Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-10-26
eATH,s GOSSIP.
Interview with John. a. Nnlsh, the
Celebrnt ID star kOute witness,
Correspondence Cincinnati Inquirer.

Correspondence cincinnati Inquirer.
was walking down Broadway to-day
when saw a largish man strolling be-
fore me, in blue suit and fancy pair
of pants, whose back seemed to be IA
miliar, When caught up to him
took glimpse of his greenish-blue eyes,
short pear of a nose, mustache and
thickish red lips, pnd said:
How are you, Mr.. Walsh ~
"Why how do you do? When did
you come back?
Having talked about our Consul
Packard, and other Louisiana persons
in Europe, I told him that he lad been
an important witness, / had heard, in
in the star route matters, but that
had not seen the papers at any time,
and wanted to inquire what he had ties.
tilted to.
l did nothing but what had to do
under the law" said Walsh. General
Brady owed me $4,000, and l tried to
get i. from him by civil auit. l fail
ed to do that because he had no prop
erty l could get at in New York, and l
had to transfer the suit to the city of
Washington. That developed to the
government counsel what / knew in.
cidental TO the star route investigation,
and they served subpoena on me.
really did not want to appear against
anybody, and kept away from WASH
ington a good deal of the time; but
they fially got the subpoena on me and
l was taken before the grand jury. On
my evidence the indictments were
found against Price and Brady. Those
indictments, good as far as they went,
nevertheless made at the expense of
truth and justice, because there were
other persons testified to by me when
the governm ent should have classed in
its Indictment, but from influences
which believe have been operating
since the beginning of this trial. every
body has escaped except few whom
it was thought safe and popular to
prosecute. 1t appears to me that
Dorsey and Brady are made the stool
pigeons of numerous other greater Of
tenders"
"Did you not appear again Before the
grand jury?'
"Yes. Mr.. Merrick, who is an hon
est man, and one of the government
counsel, saw me and endeavored to
show me that it was my duty to APP
pear and tell all / knew. | told h i'm
;nat | should not assume that position
which had already been taxi en- by Sen
ator Spencer. All / wanted was my
money. While could not refuse to
answer questions under oath, had no
desire to appear before the grand jury,
and would not do so voluntarily. The
grand ja1y heard me and gave it out
that | was not worthy of belief. I will
explain to you directly what think OF
grand juries in the city of Washington.
But the evidence gave was of such q
character that Merrick insisted that
this was no partisan trial, and that Of
tenders should meet the demands OF
justice, and a special session of the
grand jury was called, and on my evil
dence there given other cases of in
dictment were framed, but nevertheless
they did not inlet Senator Kellogg, on
whom my evi nee was point-b blank"
'Are you un.riendly to Kellogef'
Not at all. But l could not pefiure
myself, and was not going to run
away from the District of Columbia or
the United States Jurisdiction to pro-
tect individuals who were always look
ing out for themselves selfshly, while
wanted my money. However, Kel-
logg begged cut through the aid of a
member of the cabinet, falling, it is
said, on the presidents neck and weep
ing. told Mr.. Kellogg that liked to
Sight capable men like himself That
it was just like his old splendic cam
paigns to slip out from the indictment,
and to give it out that the grand jury
would not believe me under oath. Said
7 wash: kellogg, your friends
Brady and Dorsey are two Chinese.
They ought to come to you and get
some counsel; but, Kellogg said /,
you must understand that shall not
permit it to be understood in this com
munity that / am not to be believed by
q grand Jury So far from being Eel
logg's enemy, think he is good
naturen fellow, who would rather do
you benefit than not. Brady, on the
other hand, would rather do you an
injury than benefit. Brady is a surly,
ugly customer, man not without
ability, but of calious heart"
"What was the transaction you testi-
fed 20 that made the most commo-
ton"
"Sim ply this: that Kellogg brought
me $4,000 worth of contractors drafts
against the treasury on account OF
postal services yet to be rendered. l
put those drafts, as was told, to the
credit of kellogg and Brady, one-half
to each. was told that $4,000 of
these drafts belonged to Kellogg, and
the other half belonged to Brady. On
account of said drafts | released note
of Mr.. Brady's, who was in the habit
Of borrc wing money from me. did
not endeavor to put this information
before the grand jury. The question
was asked NE directly to whose credit
went those drafts, and / had to tell. II
is just like case where you might
come TO me to negotiate checks or
drafts, and, some subsequent time in a
court Of justice they asked me if | ever
had any such transaction. What
could do? / told the facts. Ii the
grand jury did not believe me, my
veracity and character are called into
T Il r.