Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-16

for stocking the Tongue River route. Al
together $1,000 was used for this purpose.
Before witness went West, Dorsey furnished
him with postal blanks, and told him to es-
tablish station OFF TO one side the route
about sixty miles, and put in an applica-
ton to have it upon the routes.
1t was calculated that this would make up
for the distance lost through erroneous
advertisements. Witness missed connec-
ton at st. Paul, and while waiting met
Jno. W. Dorsey in hotel. John Dorsey
took him down to the stables, and showed
him Pencils horses. They went on to-
gether to Bismarck, and with the assist
ance of Jno. Dorsey and Pennen witness
proceeded to buy grain, stock of camp
utensils and other requisites. A train was
prepared and Pennell started to build
ranches and dig wells. Witness selected
site for the proposed side Office, and even
picked out the name for it. At Miles City
witness got up petition and
every one whom he asked signedit. He had
letter of introduction to Gen. Miles and
got him to write letter to the depart
ment Witness left John Dorsey at Miles
City. Witness picked out place on the
map for new post Office, but knew moth
ing about the inhabitants at that place.
"It was paper postofice?" asked the
court.
Witness answered affirmatiVely.
Merrick, of government counsel in the
star route case, was tonight asked for an
opinion as to the effect of Reerdells dis
closures during to-day's proceedings. He
answered; I believe Reerdell is sincere and
telling the truth, and Will disclose the en-
tire truth. The testimony which he has
thus far given Is about one-quarter
of what he is expected to give
and is nothing like as important as that
which he will give tomorrow. When it is
all before the court, and is taken in con-
nection with the evidence already in, which
sustains him in every particular, l do not
believe there can remain doubt in any
mans mind, of the guilt of all the parties,
or that there can be any doubt that my
statement made last summer was
correct, that Peerdell was but
subordinate instrument, knowingly and
purposely aiding the prominent and able
men in their nefarious scheme to defraud
the government of the United States"
Again said Merrick earnestly and en-
phatically, Il want it to be understood
that the government would not consent to
acceptReerdell as witness and nolle pros.
the case against him and it peremp-
torily refused to do anything
of the kind, and certainly
would not have put him on the stand I'M
less he had, of his own voluntary action,
pleaded guilty and unreservedly thrown
himself upon the mercy of the court.'
Merrick added he believed the government
would close its case sometime during next
week. Reerdell, he said, had spoken of
number of blank affidavits of damaging
character that had mysteriously disap-
peared. 1t would shortly appear that
while he was in jail, after the first trial,
his room had been broken into and the
papers carried off. prominent lawer
called attention to the fact that Walsh had
not been cross-examined, and asserted this
had been omitted because it was known
that Melrick had witness ready to testi-
| fly that Prices drafts had been paid to
Brady, just as stated by Walsh.