The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1882-09-05
TORN TO TATTERS.
After the Recess.
Continued From First Pogo.

AItcr tie heccss.
During the intermisslon small portion OF
tho audience left tho courtroom, but tho
greater majority, determined to be certain OF
having their chairs, remained and occupied
and tho bailiffe, while making every effort TO
accommodate thom, found II Impossible TO
provide all with sente, and several were COM
PEELED TO stand In tho aisle.
Colonel Ingersoll, resuming, said that he had
tried 10 strip the green leaves from OF the tree
OF this indictment, and now no proposed to
Attack the Limbs and Trunk.
What was the scheme OF the Indictment 1t
was conspiracy. II was, that fraudulent lot
tiers were written and sent to tho Department.
Where was tho evidence2 That there were
forged petitions and fictitious names thereon.
Where was the evidencop To make and pro-
cure false oaths. They knew what had be-
como OF tho indictment against Turner. II
had been turned into
A Certificate of Good Character,
30 far as he was concerned. He was glad OF It,
II was further charged that Mr.. Brady made
fraudulent orders for the benefit OF all, and
that he fraudulently refused to impose fines
upon those parties. That charge was made in
the face OF the fact that he imposed fnes
amounting to $126,365.s0, and remittcd only
In the face of this tho argument was made
that he was TO have onehalf OF the remission
made. Such logic was absurd on the face Of
then restore It. In one instance 1t amounted
TO tho immense sum Of $50 and In tho other
1880, Iboiiove," interrupted the Judge.
81 believe the Court Is correct" answered
the counsel.
He maintained that
The Government WAS Bound
by the scheme laid down In tho Indictment as
TO the conspiracy and they must prove as they
alleged. He then read from Starky on Evidence
inisupport OF his position, and insisted that
they must not only prove tho scheme, but
must show that the defendants knew IL oil.
IIo should ask the Court to instruct the jury
that no matter how guilty a defendant might
hp hp mi ha N
they must prove what they alleged.
Was there any evidence that there was any
was the division They had got to prove 1t,
and II the scheme was not established by tho
evidence, then the case fell. II he was right,
that was the end OF the Indictment They had
He then proposed to consider the evidence
rs to S. W. and j. W. Dorsey. He wanted to
say at the outset that
Suspicion Was Not Guilt.
Suspicion kept treading until murder began
TO STARE and ignorance open Its mouth, and
prejudice found q verdict. II they would tako
epithets and arrogance the amount OF truth
would be exceedingly small.
Prejudice Would Give the Lie
TO all the other senses. II was tho warrant OF
injustice, and the man that could not rise above
1t was the uncivlized barbarian man. He did
not want any of here. They did not want to
be tried by prejudice.
Mr.. Merrlck had said that there was time
when he contended that tho jury were Judges
both OF the law and the fact. 1t seemed to him
that when the gentleman was afraid OF the
Court no wanted The Jury to eonstrue the nc, law
over to the Court. He said that he
Relieved JnO. w. Dorsey to be AbsO.
IuteIy an Honest Man.
He was no sneak or skulk, but was willing to
stand the responsibility for all that he did.
The first they heard OF Dorsey was through
A. L. Boone. Right here he wanted to ask IL
they had conspired In regard to these routes
to TO all Of the pos
masters in regard TO the routes, price OF for
age and other expenses?
What Difference Did II Make as to
Price
II the conspiracy had been entered into. The
bidding went on, and tho parties found that
they had got more routes than they could put
| service on. In the division John W. Dorsey got
seven routes, and the testimony showed that
he got for his own use from these routes Just
| 1902. When these routes were all thrown to-
| getherMr. Vailo was the treasurer, and he
| testified that he did not pay u dollar to any
| official, but used It In meeting the expenses.
In regard TO the number of men and animals
needed on route, men differed in judgment,
and that accounted for tho difference In bids.
| Some men were different than others. Some
| were cold-hearted to their horses and merci-
| less, and would drive them Ave miles where
another man would go only three. They were
like the Government wanted the jury to be in
| this case.
| Icicles.
These differences in men accounted for the
| different bids being made.
| Colonel Ingersoli referred to the two othor
| contracts made by John W. Dorsey on the Ole
Calfenthe route and tho charge that he had
| committed perjury and showed that they were
| separate papers made at different times and
| filed at different dates. Further, that tho AM
davit which had been charged rs wilful per
| jury
Saved to the Government $4,000.
He made mistake and corrected 1t and fol
that correction In which he saved this sum Of
money, he was charged with perjury. In the
| other routes, with one exception, the oaths
that j. W. Dorsey had made was not attached
There was no evidence TO show that
Dorsey Ever Spoke to Brady or Saw
| Him.
or saw Turner, or was seen In his company, OF
wrote him a letter. There was no evidenc,
that he ever conspired with anybody ut an,
time or place for any purpose whatever
There was no evidence that he ever got dol
lar from tho United States, except $500; NJ
evidence that he ever wrote petition OF
asked any ono TO sign one; no evidence tina
ne ever made false ,a ana IN ai tht
other words, We testimony showed that III
An Honest Man
| and there was no Jury that would ever find
man guilty on such testimony as that submit
| ted.
Next he came to 8. W. Dorsey. He was
man, the counsel's friend. Ho liked him. III
had not done an act IN connection with thes
routes that was not deliberately done, and h
| knew what he was doing.
They had told tho Government OF the trans
| fer OF the routes to Boiler. The warrant
showed that he collected tho money, and tn
Government wanted to know why the defend
ants did not bring him here to prove thei
innocence. That was not for them to do. /
| was for the Government to bring him here AM
provo his clients guilty. Mr.. Roller was
| respectable mae, and would tell the truth.
Colonel Ingersoll then tracked the routes u
to the dissolution OF the partnership and
division of the routes and showed that Vail
did not meet s. W. Dorsey until September
1879, at the German-American Bank whei
they settled the money obligations. FINAL
the routes were made over to him to secur
him for the Indebtedness due him.
The counsel was glad that no had reache
that point and could
HurI Back This Calumny
that had been piled up against him. First,
was charged that he made false anldayl
The testimony showed that 1t was mado b
Miner, and that Mr.. Dorsey knew nothin
about 1t, and upon that written lie had thi
mans reputation been branded all over tn
United States. Tho petitions had been allege
, 10 be false, and the Government proved ther
| TO be true.
on route d0,115 1t was charged that
| W. Dorsey made a false oath and transmitte
, | It. the evidence was that the oath was true
made by Peck and transmitted. on rout
80, 112 were the charges that had carried 80
| row TO many hearts and darkness TO man
homes, and they were
A DamnabIe Lie.
II was charged that he fraudulently fled
subcontract. When the fact was that Sander
| son had the route,