Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-30
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DETAILS OF THE PLAN TO DRIVE Mr.. BREW
SrER FROM THE CABINET.


WASHINGTON, September r29-Itisc charged
by these who have closely watched the Star
route trial that there has long existed a
plan to disgrace Attorney General Brewster,
and to drive him from the Cabinet. The
following are said to be the details of the
plan: The sribed jurymen were engaged in
1t. The disagreement and verdict were parts
of deep laid schem and it is believed by
the government ceur sel that the verdict was
intentionally illogical. Ii will be recollected
that Miner and r -rdell, who were convicted,
were minor figures IN The conspiracy charged.
hey were convicted, however, aud the Jury
disagreed as 10 the princIpsls. The verdict
could not stand, because Miner and Rerdeli
could not be guilty and Brady and Dorsey
innocent The government counsel think
thst this WAS thoroughly weil-known TO
the jury. II was not the intention that
Miner and Rerdell should d suffer, but that al
should escape through their conviction. The
scheme was deep and sdroit. The old com
mon law practice obtains in the District OF
Columbia, and on writ OF error from the
District TO the United States Supreme Cont
the original record of the District Court is
transferred TO the Supreme Court. Miner and
Rerdell were to suffer temporary martyr
dom only. They were 10 be convicted in or
der TO give the conspirators time to secure
the removal ..of the atiorney-aeneral. Toe
writ of error would have to be granted be-
cause their conviction had ben illogical.
But 1t would take long time TO reach their
case in the Supreme Court-a year perhaps.
In the meantime, the record would have
been transferred, and the other defendants
could not be tried in the District Court until
the record came back. A whole year of time
would be gained in which to secure the re.
moval OF Mr.. Brewster. This was one of the
objects of the extraordinary verdict which
Mr.. Dixon announced. The game did not
work. Mr.. Merrick, who had won all the
honors OF the case, saw through ii, and, by
permitting the verdict against Miner and
Rerdell TO be set aside, prevented the record
from leaving the District Court and the trials
of the leading conspirators from being de-
layed. The Star-route defendants came very
near accomplishing their wish yesterday
that Judge Wylie should not preside over
Very narItwTt -escspeu farai acciaenI.
Judge Wylie was crossing Pennsylvania
avenue to the street-car in front of the Adams
Express Company. A horse attached to =
buggy, going down the avenue at a fast pace,
ran into him, and came very near crushing
him to the pavement. 1t was almost a mira
Gle that he was not severely injured.
The Critic, Star route organ, has the fol-
lowing: "Why was it that Messrs. Merrick
and Ker, when taking the statement OF Jury
man Donophan in regard to Lis being ap-
preached pending the Star-route trial, re-
fused to allow him TO insert in his sworn
abatement what he said, namely, that be was
approached by man representing himself
to be nephew Of George Bliss?'
Jurymau Mccarthy, who voted for convic-
ton all the way through, has been appointed
to position at tue Government Asylum for
the Insane. Mccarthy was simply an honest
cobbler before he got on The jury.