The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-09

TELEGRAPHlC NEWS
The star Routes,

W
ing by the defense in she star route tria
He testified that in the summer OF 1876
be went into the Tongue River cnuntry.
It was just after the Custer massacre.
There were few white settlers except
army attaches, who established mail SER
wee. Twenty to sixty days or more
were consumed in communicating with
Was bington. Witness remem b-red
that John Dorsey cane ( Fort Keogh
before the Tongue River route was 90
eDed; thinking route might be ss,Ab-
hshed more direct than that proposed
Witness sent out an 6rme escort ~ N
st empt to discover such a route. The
attempt fail d, however aud Dorsey re-
turned 10 Bismarck, Witness described |
the obstacles to the establishment of |
a mail route arising fom hostile
Indians. Sometimes, be said |
white men could pas stfay |
over the route, and again they were |
liable TO be molested and murdered. On
occasions when the mail had been cap
tured. witUess had called upon the post
master general and one of his assistants,
and had written letters through different
channels, recommending the este blish-
ment and increase for the To gIe River
route. General Miles produced Il copy Of
the first letter he had written In that Con-
neclion, but it was excluded on account
of the date He said he recommer ded
al increase Of the service because they
loniy got mail once week, and were
LUCKY 10 get that. de believed he ECON
mended a tri-Weekly or daily, so ss 10
bring his command in close commun.-
cation with the war department AID for
the benefit Of settlers. At times the
route had been great service, often ad
viRing him of the movement Of Indians
and enabling him 10 anticipate them.
Nothing Of importance was developed
in the cross-exRminatiolA, and after it's
confusion counsel spent some time 10 the
customary wrsngle over official papers.
Hannibal D Norton was called. He
had been for six years chief of Inc finance
, division in the hird Assistant PostmAs
ter-genersl's tfice. He detailed the
method pursued IN that Office in paying
RENTED fines.
Geo. w. Sweeny, OF the contract
office, next appeared with q huge pile of
papers, being accounts OF deduction Of
| tiOes and remissions made out in the in
| dictm 4nt. M, Wilson began to exam
: me the witness in this connection.
Recess.
d After recess, although the court as
sured Wilson that Sweeney had brought
in enough papers 10 last week, ne in
sisted on his right to be allowed access tC
Others. The old wound was re-opened
and counsel had lively time. Merricl
characterized the demand IS ridiculous
and declared every facility had beer
offered the defence, and when Wilson
persisted in his demand, exclaimed, 81
: don't think you know what you wan
yourself"
don't think you are sane on it. 81
help me God. think you are crazy
retorted Wilson. D u
The Court-Mr. Merrick, you ough
pot to talk to q crazy man in that wav
Lsughter1.
u Wilsoa (Oitterly)-I suppose the cou.
} is endorsing what Merrick said
Merrick with mock gravity
honor should not say that.
The Court-Of course it was only
jest. Assuming his theory that you AT
crazy, I said he ought OF to talk TO 70
in that way.
Y. Wilson-It is Lot the first time tn
court has talked to N in an unklnd way
in Tne Court-It did make g mistake
nd because ofyour incapacity for appreciat
go ing jest. Merrick was getting too warn
= AMI thought to csll him of.
Merrick attempted TO interpose, bu
in Wilson turned angrily and shaking hi
ifs finger at him exclaimed: 81 know To
methods Of this prosecution. know
had spy of the prosecution sitting b.
hind me for weeks"
Biiss-So far as the prosecution know
that is no. true.
The Court-MF, Wilson, if you wi
allow me another joke, l will say 20
are all spies upon one another 1t is th
business OF the counsel 10 find out wht
they Can Of the plans of the other side.
ty, Wilson with undated Warmth), :.
will not allow any man to spy on ne,
| know il, and l will never spy on 81
other man."
Merrick UaugLing)-"I've plenty b
hind me now.n
20 The examination into the papers W.
y resumed. Whom it had proceeded son
time the court interrupted, saying
failed to see the peFti0enee Of the offere
evidence (the pspers). Henkle said the
deductions had been set out in the IL
dictment as part of the conspiracy. II
court said 1t was not part of the govern
ments case. Merrick said it was
prove man did not commit one act
showing be did not do another. Davidi
M. argued at length in support of the ofe
.ys taking the indictment as the has
Of his argument. He declared tn
Brady, while in Office, cat
pieces his alleged co-conspirators
making reduction in fines, and act
only as good man; as a judge ic ma
ing remissions, when they .eemed to
demanded in strictest just ee. Wilst
also participated in the argument. |
asserted that whenever a postmaster re
ularly reported failure to Brady he I
lentlessly aud unelringly and everlal
iDgly 80 long as be did last in his ofiC
imposed these fines in strict accordsn
with law and regulations. Walsh Sal
Brady got half the remissions.
wanted to show by the tesiimol
offered that this statement of Walct
was utterly untrue, he wanted the ia
AZ to see whether or not the remissions b
been justly made. He wanted TO she
that the RENTED money passed into So
!. hands that it would have been absolute
impossible for his clisnt BRADY to tou
- cent OF it. Bliss said, while the Dr.
ecution regarded the evidence as ina
,.- missable, yet in view Of the wild sta
INV ments of the other side, he wcuid requt
the court to admit if. The Bismarc
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