The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-20
THE STE RoUTE HIlEKES.

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THE STAR ROUTE HEY 81 = !
/. The ! country yeif n che Star Route '
~, Z, Ugh the thieves Dorsey '
ana ana. . ~ are guilty and have been :
sfoven, but 1t has been the opinion
6r some time that there would either !
,ca hung jury Or the thieves ac-
,uitted. The trial has been in pro-
yress for nearly seven months, and
Inc jury now say for their verdict, ,
'Not guilty. Col. Waddell in the
Charlotte Journal Observer, who is
with the case says:
lThe farce Of the Star Route trial
was brought to an end Yesterday the
jury rendering a verdict of mot
guilty" The country is'not surprised
by this verdict, forit had long since
ceased to expect conviction, and
looked for either another hung jury,
as in the first trial, or for such
verdict as has been rendered. The
progress of the trials has been watch
ed first with interest and then with
rtsivgu,t, ms tirc flrce was developer
and each actor played his part. Dor
sey and Brady, the two principal
figures and culprits, walked in and
out of court with an air Of defiance,
while their attorneys bullied and
sneered at the court in turn, and acted
pretty much as if they owned tn,
whole concern. Month after month
the court dragged its slow length
along, thousands of pages oftestimony
were taken, the longest speeches on
record were delivered by the best
paid counsel, hundreds of thousands
of dollars were spent in the progress
of the preliminary investigation and
in the trials that followed, and then
the farcical proceedings are followed
by the farcical verdict of mot guilty.
We are not surprised at the verdict
for we have never entertained the be-
lief for a i.;oment that two such dis
: tinguished Republican leaders as
) Dorsey and Brady would be convicted
They were in a position to defy con
! viction, and Mr.. Dorsey did not hest
; tate To say that in the event ofhis con
. viction he would make it hot for somt
of his distinguished former associates
5 and that by tho time the bottom o.
that tin box filled with secret history
had been reached, they would wish
! the Star Route trials had never beer
e begun. He played his game boldly
for he knew that in holiness lay hi
safety. As secretary of the Nationa
: Republican Executive Committee h,
E was familiar with the secret history o
: party management, and the chief di
. rector of the Indiana campaign tina
, proceeded Garfield's election, whei
!. his work told with vital, effect, he ha,
il III assS= ias d n %sls ssa
E one distinguished Republican feade
4. who now walks with heads erect an
l. regulations unsmirched. The fact j,
e: Dorsey was not whit worse than dc
- zens of others with whom he cooper
.. ated, and who enjoyed the fruit ofhi
2. successful villainy. He was simply
'r holder man than they. and for tha
j. reason he went t., the front and too
y =, the management. When the reforr
!. cyclone struck the country, he wa
e put up as a scape goat, while thos
lie with whom he acted apparently Gu
D, his acquaintance. and even SCENE
y ANXIOUS that he should be punished
o But while they seemed so they wer
lie not in reality so for they managed +
e permit the escape from the country {
!" such important personages as ex.Sel
. ator Spencer, who, as witnesses, woul
er have been dangerous. When Dorse
Is saw himself thus called upon to me,
&c criminal prosecution, and fonnd him
'e self publicly deserted by men In hig
e. places, who had co.operatcd with hil
/ and applauded the work he did, 1
I'd found that his safety lay in holdin
> over their heads the threat Of expo
= = ure in the event ofconviction, and I
b. won. Had he shown the white feat
err or, or not held possession of the Il
IS formation he does, the probilities al
= that his trial would have been close
20 long ago, and that he would ere Oh
at be engaged In some occupation witt
e. In The walls Of penitentiary."
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In or article last week on III
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