News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-04-05
Progress In the Star Route Trials.

Progress In the Star Route Trials.
The tedious star-rOute trial has had |
an inCidenti in the indictment OfeX-Sen
ator William Pitt Kellogg. Dorsey
has been testifying, denying every
thing, as might have been expected.
He even denies that he paid u check
to J. B. Bissell, the j. b. B."
whom Rerdell took to mean Bedford,
of Colorado, but Secretary Teller tel
egraphs from Denver that Bissell ac-
knowledges the receipt Of the money.
Dorsey seems to be an intractable and
testy witness, and may be badly tan
gled up in his cross examination.
The Indictment of Kellogg was upon
the affidavit of James b. Price, a
star route contractor, vino declares
that in 1879, being desirous Of hay
inc the route from Corpus Christi to
san Antonio expedited, he said to
Kellogg: ''If you succeed III IncreaS-
ING my pay on this route, and that of
the one from Shreveport to Monroe /
will give you S20,O0O." Kellogg said
he would ''see Brady; it was done,
and Price handed Kellogg $4,000 in
postal drafts, and gave HIM his note
for $4,000, payable in four months,
with collateral security. This was
paid at maturity. These are the drafts
and note which Walsh, the banker,
swore he received for collection, and
credited one-half to Kellogg and one
half to Brady Kellogg affects to re-
gard this indictment as the result Of
WaIsh's hatred, and denies that he
was guilty Of ''improper conduct
with Brady or Price. 1t is remarked
that the ex-senator is depressed by
the absence of his wife, who has gone
to attend his brothers funeral. Price
was also approached by A. II. Brown,
former contractor and clerk, who
wanted $4,000 as contribution
toward the expense of lobbying
through the operation of 1879. Price
declared that he had lost horses and
had bad luck and could not pay.
Aflfant soon after applied to Brady
for a contract from SOcorO in Silver
City, n. NJ. This request met with
a negative response from Brady. At
terward affiant determined to call on
Brady again and suggest to hlm that
if he would give atiiant his contract,
atiiant would pay the Brown assess
ment." A few days afterward Brady
gave him the temporary contract asked
for, at the rate Of S41 ,562 per annum.
Atliant put into an envelope 81 800 in
currency, ard two postal dlefts Of
81 ,250 each, drawn against the pay III
his mail route from Indianola to Cor
pus Christi, and, after addressing the
envelope to A. ii. Brown, and mark
ing it valuable" placed the same on
the desk of Brady, asking the latter
to see that Brown got the same, to
which Brady grunted an assent, after
his usual manner. Afliant did this,
knowing that Brown meant Brady in
this case.
Price, on another occasion, directed
exchange on New York to be sent to
Brady to the amount of $500.
The going over of Price to the side
! Of the government has greatly
strengthened the case against Brady,
as we'll as made q strong case against
kellogg. Price had, we believe, about
80 contracts for carrying the mail.
He is no weak minded clerk, like Rer-
dell, who has confessedIy perjured
himself at previous stages of the case,
but is business man, whose own in
dictment for bribery has put him on
the witness stand.
The government is making every
Legitimate effort possible to secure
conviction in these cases, and has
been put TO a cost in the matter al
ready quite heavy. A recent report
from the Treasury department Of
sums allowed the department Of JUS
tice for extra expense for legal SER
vices since January 1, 1882, shows
that the following amounts have been
paid for special services in the star
route cases: