Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-10-06
The Star Route Cases.

WASHINGTON, Oct. s. Col. George
Bliss, Hon. B. II. Brewster, and Col.
Cook are the counsel for the govern
ment in the star route cases. They filed
III court this morning long informa-
ton against ex-Assistant Postmaster
General Brady and others, and the fol-
lowing order was issued in the L. S.
supreme court of the District Of Column
bia, holding criminal term, June term,
1881, and now TO wit. Sept. 80, 1881.
And now, on reading of the afiidavits
of Thos. l.. Jones and 7. Henry Wood
ward, and on motion of Geo. b. Cork
hill, I. S. Attorney of the District of
Columbia, and VIM. A. Cook, special
assistant attorney for the United States:
1t Is ordered, that on information, the
annexed atiidavits be exhibited against
Thos. ]. Brady, Jno. l.. French, VIM.
II. Turner, Geo. l.. McDonogh, and
SamI p Brown, for conspiracy to de-
| fraud the United States, and that the
same be filed, and that warrants be
issued in the ordinary form as prayed
| for.
(Signed) WALTER 5. Cox,
Justice.
| This Is the first instance in this dis
trlct that proceedings of tais character
have begun by information, but the
adjournment of the grand Jury until
October Sd, and the operation of the
statute OF limitation, rendered this step
necessary. The information sets forth
in effect that on the first day of Octo-
Der, 1878, in the city of Washington
and within the jurisdiction of the court,
Thos. j. Brady, second assistant post
master General, John l.. French, Chief
Clerk. VIM. II. Turner, clerk in the
contract Office, together with George
l.: McDough, Samuel F. Brown and
other persons, knowingly, wilfully I'M
lawfully, fraudulently and corruptly
did conspire, combine and agree to-
gether to defraud the United Satates
out OF large sums of money in causing
and procuring unnecessary and
improper and extravagant adj
ditional compensation, to be
paid by the United States, for add
tional service in carrying the mails
The general charge set up in the docu-
ment Is of conspiracy to defraud the
government, and an attempt Is made
to show the fraudulent proceedings
of alleged conspirators in the manipu.
lation of the contract for carrying
mails on the route between Prescott
Arizona and Santa Fe, n. NJ, dis.
lance Of AGO miles.
The document charges the alleged
conspirators with defrauding the GOV.
eminent out of $4,000 in manipulate
ing contracts for the mail service Oh q
particular route between July l, 1873,
and June 80, 1880. One of the counsel
for the government, referring
to the contemplated action against
other persons than those men.
toned in the documents presented
to-day, and the papers were in active
preparation to be presented against ex-
Senator Dorsey and several other per-
sons who had held Office under the
government, and that the counsel en-
gagged in the prosecution of tn eStar
route cases would proceed against
them just as fast as information can be
got ready. Nobody" ex-District At
torney Bliss said to-day, connected
with the Star route frauds is to escape
prosecution, except such persons as
may choose to appear and give testi-
mony against the Others" Warrants
are said to have been issued for the ar
rest of all persons charged with the
conspiracy in the document presented
to-day, excepting Gen. Brady