Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-16
News by Telegraph
 FlsOM ALL QUARTERS. THE JURY FIxERS. Their Labors With the
 Star Route Twelve. 4 CARD FROM THE DEFENSE. Affidavits From E1nplOyes of
 the Prosecution. FIFTY DOLLARS 4 MONTH PAID For Keeping a Watch on
 tEse Defendants.
FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH PAlC
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The Stnr Route Bribery-A BombshelI From the Defense-Amdavifs of Persons Alleged to Have Been Employed De- tectives-The Govsrnnas snt Still HI ear From-Other Matters.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-Colonel Ingersoll and the other counsel for the defense in the Star route trial will make public to morrow long afadavits of nearly score of thirty five men employed by the department of justice | to keep watch upon the jury and defend ants during the trial The list comprises ] men of recognized responsibility, we'll as some of speculative character. The afidavits are to the effect that each man was selected by Mir. Falls, of counsel for the prosecution, and taken to Brewster Cameron, who en- ] gagged them at $50 per month. As soon as l the case went to the jury the pay of these l men was stopped, and as the department made no further provision for these special detectives they now give the whole thing away. It appears from the affidavits that several attempts were made to influence the | jury against the defense, but there is nothing 1 to show that such attempts were made under 1 instructions given by the department. Bow I en was one of these men, and 1t is sh own | that he did approach Dickson, as the latter alleged, but he seems to have done so 1 entirely on his personal responsibility. l Brewster Cameron on being interviewed to- night admitted the engagement of these men l to watch the defendants, but says their in structions gave them nothing whatever to do | with the jurors. Foreman Dickson says l these affidavits are full corroooratio1 of | his statements. The counsel for the defense 1 believe that the discovery of such question
 able means on the part of the prosecution l will clear all the defendants. Mir. Merrick, l of counsel for the government, says there IS l another side to be heard from yet, the sig 1 nifcance of which remark he declines to ex- plain to night, but promises still more ln- 1 teresting developments shortly.
 1 Secretary Folger arrived here to day. He
 received only two or three personal friends l at his residence. He will attend to his duties l in the Treasury department during the l greater part of the week. He says that he l never told anyone whether he would or would
 not resign his position as Secretary of the | Treasury and was not prepared to say any thing about the matter now. He declines to be interviewed on any political questions. ] Judge Folger looks we'll and says that he is 1 feeling better than when he went away. l John G. Thompson, of Ohio, arrived here I to day, and is very jubilant over the election | in his State. He says that the Republicans
 1 owe their defeat to their own mistakes, and
 | that the Ohloans are tired of Foster and his
 crowd. Thompson is confident that the next House will have good Democratic majority,
 and that either Randall or Carlisle is sure to
 ! be the Speaker. Martin, of Delaware, he l says, has good chance for the clerkship
 | As for himself he cannot say whether he will l again accept the position of serg ant at-arms
 ! if it is offered to him. He thinks that the 1 loss of Ohio will result in the loss of New l York and Pennsylvania also to the Republi cans.