Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-18
Spy for the BRADY Gang.

HIS WORK IN BREwsTER's OFFICE
From the Philadelphia Times.
Che publication made yesterday at the in
stance of Robert G.. lngersoll. counsel for the
star route contractors. showing by affidayits
that men in the employ of the Department of
Justice at Washington had attempted to bribe
some of the jurymen in the late trial of Brady
Dorsey and Others had the effect of arousing the
Indignation of some of the legal gentlemen who
have been associated with the star route prose-
eutiOn. and one of them. who was i'm this city
yesterday. did not heSitatetO say that the publi-
cation had been made with the one object of
trying to affect public sentiment i'm favor of men
who We're about to be arrested for corrupt
transactions which the affidavits tried to eX-
plain. The view which the Department OF JUS
tce at Washington takes of the matter and the
course it will pursue were clearly outlined BY
the gentleman referred to.
The explanation of the whole matter is this"
ne SAID: There has been and is deep cOnSpi-
racy. so deep and intricate that the Department
OF Justice has not been able fully to unrayel it
although it is in competent hands. This man Fall
is one OF the consprators' tools and they very
1ngeniOusly managed to get him into the De-
partment or Justice as their spy. Having once
got him in and failing TO derive advantage from
MN IN any other way, they arranged to have
MN attempt an improper influence upon the
jury without authority. ostensibly i'm the name
OF the government. the purpose being to divert
suspicion from themselves and in case of dis
Closure TO place the government in an embar-
RAISING position.
HOW FALL GOT IN.
-" 1T was very cleyerly managed. Fall came to
Mi. Bliss. VINO was conducting the case against
the star route thieves when il was on trial and
represented that he had important information
In his possession concerning attempts made BY
the star route people and their friends to bribe
the jury. He showed such Familiarity with
some undevelOped points in the case which the
counsel for the government Knew to be true
that he managed to make a iyerable impression
upon those who examined him. and at the
instance of the government counsel he was
given temporary position in the Department
OF Justice al a nominal salary. He was simply
instructed to work up his facts and present q
report by specified time and he was not al
lowed To have any other connection with the
case. although it now seems that one of the OBJ
1ectS in having him in the Department of JUS
tice was 10 keep the star route rascals posted.
FROM the statements he at first made the gov
eminent believed it would have no difficulty i'm
showing that members of the jury had been
oribed. When he came to make his report how
ever. it was found to contain nothing tangible
and was utterly worthless either as testimony
or az the basis OF evidence.
DISMISSED IN DISGRACE
Immediately after that, finding himself re-
garded with suspicion. he said he had PROPOSE
tion 10 make. and was requested to make it IN
writing. He did so. when to the establishment
OF the counsel for the government in the case it
proved to be a proposal that he should be all-
fhorized to promise clerkshps TO jurymen who
had been influenced on the other side as an in
centlye to do their duty. This was regarded as
corrupt proposal and Fall was dismissed i'm
disgrace. The whole thing was a trick, ar
ranged by the star route cOnspirators and their
eounsei, and the publications that have been
made were intended to fOrestall action cOntem-
plated by the government