Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-20
The Star ROute CaSeS

Inc Stdr ltOslCe cases
ARREST OF TWO MEN PHILADELPHIA on A
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.
Yesterday afternoon; in Philadelphia Thos
McDevltt and LeGrand Ensign were arrested
and taken by Q. S. marshals before Commission
er Gibbons for hearing on charge of eonspir-
acy TO defraud the government i'm connection
with star route frauds. District Attorney VAL
entine stated that he ready TO go on and
near the case. but the absence Ofthe defendants
counsel made postponement necessary. and
the men We're held under 5000 bail until
thursday. Baltimore Sun special from Phila-
delphia says: These men are said to have ar
ranged and executed a plan of defraudlng the
government by raising the prices of carrying
mans on routes in the far west, in all of which
the increased price was authorized by eX-ASSiS-
tant Postmaster GeneralBrady The routes in ques-
ton We're as follows: Ronte No. Al 143 from st.
George to st. Thomas. Utah. which was let to
Benz b. Wiley for 81 900 per annum. and on
failure to comply with its terms was relet TO NJ.
Salisbury for 81. 459 per annun; route No 40 III.
from Tucson to Tombstone. Arizona. let for $500
per annum to b. Wiley and reet to VIM NJ Grit
hths for 1850 yer annuln: route No. Al 49, from
FlSco to OsceOla Utah. let to the same original
contractor for 81 400 and reet to q. II. Giddngs
Tor "a 500 per annum: route No. Al al. from
Fillmore to Frisna. Utah. let to the same Origi-
nal contractor for s. $50 per annum and relet to
q. II. Giddings for $500 per annunl. The con-
tracts, with one exception each cover period
route No. 4O,117 is from April /. 1850, to June
~. 1852. They are all signed by Brady. and the
DOdy OF the contracts is in the same handwriting
as the signatures. Wiley. it is asserted is "a
mere figure-head, being workingman. who
never performed q contract nor had the ability
to make such a negotiation. The new contract
ors are said to be irresponsible parties The
sureties on all the contracts We're Christian Price
who is said to be an intimate friend of George
l'ankln, and Sergt. Ensign. Price swore that
rpth frp,ir,a 10, dc
ton county. Pa. and Ensign made oath that he
possessed 600 worth of improved land in
this city. The principal in the matter is believed
to be McDevitt, against whom there is said to be
strong testimony"
LYNCHED.-A special dispatch to the New
York World from Nashville Tenn. July 10 says:
Last evening mob threatened TO take Houston
Turner (colOred) from the Murfreesboro Jail with
the intention of lynching him for assault upon
the person of Mrs. Mary O'Ncal (whte) on the
Sth inst. The sheriff finding the mob was in.
creaSlng around the jail rushed Turner into
buggy and attempted to bring him to Nashville
for safe keeping. The sheriff and prisoner were
OVertaken and brought to the court house ward
IN Murfreesboro, where Turner was hanged. He
confessed.
BRoOKIYN's INCREASING DEATH RATE-The
death rate in Brooklyn took another upward
turn last week. and now stands at 1888 in every
900 OF population. which. on the basis of - as
a normal death rate. is twice the natural rate.
There were 430 cases Of death, being % more
tt;sn IN the previous week. 53 more than in the
corresponding week in 1880. and 1G7 more than
in the corresponding week in 1879. There were
159 fatal cases Of cholera infantum IA of dipfl-
iberia, II of meningitis, and 81 of marasmus.
There were 292 cases of death of children under
years of age, and 219 of children under year
OF age-A. Y. san, to-oly-
ANOTHER death from lockiaw. consequent
u from al
Baltimore yesterday.
THE RAILROAD Wharf.-The New York Eueaainq
Express yesterday says there were no signs of a
let-up in the railroad war though there was no
further reduction of rates by any of the trunk
lines. Demands for tickets increased hourly
and the public seems inclined to take advantage
of the fight and to provide themselves with
tickets for all time to come. The brokers in
tickets are doing an immense business.
EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX immigrants
were landed at Castle Garden. New York. yester-
day. The steamship AnchOria arrived with 200
from Glasgow, the Helvetia brought $50 from
Liverpool. and IS saloon passengers and the
Bristol arrived from AvonmOuth with IS on
board. The Salier. Of the Bremen Line. is re-
ported coming up with a large number of Ger
mans on board.
SAVED FROM DROWNING BY A PRIEsT.-A tele-
gram from Newburgh. July 49, says: For the
pUSe VIC iecN D. MookeS. pastor Oh
Patrick S church, in this city, has been at Far
ROckaway Beach. A few days ago, when he
was taking his usual evening swim. the bathers
were startled by cries for help. A man had been
carried by the undertOw out beyond his depth
and was going down for the second time. Father
Mooney was some distance away. but he swan
to the drowning man and reached him just as
he was sinking the third time. The man made
clutch for the priests throat Father Mooney
struck the man a stunning blow which broke
his grasp. He then took him to shore. In a
few minutes he walked away without thanking
the clergyman.
FATALLY SHOT BY WOMAN.-Geo. W. Coles.
bOOkkeeper at Harry Miners theater, New
York, was shot in the abdomen by a married
woman named Coleman, whom he had be-
trayed. The woman surrendered herself to the
police. Coles injuries will probably prove
fatal.
SUICIDE OF A LAwYER.-Albert ComstOck a
prominent lawyer of Patterson, n. j.. yesterday
shot himself in the right temple and died in
few minutes He had been suffering with in
fiammatOry rheumatism for some time, and had
been using stimulants to allay the pain. He was
a member of the New York bar.
Stephen C. Briggs, a hotel-keeper in Phenix.
r. l., hung himself Monday.
CSINCE THE CTARr