Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-28
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Grand Jury Fiud a Num-
Der of New Indictments.
w. d. Washburn on the Mie-
slssippi improvements.
Marks OF Resps sct to the Late POST
master General.
STAR ROUTE TRIAL.

STAR ROUTE TRIAL.
Special Dispatch to The BE.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-In the
star route trial to day the examina-
tion of S. w. Dorsey was resumed.
He denied broadly Rerdell's state.
ment of conversation at the Willard
hotel, and declared that 1t was black.
mailing scheme on the part of Rer.
dell, who threatened to have Bosler
indicted and to go over to the govern.
ment. Regarding the affidavit of June,
1881, witness denied he had asked
Rerdsll to make 1t for the sake of his
family, or that he offered him any In
ducements. The letter dated July
9th, 1882, from Rerdell to Dorsey, was
read by Ingersoll. Rerdell writes that
he has considering the step he was
about to take for years; he
had intended to put himself
In connection with the government be-
fore he had been indicted, never
dreaming that he was liable to indict.
ment, because he had only acted as an
agent, but to his cost, he says, he lis.
tened to Bosler, and refrained, q
couase he had regretted ever since,
and something he would not do again
for any consideration. As q conse-
quence he 10 now penniless, and will
be under cloud, no matter what the
result of the trial Is. If he had stuck
ta the government he would now be
free from indictment and perhaps
In good position now. Again he had
made up his mind to go over to the
government and 1t was useless for
Dorsey to appeal In the name of his
family. He knows full we'll that when
Dorsey and Boaler have no use for
him he may 60 to the devil for all
they care.
Irgersoll described the Rsrdell &C.
counr books, and witness said he
never saw such books In any of his
Offices Rsrdell never gave or sent
him any balance sheets from such
books One book kept by Rerdell by
witness authority was an expense
book and route book.
Holding twenty eight checks In bis
hand. Ingersol offered to put them
in evidence as representing all money
drawn by Dorsey in the month Of
june, 1879, from Middleton & 20.
he handed tho aheeks TO the rrnsecu-
. tion with the request that they pick
out checks upon which money had
been drawn to pay Brady.
Prosecution objected, because they
know nothing of the checks.
Ipgersoll. .-"You know o man who
does2"
Merrick. never said he saw Q
check drawn"
Ingersoll. "I know he is In q
hole"
Merrick-"Not much of a hole"
gersoll-"It would not take much
of hole to hold him Qaughter) but
let rs have yeace.
After recess to day the grand Jury
came into court with q number of
presentments, among them the fol-
lowing: United States vs.. Thos. j.
Brady, for unlawfully receiving money
and postal drafts to the amount of
$4,000 while second assistant post.
master general from James B. Price
- . reward for making q contract for
mall service with Price on July Is,
1880, upon the star route from Socorro
to Silver City, New Mexico; against
VIM. Pitt Kellogg and Thos. j. Brady
for conspiracy, on April II, 1880, with
James B. Price to defraud the United
States BY means of false oaths and
fraudulent allowance for expedition,
and false and fraudulent claims made
for increased pay for expedition on
post routes from Munroe to Shreve.
port and from San Antonio to Corpus
Christi; against William Pitt
Kellogg, setting forth that
ON April II, 1880, whilst
senator from Louisiana, he did un.
lawfully receive from James B. Price,
contractor, q certain sum In money,
postal drafts and promissory notes,
altogether of value of $40, ,00O, fol
the service of procuring, psrsuadine
and inducing Thos. j. Brady, SECOND
assistant postmaster general, to aware
and allow to Price an increase of pay
and compensation for carrying
mail, and corruptly influencing thu
action Of said Brady. There il
another presentment against Brad,
for having, on or about April II, 1880
unlawfully received certain money
postal drafts or notes, being of tota
value of $40. 900, as compensation fo
service of swarding to James Il. Pric'
mall contracts on each Of the route
from Munroe to Shreveport, and Sal
Antonia to Corpus Christi, to carr!
the mail with increased speed and TO
increased pay. Witnesses named ar
John A. Walsh, James b. Price, 10
seph Cochrane and j. w. Brady.
Jas. B. Price, mail contractor, i
an affidavit now in possession OF tn
government counsel in the star rout
cases, deposes that in 1878 he cause
petition, numerously signed by cit
zens along his route, from Oorpu
Christi to San Antonio, Texas, 10 b
presented to the postmaster gener!
for the purpose of increasing trips an
reducing running time and thereb
increase his compensation. Not beir
successful, he offered Kellogg 800, ,0(
to assist him in the project. Kellol
promised to see Brady and In Il
meantime he (Price) paid Ksllos
81, 500 In postal drafts drawn again
his (affi ant's) pay. He also gave b
note for 5000, due In four month
which was subsequently paid
Brady. The sn mt further says tn
Kellogg, after the investigation OF Il
star route matter, had commenced
become very much alarmed and som
times told him that he had given
TO Brady, deriving no benefits ther