The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-14
STAR ROUTE MATTERS.

1t is stated that Acknowledgement McVeagh
has not yet sent any papers to the Grand
Jury at Washington in the cases of Brady,
Dorsey, ct al, accused of completely in the
star route frauds. He is diligently preparing
them but will disclose no names. He expects
to support each accusation with such an ar
ray of convincing testimony that an indict-
ment by the Grand Jury will certainly fol-
low. The present Grand Jury, it appears,
was called informally and contrary to law by
the clerk of the court when the District was
without a Marsha, Douglass term having
expired and his successor not having been
appointed, therefore it is possible McVeagh
will send none of the cases to them.
Should he do so, it is feared the parties in
dicted would avail themselves of this loop
hole to quash the indictments or at least to
delay the proceedings; hence the Attorney
General may postpone action until another
Grand Jury has been regularly and lawfully
called. 1t is also reported that General
district attorney at Washington, and request
ed that in case any indictment should be
found against Brady, he might be allowed to
urrender himself without a warrant being
issued for his arrest. From this it would ap-
pear that the ex-assistant postmaster general
is prepared for the inevitable and pro,
poses to fight it out. Dorsey, it is said, has
gone to his cattle ranch in New Mexico AND is
quietly awaiting the action of the Depart
mant against him.. Parties who claim to know
the ways of the willy secretary of the
National Republican Committee say that
when he is wanted at Washington, search
will have to be made for him beyond his cat
tie ranch. Dorsey has been laboriug zeal
ously for some time to checkmate James in
in his efforts to procure testimony that would
criminally implicate him in the frauds. But
it is thought that James has sufficient to land
the ex-senator in the care of a prison warden.
Speaking Of the star routes it may as we'll be
stated here, that the postmaster general denies
the story put a1oat by the Fort Custer
correspondent of the New York Tri bun
that Major Maginnis had the White Sulphu
Springs and Fort Custer mail route expedit
In the first place, it appears, the rout
was supplied by weekly service. 1t was af-
forwards regularly let by the Department as
a daily line. Delegate Maginnis protested
against this increase of service as unnecessa-
ry. In proof of this it is only necessary to
produce the testimony of the Postmaster
General. In a document emanating from
that gentleman be says & MIR. Maginnis pro-
tested against the change of service whereby
hese Offices were originally supplied. The
postal authorities changed the original SER
vice despite such protest, and put on the
route which is now attacked. The records of
the Department show that t ese changes were
not all in accordance with the recommended
tons of Delegate Maginnis, and the Post
master. General has requested that tn correc-
ton of the statement should be made to
conform to the records of the Department."
Nothing more is needed to convince fair
minded people that the silly story fabricated
by an irresponsible party at ForC Custer,
whereby it was sought to implicate our Dele
gat+ IN the Star route frauds, has no founda-
ton in fact.