The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-02-24
TELEGRAP4IC
THE STAR ROUES.

Washington, 23.-The cross examina.
ton Of Rerdell was resumed in the
star route trial by Gel Ingersoll. Re-
ferring to the interview with Dorsey ct
Wizards witness said he left the room st
the request of Dorsey and went to the
lstter's room at the hotel. Dorsey
locked the door and charged witness with
going over to the government, but said:
you reckon withou your host, L have
got you within my grasp and propose
10 hold you there. can send you to
the peDitentiary for pun Try. / have
those letters and propose to publish
them. New and have written what I
want, want you to go and copy it,
take it to q notary republic Snd
swear to it. l can have you are
rested before night if I so desire"
Witness ives completely crushed He
supposed he could be prosecuted for per-
jury. In making the FIRST affidavit he did
IS Dorsey desired, and on the day fell
lswing the interview gave the affidavit to
Dorsey in Bosler's presence. Dorsey
wrote in the words, 'snd others" then
striking a match burned the pencil
draft of the affidavit. Witness did
not remember telling Macy eagh
and Woodward that Dorsey gave w.
II. Turner 1,500 or 1000 shares Of
mining stock for the influence Of his Off
cisl actions; did OF show them q memo
Tandum to that effect; did not recollect
telling Woodward that Dorsey gave J.
NJ. Tyner 1000 shares of the same mining
stock to influence in the same way his
official action; remem bered showing q
70
In the handwriting of s. w. Dorsey and
given TO witness by Dorsey. It was in
Rerdell's desk at his Office when he was
sent to jail, but be has not seen it since.
1u his efforts to trace the two thousand
dollar check which Rerdel said had
been paid to j. B. Belford, be tele-
grsphed his home bank, the Rocky
Mountain National, Central City. Col,
and received the following dispatch;
CENTRAL CITY,
Colorado, Feb. %.
Hon. J. B. BeJord, Washington:
This bank cid not cash check of
Dorsey in your favor for Thousand or any
amount during '79.
[Signed1 T. II. Potter,
Cashier.
Bedford says this is the only bank in
which he made deposits or with which
he had financial relations in Colorado.
lngersOll called The attention Of the
court to the fact that it had been alleged
that ReIdell initiated Dorsey's writing.
He referred to statement made By wit
ness on Wednesday concerning Con-
gresham Belford, whom be Qpgersol)
believed to be perfectly honest man,
Witness had stated that check for
81, GOO had Eeen given Belford and the
amount charged to the mail route. Now,
the fact was that Dorsey had in his
possession 6 peculiar kind of rife, and
Bedford saw it and wanted one, and Dorsey
procured one for him and in payment
drew check for $50. That check was
for the rife and was marked on the stub
against j. B. B., that was the only trans
action between them. OF course Belford
did not know anything of that check for
1t was not given to him, but to the per-
son from whom the rifle wss purchased.
lngersoll desired, he said, to 60 into the
memorandum to show that it was made
by witness; that he used pen
handwriting and that to show
that no payments such as had been
sworn to by witnesses had ever been
made to Belford, Tyner or Turner. He
wanted 10 show that thew could not have
been made by Dorsey. These statements
Of witness, had been put in the sssoci-
aied press dispatches and read by mil
lions of people. He thought it only fair
hat he be allowed TO probe the matter
10 the bottom and pat witnesses on the
stand to tell the truth. Merrick said if
he defense wished to vindicate these gen.
.lemen they should produce the books.