Daily globe., 1883-05-17
THE STAR ROUTE DRAG.
Wilson Concludes His Speech, for Which.
Thanks,

WARRINGTON, May 16.-Wilson began
the sixth day of his address to the jury in
the star route trial this forenoon. Refer
ring to Turner he charged that the prose
cutlon had stained his name and caused
his discharge from his Office, when they
knew there was no case against him.
Bliss Indignantly denied the charge, say
ing Turner had been discharged from in
d1ctment by the government covnsel.
Davidge reminded the counsel that
Turner had been acquitted by the jury.
The court said Turner was not now on
trial and should not be referred to.
Davidge remarked that the spirit of the
prosecution was upon trial
Wilson resumed his argument. He de-
scrlbed Tyner's method of calculating al
lowances for expenditure and called atten-
ton to the fact that every detail of the
equlpmentOf routes taken into account and
the second assistant postmaster general
necessarily accepted as true the contract
or's statement of his requirements. Other
wise the department would have been
forced to employ horde of men to travel
over the country and investigate every affi-
davit. Brady placed a check upon the
contractors by refusing to allow more than
$50 per mile for good service. It was the
duty of corresponding clerks to brief the
affidavits upon the jacket enclosing the pa
pers. Was Brady to assume the clerks fall
slfed these papers? How could he know
the affidavits had been altered? Some
body had to be trusted.
Wilson asked the jury how Gen. Brady
was to have known anything of entries in
RerdelPs books, and supposing there were
such books, Rerdell had not sworn that he
told Brady anything of the contents of the
books that he had described, but he denied
| that such books ever existed. Rerdell's
testimony on that point had been contra
| dlcted by TorreY and other reputable wit
| nesses. Rerdell had been acting as party
| to vile scheme. He, Wilson, acquitted
| the government counsel and Blaekman of
any blame, but did that help Rerden
| Had it not been shown that
| he was a traitor and spy!
He had manufactured the Chico Spring
letter in an attempt to support his state.
| ment that Dorsey was interested in the
mail business while in the senate. The
government sat upon that subject. II was
virtually confession of falsity that the let
| ter and Rerdelfs statement that Dorsey
paid money to Brady was lie by insinua
| tion-the meanest, smallest kind of lie
The result of the congressional investiga-
tion was touched upon and the assertion
made tn at it had substantially justified
Gen. Brady 'sacts. The prosecution had
spoken of Gen. Brady's immense wealth
and had held up the Chatta
nooga stock as mine ot
wealth and in the next minute spoken of il
as "wild cat' stock. OF the telephone
stock, he could remember when it was
wild cat'' stock, worth next to nothing
Men made money out of such investments
and that, too, without rascality.
Wilson concluded his long address by
warning the jury to give no heed to vitu
peration and tish-wife talk, when Merriol
came to close the case; he did not mean t.
call Merrick fsh-wife, but he wanted thu
| jury to remember that the shout of econ
spirator" did not prove crime. Ad
| journed.