The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-07
A Picture Of Star Route BRADY

tits a lie, made out of whole
CLOTH" Missed Brady in court to-day.
He was called to the witness stand
by the Star route defense late this
afternoon. He is. a burly, thick set
man, with a very short neck. His
face is coarse featured, dark; fore
head low; eyes small, gray, twink
ling; nose piggish, thick, flaring;,
cheek bones high and flushed with
color; while mustache and beard of
rusty, sandy color hide the lower
part of the face, and bris-
tie around the full neck to
the suit of coarse, spike brown
hair, matted down upon the top of
the bullet-shaped head. Brady's
face is that ola huge eater, a lover of
smutty stories, and a free circle of
loud-mouthed jOkers. He would be
i'll at a 8 in u party of gentlemen.
When in the Postoffice Department
he had but few associates outside the
contractors and the apartment. He
has. however, in spite of his flesh,
the energy OF a lunatic. He is of the
type OF men who perspire at every
pore when the thermometer is below
zero. He has a high temper and
such an utter disregard for the good
or bad opinions of others that he
has peen restrained by none of the
influences which sway ordinary
men. With his thick, rhinoceros
hide he would have been content to
wade through any slough Of scandal,
provided in the end he should reach
safety for his money and person.
When the star route scandal first
broke out Brady shifted contemptu-
ously and talked about blackmail.
Then he laughed derisively at the
Congressional investigation. That |
was conducted by men Of his own |
kind and was easily met. He bought
himself one Of the finest houses in
road wagon and gay, light stepping
team, with a coachman and tiger
in blue livery. He tried to
give dinners and live down his dis
grace, but even the hide of 4 rhinoc-
eros fails sometimes. A few pOliti-
clans, without any too much care for
their regulations, consented to eat his
dinners and drink his wines, but
they soon became discouraged. His
horrible attempts at conviviaIity gave
all his guests an indigestion. Soon
every N fell away, and then Brady
was left alone. When he drove out
with a shining silk hat showed down
over his matted hair to his great
ears, he never looked to the right
nor to the left. Sunk into the
folds of his ili-titting overcoat, he
drove out, pointed at by the people
the street as one would indicate a
successful retired burglar. Even bis
coachman and tiger appeared to
have a wholesome dislike for their
master.
Gradually ever Brady grew tired
of his solitude. Each day the inter-
Dlinable calls of evidence Joined
one. more twist about him, until he
saw his dearly beloved property in
danger, and the walls of the peniten-
tiary casting a shadow across his
path. One day he went out to drive in
an unusually pensive frame of mind.
In the course of his drive he came
along the Bladensburg road, where
convicts from the workhouse are
sometimes sent in gangs to work upon :
highway. He stopped the team !
for a moment and gazed with a surly
curiosity upon the hideous garment
Of the brutal looking felons. Then :
suddenly, as if awakening from a
dream, he roared out:
Drive on, 10y God! Drive as if h-ll
after you. Don't stop a min I
lite longer!" It was the day follow t
ng that the animal strength of 9
he man reasserted it elf. He
vas in a corner. but he knew how
o fight. He would not lie down s
Until the last blow was struck. First +
lis great house was sold, and the :.
ash ($125 ,OOO) slowed away in Z safe I
'lace. Then, with the energy of a
team engine, he proceeded to realize f
all his property investments. y
In a weeks time the wealth of this !.
ich man was beyond the laws .
each. Now he has only the safety
f his body to protect. He went on +
hat protection. With what sullen 81
age did he strike the bar in front q
f him as he hoarsely denied
very scrap of evidence brought ~
him, cunningly jeer- .
lg at the half-witted, feeble n
utterly worn out, and s:
acant-lOOklng Jurymen as he talked. CT
What will be the effect of his testi-
lony can be accurately estimated.
is merely an elaborate plea of not Je
Utility. He will fight to the end, ap- W
ealing to every tecbnicality. Should t,
II fail he will run like u wild boar ~
yer and through any II who tries r
!, stop him in his mad rush for a n
iding place. Washington Special
, Chicago News. 81