Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-09-16
RriberY Business.

Inc sensational statement is made BY Fore
man Dickson. of the star route jury, that
somebody connected with the Department of
j Justice offered him twenty-five thousand dol
ltrs to vote for the conviction Of Brady and ex-
SENATOR Dorsey, while offers of only two and
three hundred dollars were made to the other
jurors. This bribery business must be probedtO
the bottom. and the guilty parties exposed and
punished whether acting in the interest of the
prosecution or the defense. whether trying to
buy verdict of guilty or one of acquittal. But
Fir. DicksOns story is not only highly imprOba-
bic. but it is very suspicious. especially in view
of the fact that he is of the two or three who
stood out for the acquittal OF Brady and Dorsey
on every ballot from first to last. To suppose
that the government has undertaken to influ-
ence the verdict improperly is absurd The
charge that the defense has attempted to bride
the jury is entirely probable. What Mr. Dickson
relates has every appearance Of being a put up
job. cunnlngly designed for special purpose.
A thorough investigation of the matter is likely
10 damage, not the prosecution. but the defense.
In the Piilory Of Public Opinion.
The published evidence win convince the great
mass of the people Of the guilt of Brady. the
DOrseys, and others, and under the odium of
mistrlal they will have to still stand In the pill
Tory of public opinion.
of Great Benefit To the American Poo
pie.
In spite of the Illogical and indefensible YER
dict. we think the star route prosecution has
been OF great benefit to the American people.
In the first place. it has afforded evidence OF an
honest purpose in the administration to punish
fraud. even though the guilty tlen were party
associates. not to say friends, of the President
of the United States. In the second
place, the power of the principal cOnspiratOrs to
do evil in the future has been taken away. y
They are dis"raced. and no one can say that
iph fxr, x,Iana al
dishonest acts. has gone unpublished. although
they have not yet been compelled to suffer the
penalties which the law would exact.
The Evidence Spurned and Justice
Laughed At.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
1t Is in the disagreement on the great raScas,
Brady and Dorsey. that the evidence in the
case is spurned and Justice laughed at. limo one
else has done his duty Judge Wylie certainly
has performed his, but On the jury and the
prosecution, the United States government is
stamped the stigma of wOful neglect of duty
The giants of the ring probably have
done Just what they said they were going to,
and what members of the jury said had been
tried-brbed some juror. Justice will be
avenged for the insult.
Nothing More Like Brady.
From the New York tvening Post.
The absurdity of the verdict rendered yester-
day in the star route trial is so glarng that it is
difficult for anybody who has followed the pro-
ceedings with care to believe it honest. y
pardon for these minor criminals would be
well worth all the time and expense of the trial,
II IL could be used as means of at length secu-
ing verdict against Brady and Dorsey.
Nothing would be more like Brady than to at
tempt TO produce an impression that the pros
ecutiOn We're hard at work tryingto corrupt the
Jury.
RidicuyOus DiSaun0insmonr
From the New York Graphic.
The super carefully guarded net seems to
have been torn somewhere and the big fry have
all escaped, only two tiny little fellows being
hauled into Jail, probably because they were too
weak to make an effort to escape. Nobody will.
Of course, deny that the jury did it's very best
to get the entire netful ashore. for its members
have said it not once but several times. Their
work Is a ridiculous disappointment all the
same. though and will go far to increase the
general distrust of District of Columbia juries
and discredit the jury system still more.
The Fault With the Jury.
From the New York Sun.
Where the fault lies for this result is, perhaps.
not entirely clear. but we are inclined to think
that it must rest upon the jury. We do not see
how the counsel for the prosecution could have
hone much more than they did. The fact remains.
however, that the net which was set for sharks
has caught only minnOws.
me Nine Jurors NOT ReSpOnSible.
Correspondence n. Y. Times.
From whatever side this remarkable verdict
Is examined, its Inconsistencies are manifest
But for these inconsistencies the nine Jurors
who voted tor conviction are not responsible;
they must be borne by the three who at first
refused to find any conspiracy, then con-
Victed two defendants of conspiracy and at
ast steadfastly refused to vote for the cOnyic-
ton Of those who must have been the leaders of
The conspiracy, If one existed and without
whose aid the two convicted defendants could
not have carried out the purpose Of the con-
,piracy.
The Moral Of the Trial.
The moral Of the trial is, If it Is to be drawn
rom the present condition Of the case, that
offering sixpence from the government Is q
Villainy Of the deepest dye which will be visited
with sharp retributiOn, but that whoever plum
iers the government on 80 great a scale that he
IAN afford to spend some Of the swag in electing
4 republican President need only fear the impo-
sition OF fine equal to the sum required to pay
counsel and corrupt the necessary jurors.
The True Moral.
From the Fttsburg Leader.
The true moral is that the governmental run
nlng oil the post Office business of this great
country, Is mistake, is an illegitinate function
raise up set Of swindlers SO politically and ne
cuniariiy powerful that the machinery Of popu-
lar government Is not powerful enough to
punish them. The "swag" which such men az
Brady and Dorsey can get in a few wears is no
great that they can embarrass any court, cor
rupt almost any jury, and escape thro' the
meshes of any law.
Caricature Of Justice
From the n. Y. Nail and Express
The verdicts in the star route cases are amaz-
ing. aggravating, contradictory and suggestive
Of the use of corrupt agencies. 1t IL a carica-
ture of justice to convict Rerdell. the secre-
tary and tool of Stephen w. Dorsey, and to
acquit the man who had the Official and personal
influence to procure the petitions for 'expedit-
lng" the mails, on which the "star routes'' were
created by Brady, with all their vast opportu-
mites for plundering the government.
DtcksOn's Story.
From the New York Tines.
Foreman DicksOn's story as to the approaches
made to him by an alleged employee Of the De-
partment Of Justice is better calculated to d.
rect suspicion to its narrator than to the Attor-
ney General, against whom 1t Is aimed. The
knowledge possessed Of this statement in adj
vance OF Its publication by the personal organ of
Brady Is certainly not likely to add to its force
mat any accredited agent of the Department of
) Justice should have been commissioned to offer
MI. Dickson $25, 600 II he would vote for the