Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-01
TIE STAR ROUTE TRIAL.
Mr. Reni3le,s Argument for the Defer,

TIE STAR ROUTE TRIAL.
! Mr. Renikle's Argument for the Defense
| Mr.. Henkle resumed his address to the Jury fl
behalf OF the defense in the star-route case in th
| Criminal Court this morning. He remarked tha
| Mr.. Hines going away had left his share of tn
case to him (Mr. Henkle,. He conceded that con
spiracT might be proved by the acts of the partie
| concerned. He said that Mr.. Merrick
RANG UP THE CURTAIN
on this conspiracy at an interview at the house o
| ex-senator Dorsey.
Mr.. Henkle reviewed the testimony of Boone
| mentioning incidentally that Boone was under in
| dictment for subornation OF perjury. Mr. Henk,,
| thought Boone threw considerable gusto into li
| testimony, and said little mean things pre1udicta
! 10 the defenlantS. His statement that the defen
dants did business on the graveyard" principle
was rare morsel for Mr. Merrick.
Mr.. Henkle said that they could not afford to bic
on the large routes. Mr.. Henkle complimentet
Vatle upon the goodness OF his heart exhibited In
| intercedlng with Brady in behalf OF Miner.
That generous action on Vaile's part was one Of
tn the most damning evidences, Mr.. Merrick thought
tween this story and the parable of
THE GOOD sAaARIT.
comparing Vaile to the Good Samaritan and Bliss
and Merrck to the priest and the Levits respect
lively. But on second thoughts he believed tha,
Merrick himself would have played the part of the
Good Samaritan and would have either paid the
landlord for the nights lodging have subscribed
the money. even II he forgot to pay it. AS to the
SEM t 69 Brd 70 Vae ane the
Henkle said Mr.. Bradys efegram to Vale showed
that he was exercising hf functions as kindly and
duty to the public. He argued that there was nc
evidence OF conspiracy in what had occurred be.
tween Brady and Vaile, and then proceeded to dis
cuSS the cOpartnershtp contract between the con-
tractors to show that there was no evidence OF
conspiracy there. That appeared like plain,
straightforward business transaction and exhibit.
do liar M he
money received by Vale as treasurer was dis
bursed fathfully according to contract. and Brady
never received a dollar oft The conspiracy lay
In very narrow compass.
IF ANY ONE CORRUPTED BRADY
1T must have been Vale, he was the only one of
the firm that had any money. Vale said he did
not pay any money to Brady. Although he lay un-
der the shadow OF this Ubiquitous indictment he
there had been no teStiHony to discredit him.
Before the contractors separated ex-senator Dor
sey began to take some interest in the contracts
because he had loaned money TO his brother and
brother-in-law. There wasa debt of $11, 500 which
Miner, Dorsey & Co. had contracted, and they
had given to the GermaD1American bank orders
for their pay as security. Vae, as prudent blsi-
ness man, had taken sub-cOntracts On the routes
to secure himself, as he was advancing his capi-
gard1ng these sub-contracts was pure and honest.
THE COURT HAVING MADE AN INQUIRY
as to what became OF the money raised out OF
the bank, Mr.. Henkle called attention to the fact
that, John w. Dorsey had been spending money
on the Bismarck and Tongue river route.
Mr.. Wilson said that these contractors had many
other routes not included nthis Indictment upon
which they had to make outlays
Mr.. Henkle said that in the division Of the
routes Mr. Ker wanted to make it appear that a
percentage was reserved for Brady, but the testi-
reserve.
Judge wylie suggested that upon the theory of
the government, Brady had a lien upon the whole
cot gSyrntr hon TO p,of
going to argue this for the government"
81 say only" said Judge Wylie, that that is
MIR. Henkle denied that there was any desire to
support any such theory.
IT do not" said Judge Wylie, .'want you to
sort 1t Is only theory"
Mr.. Henkle said there was no fact from which
the Jury could derive the widest deduction OF that
Mr.. Henkle said that Mr.. Merrick had made
great deal out OF the interchange OF affidavits
the government witnesses had contradicted each
other as to who signed the af1idavitS.
AT 1880 O'Clock recess was taken.
AFTER RECESS,
Mr.. Henkle said that an examination Of all the
papers said to have been signed by others than the
person whose name was used, showed that the name
OF the contractor not that OF the party owning the
route after the division, and not in the handwrit-
ing OF the original contractor. What came OF this
conspiracy? They had had nine days defamation
At quarter to three O'Clock the court adjourned
TILL Monday, when Mr.. Henkle expects to conclude
his argument
STAR ROUTE NOTES.
Mr.. Henkle appears as counsel for Miner and
Vale, and not for Turner, as inadvertently stated
In THE STAR yesterday. Messrs. Wilson and Totten
represent Turner.
Mr.. Ker was the only one OF the government
counsel present this morning.
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Young BLooDs DOING THE TowN.-Chas. Carter,
a Philadelphia lawyer and genteelly-dressed
young man, was put on trial in the Police Court
to-day for assaulting another young man named
Jno. F. Hughes. The evidence showed that the
about O'Clock a. m. Carter wanted to "shake"
Hughes, and fired two pistol shots the avenue In
an opposite direction from Hughes. The court said
the assault was not proved but they were both
fined $40 or 30 days for carrying concealed weap-
OnS.
brokers' have taken out licenses in the last few
days since License Agent Raff made his first raid
en on Them, M, and Judge Bundy imposed a few slo5
place In the law Gas they ythought) by taking out
bankers licenses, which cost so cents on every
censes, which are 500. By this scheme some of
them got licenses costing from 8 cents up. They
only took out the licenses for the unexpired term.
from august 1St to November 1St. Mr. Raff will
bring cases against them dating between Novem-
her 1st and July 31st, when they had no license
ING uioi uiuS uc SWOFe Out Variants against WIN.
f. Matthews, corner OF 8th and E streets; George
Il Hill, LeDrot building, and julius p. Rider, In
the same building, charging them with being un-
BIDS OPENED.-Mr. Clark, architect OF the Capt.
tU t ,eGy opened bids for painting the add
ana the proposals footed up from s244 to s746.
Alexandria AfnRirs.
Reported for The Evening STAR-
STATION HOUsE-Will Buriey is held at the sta.
tlon house this morning for threats against the
steward OF the vessel, upon which he is employed
beauIegard Graham, cOlOred, who carried OF,
some time ago, $40 that Mrs N. Price had handed
MN IN market TO get changed, Is also at the sta
tlon mousse awaiting a hearing, as is a small coll
ored lad. charged with stealing chickens ;.
POLICE C0URT.-The mayor, at the last session of
his court fined q man $3.50 for cruelty to calf
tnat ne hauled along the street tied behind his
cart Eliza Todd, charged with beating her father
quest
REPORTERS NoTEa-One hundred and twenty
cars nave been made ready ON the Midland road
Ior the great Saturday night cattle trains this
Week.-It Is now said that there is no doubt
tnat the Washi ngton ana western railroad viii
De pushed from Round EIi1i tn Winchester