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

1Ht StdT INOute Eases.
ARREST OF TWO MEN IN PHILADELPHIA on
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.
Yesterday afternoon. in Philadelphia. Thos
McDevitt and LeGrand Ensign were arrested
and taken by Q. S. marslals before Commission
er Gibbons for hearing on charge of conspir-
acy to defraud the government in connection
with star route frauds District Attorney Val
entlne stated that he was ready to go on and
near the case. but the absence ofthe defendants
couhSel made pOstpOnement necessary. and
lhe men were held under S.. 600 bail until
Thursday. Baltimore Sun special from PhiIa-
delphla says: These men are said to have ar
ranged and executed plan of defraudlng the
government by raising the prices of carrying
mails on routes in the far west in all of which
the increased price was authorized by eX-AssiS-
tant postmaster General Brady. The routes i'm ques
tlon We're as follows: ROnte No. Al. 143. from St
George to st. Thomas. Utah. which was let to
Benz. b. Wiley for LOCO per anuum. and on
lalfufe TO comply with its terms relet to NJ
Salisbury for 81 459 per annum: route No. 40 III.
from Tucson to Tombstone. Arizona. let for $500
per annum to BE-. Wiley and relet to VIM. NJ. Grit
ntfs Tor 1850 yer annum: route No. Al. Jap, from
FlscO to OsceOa. Utah. let to the same original
contractor for 81 .4O0and relet to G. II. Giddings
for 81 500 per annum; route No. Al AL from
Fillmore to Frisna. Utah. let to the same origi-
nal contractor for ST $50 per annum and relet to
e. H. Giddings for $500 per annum. The con-
tracts, with one exception. each cover a period
from February Is. 1880 to June So 1882 but
route No. 40 liz is from April l. 1850, to June
30. 1882. They are all signed by Brady and the
BODY OF the contracts is in the same handwriting
as the signatures. Wiley. it is asserted is
mere figure-head. being a workingman who
never performed contract nor had tine ability
TO make such negotiation. The new contract
ors are said to be irresponsible parties. The
snretles on all the contracts We're Christian Price
who is said to be an intimate friend of George
Rankin. and Sergt. Ensign. Price swore that
he owned S35. 900 worth Of mineral lands in Gin
ton county. Pa. and Ensign made oath that he
possessed $4,000 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 ONeal {white) on the
9Th inst. The sheriff finding the mob was in
creasing around the Jail rushed Turner into a
buggy and attempted to bring him to Nashville
for safe keeping. The sheriff and prisoner were
Overtaken and brought to the courthouse yard
in Murfreesboro, where Turner was hanged. He
confessed.
BR0OKLYN'S INCREASING DEATH RATE-The
death late i'm Brooklyn took another upward
turn last week, and now stands at 1888 in every
900 OF population. which. on the basis of 10 as
There We're 430 cases of death. being % more
than in the previous week 50 more than i'm 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 dph-
liberia. 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-N.Y Y. Sun, to-el,.y.
ANOTHER death from lockiaw. consequent
upon wound from toy pistol, was reported i'm
Baltimore yesterday.
THE RAILROAD Wharf.-The New York Erening
Express yesterday says there were no signs of
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 NINEEy-sIx immigrants
were landed at Castle Garden New York yester-
day. The steamship AnchOria arrived with 200
| from Glasgow, the Helyetia brought $50 from
Liverpool. and 3S saloon passengers. and the
Bristol arrived from AvOnmOuth with 80 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 PRIEST.-A tele-
gram from Newburgh. July 49, says: For the
past fortnight the Rev. J. Mooney pastor Of St
Patricks 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 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 a
| few minutes. He had been suffering with in
| flammatOry 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. hing himself Monday