Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-15
STAR ROUTE FIR AUDS.
The Evidence Of Ex-senator Dor
sey's Guilt Conclusive.

seys Guilt Conclusive.
DENVER, CeL, May 1.-THE Tri-
bune contains the following: Imme-
diately after the exposure of Mr.
Dorsey's completely in the Star route
ring, as telegraphed over the coun~
try, attempts were begun to quash
the suit which had brought the let
ters yesterday. It was successful,
the letters were surrendered and Mr..
Dorsey pa d the money to III
Wilcox, for which the suit was
to be brought. This money, as is
known, Is for Wilcox's work securing
petitions for expediting routes and
sub letting to smaller contractors.
The same day on which the papers
were surrendered Postmaster Gen~
eral james telegraphed to Denver
for either he letters, certified copies
or photographs of them. The tele-
gram came after the papers
had been surrendered and the regis
ters probably concluded they were
safe. But they are mistaken. There
are certified copies III existence, AMI
they will be used in connection with
documents in Portland, Greg.
CHICAGO, May, IA special to the
1ntei Ocean from Little Rock SAYS
that the frauds of the Star route
ring, which are attracting the atten-
ton Of the country, are n news in
Arkansas, where ex Senator Do sey's
connection with them has long been
more than suspected. He procured
the appointment of Ex-Governor
o. A. Hadley. as postmaster at Little
Rock, supposing he would count on
his assistance in forwarding his
schemes on the rrasury in cOnnecs
ton with the Star routes. Knowing
this in January, 1873, he sent to
Hadley ab ut six hundred blank pro
posals and bonds whlc the ring had
printed for their own use, and which
We're different IN some respects from
those printed by the government,
and forwarded to bidders, with in,
structions to Hadley to get securities
on the bonds, have them signed in
blank, approve them as postmaster
and return them them to him. This
was done and bonds to the number
of four or five hundred were fixed
up in this way. TIE number of route,
terminal points. The amount of the
bid, and the name OF the bidder
were not inserted, as required by
law before being approved by the
postmaster. These bonds were
then approved by Postmaster Had
III "lrect violation of the law,
anu Onen sent by express to S. w.
dorsey, then Senator Of tne limited
States, Tor such use as he riuht
make of them. They were not a.,
straw b .nds. The blank bonds wera
approved on 18th of January, 1878,
and shipped by Postmaster Hadlev,
per Southern Express, January ~,
to S. W. Dorsey, and delivered at his
committee room, in the capito', Jan
uary %. The numbers of he routes,
terminal points, amounts of bids,
and bidders names were then filled
IN and b dders' signatures attached,
and acknowledgment taken by a
notary public. one A T. Boone,
VINO was member of the ring, and
dated Washington, Jan. 9Th, and
other days prior to those upon
which tue bonds were dated and ap-
proved To the most of these bids
tne name of Jno. M. Peck. Dorseys
brother ln~law, was attached and
me acknowledgment was taken by
hoone' as notary public, but it was
afterwards discovered that Peck had
not been IN Washington for over a
year and that the signatures were
forgeries. Dorsey himself stated
that the signature was not Peck's,
out that he believed it was written BY :