New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-29
STAR ROUTE DEVELOPMENTS.
THE SYSTEM BY WHICH THE REAL CONTRACTORS
DID NOT APPEAR on THE RECoEDs-sTEPiikN

THE SYSTEM BY WHICH THE REAL CoNlKAOl"">
DID NOT APPEAR on THE REcoEDs-sTEPlikN
W. DORSEY AND HIS BROTHER.
IBY rELEGRArH TO TIE rRIBUSE.l
wAsHryGrDS. April c3.-The story OF MI Jen-
nings sub-contractor for a star route under J' W.
Dorsey a brother of ex-senator stephen W. Dorsey
has been told several times. In brief 1t Is as iOioWs
Mr. Dorsey secured contract and sublet IL 10 ull-
ferent persons one of them being Mr. Jennings, who
was to receive only q little more than hah thc
sum paid by the Government to Dorsey Tor
tho service and was TO assume and pay all the fines
imposed by the Government. The other sub-con-
tractor was q man Of straw, whose function was 10
draw the money After the end Of two quarters
Jennings found that, while he had received no
money! he was several hundred dollars out OF pocke
by the payment of fines, which LAD Doen assessor
against him by the Second Assistant postmaster
General. Investigation disclosed the fact that MS
srh contract was not of record in the Department,
and he therefore had 10 remedy.
II has been suspected, and frequently asserted,
that j. W. Dorsey merely q man OF straw ana
that Stephen W. Dorsey was in fact the contrae-
tor This statement has been as frequently ana as
strenuously denied, and no positive knowledge 'ha'
tpe ex-senator was actually connected with the
star routes has reached the general public. The fol
lowing extracts from the testimony of Mr. ). W.
little room for doubt that stephen W. Dorsey was in
fact the contractor for the star routes
which were held in the name of his brother. How
many of them were managed like that of which Mr..
Jennings was the victim cannot now be stated. Inc
testimony is from Miscellaneous Document 81,
Part 8, II. r. XLVIth Congress pamphlet OF thir-
teen pages. There are plenty OF Parts ana OF
this document, but Part is so rare as to lead 10
the suspicion that il has in some manner been sup
pressed
~ C. Reredell being said he Tas stenoerapher
and attorney the agent OF Messrs. Dorsey 70
IA their mail contract business position he had ned
at salary OF $1,000 year since April 1870 The firm
had thirty star route contracts
Q-Who constitute the frm that you represent A.
o-s n borsey S = is the ex-senator of that name A
Heis. do not know what interest Mr. Bosler mas Al
Su" shU~ a0GI know ~ that Mr. Dorsey was pretty hard up
last year and sold an interest but what that interest
Q-Do You know what he got for it ! A.No, sir. do
not know that he is in debt to MI Bosler now about
Q~Wherc does Mr. Bosler live Ain Carlisle, Penn.
,.Q-Do any of the contracts stand IN his ma name A.
None of them and none OF them stand in Mr. Dorseys
name; they are in the names OF thee psrtlesnJ: X
Miner, yw. Dorsey and 81 Peck those are the names
o.ISBy Mr.. BlountJ-Is not Mr.. Peck interested now
Q-Sor Mr. Mincri A-No sir; M. Miner is not IN
became connected with Mr. Dorsey, aud stated that II
was his understanding that sw Dorsey paid his brother
Q.--what want to ask you about is this. DO you
khow who the sbccnTactors upon any o the routes
that have been sa5let by Mr.. Dorsey Ayes, sir
know them all. I am subcoDtractOr upon several Mr.
Dorsey IA the sub-coitrpctor on six or seven.
eo he y not sabeonractor he is carrier on route
from Mineral Park, Arizona, TO Phoebe, Nevada
The witness then examined at length In regard To
the details Of the Jennings route after which the testi
QThen, gather from your statement, this route
was originally let 70 the firm Of W. Dorsey, Miner
reckf Al want 70 get You exactly right on that. II
u In the Of j. W Dorsey but 1t was let to that firm
Jointly each bid In his own name, but the frIn had
Joint interest -.
A.-Eo air IL was not sablet ltwss sold out
Q~Then II was sublet sOld which. to you by s. W
Dorseyi Alt wes sublet to Ine.
.Q-And then you sublet the service to Jennings
Ayes, sir.
Going that service stands In the fourth degree 10 the
Government from the contractori A-No; he stands
IN the third degree because W. Dorsey does not stand
IN any relation TO the Government In the matter.
QBut he came in as tie purchaser OF the contract
Q-You do not stand in any relation to the Govern
nentt Ayes, do my sub contract 10 ON file. 49,
~Q-From whom did you take III A.-From j. W.
Q.You took it from J. W. Dorsey before ycu really
sSsxht from 8 W. Dorsey, who doesnot appear any
: uetaE 8 hs has had drafts from II.
bmT was mste1 Of form s you % really % took
41G Dorsey Ayes; was matter OF form;
ss e s s ssy snss WOULD hsss
Sc, Sy g bss.sa.n, why sd not the psps,,msn,
ISShy S snas sSSns h take susoontrset as yOu did'
QyThat yAs about month after he ceased to be o
y q ~ ne pnteS States sensei Al think hwss
81 sEm = Senator expired on March 10 and then
1e - the purchaser Of this route and srbiot II
~ sna Soa TOOK n - sapcontzaStor under the