The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-19
Statement of the Government Counsel AS to
Facts Which They Expect to Prove
The Last Day of Grace.
Spent in Arranging for Ar
gument of the Present Case.
The Attorney-general Wants a Chance to
Say Word-IngersolPs Poor Opin-
ion of Mr.. Brewster.
KELLOGG AND BRADY.


Inc Inducements Against Ihem returned
by the Grand Jury.
WASHINGTON, April 18.-In an interval dur
ing the star-route trial to-day, the grand jury
came in and returned the following indict-
ments: Against William Pitt Kellogg, for
receiving money while United States Senator
for services rendered in relation to a contract
with the United States; witnesses, John A
Walsh, James b. Price, Joseph Cochran and
j. NJ. Brady. Against Thomas ]. Brady, for
receiving money while Second Assistant
Postmaster-general for services rendered in
relation to contract with the United States;
same witnesses as above. The indictments
are voluminous, apparently as large as the
indictment i'll the star-route case. There are
hve counts in each indictment, charging
five separate payments of 81, 500 for one SER
vice rendered-expeGition of mail schedule
on Prices routes from San Antonio to Cor
pus Christi, Tex, andj from Monroe to
Shreveport La.
The indictments against kellogg and
Brady are printed in neat pamphlet FORM
and, except in the names of the persons in
dicted and a few minor points, are much
alike, beginning with legal definition of
the duties of the Second Assistant Post
master-general. The indictments state that
Brady entered into a contract with Price for
the performance of service on star routes
AAOlLl odll AuGOHlO W OOIpu5 OuTlSJl, lex,
and from Monroe to Shreveport, La, and
that on July H. 1879 at the solicitation of
Kellogg, Brady made an order reducing the
time for carrying the mail on these routes and
allowing Price extra compensation therefor
receiving in return five separate amounts of
81, 500 each. Kellogg is charged with having
received five inStalments of 81 800 each in
! lawful money as consideration for using his
influence (while in the United States Senate)
with Brady to secure the expedition OF the
routes above mentioned.
Mr.. Ker gives the following statement of
what the government counsel believe to be
the facts in the case: Price had attempted,
without success to get an allowance for ex-
pedltion in connection with these two routes;
| he then took the papers to Kellogg and
| promised TO give him $4,000 if he would
| procure the expedition of the routes; Kel-
logg told him to leave the papers and
call in two days; at the appointed time
Price returned, and Kellogg told him
that it was all right-that expedition would
be granted. Price then sat down and drew
five drafts upon the Auditor of the Treasury
for total of $4,000 against his pay for serv-
| ice on the San Antonio and Shreveport
routes. For the remaining $5, 900 he gave a
note, indorsed by another mail contractor,
which was paid at maturity. The drafts were
to be paid on April 10, July IA, Oct. 1S, 1880,
and Jan. IA, and April 27, 1881. Kellogg
gave them to Walsh and requested him to
collect them and pay him (Kellogg) 81, 800
for each draft, and credit Brady (who owed
money to Walsh) with the same amount.
| Walsh collected the drafts as they ma
tured, and upon the collection Of each
draft paid Kellogg $1,000 and credited
Brady with 81 800 In answer to the objec-
ton that the offense ended with the passage
of the drafts, and that the prosecution was
therefore barred by the statute of limita-
tions, Mr.. Ker says that the payment Of the
drafts might have been stopped by the con-
application to the auditor, so that they had
no real money value until cashed The first
of the five drafts was paid April 10, $780, and
if the indictment had not been returned to-
day could not have been made the basis of
prosecution, as the statute of limitations
would have begun to run against the offense
| tomorrow.