Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-03-16
BRADY ON TIE STAND.
u. j. Hrndy's Testlmony Ia the STAR
route trial-1sis Ch,ef clerk ms u
Witness.

defence put on the stand in the Sar-routt
trial to-day Turner, Brady's chief clerk who
was a, Quilted at the last trial. He testified
as to Tic business methods of the second as
sstani postmaster generals Office. Wilson
offered to prove that Brady refused to giant
the request If a number of petitions for sec.
ond AMI further expedition upon the Red
ding and Allurls route and Turner sad that
alier the route was expedited a number OF
petitions were received requesting further
cxpodIton. Brady refused the Request.
Thomas j. Brady testified that in July
1876 he was appointed second assistant post
master general and retired in April 1881.
During The Fail oi 1876 he was at the office
only auout halt the time. He first met Walsh
at New Orle,us in ls75-1G Never had u
conversation with Wash such as spornt to by
| INN at any time or place III the world, or any
ihngr,scmbi us IT, Witness neverhcld PROM
isSory nJtrs or carried Them away as descr b.
ed by WASH. "Wal,h's statement is lie
made ont Of whole cloth" said the witness,
with scarcely II word Of truth in it from h.
ginning TO end lie never told Walsh any
lhing about fines and deductions or ANYTHING
from which it could he deducted, Had a
conversation with james as testified to by
mat wllucss in relation to the Rawlings
White Hivor rOu'c but the date was mont h
later than given by James. Witness read a
letter from james in his connection dated
April o, 1881, in which james dlrec him to
refrain from furth r action regarding route
81, 800 until he had further 1--we .tigated the
der ,o rrvn, orr", ms nrt s"'' INN i'' W.
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in 4 rcw pi,.,ns nf ,,ino ,y,,o dr,,,l, e' a',
wines ;ft Th.. cn,,nrso,inn ,,os ,it;. a,
ON th. ~ I;,i'.I .,'t;na, ""' .n'',ey
mail in.,i.rs ,,nro No., r,o,,,ionad ""'
Wins had No ltnn,, Io,i,,n nf ,ho,ol,i.,od
st,,r'.,t s,'i ~ ,, VI .mI , ,'ou'.. .r
/ II aa rrr ,n,t', c"inn,n rh "', nir'.,,i.a
m,ni If Tnvo,I,.r 1s.r ,o a. "'. i,.
The roi,,r broi rIc,ks W;,nossp ,,aS so ro;,.
III tle once tl'ai he gave few Instructions to
vlo,Io, ,,, =. a''''o
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lie me-, N-imn of , td,.; H.; ~ 'i'S ~
never e.,,, I' n.,,s,,. it. ii, ,I &C.. ,.iar
lie l'ad known stephen Dorsey some years.
Inc Indians and tl1d agents were continually
Interfering with the service, Before Vale
connected himself with the other defendants
IN me NAL 5uNln' So they had filled to put
service upon some OF their routes. lie did
not remember how lie informed III N that a
Iittlc iditi 1ral tim" would be allowed He
might have told Turner to give them very
lltllc lmc, ana II they don't do it (put on
service 10y contact time, bus, Them That
was ms usual course. When he heard that
NMlt had come Into the Miner combination
ne era ic'I further time, because he knew
NHl,cs rustWuithinrs,, aud ic sure that he
Woul PIT Oh iht service. lie had no per-
sonul inference Ni,h Vale on tue subject
Wilnc-s knew nothing Of the manner of
preparing aiildny Fad in the Office He
llad never ha'd u any changes being made in
them OF of tIcir .'iHg filled oul in blank
until the Lf>t uI,i. fHc petitions were con-
side rti Ilh! ily because clllrsed by mem
ucis OF Cor gross whom he believed repre- seut-
ed the p rulir sediment. He coald moi,
have known + any chlugos 10 the Petitions
after their PREPARATION.
Witness d -trllcd his method OF calcuat-
inT The a'.uWdii Tor expedition. lie saw
no better rul' ,uan amt knew Of no better
.rrIc now. Cobra !pwiG booming and want
ed all The service could get aud deserved
more than i ,u'. l!lr natives were there
every daN. SO! generally had a matinee every
day IN ny u.''H s,itl lHr witness, ''mcn-
brrs of C1U. p"-, g1d Others were coming
M und Ia Ug' lgCra,i md expedition"
Teller and Ee.i.id were especially persist.
INT. I'VE thought We wee doing a good