, 1881-03-09

The Treasury for the l'ost;o Office Departmssnt
Will disclose Tie fru.l, of this statement The
knowledge ot these facts Is II tin @ POSSESSION
Sf sfrps h'eI'as: Il. bSrsey !; esq., D. h. '''"' D"
ASSISTANT rosrMAsTEn.aENEIsAL hnADf
tonight, whole mid IN part, tie story q q
bribery and corrMntion detailed by ilinHs I,
his letter a.'tt affidavit, lio says thas iitmds
rs he I,as himself heei, concerned tlt y c9l.
tpirocy III which frautls upol, ti!e pnss-Otlieo
Department were !nvnlsea, a,it! t!!nt l!e wnS
ony acauittc becnse si'n n &C. 81 tne hrlespa
appears, aSs; 'nS Wers "oe"ut suS'ite, to Nr Taek
burn, 1T The Appropriations tolninlNec,
nnt tho latter ,aecilned 70 commence ,' ~
not obtain n guarantee that the Witiiesses
could bn prodnceA IN tlno to enn1le nm 70
enable bin tH culhllttt The ltlvest!Eht!oH u1ia
Se .on fep",t ws ,a Tff t te tic Wssscs ss oa
not be found. yet, tho n!an llll.tls' wln W.,
mnkes this uilidnvit. !ns been here lA tho
city, but It Is suft tllat liz fas been nIiwtitlnH
to testify III tho matter M al e'ehls' he
has not been cu1lcd.
THE DOCUMENT
was submitted to III" ilayes cablMet, !;
Maynard. wl,o ordered I'LL Investigation aa.d
who returned the documents tn the Att0i. M
nEJ-litl1ElNl "lkl laIG
needed no further tnyestie..!n'l Mr.. l'ral>y's >
repiy to the charges is as follows: Tile
contract from Los Vegasto Alh!lo!lerIae Nv vns !,
let ior the pros Of eype,t'tg 1o ''H1,s SaI
d. Price. wl,ose bid was tho lowest
ono natic. In tl'o course Of time,
# came to the knowledge ct the neIa5t,,enf
part OF tho wny over Tic ola rnntc. but tint
tho expeuition contracted for was nevefitle-
yesttgate tho matter, mud upon h,s Iepotft fl, II
rrice, tint being the proportion whtGi, Womb
hnve been earned serthat portlon nj tue rollte
served BY other contractors. The Charge IN
connection with
THE l,ourE FROM LOS VEGAS TO PRESCOTT
wns investigated by Committee Of Congress
4 wear ngo. Letters received from the per.
sons named rs witnesses by llinHs assert
Tint the statements, insofar ns the writers
nre concerned or have knowledge, nFe tatSc.'
Unlce drafts from nll contractors tor lis
shnre OF tho corruption fund, at! that the
records Of tho sixth Auditor will show It.
Sixth Auditor McGrew says: ~ bcg M
records Of this office does not show
. any payment to you Or to your order or fol
your benefit N any Wny, 9r that you nave
been Interested, directly or Indirectly. N hh}}
Chnse Andrews. au nttorney, Is also referred
10 us tho man through wliuni the facts wort
brought to the attention of tho Department
lie Writes that ilinds did ask him to take 9
caso for hlnl. but,
KNOWING 111SDs' CHARACTER.
he demanded to know Its nature. AVhei
the papers reached llim it proved to b!
simply q matchmaking matter III whlc' hhI
he was expected 10 ext0rt So.0N
from contractur for Kinds, nlItt ns tl!lct
more as he could gut for hlmself." Ex
Senator Dorsey mud tho Hon. S. T. Elkins
have written to similar, purport. Gen
Brady says Kinds cuiue to his house fey
months ago aud made 4 proposnt for rout'
over which 1t was not nliA perhaps wnult @
never bO necessary to send the mails. Whel
Gen. Brady snid this IN substance 10 lllhtls
the latter attempted to SECURE Ills purpose b.
threatening to make sotne damaging OK
posures. Tllereupou Gun. Brady ordere'
hlm out Of his house,