National Republican., 1882-08-03
THE sTAR-RouTE TRIAL.
,. v. French and G. Bucn on the stand
Walsh FIntly Gontrndbctc,i.

Walsh FIntly Contrndictcd.
In the star. route trial yesterday Mr. J. L. French
was further examined as 10 tho routine OF his of
fee. Tho form Of proposal was shown the wit
ness ard objected to. Mr.. Wilson offered a state.
mcnt showing the number CT routes bid upon nj
the letting OF 1873 by John W. Dorsey, John r.
Miner, John NJ. Pcck, J. II. Watts, and A. L
Boone. Mr.. Bliss objected to the admission OF
Boonc's and Wa.tss names. The court sustained
the objection in regaid to Watts but held that
Boono was member OF the combination al the
commencement. The table showed that Dorsey
put IN ~ bids, and was lowest bidder on as;
Miner. 2lS bids, lowest bidder on 46; Peck 1yg.
bids, lowest on 81 Boone, AS, lowest on Is. max
ing an aggregate Of l. l50 bids, Of which 1i3 were
The lowest submitted. CrosS.cxamined by Mr..
Bliss: Knew OF no case prior TO July %, 1876,
where contract had been expedited before SER
vice was commenced. In answer to Mr.. Bliss the
was about TO tell for what cause, but WIS stopped
by Mr.: Bliss, Upon redirect ho said he was re-
moved
DgcArsn HE REFUSED TO RESIGN.
His resignation was asked for three times and re-
fused. The reason given for his removal WITS that
nc had known OF cxtrnvognnco and failed 10 ie:
any law. Hon. Martin Maginnis delegate from
Montana Territory, had efdeavorcd to have n
aoHe eS'a6ii he'd from Bismarck ,oTongne River
as redemption Or one Of the ledycs on whlch he
had been elected. He got tho route expedited
and inctcascd. On ncrOss.cSnmnation tho witness
said he did not know anything Of the cost uf the
increase aud did not care--Wha hc wanted was
better mail facilities. J. W. +. Williams, CORE
spending clerk. testified thut on April l. lscl, s. H.
Adams ceased to be postmaster at Alvord, Greg.
a. C. BUELL.
was then called md sworn. lie first met Walsh
with Governor Packard and Senator Kellogg nj
the Riggs House III the spring Of lS1S AsScd ly
Mr.. Wi son If Walsh had ever paid him 81 900 OIL
account Of Brady's Indebtedness to tho witness.
Objected to, and after argument declared admis-
| siIle. Mr.. Wilson repeated lis Gu stiun The
witness tcstitie thnt Walsh never paid him sl,C0O
on account Of General Brady. Walsh paid linn
$1,000 for s,rvicGs in connection with an invrsh.
CATION Tint was going on In rea ion to two con.
tracts ofWaSh's. The witness was not acquainted
with Mr.. BRADY at that time. Cross examined by
Mr.. Ncrrick: 1he Investigation was by the sub.
| committee of thu Committee of the House on Ap.
pr'priatons II was in the latter part of Dccell-
The iir.t conversation he had with Brady was in
| February, 1880: Draiy never transferred to the
dividends on any stock from Brady. He denied
| having said to sir. Nelson, correspondent OF the
Boston Post or any one else, In the winter Of 1850
or 1881 that MIR. Brady had solicited his aid rs
cor espondenl Oh the Siar.route cases. Mr.. Brudy
might have asked him to write articles, but noh
ing bearing on matters that lie was tes:ifying 10.
| lie had 10 recollection vi convcrsa ion with
Nelson IN Lafayette Park. lIe had frequently
converscd with newspaper men about Brady, and
brady, ns ho believed that side lt 10 to be be
| right. He never told Nclson that Brady
was going to give him deal in Nashville
| and Chattanooga stick: he might have said that
he made money in stocks, but never in that, us he
| had nothing to d. with it. The 81, 800 Walsh paid
him was In tho nature of retainer 10 Use his In
| tuence in securing the appropriation for the de-
| tcicncy of tho Post Office Department lie was
also engaged by Mr.. Monroe Saulspnry and pnid
| by him. Before lie did any work for Wash lie
| resigned his Senate clcrkship. Mr. Iiatt wrote
| him that Mr.. DOyiIton had informed him (piatt)
| that the witness was to he indicted. He saw
| BOyntJn, and drew his atlen ion to tine fact tiat
the statute Only p:Obibh ed officers of the H. uSe
and Senae from being interes cd in amy cmim |;
but ali appropriation bill WIS no. Il claim. He had
| hud tran actions-bIr rowing mOney-Nith Walsh
| for year and half before the investigation
lie had not been out of his debt for Year until he
made that settlement. Ills Present occupation
| was
WRITER FOR TIE CAPITAL" AND "cRITIc."
| He did not own any stock, but had a general
| knowledge that Mr.. Brady owned Stock The w.t.
| ness at one time owned a controlling interest in
the CLpt4; he had since disposed OF IL The critic
was owned by the Critic Publishing Company.
| Mr.. Brady owned stock as collateral for money
| advanced. Mr.. Brady loaned him 1000 to pur-
chase the controlling interest in the Capital IRON
| Donn PiItt in March, 1850. He gave his notes Tor
the money and stock us coilateral. When he
paper and he was employed as the editor. lie
| identified an article that appeared in the Capita!
| June 26, 1881, under the heading,
SOMEWHAT PERSONAL"
as having been written by himself. Several other
articles were shown tho witness. The defense
raised an objection, but the court admitted them
| to show the bias. on redirect Mr. Wilson wished
| to show that the articles were i'll answer IN at
tacks on the defendants. Judge Wylie Gcc ined
"hircllng hbelcrs." TO MIR. Carpenter: He did
not know that any other defendant besides Mr.
| Brady was interested i'll the Capital or Critic The
| court then adjourned.