Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-09-22
Press Comments on the Star-Eoute
Verdict
.New York Herald. Ynsiep~n,i,;,f

.Ne,c York Herald. Tt,isprr,ic,u.
The result OF the star route trial is n scandal
Gus failure Of justice well caluculated Ia aruuS.
popular lndgnaI on everywhere. The failure q
the jury To convict Brady and stephen W ISpr eS
IS most shameful defeat OF justice Its disagree.
ment on these men wh{l, finding Miner m.
kerell guilty il NJ remarkable and inconsistent
As TO seem incapable of explanation on any
honest theory. OF all the con>pirator> arr.igne,
Brady and Dorsey were the greatest offenders
the most deserving of punishment, and thr>.
acquitted would have the most mi-rhicvous #
tects- The government now ina, a plain AMI I'm,
IeatiVe duty {" perform, and that j. Il, brtn.
these men Ia trial again without DELAY. TIL, !,
demanded hs justice and the public welfare
,Ne,r York Tunes R~pu5licna
The lame aud impptcnt conclusion TO which
the star-rouic trial has been brought hv IN.
Washington jury j. a grievnH> disappointment
and sugg- >t> almost irre>>tihIy that on, or NOR,
Of It's members must have been secured in IN,
Interest of the chief Cnn>pirator> from the vrrS
beginning. Two kinds of Influence, have uu
doubt.dly been at work ia behalf Of The ~ 4
arch -conSpirator>-Brady and por~ey-wh.rrvrl
they could he applied with .luV hOlss OF .ff,..
that Of politics aud that II money. But the en-
IS not yet There may hs rr-trial u the - ~
tenders and II i intlmatcd that civil suits vii
be brought for the recovery 81 the plumber. IL,
sides that, there should h. "a most searching In
vc>tlgatiun of the means uS..I or attrufi..I 10,
securing or influencing the jury or any OF II,
members. II the a!l-I-TVaiGu- corrupt ion o
rich and powerful ra~cll> = to reach and con,
taminate the jury system. then J. on. ~ ths chic
bulwarks of our safety rotten At IT. ba>,
.Netc York T5Ibunc. Il pu5fc-rn
The public will view the vcr,ii,, in a thr,e.
fold aspect. They Will say that 1t Srarriv affect.
the standing of The principal defendants i--caus.
they haV" BEEN ahJudgrd guilty on IN, cSs,!ruc,
by an overwhelming majority of the publ,
sentiments. They VIII eay In the >s,cslii rlar,
that rsh~Slh" no verdict 81 sCtlou could have
been obtained from jury which hal 20 mani
testify been tamI-rt,i with. They will >ay In
the thiri place that with thong a. thi,
appeared II b. against Mrs>r> Dorsey aui RrsIy
"A thoroughly efficient prosecution might hav.
ladc II impossible frr even u corrupt furN Ia r..
fuse "a verdict of cuny fiction.
Wa York Wcrid LryaorTaf.
The conviction 81 Brady and lA,r~s.v would
have been exemplary. The moral ug lhs. trial l.
II II i To h-' drawn from the present condition OF
the cas. that pliertng six pence from tn. govern.
ment IL viiiainy of Tie deepest dye which will
he visited with sharp retrihutiotl but that " no
ever plumbers the government on grrai a seal.
that ne can adprrl u Sl'nd ONE. of the -wa- II,
e!ecting Republican, President need only fear
the imposition az a fT. equal tp the sum rruuir.
eel pay counsel and corrupt the neoes>ar,
jurOrs.'
Philadelphia L~'issr. fnd~p~a,i-f'.
Whatever of animasIycrsi"n the failure ma,
meet with il due only to the two or three Jury
man who's votes were against the evidence. and
against the Judgment of an rrwhclmlug ma.
loTlty OF their colleagues"