The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-06
Washington Wallis

Don't WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT 1T.
WASulcGroy, June 5.-Chief Justice Car.
ter and Judges James and Haynes. consti.
tuting the court in banc to-day rendered
decision upon the last motion filed by Reed
lnNuiteau's behalf. The chief Justice de-
ilvered ms opinion which was as follows
In the case of Guiteau the
judges who listened to the ar.
Sument in that case, have come TO the
conclusion that they have exhausted their
powers upon IL, that they have heard it pa
tently, iully, and fairly, and that nlrthera ar
gument would bring them to no other on
clusion than that which they have already
arrived at, and they decline to reopen the
case for argument
coUNTERFEITRRs CAPTURED.
Secret service detectives have captured in
Philadelphia regularly equipped courter.
felt money factory, with machinery for
milling edges Of the coin, dies, crucibles.
metal and large quantity ofcompleted and
partially finished gold and silver coin, prin-
cipally silver. Some counterfeit notes were
also captured. The counterfeiters belong
in Philadelphia and Baltimore, where they
have local noteriety for petty rascality. >
THE STAR ROUTE CASES.
Attorney Bliss resumed and completed
the opening argument for the government
| IN the star-route cases to-day. Attorney
General Brewster appeared in court to-day
for the first time, but took no part
IN the proceedings as Bliss occu-
| pied the entire day Tomorrow
the defense will open, lnihe course of his
speech to-day Bliss classified the defend.
ants as fellows; .ex-Assistant Postmaster.
General Brady was higher public officer,
and was regarded as the most guilty of the
defendants; Stephen w. Dorsey was United
States senator and at one time chairman of
the senate committee on post.otlices;
his brother, John W. Dorsey, was an agent
of someS mechanical concern in a small
New England town; Peck was a brother-in-
law OF John w. Dorsey, and was in poor
health, suffering from consumption; Minor
was friend OF Dorsey living in Sandusky,
ONO; Reidell came originally from Arkan-
sas, Inquired in a certain investigation in
Office clerk, and finally clerk and
general henchman to Stephen w. Dorsey
whom Bliss characterized as the leading
spirit and guide of the conspiracy; Vaile
was the only regular contractor In the COM
binntion, the only one of them who ever
carried nails Boone was brought in
because he had brains, thorough Enow-
edge OF the business oil the post.oflice de-
partment and was fertile in expedicnts for
the evasion of penalties for non perform
ances of contracts Dorsey might have
brought his men, might have set up his
dummies, but Brady could have overturned
everything and his assistance was ndis-
pensable. Speaking of Peck, Bliss said he
supposed him to be dead, but from the
fact that the money due to him had been
regularly drawn since his alleged
death, because the. powers of attor1 y
which are rendered voiu by death are shil
being used in Peck's name there was a rea.
sonable doubt. Bliss. discussed a large
number of specifications upon which these
suits are based. Among cases taken
at random from his citations are
the following: On one route terminating al
in one year amounted to two circulars, two
newspapers, two official letters and one or.
dinary letter, and for this service the gov.
ernment paid $23,43l year. Animas CITY
Colorado, was directly on route; the
stage passed by the very door of the post.
office, yet the compensation for ten miles
increased distance was allowed for stopping
at Animas City. In his confession
Reirdell had told them OF q
route on one of defendants lists
!, in which no service had been performed
was the maine of Thomas Edward Hill,
postmaster mt Canon City. This gentleman
/
! since this trial began, and the other names
were forgeries or names Of persons who
didn't live within thousands Of miles
of the routes. Upon such petitions
increases were allowed. mo wonder -
said Bliss, "that after such a display Of
munlcence Brady insists that an ordi-
nary tribunal ofjuStice cannot try him, that
he must be impeached by the house and
and senate. Petitions had already been
filed in the department with full list ot
the names and the blanks unhlled.
ney Dillon, president of the I'm.
ion Pacific road, had cost the country
$4,000 year until an honest adminstra.
ton came into power. No service was per
formed but they had failed to describe il so
that II might be located. An inspector
had at last found it, however. Ii was
from Los Pinos TO Ouray, Colorado, and
was already included in another route.
After earnest protests against lis
maintenance this route was finally abol.
ished, but in cutting 1t of Brady had al.
lowed the contractor pay for one extra
month although he had already been paid
for nine months in which no service had
been performed. Here lisa postmaster, F" said
Bliss, who writes to the department saying
there had been no through mail for over d
year, asking that service.be reduced TO once
week because he had got tired of settinp
M at night to receive empty mail-bags. y
One OF the petitions for increased service
was IN the hand writing Of John S. Minor
EXECUTIVE WORK.
The president to-day signed the bill re,
establishing court OF commissioners o.
Alabama claims and for the distribution o
the balance OF the Geneva award.
THE LIQUOR INVESTIGATION.
Shutcldt. of Chicago prpsilent of th,