The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-29
HON Officers Steal under Con
tracts

HOW Officers Steal Under Con
tracts.
The n. Y. Times has The following
from its special Washington cores
pendent: Those who claim to knOw
all points Of the investigation which is
being made into the method Of the
Star route ring sag that half has not
yet been made public and will not until
measures are taken TO bring Brady to
justice, aud the peniteutiary, il posi-
bic. The whole steal is practically
divided between what is Known as the
Dorsey gang aud Gilmer aud Salisbury
party, the latter being by far the most
extensive operators 10 tie s"iudle
The Dorsey gang IS composed OF ). W.
Dorsey, j, NJ Peck aud J x Miner.
who have acted as blinds for Stephen
W. Dorsey, ex-senator from Arkansas
and Secretary of the Republican Ma
tioual Committee, bidding for aud re-
ceigiug contracts j w Dorsey IS
brother of Stephen w Dorsey Only
a little over three years $50 he was ii
farmer 10 Vermont, an ignorant, stupid
specimen Of humanity. lie was not
SO stupid, however, tina. his more bril-
liant brother could not use him as a
eats paw to pull gold from the public
/ Treasury, and he was brought 10 WASH
ington for this purpose j. NJ. Peek,
second of the worthy trio, : . brother
in-law of Stephen W. Dorsy, having
married q sister of thsgateTs wife
/ and J II. Miner is o urtGey Of the
great original Dorsey himself tie
was brought from SandusSy, o. ex-
pressly 10 90 into the Star route bust
uess. The amount known 10 have
been pocketed by the S. W. Dorsey
gang in excess Of the amount called
| for ia their original bids Is not less, in
round numbers, than SIP. 600 What
per centage of this was transferred &c
Brady a. his share Of the Spoils, ou!y
Stephen V. Dorsey aud his partner,
can tell
The Grm Of Gilmer, Salisbury & Co
which did even a more extensive bust
ness ia the swindles than the Dorsey
crowd. is composed Of z y Gnmer
Munrp Salisbury and . Y Salisbury
the Younger brother of Munro. y. i
+ Gilmsr was formerly stage diver owe
the Halliday overland route from ST
Joseph, No, TO Sacramento. Cal H.
sas -ery ignorant, aEd could scarcel,
! write his own name, bu. he had
shrewd eye for business Ia 1868 b.
formed partnership with the two Sal
: isbnrys, ought out the stage line c
Wells, Fargo d Co., over which mos
of the mails Of the Territories yer
at that time carried. Since then tn,
irm has been engaged ia the Star
route business, aud has mades a larg,
fortune. Among the agents who hayt
made straw bids in the interest Of thi
firm are V. W. Parker, Z. A. Mc
, Dewitt, 4 S Patriek, Luke Frohess
Geo II Plat. 0. j. Salisbury, PatricI
< Brown, 4. II Brogn, q V Messe
role, Z. Cosgrove, W W. Giddings
/ O d. Seeley, w D. Hill, Z. W. "
GiImer, brother Of y. 7. Gilmer
Hugh Waite. Salisbury 81 Nichols
William Hmilton, N V. Nichols an,
/ VIM II Force. The excess of pa,
received by the GHmer and Sahsbur,
combination ever that called for b
their original contracts amounts to tn,
neat little sum Of STI8.jOS, with NOR,
still to hear from.
To addition TO the money given thes
/ large contractors, who made their bid
through straw agents, small lortuno
have been divided between Brady anl
smaller contractors, who made tbei
bids on their own account. To Louis
lana Dr.. B. II. Peterson secured a,
/ excess Of S4O.261 on a route Of 20.
miles. DE- Peterson was formerly
member of the Warmoaihring il
Louisiana. but now lives 10 this city
upon the income derived from dis heal
with Brady.
Cbas. +. Andrews, who received Oh
+ two routes, each twenty miles long, al
excess of 3l2 PSI, is Washington
mau. He was formerly a clerk 10 tn
Post Office Department! here, but ws
removed by Postmaster General Je8e.
for maifeasauce ia Office.
john a. Walsh who secured a ia
I crosse Of Sis. 475 on the route frou
Prescott to Santa Fe, Arizona, 70
whieh he originally contracted for SIS,
/ 500, ID native Of Louisiana. Wher
the war broke out be Joined the rebe
army, but after the reconstruction 0
Louisiana be joined the Warmoth RIG
He was indicted 10 New Orleans 70
making Illicit whisky, and aas savet
, from Imprisonment by Bray. y DO va
at the time Supervisor Of Interna
+ Revenue 10 New Orleans, and refuse,
I to appear as q witness against him.