Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-18

Peckner was the Step-son OF Boone--a boy about
Is years OF age. Mr.. Bliss. after describing the
| ment, said that Mr. Boone went TO the firm OF
Darby Duvall, OF THIS city. ana had large
quantity OF these proposals printed,
LEAVING OFF THE CLAUSE GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO
PoSTMAsTERs
| as to the method OF executing bonds. These
blanks, with the forms OF bonds, were sent by s
w. Dorsey 10 postmasters whom Dorsey had had
appointed, and upon whom he thought he could
rely. Dorsey wrote To these men never to divulge
that he Dorsey had made this request. Human
nature, however, was not SO bad as Dorsey
| thought, ana several Of the postmasters remon-
strated and declined. Among these postmasters was
Mr.. Cendenin, Of Fort Smith. who had rather
animated correspondence with Dorsey. They
would put both the corresp spOndence and the post
master In person before the iurv The bids hay-
Ing been prepared In DorseyrS house. they would
find that, save In the state OF Kansas Dorsey
Peck and Miner never bid upon the same route, or
came into conflict with one another. They cot On
these bids l3i contracts. S. w Dorsey would De
shown to them as constantly Intervening IN he
haIt OF these parties Within 80 days after he left
the Senate, however. he appears publicly as ac-
lively interested in the contracts.
WHEN Mr.. VALE CAME INTO THE CONSPIRACY
ne appeared 10 have protected himself by taking
large number or sub-cOntractS-for the purpose
generally OF preventing the sub-contractor, who
was performing the service, from ever getting re-
cognitton from the government. Some time after
the contracts were taken, and when S. W. Dorsey
appeared publicly there appeared TO have been a
dVlslon. Eut there were times when they acted as
tnough their Issues were pooled, AMI Brady seemed
TO recognize that sucn was the fact When J. w
Dorsey made afiavits affecting Miners routes
BRADY recognized his authority to do so. though IL
did not appear as matter OF record. On other
routes similar instances occurred.
Mr.. Bliss thought they wouli be able to show
that all the parties continued their interest in the
various routes after
THE PRETENDED DIVISION
out whether they did or not mattered little II was
Of little consequence whether they diriled the
joint proftS or each one took all the profits from
certain portion OF the routes. The fraud upon the
government was the same. MIR. Bliss then re-
viewed briefly the evidence he proposed to offer
On each route He began with route S414e
for $500, and incrssssd s and 90 expedited hsa
10 - 32 4S, the route yielding to the government
but 1897. They would produce French, the sub
contractor On Tie route who had taken the route
originally at S10O and though he received add
tional pay for additional trips never was Informed
Dy the contractor or paid any thing Tor the expedi
tlon: lie never learned that the government was
paying for expedited service, until he was so In
formed by post ofice inspector, after the in
VestSation That led TO this Trial commenced He
mentioned the Instance TO show how unnecessary IL
tion.
Route 3s135, from st. Charles to GIcenhorn, was
let as % miles In length, on schedule OF II hours
In point OF Tact tue distance was only 3 iRiles,
But BRADY PERSISTED
In advertising ieas 30 miles, though his attention
was called TO the error. The route should have
been from ST. Charles to Pueblo, which would have
made the distance exactly 35 miles, there being
no post ofce at Greenhorn. After the contract
Brady made the necessary correction. but paid for
the addition as though IL miles had actually been
added 10 the route The route Was originally let
for s54S and over $500 was added for tas supposi-
titi0uS IL miles, The cost of the route was then
run up to SS,9i5. 60. and for the l2 miles supposed
to be added nearly sl,50O was drawn from the
treasury annually.
nad not been added an extra man or horse on
tnts route on account OF the order OF expedition.
ANOTHER STEAL
on this route was accomplished under the guise OF
putting Ag ate on the route, though no mail car
rier ever went to Agate. Finally, Mr.. Brady dis
continued the service to Agate On the ground that
II was not needed, but took care to allow the con-
tractor extra pay. Brady after making the expe-
dltlon on the route arranged the schedule so the
mails always arrived at Pueblo arter the
mails east and west had departed, so that as
matter of fact, time was 10 { instead OF gained
by the expedition, the mails having 20 lie over a
day at Pueblo MIR. Bliss described also how the
petitions on this route had been fntarlned and
manlpulated as he charged by Monttord c. Rerdell.
Mr.. Bliss next took up route 4llls from 'Toauer-
Vile TO Adairville l25 miles long, and let originally
60 hours, for Sl.16S On this route Vaile anpeared
as Sub-cOntractor
SuD-c0ntract made On the 1St OF Apr1l, 1878,
long before the route Was expedited, set out the
compensation as s. 504, showing that the defend
ants knew that Brady was TO expedite the route.
DoRsEY's OPERATIONS.
Mr. Bliss described the operations OF s. ". Dor
sey on this route, and the processes by which It
was increased and expedited during the year to
$20,s9o22 per annum, OF which amount the SUBJ
contractor who Performed the service received
E,4 leaving to the contractor the annual profit on
this route alone of $l2, ,45O. The expedition was
made on the whole route, though the department
was Informed that over 10 miles OF the route no
service could be or was being performed. Finally,
when Brady cut OF these 10 miles on which
no service was performed, he allowed the con-
tractor a months extra pay. On this route the
contractors seemed to know long before
hand that the expedition was to be made,
and prepared their affidavftS according
~. About this route postmaster
had written that the expedited time could by no
possibility be made, and advised the defendant
that il the extra service cost anything, 1t had
better be discontinued. Though the petitions ON
this route asked for only 4S hours. Brady In his
order cut the time down TO 80 hours and main-
tanned it at that, notwithstanding the remon-
strances OF the postmasters On the route and the
sub contractors.
AT 1:15 pm. recess OF half an hour was taken