Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-25
The Star Route Trial.
Mr. INGERSOLL STILL PLEADING WITH THE JURY
FOR HIS CLIENTS


Mr. INGERsoLL STILL PLEADING WITH THg JURY
FOR HIS CLIENTS
Mr. Ingersoll began this morning the sixth day
OF his address to the jury. He charged Mr. Bliss
with having made the statement that ex-senator
Dorsey was chairman OF the Senate committee on
post offices, when interested in the usual busi-
ness for the purpose OF poisoning the minds Of the
jury, either without knowing that the statement
was incorrect, or not caring anything about IT,
Mr. IngersoI speaking OF the affldavits whose
honesty is impugned. said that he would show
that the erasures and alterations were evidences OF
honesty instead OF conspiracy MI. Ingersoll then
and Greenhorn route to show that the ratio Of the
second affidavit filed was less than that in the
a fraud. greatly reduced the pay that would have
been given II the order was based on the frst No
motive, he claimed: but an honest one could have
W ": Dorsey had told different men
brother were in a conspiracy. He attacked the
calculations made by MIR. Bliss on the an1davits
on the Pueblo and Rosita route, saying that in
money was precisely the same, Mr.. Bliss had de-
clared that 1t was twice as much In one as in the
other. He said the jury had seen and heard John
w. Dorsey and knew whether to believe him. 1t
was true Brady had accepted the aldavits OF these
interested parties as true. He besOught the jury
He eloquently contended that there was a great
deal of good in human nature, and yet they were
all the Time told to suspect something
BRADY HAD HIS OWN STANDARD,
ana when these men made afI1davits setting forth
practically what they would carry the mail
for, he knew whether to accept it or not. He
argued that the erasures and interlineations In
the af1davits tended to show that the parties
were honest In their intentions. It was Just as
easy to have affdavitS without erasures as with
them. Guilt was always conscious that 1t was
guilt Guilt would make no erasureS, and would
aohor blots. Innocence was negligent sThe man
OF honest intentions was the one who did not care.
The guilty man did not travel In the snow; he
wanted no tracks lert. He argued also that these
papers would not have been lett file, especially
In view of the Congressional investigation If these
parties were guilty. Yet no effort had been made
to conceal one, though all these papers abso-
lutely in Gen. Brady's power. Every suspicious
know ii Brady would have left these suspicious
papers on fle II they were dishonest, and he knew
It In reference to the question raised as to
WHY DORSEY BAD KEPT RERDELL IN HIS EMPLOY
time the public mind was excited and unreason-
able. At that time Rerdell, no matter how base he
was, could 60 before the grand jury and have Dor
sey or any other public man indicted. What had
become of Turner. Liney, McGrew. upon whose
O1f1clal regulations this man had breathed the
breath OF slander7 Stephen W. Dorsey had wisely
concluded, after Rerdel had gone to MacVeagh
be Indicted; he did not sh his reputation to be
so!led, and he let Rerdell alone.
DoRsEY'S BOOKS AND PAPERS,
The notice to produce DOrSey'5 books and pa
pers was given February 18th. Two days after
wards Rerden went on the stand What did they
want the books and papers for7 TO show to Rer-
dell. for the purpose OF ektng out his testimony.
He did not Want to depend on his memory. The
detense was willing to take the responsibility OF
allowing the government to introduce secondary
evidence. Then the court decided that the de-
tense could not introduce the books afterwards
He (Mr. Ingersoln had insisted that they had the
right, but the court had decided they had not
JUDGE wYLIE, INTERRUPTING, SAID
that no such offer was made, but the court had
decided that the defense could net produce books
after driving the prosecution to secondary evil
dence.
Mr.. 1nge-soll. in the course OF the discussion,
said he would show that the court had refused to
stand, but Judge Wylie denied that he could show
It, Mr.. 1ngcrsoll said he woald look it up and
courts pardon.
"A VERY LIVELY TERN OF COURT"
Mr.. lngersoll said that it had been asked why
the defense had not called Bosler. The govern
.nent had summoned Bosler-had issued an attach.
ment for him and arrested him at midnight
Mr.. ker denied this and said that BOser had
thrown an on1cer Out OF his house who went to
subpoena him.
"Mr: Clerk, did you Issue an attachment for Mr..
Bosler p asked Mr.. IngersolL
., III 90 40 not remember" answered Mr.. Williams,
''You can prove thing by circum stances,n said
next thing we heard he had thrown marshal out
OF his house. think that s evidence tending to
show that an attachment was issued"
II understood" said Judge Wylie, "that Mr.
Dorsey kicked somebody else out Of his house
about the same time"
.'Oh. yes" said Mr: Ingersol, sthis is a very
lively term OF court"
Mr. lngersoll. proceeding, said that Mr.. Bosler,
when brought 70 the stand by the government,
had shown that no such letters ever existed as
Rerdell said he and Dorsey had written TO Bosler
Why should the defense call him to the sta nd
after that
DORSEY'S BOOKS AGAIN.
Mr.. Carpenter, having found place in the
record during Rerdelps cross-examination where
Judge Wylie had announced that the books could
not be produced to contradict Rerdel Mr.. Merrick
said that that did not prevent the defense from
producing the books to the prosecution aJ any
time and allowing them to introduce them. He
wanted the jury to keep in mind that to be cor
robOrated upon an immaterial matter was moth
ing: the witness must be corroborated upon the
very heart OF the issue.
= At this point the usual recess was taken.