Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-30
BOSLER'S BOOKS.
SUGGESTIVE OF FUNNY BUslNx xss.
Cooks Shsrp Talk to BreWster-An Alleged
Job Of George Bliss-Mys:eri0us star
Route complications.

Cooks shsrp Talk to Brewsssr-An Alleged
Job Of George Bliss-Mys:ori0us Star
Route complications.
Mr.. William A. Cook has written let.
ter to Attorney. General Brewster in which
he threatens to sue him for SANDER. The
occasion for this epistle was an interview
with q correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press on May 2s. In accounting for the
expense of the Star Route trial, Mr. Brew
ster said that "the defendants not
only used tho proceeds of their
robberies to pay counsel, but the
money was expended in spirit
ing away witnesses. in buying up ex-
counsel of the government, and hiring
newspapers to defend their rascality." He
also said that Bosler's books "contained
entries of several thousand dollars paid
the law partner of Mr.. William Cook and
Mr. A. n. Gibson. Both Mr.. Cook and
MIR. Gibson were originally retained by the
government in these cases and dismissed
them because felt that their services
could be dispensed with"
| To this Mr.. Cook objects, believing that
by ''ex-connsep' the attorney general
meant him. He says Brewster knows
that what he says is not true; and that
instead of him dismissing Cook, the
latter retired voluntarily. Mr.. Cook says
that the case that was tried and in which
a verdict of not guilty rendered was taken
up without his approval and contrary to his
expressed wishes. The evidence was in.
direct and circumstantial, and the case in
volved so many parties that it necessarily
created d combination of defendants,
rendering the trial exceedingly costly and
protracted. In other words, if President
Garfield had lived the plain and brie
cases would have been tried first-such as
would have required but little time to try
and the cost of which would have beer
relatively small. Regarding the offer OF
the attorner generalship to Mr.. Brewster
Mr.. Cook says:
cit is probably capable of proof that il
was the result of an arrangement between
him and Mr.. Bliss by which the latter
was to exert his influence with the presi
dent to secure the appointment of MIR
Brewster as attorney general, and in con
sideration of that Mr.. Bliss was to be pu
in entire control of the cases. 1t is tru'
that Mr.. Brewster's previous con.
nection with the cases afforded SOM
advantages to secure him the position
. but at the time that he was appointed his
| kuOWloOSo VI Iu0 CdS0b was CACoCuluSAJ
limited and imperfect it was little less
than that which he had derived first from
me and afterward to some extent from
Mr.. Bliss. There are circumstances ir
. harmony with this explanation of his dis
appointment. First, he, contrary to as
, surances that no had repeatedly given mt
both in Philadelphia and in this city
placed Mr.. Bliss in a controlling position
in regard to the cases, and in addition tt
that invested him with full authority
to the exclusion of every one else, t.
institute civil suits against the contractor
and previous to the incoming of the pre-
sent postmaster general this arrangement
was to some extent carried out by negoti
tions for arbitration as respects several q
larger contractors. The fact is that tn
contractors of largest means have neve
been indicted or pursued criminally sine
- the cases passed under Mr.. Bliss contro
but settlement of their cases has bee
undertaken. What compensation til
government will DO expected to pay t.
. Messrs Bliss s. Co. for this branch of til
: cases, in addition to the fees in the crimi
y nal cases, remains to be seen."