National Republican., 1883-03-27

of 1873.
Mr.. Merrick inquired the necessity for
swearing the witness under this view.
The court replied, so that he may be pun
ished for perjury IL he does not tell the
truth"
Mr.. Merrick acknowledged that the answer
was sufficient. lie then went on to disavow
any intention of preventing the witness from
testifying; the government was desirious that
he should testify.
The court Administer tho oath
MIR. 1ngersoll. He may swear or affirm.
The witness. Oh, had just as soon swear.
The oath was then administered and Mr..
Ingersoll began tho examination. The wit
ness was visibly agitated, and in instances
scarcely waited for the conclusion of the
question before answering He said he be-
came acquainted with Miner in 1866 or '67 at
Sandusky, Ohio. Had known Peck for fifteen
years at the time of his death. 1t was busi-
ness relation at first, Peck being secretary
and witness treasurer of u railway company.
Peck subsequently married the sister of wit
ness's wife, and died in August, 1881. He
first saw Vaile in the spring Of 1878, but did
not make his acquaintance at that time. John
W. Dorsey is his brother. Knew Boone in
1874 while he was q postoflice clerk. He first
met Brady at the Cincinnati convention in
1876 and John H. Watts in New Mexico in
1876 or "a.
L.
Brady, John Dorsey, Vale, Miner or any or either
Of them, to defraud the government by bidding
The witness tpassionately). never entered into
any such agreement with anybody, at any place,
or at any time.
O. Did you ever conspre with them to defraad
the government7--A. never entered into con.
spiracy with them Of any kind.
, @. Did you ever pay money to Gen. Brady TO in-
fuence his official actions?
The witness (excitedly). never had q transac.
ton with Gen. Brady TO the extent of one cent In
my life; never paid him cent or promised to
pay him cent for any possible purpose
Q. Did you ever pay Mr.. Tyner money or stock
to influence his official actions while he was first
assistant postmaster general?-A. No.
Objection was made on the question and the
answer was struck out. The witness made
the same answer in regard to Turner, which
was also stricken out. Mr.. Ingersoll hero
cautioned the witness not to answer before
the other side had an opportunity to object
Questions touching the payment of money
or stock to McGrew and Lilley were excluded
Q. Did you ever give any directions to Rerdell,
with william smith "A. Never, eG IU In the W world
q. Or with Samuel Jones?-A. Never.
q. Or with John II. Mitchell PA. No.
q. Did you ever state to Rerdell or anybody that
William Smith stood for Brady?-A. III the first
place there was no Smith on my books; in the
second, never saw 1t.
The prosecution wished to exclude this an
swer, but the court allowed it to stand.
U. When did you flrSt hear that anybody nl-
legged that you had an account with Smith &
Jones "A It never came to my knowledge until
after Rerdelrs statement 20 James and MacVeagh /;
that was the first that ever heard of the books,
and Rerdell was the first one to tell us Of his state
ments.
The court adjourned at this point.
At the opening of the trial yesterday morn
ing, Mr.. lngcrsOll began the redirect examin-
alton of the witness w. +. Kellogg. lie said
that he had been unable to identify posi-
lively Dorsey's handwriting because he had
seen it SO often and SO closely initiated by
Rerdell that it was matter of much diff
Guilty to distinguish between the original and
the imitation. In answer to Mr.. Merrlck,
the witness said he had conversed with Dorsey
oil this subject since leaving the stand. Had
not fully understood the remark Of the court
that he "did not know Dorseys handwrit-
ing" when it was made, or he would have
made an explanation at that time.
Hon. Horace Il. Page testified that he had
made efforts to have the service increased on
the route from Redding to Alturas.
James Gamble, who had once occupied o
part of Dorsey's Office in New York, had never
seen any red book there and had not noticed
Bosler there.
L. N. Hill, who had been frequently at
Dorsey's house, and knew Dorsey's and Rer-
dells handwriting, was shown the "Smith
and Jones" memorandum.
He thought it n difficult matter to say Who
wrote it, He believed that Dorsey wrote
$. w. d., expense-cash-prof and loss"
If it were not for other knowledge upon the
subject, the witness would say that Dorsey
wrote the remainder. But from n considera-
ton of those circumstances he believed that
he did not write it.
The witness was asked If he had seen Rer-
dell write several lines at time in imitation
of Dorsey's handwriting, but again objection
was made. The point was argued at some
length, but the court refused to allow the
question.
Mr.. Ingersoll asked who wrote an. G. r."
The witness answered that while il resem-
bled Dorsey's handwriting, he did not be-
lieve that Dorsey wrote it, and did believe
that Rerdell could have written it, The last
statement was stricken out by order of the
court.
The cross-examination of this witness was
made by Mr.. Bliss. Witness said he was a
lawyer and q journalist; had generally writ
ten the communications sent out by Dorsey
over his signature; had for long time been
paid salary of $50 per month by Dorsey.
Rerdell had frequently paid him for services
rendered to Dorsey.
A number of papers were presented to the
witness for his opinion in regard to the hand
writing. One Of his statements, that seemed
to be contradictory, brought the counsel to
their feet, and much confusion followed.
Mr. Davidge, ironically.
Mr.. Davidge is only terrible to his clients"
retorted Mr.. Bliss.
Mr., Ingersoll did not want the gentleman
to frighten the witness; he had the heart
disease, he said.
After the recess Stephen w. Dorsey came
into the court room for the first time since
the beginning of the present trial
Mr.. Bliss continued his rOss-examination
of the witness, Hill. The witness identified
an order by Dorsey upon Rerdell for payment
of money (S5) due witness. Possibly he had
presented that paper TO Rerdell and had re-
ceived the money. Another batch of papers
was exhibited to the witness, but in many in
stances he refrained from expressing a posi-
tive opinion upon their authorship. At the
conclusion of his testimony Mr.. Ingersol
called Stephen w. Dorsey to the stand and
the scene described above followed
Mr., Ker, of counsel for the government in
the star route cases, spent the greater part of
the day yesterday in the grand jury room.
Owing to the precautions which were taken
to prevent the public from getting any pre-
mature information with regard TO the jurys
deliberations IL was not possible to learns she
names of the witnesses summoned, but there
seems to be no doubt that there has been
hearing of u charge of conspiracy against
Thomas j. Brady aud ex-senator kellogg in
connection with certain southwestern star
routes. Persons whose sources of information
are believed TO be trustworthy assert posi-
tively that the grand jury has already reached
conclusion and that the necessary papers
are in course Of preparations and thai Che re-
port will be returned to the court to-day or
tomorrow.
Foreign Exhibitions.