National Republican., 1882-07-22
THE sTAR-RoUTE TRIAL.
Judge wyIIe Admits waIsI,'s TcstInon
-ITIa Croas.Er ~, ,ttau

His sCroAs-Exnmination.
When the criminal court convened yesterday
Judge Wylie at once delivered his opinion OH the
admisslbilty of John walshs testimony, going
very fully into the rules that governed this evil
dence, aud decided TO admit It. The defense
noted an exception to the ruling. Mr.. Walsh was
then placed on the stand and testified to meeting
Mr. Brady at Mr.. sherldans house, ON December
~. 1850. Ho told Brady that he mad suffered sc.
ycrc losses and that Brady should pay him what
he owed, The latter asked for data, and the Wit
ness laid the notes on the table, saying there was
no agreement about interest and that he walsh
would leave that TO Brady, Brady said that
HE OWED WALSH NOTHING,
and when Walsh asked for an explanation Brady
told him that no explanation was necessary, rs he
knew what the Arrangement was After some
parleying Brady finally said 20 per cent on the
amount OF the expedition was the amount, and
that witness contracts had been expedited from
$4,000 to siS5,0O0. He did net expect him to pay
for the original (MacDonough) contract, Mac
Donough had paid for that increase to s. 2. Brown
Brady also told witness that he had been requested
TO pay 5000 as his quota Of the Congressional cor
rup ion fund to be used in ohtai ming the passage
of the star. route deficiency. appropriation. Wit.
ness demurred to this, that he had appeared be-
fore the investigating committee,
HAD BEEN VERY THOROUGHLY EXAMINED,
| and did not think there should be any claim
| against him for money. He wanted TO know who
had disbursed this fund but Brady told him it was
| no concern of his, and that he (thc wincsS) had
| received remissOns amounting 10 Sj5,O00 and he
Brady was in the habit Of receiving half of those
lClll~slOls, 81 lu III IHCI NHlhH WIS
70 him. Brady placed the notes in his pocket aud
| told the witness that he considered the matter
settled Walsh said he would take the matter into
! the courts, but Brady told him lie did not under
stand business He said 1t was the custom of con-
tractors to pay the sums mentioned, and that the
| petitions were only obtained to enable him
BRADY to act under the law. Witness thought the
$4,000 he had paid to JeromeJ Kinds was amply
sufficient and tnat he would have to sell out ut II
| sacrifice.
| CROSS EXAMINED ny MR.. WILSON:
| Was the same Walsh that had been IN nterviewed by
the New York Hcrdh reporters. The Interview in
| the Htrdld was inaccurate 1t had said witness
had transferred $4,000 to Senator kellogg in
postal drafts, whereas 1t should have been $4,000
| in postal drafts and $1,000 IN a note of hand OBJ
lection was made to the course of cross eNhlnlna
ton, aud Mr.. Wilson suid he did not question the
inaccuracy 0fthe interview, but It's utter unruth- i
| fllnc's. Mr.. 'Merrick siid he was ready to suS
tain every, word of it, and had the documents
| The examination was then resumed. Witness
was born IN New orleans aud would he 81 years
part of his life IN New Orleans. Since
the war he had been engaged at various
or drT GsRSsS S dealer o'%SSd %Sd bfPSe
| Had never been interested in more than one dis
tillery knew an inteI nal revenue officer of the
name of Creecy, whom he first met in New Or
leans; did not nsk Crcecy about man OF the
name of Nimod Johnson, for whom Creecy was
searching; denied that lie and Nimrod Johnson
were one and the same individual Witness first
met Brady in 1876 when Brady was a supervisor
of internal revenue. Brady took action against
witness for failure TO produce his books rs u dis
| tiller Brady admitted That it was Il hardship.
The law as regarded in New Orleans was more
honorable in the breach than in tue observance.
TIE WITNESS WAS INDICTED.
| There were three indictments against him. but
none now. Witness left New orleans and came
| here; was n speculatOr. broker, and banker. Mr..
Wilson asked the winessif he didn't tell the grand
| jury he kept some books. MIR. Merrck wanted to
| know how lie knew what he told the grand Sury.
Judge Wyle said the question could not be asked.
Witness said lie had loaned sc, 900 To MacDonough,
a slar-route contractor, and had the amount as
represented by uotes. As sub. contractor under
| M0cDonough he denied that for the quarter end.
ing March 81 1879, he had failed to such an extent
| That Sll,96l.G had been deducted from his pay.
! lie insisted that the contractor had failed, and
that the fines were remtted 10 him (wimess).
There not Il failure in the proper sense of the
| term OH the route; he had performed the service
well aud fairly. Mr.. Wilson then cross examined
the witness as TO his experiences rs q star route
contractor TO show fines, suspensions Of pay, &C.,
suffered by tie witness AT the time his contract
was expedited he
HAD NO ARRANGEMENT WITH BRADY.
He made no statement to Woodward had Il con-
versation with A. NJ. Gibson, who had committed
| 1t to paper and given II TO Mr.. Bliss. The first
loan witness made TO Brady was made some time
in the later part of 1875 and the loan was about
$4,000. 1t was repaid in few days. The second
loan was made about thirty days afterward, and
its amount was $780, which was repaid. The
next sum the witness remembered loaning Brady
WAS $4,000 some time in July, 1879. Prior to that
he had made an advance of 5000 OH Brady's one.
| These transactions were in cash, and not in
checks. He did not give checks because
| MI. BRADY nau expressed ueSlTe nOl
to have any checks for obvious reasons. His con.
| tract was at that time in force. The next loan
amounted to $1,000, aud was made IN january,
1850, Part of it was paid to Brady and part of 1t
to A. C.. Buell.. The next loan was Sl3,5OO, made
to Brady IN New York in April, 1880. Tue last
loan was made in the summer of 1880, and was
betwt ell $1,000 and $4,000. Witness when asked II
his statement made in his recent suit against Mr..
Brady or his present one was to be relied on said
| His present one, as it was more rigid, not ex
| parte He was then crOss-eXamined as to the
anidavits he had made in his New York suit
| The court then adjourned.