The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-18
Sol Star and the Star Routes.


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Mr.. Sol STAR has been removed from the
plostinastership at Deadwood GU the
charge of being complicated in some of the
Star Route frauds in Dakota, AS Mr.. Starts
well7known iu this TERRITORY, being ~ one
time Territorial Auditor, the following,
Which we clip from the Black Hills Times,
concerning his removal, and his letter of ex-
plana,ion, may be of Some Interest to our
readers. We therefore produce them:
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 1.-Star, postmaster
al Deadwood, removed yesterday, has coil
fessed that for several years past le has
made false certificates of star route service
between Sidney and Desiwood. His COZ
fession exposes the rascalitv of the star route
ring in the notthw est.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The action of the
president in removing Postmaster Star, Of
Deadwocd, was caused by his revelations
concerning the star route in the northw est.
+ or some months pas one Of the most eff
cient inspectors of the postoffic- department
hes been secretly investigating the manage
menl Of the Deadwool postottice, and when
he confronted the postmaster With his proofs
the latter confessed.
The telegraph lines have been weighted
With reports concerning star-route frauds, i'll
which postmaster Sol Star of this city is pro-
claimed as being implicated, and as having
maie a confession to that effect. To those
who know the facts it is scarcely necessary to
stale the report is ali unmitigated lie from
first to last. He has made no confession of
Eaud for the best Of all reasons-there is 10
fraud to confess Oh his pat. The confe S,lon,
SO called, upon which these slauders were
founded, we here publish. As will be seen,
nothing short Of entire malic4 could censtrue
this report of facts as a confession of crooked
dealing. 1t is about as much Of "a contest y,
as an almanac is a confession of the It ,ie Of
the weather:
DEADwooD, D. L. Sept. 1, 1881.
John y. Furry, Special Agent PoStcgice De
.~pHft1nent: .,
IL reply to.yyur verbal request in relation
to The arrivai of mails on route 34,l56, | bes
TO late hat the record of arrivals as reported
ty my mail bills was based upon the sc!ed-
ule time given by the C yntractor, and not the
actual time of arrival. The repor, has made
was no. made with any expectation or prom
ise = receive Il It ward from the CONTRACTOR.
but was done aud reported, first, because |
believed that if the public was satisfied the
government woulH also be with Il e arrival u
lhe mails and second, having 50 reported
Tor lWo years last past without hearing any
complaint from The department L took it for
gran 81 that nay view of it was correct, | am
how informed that such a report vas detri-
mental t.. tia Interest Of tie goyernmnnt
and thar the actual lime OF ar. ival. and MT
the schedule time or near the schedule tine,
is what was walted. Il desire to state that
in my G"lief arrivals Of mails will vary frum
two to four hours later than as reported, as
follows: From July, 1879, to S"ptember,
1881, for ten months in the time ment oned,
the time OF actual arrival will vary from two
hours to four hours per 0ay, and for two
months i'll each yeer named, say tor March
and April, 1880, and March and April, 1881,
the time from that reported will vary from
one 10 three days too early. Yours truly, sss
Sol STAR, Postmaster.