Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-22


demands We're outrageous and that would not
submit to them He called my attention to the
Iurther fact that there had been remissions OF
nnes ana penalties for alleged non-performance OF
service announcing to about 5000 He claimed
that he was entitled 70 one-half that sum-that
on my mail route, had been performed to the ut
most OF my ability; that had taken the contract
o. hsd an ns 40 G no m1n an m sas
service on + postmasters' certificates, that is not
performed on paper and that II the service was
PERFORMED generally In that way felt morally
convinced that nc mail contractor would submit
to any such demands. To this he said II was evil
best thing for me to do was to get out OF the mail
service he declared that had had opportunities
enough 70 divine how things were done, referring
IN SO many words to the Price and Peterson drafts
that had held.
WALSH IN AND CAN'T GET OUT.
vi told him 1t was painfully evident to myself I
didn't understand the business, that would get
out; had been willing to get out ever since had
been In; only needed purchaser for my mail
contract He told me that had better devote my
best energies to finding one. I remarked to him
that the law afforded me ample remedy and that
would nave recourse to 1t to redress the wrongs
o az me ne then SAID tnat II elt was capable
elect Gen. Brady here took the drafts from OF
the desk (having taken them up in his hands dur
ing the conversation) and placed them in his
pocket. He refused to surrender them"
"Dld you. after this interview. endeavor to sell
Eyes, did. wss approached by Mr.. w. l.
Liiley, an utter stranger to me. who told me in
very strange manner that he was willing to buy
my route, and advised me to make haste and SELL
told him would sell; what would he give? He
said he would give SIS. 600 replied that such an
Thought so was '1a ssa
that he thought it was the best oner should ever
50 thas
felt had to get out He refused to give me the
"Did you have any talk with Gen Brady
about this time ?n .t..
ION January ii. 1881, at about two O'Clock in the
me the adSsaSty Of seSs ou sea
him was in hopes OF selling out. After this
attempt to treat with Lley was approached by
who said that he came to see II he could not deal
WIN me IN regard to the mail route, saying sub
The showed inclination to do better than
Llliey; but as l Insisted on $4,000 in cash, he
should, IN all probability, have been paid $4,000
but for Bradys intcrposition. 1t has been related
70 me ina! Brady said that should be left severely
alone, and such condition OF affairs would be
made Ior me that should be glad to take any
Thing Ior the route" -.
'sPLACATING" INVESTIGATORS
was not this about the time the movement was
started to investigate Gen. Brady5 afrairs7'
"Yes; Jerome j. Kinds, through Counsellor Mac
lean OF this city, had brought to the attention OF
the department some alleged Irregularities OF Mr..
Brady'S In connection with James B. Price, mail
contractor on the route from Las Vegas to Albu-
querque'
"Did Kinds have any interest with L1lley and
Brott In the ATTEMPTED purchase of your route"
'NO, don't think he had, but Liliey told me it
was their intention to provide for Jerome j. HnJs
IN this contract: that they meant to placate him il
they could by giving him some interest therein"
"HoW placnte; what do you meJn:'
Kinds, aSyou Will understand, was moving for
an investigation crlninally AMI otherwise against
stop Hinis, ana the way to stoo hin was to give
him an interest in this route t40,l0D whenever
was compelled to SELL"
"YOu say that Kinds started to have criminal
procedure against Brady AMI Otl2rS?"
Yes. SIT; Mr. Kinds made an affidavit, which
| He went also to District Attorney Corkhill, as 1
have been informed, and laid tie facts before him
ana demanded thatiin the interest OF the United
"What was the re,ult?'
"NOthing.i understood at the time that Kinds
ornsy corE and further, that his coansa Mr.
Maclean, Went to the Attorney General, the Post
master General, the sixth auditor of the Treasury
| OF the Post D!fi.e department. and even to Gen.
Brady, but as far al have ascertained there Was
NOT MUCH OF "coRNEa"
"1n speaking to Brady during the tendency OF
these proceedings on the part OF Kinds remarked
to him that was OF opinion that he Was very la
| BILE to indictment. He replied very tersely that he
had corner on the grand jury and that Mr. Kinds
Efforts would amount to nothing"
"Was that so7"
III was until zen. iarneIQ'5 accession TO ONCE
Then the administration, through Wayne Mac
veagh, then Attorney General commenced pro-
"Did Kinds publish any statements in relation
to Brady and Prices connection?"
"He did, and I was requested by Gen. Brady,
| through Assistant Railroad superintendent r. p
Eaton, to write letter denying the truth OfIin.s'
statement In relation 10 the Las Vesas-Aibu-
| querque route, my name having been mentioned,
Stephen B. Elkins, as having a knowledge OF the
facts alleged by Kinds. Mir. Eaton told me that all
OF Of the gentlemen mentioned by Kinds had written
letters to Brady generating him as far as they
could. l declined to write the letter. These let
tsrs were afterwards published in the Mattona.
'WhaJ happened neXt?"
''Not long subsequent to this Mr.. Brady annuled
my contract Then my connection with the Post
Office department ceased"
"Did YOU subsequ 'ntly demand payment from
MI Brady for moneys loaned him?"
81 did. He declined to pay and then instituted
the proceedings against him."
"WhO was your attorney"
"My. attorney was Enoch Potter, who made a
written demand upon Mr. Brady"
us not Mr.: Potter counsel for Mr. Brady now?"
yes sir; he is FOR the reason that 1 suggested
to him Tor his own interest,", Mr. Brady being
| much better client than l, that he let my case go
| ana that would employ other counsel"
"Do you conceive that MIR. Potter was right in
81 certainly do consider that he was perfectly
right in his action; Indeed, suggested 1t myself,
'sWnom did you then employ as counsel?n
81 then emDoyed L. G. Hne, OF the city OF
washington, ana through MIN nle0 my suit
against Mr.. Brady"
SENATOR KELLOGG EXCITED
'sWhat occurred them"
''Immedi,tely after the fling OF my suit against
Mr.. Brady, or about that time, there was the
greatest CONSERVATION manifested by Mall Con-
tractor Price. Mr.. Kellogg, on the morning of
June 4, 1884, about half-past eight O'CLOCK
came to my house in the city of Washington, on
9th street, laborng under the most intense excite
In Mt, and said tn 1t meant to ruin him, and in
diSjointei and disconnected way, gaze me to
understand that the fact OF my litigation against
Mr.. Brady was calculated to bring out matters
that would severely reflect upon him"
"On what grOund?"
'He said that MI. J. B. Price was a very timld
man, and that my action against Mr.. Brady had
thoroughly frightened him, and that he (Puce,
had appealed to him (Kellogg) to save him from
ruin. l asked him to be Kind enough to explain
what he meant as did not understand. He told
me then substantially that the Price drafts and
the Price note OF s. G0 had been given by Price to
Mr. Kellogg for expediting and Increasing the ser.
vice on the route from Corpus Christi TO San An.
tonic, and for some additional pay on the route
| from Shreveport to Monroe, La"
HAD Mr. Price saiq anything to you previous to
| this Interview with Kellogg ?"
81 do not think that he had. but he had written
me letter OF date May Is, 1881, as follows:
| AsroR House NEW YORK. May l8 1881
1 Mr.. JOHN WALxH, Washington, D, c.: