The daily gazette., 1882-09-14
STAR ROUTE ROBBERS.
JUDGE WNLIE BOUND TO sE-
CURE JUSTICE
DICKSON WANTS PROTECTION.
He Writes Q Letter to Attorney General
brewster, Telling of BOweBis Alleged
i Bribery, and Asking to be Defended ~

WAsHISsToN, Sept. 8.-<1he proceedings
| In the Star Route cases were resumed to-
day, Judge Wylie hearing the arguments Of
the counsel for the defense on the ouestion
of admitting Messrs RerleH and Miner Ia
Dali pending the motion for arrest of judQ-
ment and new trial Judge Wylie blocked
the first move of the defendants counsel
toward finishing the work which the Jury in
the late trial had left uncompIeted by re-
fusing to accept bail for the two convicted
defendants for the present at least.
he was perfectly willing to agree
TO the position taken by Messrs.
Henkle, McSweeney, IngersoII and Others.
volunteer and regularly engaged counsel for
the defendants, that as bail was the right of
the uneonyicted defendant, it was priyi-
lege which could be accorded a defendant
against whom a verdict of guilty had been
found in the discretion of the court but he
heid that 1t would not be proper for the
court 10 exercise its discretion in this case.
as nothing in the case justified it. He
could not forget, he said, the confession Of
kerdell, and though he would not hold this
confession to the disadvantage of Miner, he
him.
1t was thoroughly evident that JUDGE
Wylie has made up his mind that though
the principal defendants have escaped for
tne ume being, the two minor defendants
viii not escape through any fault of his His
action to-day would appear also to give color
to the theory that the Government expects
10 secure the testimony of one or the other
OF these two men for use in the new trial of
the principal defendants, and that ft Is not
proposed to allow them the latitude Of the
country and give an opportunity to inter
esteu parties to spirit them away leaving a
few thousand dollars behind as an eouiya-
lent for their losses
The court decided to hear arguments for
new Trial for Messrs RerdeIl and Miner on
Friday next and not later and the au-
nouncement was made by Counsellor Mer-
TICK that tne government would be ready to
proceed with retrial of the cases against
Brady, Dorsey, ct. al. on the 5th of Noyem-
per, or the first Monday in December The
discussion of the question of admitting
herdell and Miner to bail to-day was argued
by Messrs. Henkle, Wilson, McSweeny and
lngersoll ON the part of the defense, assisted
by suggestions from McCook, formerly
couhsei Tor the prosecution, and by Merrick
and Colonel Corkhil on the part of the
Government. Counsel for the Government
are proceeding with the work of getting
together evidence as to the attempted
bribery of the jury. The matter is in the
hands of officers of the District Attorneys
office, and afiidavits are being prepared.
which, tits said, directly implicate several
parties. 4,it
Foreman Dickson says that Bowen, in the
course of the conversation in which he urged
the former to secure the conviction Of Brady
and Dorsey, asserted that after conviction
the President would pardon the defendants,
possibly within 80 days 5s=
To Dickson's inquiry on the point, Bowen
that Bliss, Merrick and Ker were
entirely ignorant of this movement on the
part OF Attorney-General Brewster. t
DICKSON TO BREWSTER.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-Foreman Dick
'on sent to the Attorney General this even
ng the following letter
222 FoUR-AND-A-HALF STREET, N, W..
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 1882 Hon. Bemia,
Mn II. Breaoster, Attor'sey- General United
StdteS-SIR During the progress of the Star
Route trial an attempt was made to corrupt
he jury impaneled in the case, and an officer
If your department named Henry A. Bowen,
special agent assigned to Arizona, is guilty
u offering to bribe me to influence my judg-
nent and verdict. sworn statement of
he detailed facts has been filed with the
district Attorney of the District of Columbia,
which is accessible to you and to which
call your attention.
AS citizen OF the United States / demand
rom your protection against the yenomous,
malicious and contemplate assaults upon
ly private character by your principal
ssistants and the officers of the Department
Justice for daring to perform a sworn
uty according to my honest convictions of
lght and justice Respectfully,
WILLIAM DICKSON,