nights after Redelrs return to Washing
ton, Dorsey came to Spencer's rooms here in hig
glee Spencer afterWard gave the details Ofthat
interview to the Postmaster General to CLAYTON
ana Woodward. and promised to relate them to
President Garfield. He said that Dorsey told
him that James BOser, of Carlisle Pa, formerly
an lndian contractor, and understood to be Dor
seys financial backer, had had Redell with him
during most of the preceding night He TOLD
Spencer that BOsier had induced Redel to write
out the statement, afterward published. When
il was finished, BOsler suddenly said Now you
might "a well swear TO this" Retiell consented
notary public was in the next room. and Rede
made oath to the statement, Dorsey had this
paper with him. and showed it to spencer The
latter told Dersey that if he was ever called that
he Would De compelled to relate all the facts OF
this interview.
IL Is reported. on good authority that BOsleI
and Redeli afterward made trip together tC
Nebraska and made extensive land purchases
there ktTieil Is now settled on the land. The
fact i the government has had an astonishing
amount OF testimony which it has not been
Thought proper to make public in advance of the
tTiai. From Colonel Bliss notes it appears that
70 j. soon likely TO come for the first tine before
Jury The accused have made much parade
ah"Ut atOrtiye attempts of the government
hitherto 10 Dring them into court. II is evident
To any close observer that they are now thor
on2if frlghtened. The particularly intimate
relations of Colonel Bliss to the President and
the appointment of Brewster Attorney General!
eve tnem little hope that influence can inter
Yene between them and punishment 1t is un-
questionable that they had more hopes from
PRESIDENT Garheld's easy nature than from Pres
ldent Arthur