The Evening critic., 1883-03-28
DORSEY STILL TESrIFYING.


RerdeiIs Statements aud Those of
Moore shown 10 be untrue.-rhe
Clendenin Letter satisfactorily
Expiaiped-0thcr Important Points
When the Star.Route trial was resumed be.
or Justice W. lie this morning, ex-senator s.
W. Dorsey again went on the witness stand.
Just before the court adjourned, yesterday,
tho Court ruled that the witness could give
his mo i've In writing the Clendenin letters In
relation to procuring bonds on certain con-
tract.
Reasons for Asking Secrecy Ex.
piained.
The witness stated that tho reason for writ.
iDgt Olendenln TO keep It secret was that in
the same town there resided Mr.. Kern, n
prominent contractor, aud IL he knew that tho
bonds were there he would know that he had
O competitor bidding, AMI 1t was not 10 the
interest OF the other contractor to havo Mr..
Kern know It. That was his only motive for
ep1oining secrecy on Mr.. Clendenin.
Colonel lngersoll then read tho letter writ
ten April z, 1870, by Senator Dorsey to Geo.
Hacock, Pine BLUM, In regard to executing
certain bonds and observing secrecy.
The, witness enjoined secrecy upon Mr..
HacOck because Mr.. Roots, residing there, was
bidder, and 1t was not to tho advantage OF
tho others TO have Mr.. Roots know that he had
competitors, He wrote tho letter at the sug-
The bonds made up by Mr.. clcndcnin or Mr..
Hacock were never used.
The witness had no interest at that time In
the bids for which bonds were to be given.
He did It merely as n friendly act as he had
done for others. For instance, he made u
bond about that time for $640,000 for Major
Adams. He was not Interested In the con.
tract, and It was only done for friendship.
His Loans to the bidders.
His recollection was that Mr.. Miner made
up the bidding-book and brought 1t to the wit.
ness and asked his advice about it. He looked
IL over and thought that he changed the ig
ures In two instances. He advanced money to
Miner, Peck and j. W. Dorsey. He Thought
TO j. W. Dorsey 4 Co. He could
not tell how much he advanced to Peck or
Miner, Peck & Co., but he advanced to all
about $4,000, without interest," exclusive OF
the 10000 afterward paid TO Peck and J. W.
Dorsey. He made the last loan to Mr.. Miner,
In 81. Louis. He indorsed two notes, which
were afterward discounted at the German
American Bank, in this city. Mr.. Miner gave
the collateral to the bank, which was Post
1t was about the middle OF July, 1873, that
the meeting took place in st. Louis, and the
Witness returned here about December, 1878.
When he returned the Witness found that the
bank had failed. He found that Miner had
taken in Mr.: yaile, and to secure Vale for the
money he advanced to Peck, J. W. Dorsey and
lea nu%Sss RSSsr 81 81 assGssSsS sasoeSS
tracts, which cut on the collateral
contractors. The witness did not know any.
thing of the arrangement until his arrival
here. Finally, after considerable trouble,
Miner and Vale agreed TO take ono OF the
From this time up 10 March, 1870, there
was
Much Feeling between the Witness,
Vale and Miner.
He then insisted that Miner and Vale should
recognize the interest Of Peck and ]. W:
Dorsey, and he be repaid the $4,000 advanced
them. Finally, on April 1, 1870, II was agreed
that the witness should take one.third OF the
routes and credit himself with the $4,000
that he had advanced TO Peck and j. W. Dor
sey. There were about thirty routes divided.
what Rerdell Was Employed For.
He employed Rerdell to look after the routes
somo time in April, 1879. He was employed to
take general charge of the routes and attend
10 all matters in relation to them. He was
not instructed to open set OF books, as the
q route.book, but the witness never saw 1t un-
til q year afterward.
The witness left this city about the 11th or
18th OF July, 1878, and returned the follow
Ing December, 1873, and remained until
March, 1879, when he went TO New Mexico on
account Of the illness Of Mr.; Peck, and re.
and returned on June 81, and left again on
the 9th or 2sth Of June, 1879; came back on
ss ee DAYS or and ah left It @y again stayed IL was
not certain when = he came back,
hut he thought that while on his way to New
| York III october, 1879 he stopped over one
day. To the best OF his recollection he next
| came here in August, 1880, and remained here
| two or three days. His next visit was at the
| Inauguration in 1881. and he remained two or
After tile division of tho routes he made an
arrangement with j. ". Bosler about them.
After that arrangement was made Rerdell at
| tended TO the business in this city. After the
division the witness
Did Not Have ~ Penny's Interest
in the routes taken by Miner and Vale. He
never received dollar from any profits OF
alter the division until the first trial com
menced.
Subcontracts were made 10 the witness in
NJ.
| troll OF the routes that fell to the witness in
| his division. Miner and Vaile had no interest
| In them and never got dollar for them.
| Poor Rerdells Perjury Made Plain.
On April 8, 1878, the witness was in this
| city In the Senate, and on day he did not
write letter to Rerdell from Chico Springs,
The witness personal relations with Minor
and Vale at the time OF the division OF the
| routes was unfriendly. he did not have any
relations with them for two years afterward,
as he did not see them in that time.
| The witness never remembered seeing a
| man named Andrew W. Moore but once, and
that that was at his ONCE In July, 1873, he de-.
his life, and the story that he had told about
taking contracts at low figures In order to So
cure expedition and increase was
A lie Made Out of Whole Cloth.
lie did not show him bundle OF subcon-
| tracts and tell him that he made contracts on
| a descending scale. He had no conversation
with him ut all. The only conversation that
| he ever had with Moore was In July, when he
came with letter from Mr.. Miner asking the
witness TO pay Moore $3.50, and the witness
| did so. He never gave Moore any checks, and
| when he gave them to Miner, in April, 1873,
| he did not know that they were for Moore;
| but Miner might have told him that they
were for somebody else besides himself.
| Colonel Ingersoll here introduced five
checks, aggregating $3.50, made payable to
John Il. Miner, drawn by S. W. Dorsey and
dated April s, 1878. These checks were In
dorsed by Miner to A. W. Moore. The witness
did on the Sth Of April, 1878, give Moore a
check for $3.50. The witness got letter from
Miner requesting him to pay Moore that sum,
and no did 30. He advanced the $3.50 for
Miner, Peck & Co. The witness did not have
| single word of conversation with Moore
about the service on the oregon routes and
putting on the service at The Dalles, and
| there was
MOI u Word of Truth in What Moore
| Hnd Testified To
in regard to the interview. He had no recol.
lection OF having but one conversation with
| him, and that did not last ten minutes
| Moores entire statement in regard to the
payment being made out Of the general fund
for influence In the Department, before a diyl
sion could be made, was simply nonsense and
never occurred.
The witness did not recollect any converse
tion with Rerdell In February, 1878, in which
he asked Rerdell TO go upstairs and assls
Miner In making up some bids. He though
that Miner was visiting the witness In Decem
ber, 1877, at his l'street residence. He used
an office which the witness fitted up In tht
third story for himself, but found incOnvenien
TO use. Az that time Rerdell was doing nc
| work for the witness, excepting now and theT
when pressed with his correspondence