The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-05
STAR ROUTE THIEVES
MAKE ERAPpEARANeE IN COURT:
ALarvs Crowd In Attendance, aad Likewise sea.
tInentally synpathslIs-Ths Treasury Ia.
VsstigatIOnS 70 be COntiaued-Sssrs'
tAry UDtSR'I SuddSa Riches.

VGstigatiOaS % be ContinHed-seere'
tAry UDtoR'' SuddSA Riches,
WASHINGTON, October lowing to o
rumor that the counsel for the defendants
in the Star route cases would this morning
make u motion to quash the information
filed against Gen, Brady and Others, there
was large number OF lawyers and Others
presentin the Criminal Court room. Having
been called to order, Gen. Badyand Aessrs.
French, Turner and Brown entered, accom-
panied by their counsel, Robert S. Inger-
soil, jeremiah Wilson and Enoch TOtten.
The Government was represented by Dis
trict Attorney Corkhill and William A.
Cook, special assistant, The proceedings
were opened by Totten, who said he had
found that paper called an information
had been recently filed against General
Brady and Others, and he wished to enter
q motion TO quRsh that paper, and he
asked leave Of the Court to file that mo-
tion and desired that day be
fixed for argument. Cook object
ed to the filing OF the motion at
present, for when information had
been filed it had been accompanied with
OF court for the appearance OF
parties. Until they did appear and give So
curity to answer, they had no legal stand!
ing. Totten replied that the parties We're
present in court and ready to ask that
their bonds should he fixed. Judge Cox
inquired whether the counsel had any sug-
gestions to offer Us to the amount OF bail.
Cook said, according to the information,
the amount Of which it was assumed that
the Government had been defnuded was
stated ut $35O,000. According to IN act Of
Congress, bail in cases OF conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government was fixed ut $40, 900.
He would suggest, however, that in orlcr
to cover the possible costs, bail should not
be less than $4,000. Wilson suggested
that in fixing the amount OF bail the court
Oughtto examine the pretended information
In order to learn the character Of the allGga-
ton against the defendants He instanced
the averments against Turner and French,
which consisted simply OF charge Of con.
spiracy and making OF some false calcula-
tion and said that upon suchaverment bull
Of $4,000, or $4,000, or 5000, was little
more than the Court ought to grant. What
applied to those two gentlemen applied to
all the defendants The whole gravamen
OF the Ctse against General Brady was that
lie did not exercise a sound and judicial
discretion in the discharge Of his duties as
Assistant Postmaster General. There
wus nothing in the information that he
gould see that would warrant the Court in
fixing high amount Of bail. Mr.. lnger-
soil, who appeared for Mr., Brown, contend.
edkhat the Court should only fix the bull at
a high enough amount tosecure tho attend
anCe Of the defendants. Mr.. Cook slid the
question OF the character Of the information
was not now before the Court, but that
when It came to the question Of the EVIL
dence the Government expected TO pro-
duce adequate proof to sustain the
information. Judge Cox did not think
this was case which would require
any large amount OF bail. lie would ex'
anime the information tonight and fix tue
bail Tomorrow. When the bail was fixed
he would determine upon the day to hear
the argument upon the motion to Quash the
information. It would probably be some
llulb IltAb Weeks 4Otkcll NlutloH Wuh
then filed and the defendants discharged
on their personal recOgnizanCe. Thereupon
Bady stepped forward to the desk, and
was followed by French, Turnerand Brown.
As they stood in row before Judge Cox,
who will probably try them, the court
room was packed with prominent citizens
and members OF the bar. One OF the two
petit juries from which the Jury that will
try them will be drawn was In the jury
seats. EBch on0 OF them entered his
own recognizanCe for his appearance
tomorrow. In regnrd to the bail to be
fixed there was sharp passage between
Ingersoll and Cook, the latter claiming
TINT It should not be less than $4,000, in
view Of the large loss to the Government
by the conspiracy and the penalty pro-
viled in the statute.
Mr.. Ingersoll sneered at the information
as Of no legal effect, and said that ifall the
acts were admitted, no oIIense had been
committed. He said TINT bail should be
required only sufficient to insure The pres.
ence OF the accused, and TINT Ras secure
without bail. ~
The most notable part Of the scene was
the exhibition OF sympathy by the mass OF
the audience with the accused. Every sui.
ly OF the counsel for the defense brought
smiles, from large majority OF
the spectators, while Col. Cookies efforts
were not appreciated. II the conduct and
conversation Of the crowd present In court
to-day Is to be taken as 4 measure, the
sentiment Of the people OF the District don't
rtin against the Star route frauds.
There Is general conviction here that
under President Arthur's administration
the investigation OF the Treasury Depart.
nent, started by Secretary Window and
so suddenly stopped, WILDE re-opened and
carried out. OF course this will not be
done Until the new Secretary OF tile Treas.
ury Is appointed. Ther1 Is considerable
nervousness in certain official quarters in
apprehension Of the coming investigation.
This much IL known, that President Ar.
thur, In speaking in regartl 10 Che alleged
Star Route frauds W the Attorney General
and Postmaster General and to Col Bliss,
declared in n general way that oil frauds
upon the Government should be exposed,
and wherever there was any evidence Of
traud Il shottld be investigated.
The President indicated that suCh would
be his policy, rs, in his opinion, public
officials who betrayed their trtists OF mis-.
used their power should be not only ex.
posed but punished, and that, on the other
hand WHERE allegations Of misconduct were
madethere wus no way to clear the parties
accused, II they were innocent, except thor.
Ough investigations. II will be remembered
th0t the committee appointed to inyestl.
vnle tile OUstOOian'B office In the Treasury
submitted q preliminary report, duplicating
q number OF persons Custodian Pitney
WIS dismissed but the report was locked
up and the investigation stopped. Soon
after the submission Of tllis report Presi.
dent Garfield was shot. Had that not oc-
CutTed, Or had he recovered, no doubt the
investigation would have been prosecuted
The Gdsetts Of this city has published an
article Upon Assistant Secretary Upton qf
the Treasury, asserting that lie Is worth