The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-26

OAg A1CuLlOu ING UAu6 Oh
sns 1OiIer; MeVeagh ssaid he had no
IDes'sl isellnR against Dorsey, and when
.ke'.ou suggested that d ,rsey's oppo-
s'uOn 70 ais securing q cabinet position
I'xot nave influenced him. He declared
nc neo never before heard Of that oppo-
slslon' ne oisclalmed positively ever
1AsInk directed the detectives of bis
department 20 drop everything else and
we'en dorsey. herdell was brought To
see witness By Woodward, in the first
instance 1y direction Of the pOstmAs.er
kensrsl. ne could not recall that be had
nauo any enort to confirm Rsrdel's
aC-'Sment. De old not bslievs that pro-
SseoInss nao been In progress Agsinst
1sofoeh since tbs tIme Of tue interview
ne nae never seen Rsrdell's retraction
OF DIS statemsnts, ALTHOUGH be
nsaio snen retractiJn had been
made woodward was present At
tRe nrst Interview, but witness cid moi
remember who were present ct the other
interview. he remem 5ered that Cover
nor Clayton Was to have been present
and failed to come. McVssgh said he
had this m0raing looked over the copy Of
his testimony before the police court.
Upon Aerr.ck's refusal to produce this
record, witness ASKED for subpe q to
compel Its production.
The crcss-examinALion Of MeVeagh
was then continued. He said be might
have testified in the police court that
Brady had been paid $50, 1000 and thai
kerdell aud Dorsey had drawn that
sum from the bank. His recollection
was that Rerdell did not say he actually
saw the payment. Kerdsll's connection
with the business, according to his own
story, WAS the preparation of bids
and contracts and the awarding OF sub
Contrasts. de Was also TO keep accounts
Tor The concern. Another man, whose
nAme Is not mentioned. nlso kept books
under his supervision. The Preparation
Of false petitions was also part of his
duties ss we'll 90 the other general busi-
ness. Nobody ever told him that Ker-
dell was playing with him or trihing
with nIm. The contracts referred to bV
Rerdell bad been Les IN 1878, and the frSt
OF the act had been done while Dorey
vas In the Senate. In answer 10 The
foreman Of the jury, AscYeakh said the
statements OF Rsrdell md not been made
under any compul sion ss far as ne know.
This concluded the examination Of wit
ness.
Af.ef recess, ex- Postmaster General
james was examined by Bliss. He said
The Hrst time ne saw Kerdell was at his
room ct tho Arlington Hotel. W ood-
ward and ex-senator Clayton we're pres.
sent. Rerdell said he Was secretary for
Dorsey while the latter WAS ssnstor, AM
that he prepared petitions and ssut
them TO postmasters out west for
certificates. He did the work
OF preparing petitions and att lavns.
Dorsey, Peck, Vale and Boone were
mem bars ofthe combustion. James than
repeated that part Of McVagh's statement
which referred to the preparation OF
bogus boz ks, and the assumption of
fictitious nam ss By Brady and Turner,
ell which Rerdell afterwards told 70 Nc
VeARh, Rerdell said Brady received So
per cent of the expedition and 80 per
cent Of the rsmitted fines. This inter-
view lasted only half an hour. A few
DAYS later be met Rsrdell on q New
York train, and he told witness that be
was going after the books Of the concern.
The next day witness took $40 D. N. train
for Washington, Rerdell was In the
some car. When the train reached Tren.
ton the conductor appeared with two
kilograms, which he handed to
Rer fell. Objection was made at this
point by the defense to the
admission Of Refdel's statements Of the
contents Of these kilograms. Che court
finally decided the contents Of the dis
patches could not be received in evidence.
but Rerdsll's statement to the effect that
ne had received dispatches from Dorsey
could be received.
James continued: Rerdell toldlhim be
had received dispatches fsom Dorsey aud
said he could not get out ct Philadelphia
as at rst.intended. but would go through
to Washington on the way over to New
York. Rerdell said he would get the
books and leive them into McVeagh's
possession. The Rswlins, White and
Reuben contract was brought to his at
tention, and James said be had sent for
French. chief clerk and second Dssistan.
postmaster general. He directed that lat
ter gentleman to revoke the expenditure
on that route. French said he hoped he
would not be held responsible for Gen.
Brsds's acts. Witness afterwards had q
conversation with ten. Brady and that
gentleman ssic he wanted to know If
economy was his administration. BE
afterwards heard this order for expsdi-
ton had not been revoked as he directed.
Woodward made his discovery late 10
the fall, and the service was then re-
duced.
Crosa-exsmiaed By IngersoIl: Did
not remembee how much money Rer-
dell had been paid by Turner. Thought
Smith and Jones were the names given
by Rsrdell ss the aliases under which
Brady and Turner ran up ~ the books.
Speaking OF the sudlt)r, Rer-
dell told the wines he heard
witness entertained grave ,ubts as
to whether injustice hal bean do1e tnst
gentleman. Witness said he did have
such doubts. Rsrdsl then said be could
dispute them. On the train Rerdell
showed him package which be said
nt,ined ok. At Ingerso.l's re-
quest the witness gave tie dim nsions Of
ton. He knew OF the jennings claim.
Rsr le.l said no hiog sbou: thst claim in
their intarvie~. re hal a DIM rec0.lec-
ton of 4 rdelt saying sthing of q
steam OOat route in which be was inter
ested. Wit0ess never told Rsrdell that
il he wou d help him in this mAttef. he
(Eitnes.l Jould help him in that claim.
! RsVdeii dad Tot sag he prepared the false
| petitions, bur did cay they had bsen
mgie. At that time his feelings towsrd
:. w. Dorsey were not unfri 'ndly. be
bad heard Dorsey bad attempted to pre-
vent his confirmation as postmaster
ge9tral. BE never conVersed With Ksr-
dan after the meeting on the train. ksr-
del told him the conspiracy had been