Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-06
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. His Motion Denied, The Court in Banc Against
 Guiteau. REED ID MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT. A Petition Asking for Executive
 CIemency. THE STAR ROUTE TRIALS. CofOneg Bliss Arguing for
 the Prosecution.
COEOneg Bliss Arguing for
 the Prosecution.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

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 motion of Guiteau's counsel for correction
 of the record, stating that the court though
 it inexpedient to open the case. Mir. Reec
 will tomorrow make application to the judge
 of the Criminal court, and, failing there, vii
 doubtless appeal to justice of the United
 States Supreme Court for writ of ha5eas
 corpus Mir Charles H. Reed, counsel fol Guiteau, has received the following letter | under date of May 31, 1882, from Mrs. Theo l dore Dunmire, formerly the wife of Guiteau l q shall esteem it personal favor if you will inform me at once if any effort will be made | with President Arthur for 8 commutation of ! the sentence of Charles Please bear us in mind | in the matter, and if there is aught I can do
 to assist to successful accomplishment I am ready to act. We are not in favor of him
 being hung although the press both here and elsewhere have stated to the contrary
 Only twenty-five signatures have been ob- l tained thus far to the petition to commute Guitteau's sentence to confinement in the penal insane asylum. It is understood that the motion to be made by Reed before Judge Wylie will be for relief from false record The secret service agent st Philadelphia tolegrapnS the arrest or 1Ca dupDarQ tor passing counterfeit coin.
 Nine and seven tenths of poison were found in the beef tongue from eating which all Chief Brooks family were made sick. There is no clue as to how the poison was intro duced.
 The President sent to the Senate to-day Secretary Frelinghuysen' last instructions to Minister Lowell on May 9th setting forth the opinions held here respecting the tradi- o1 oGk kkaT TYx1St taI and the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. The paper refers to increased defenses and other ne- cessities and of a canal across the isthmus,
 but says there is no necessary conflict be- tween our political claims in the matter and the material interest of other nations. The President considers it unnecessary and un-
 wise to guarantee the neutrality of transit of the isthmus and give all the navies pretext for assembling in contiguous waters and pos sibIy involve the nation in conflicts that might be avoided. lie thinks it would con-
 iict with the doctrine asserted for many
 years The instruction also calls attention to the fact that when the Clayton -Bulwer treaty WAS concluded it was thought the Mic aragua canal, to which the trea- ty had relation principally would be promptly begun and finished. Other nations
 by invitation of both Great Britain and the United States. The President now regards the provision as lapsed by the failure to con- struct the canal to which the treaty referred, and because no joint protectocate for any canal is requisite. He thinks that some of the treaty provisions should be retained, and hopes that Great Britain will soon recognize the identity of her interests and ours, and meanwhile fears no impairment of good feel ing on account of diversity of opinion. Those interested in the effort made in the House today to correct the statutes in regard to wool manufactures are not at all disheart- ened by the rebuff received, but will go be- fore the tariff commission as soon as organ ized and again push their point
 Colonel Bliss resumed, this morning, his opening address to the jury in the Star route trials, and went on explaining at great length the details of the conspiracy and theSmanner in which the business was conducted. After dwelling on the deeds of MT. Brady, who, he said, being high public officer, was regard ed as the most guilty of the defendants, he said AS to the others, Stephen W. Dorsey was United States Senator and at one time chairman of the Senate Committee on Postofices. His brother John W. Dorsey was an agent of some mechanical concern in small New England town. Peck was brother-in- law of John W. Dorsey, and was in poor health, suffering from consumption.
 Miner was friend of Dorsey, living in San dusky. Ohio. Rerdell came originally from hrkduShS, uSuISu III ceTGd3A luScStlEdtlOuS III no enviahle light was afterward postof1ce clerk, and finally clerk and general henoh- man to Stephen W. Dorsey, whom MT. Bliss characterized as the leading spirit and guide of the conspiracy. Vaile was the only regu- lar contractor in the combination; the only one of them who ever carried @ mail. Boone was brought in because he had brains, thorough knowledge of the business of the postoffice, and was fertile | ,,, Sor 0f
 alties for non on-performance of contract. Dorsey might have brought his men, might have set up his dummies; but Brady could have overturned everything, and his assist ance was indispensable. The pyeliminaries to the conspiracy were commenced ill Decem- 1877. About that time Boone began sending out circulars to postmasters and others along the routes, asking for information conoern- ing them, offering in return to transact any
 business they might have before the depart ments. Answers were to be addressed to
 James H. Ketner & Co.,, Lock Box 714, Washington, D. O." ''You will have 8 great deal of that box 714," said Mir.
 Bliss, ''for to that box was sent for long time all of themail of the conspiracy" l" Without going into further details he would
 mention one more significant circumstance. In May, 1881, there seemed to have been a disagreement among the eonspirators. Rer- dell, Dorsey's confidential clerk, had gone to Mr. Clayton Powell, political opponent of Senator Dorsey in Arkansas, and had told him of the existence of the conspiracy. MT. Bliss then proceeded to detail the circum-
 stances of Rerdell's confession to Postmaster
 General James and Attorney General Mac Veagh, which has already been testified to by these gentlemen in Rerdell's preliminary ex- animation before Judge Shell in the police
 court. The confession has already been pub lished, and is in substance @ statement that
 Brady received about thirty three per cent. of the receipts of the con-
 bination, and Turner another per
 centage, these parties figuring on the books
 as Smith and Jones. Kerdel had read to
 Messrs James and MacVeagh letters relating
 to the conspiracy but after renewing his all legiance to Dorsey the letters had been des- troyed. 'Fortunately," said the speaker,
 i've had secured accurate copies, even trac- ing of many of these letters, and will show
 them to the jury" He thought the court
 would instruct them that fellow conspira- tors confession was as good evidence as 8 confession would be in any other case, and he did not think the jury would believe the l absurd story that Rerdell had made the con- | fession only while acting as an amateur de- | tective. They would prove that Brady had made distinct admission of having received
 money from these contracts, and would add confrmatorv evidence to that admission
 MT. Snu1elQt, or OnlcagO, president or the
 National Distillers and Liquor Dealers asso
 citation, was examined by the Windom con-
 mittes this morning, and testified at some
 length relative to the objects of his associa-
 ton, the money raised by them and the man.
 her of it's expenditure. Witness had raised
 $4, ,OOO from the Kentucky distillers for the
 purpose of securing the passage of bill to
 reduce the tax to fifty cents gallon. To
 accomplish it they intended to empty counsel
 and send on 8 delegation to Washington to
 properly present the matter to Cong ess
 The President to day approved sne act re-
 establishing the Court of Commissioners of
 Alabama Claims, and for the distribution of
 the unappropriated moneys of the Geneva
 award.
 The rumor that Kelly's defeat to-day will
 precipitate his tariff bill on the House not
 withstanding the tariff commission is not
 we'll founded. It is well known among mem-
 bers of the Ways and Means committee that
 there are too many amendments talked of to
 allow consideration of the bill this session.
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