The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-14
BREwsrER.s Boarp.
Closing Argument In the star Route
Trial

! Trial.
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE attorney
general resumed his address this morn
ing in the star route cases. He said n
had been charged that the government
was hoandiBg down these men from
party considerations. Why" said he
these men belonged to the government
party: Was II reasonable to suppose they
would be persecutedg What motive
was there for such persecution? The
motive was that the papers of The de-
partment showed wasted money in The
west. There were scandalous stories In
| clrculatlon of bribery, of corruption,
which demanded attention., McSwee
ney had said that he knew all about il.
de could produce papers and witnesses
| who could disprove all charges. and
| why had not this been done? Where
were the letter books? Where were The
witnesses? Brady aud his colleagues
would willingly have Rerdell convicted,
and another, il necessary, so long as
they, the ringleaders, got off For DAYS
past the jury had been told there was q
fatal variance between the proof pre-
sented and the Indictment Counsel
had devoted all their time not TO clear
ing up the regulations of their eli
ents but exclaiming that there was a
Iatal variance and TO attempting to break |
through the Indictment" The attorney
general then rehearsed the details of the |
case and read from his notes list Of all |
the orders made by Brady IN connection /
with the routes embraced In the inaict- |
ment. He thought he had shown that |
Stephen w. Dorsey was the originator of |
this whole scheme. The evidence |
showed that in SO distinct instances
InIs Innocent, ignorant man had been
concerned IN the transactions Was he
to be shielded because he had been a |
senator! Was the senate to be converted
into sanctuary for scoundrels? He
would sooner see the senate demolished;
sooner have monarchy established.
because he was senator 1t was said he
could not do such things. Aaron Burr
over the senate; vile things
entered everywhere. Araold was the
associate of Washington. This man
Dorsey was in the senate and he had |
lothing 10 do with the business.
Nothing? He met Boone and perfected :
us business arrangements in November,
SH. He furnished security Cor ali
he contracts. His CLERK illed out the
proposals. Re endorsed the notes
or Miner, Peck 81 Co. Receiver
Seyser told him who Miner,
eek q 20. were. He dealt with !
stephen w Dorsey, with Vail and with !!
inner. 3. w. Dorsey had written to i
oseph, the sub-contractoT, that he was ..
interested in the contracts. I
The attorney general went on to depre- I
ate the practice of the accused man
ringing his wife into court and com
nended In the warmest terms some re-
marks made recently by Judge Butler,
I pennsylvania, on this subject. A
rlminal court was not the place for a :
wife, and the man who had the sensi-
lllties of man would not bring his :
wife there. Yesterday the court had
card reference made to an occasion Z
Which never ought to be referred to in
court of justice-the crucifxion of
be Saviour-the object of which was
D obtain the sympathy OF the Jury. 1t
ppalled him to contemplate the intro !
uctlon Of that great and terrible occa-
ION Tor the purpose for which il was in
reduced. Introduced by a gentleman Of I
1hom he had to say: "What has he do
nth craoifxion! Did he believe in it, /
hat he used it for the purpose of in {
Luencing the jury? OF what value was
If not trueH Such a thing should I
ever be said in court of Justice. Such I
ppeals should never be made. All
Ie waited was fair play. Let there be
.othing foul in this court room. In con-
fusion the attorney general related the |
able OF the swallow from which all her '
ledGlings was. sinlnI, t4.. z.sE,as.- "a 7
lot that fact so much as the fact that
hey had been stolen from her nest I'M I
Ter the caves Of the court house, where
he had expected TO find security. Now,
gentlemen, concluded he, what / ask
ou is that when /, cOnfiding like the
wallow, in being here, and trust to you
his case, do nothing corrupt or base, or &
'ermit 1t to be done through the means
i the forms of law, administered in this {
acred place-a court house.
This closed the argument. Is
At the conclusion of the presentation
# the prayersby counsel, the court ad-
burned until tomorrow, when Judge
Vyiie will deliver the charge to the / Z!
uEy.
The Post to- morrow will publish an |
interview with John r. Mccarthy, one |
# the Jurors on the star route trial. in
which Mccarthy states that he under
TODD 4 number of attempts had been |
made, during the progress of the trial,
o corrupt the jurors, and that he had
'een approached twice by persons with /,
whom he was unacq9ainted, on behalf
# the etefense.
Mr.. Merrick, Of the counsel for the
said tonight that the rev.
.lation made by Justice WYlie in the |
L
oected by hiA. He had been informed
sone time ago that some of the jurors
lad been approached with, corrupt prop
,sitions. Some or the details of the cir
,umstanees had come to his knowledge,
md it was on this basis of Information
hat he made the remarks he did, charg-
ing them to 10 careful in guarding their
honor.
Mr.. Ingersoll said he never had a
- Il
except in q legitimate wsy-by the pre-
of evidence md argument in
aourt, and that he believed the corrupt
offers, If any, had been made 10 come /
from the other side.
Mr.. Wilson delivered talk on the
subject and Mr.. Hinkle prossssed ignor-
.nce of anything beyond what Justice
Tylie said in the court room to day.