National Republican., 1881-07-22
The stor-Routc Prosecution Fraud.

The Star-RoutC Prosecution Fraud.
There will be no star-routc cases considered by
the grand jury before next September Washing.
ton PoS.
There are no star-route cases to be con-
sidercd now, next September, or there
after. The expcditing ofstar-route service
has been lawful in all cases and eXpedient,
Sn the opinion of the Department, when
ordered. The pretensc that any fraudu-
lent practices have been discovered, and
that various persons, including the late
Second Assistant Postmaster-G General, are
60 be indicted, is utterly false. All stories
of the kind have been based upon state
ments of wholly irresponsible and dis
reputable detectives and shysters.
They have served TO stimulate public
curiosity and interest, and to throw
unjust suspicious around worthy men in
minds easily preiudiced and desirous of
thinking i'll Of others. The charges
against General Brady never were made
in good faith, but were simply intended
10 smirch him. The Acknowledgement
knows that he has eternally disgraccd
himself by the employment of Gibson,
as the Postmaster-Genera,h has disgraced
himself by the employment of Wood
ward to SANDER decent people in the
name of the Government. The frequent
statements in the newspapers that evil
dence enough had been found on which
to find indictments have all been impu-
dent and ridiculous falsehoods. They
may or may not have been intended to
frighten people into offering money as
the price of suppressinb evidence, The
tone adopted and the times chosen for
the threats are strikingly similar to those
adopted by blackmailers. When twas def
nitely known by the harpies in question
that the court and grand jury would take
vacation from July5 until September they
loudly asserted that they had plenty of
evidence to indict and regretted the adj
journment Of the court. Upon applica-
ton by General Brady's counsel for the
immediate hearing of this pretended evi-
dence, their representative, the special
assistant District attorney for the occa-
sion, William A. Cook, begged for delay
on the express ground that the pretense
of having the evidence ready was lie.
When the President was shot these birds
of prey flew into the White House and
advertised that there was some dreadful
mystery about the shooting, and alter
nately limited at completely of Stalwart
leaders and "star-rUutc thieves" The
indignant denial of this by Attorney
General MacVeagh, as well as by Secre-
forv nlainn az hnbulf nf all tbn 4, Ibinat
sent them out again with dropping ieath-
ers The grand jury having been held dur
ing the past two weeks to consider the case
of Guiteau, and being prevented from 50
doing by the uncertain condition of the
President, the slanderers again rush to
the front, as soon as an adjournment is
assured, with repetition of the stale
falsehood that they have evidence upon
which to indict alleged "star-route con-
spirators." We repeat that they have no
evidence and that they will have no evil
dence, OF course they will continue to
declare that they have it when there is
no grand jury in session; but when any
evidence can be heard there will Oe none
10 present
The grand jury is more likely to be
called upon to iudict certain scoundrels
for endravoring to suborn testimony than
TO hear any evidence of stur-rOuc frauds
under Postmaster-G General Key or May,
nard. Let the Attorney-Genoral and the
Postmaster-General be clear Of all guilty
completely with criminal conspiracy to
falsely indict innocent people.