New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28

| him that the matter was all right he lthe affant)
handed to the said Kellogg $4,000 of postal drafts
drawn against his the afisnts) pay for the following
| named quarters That ending March 81 1880; that
ending June 80 1880; that ending September go 1885,
that ending December 81 $780, and that ending March
81 1881. In addition to the foregoing afant gave the
said Kellogg his promlssory for $5.0OO payable In
four months with collateral attached thereto to secure
the payment Of the same This collateral consisted Of
Shakespeare mining stock, and note drawn by Mail
Contractor Hugh White and indorsed by Mail Contractor
% All Of fod h oS wa ts sa a
WasSISa naa 'een given to John Walsh oanEer m nm "a
examination that he received from Senator Kellogg
paper mentioned in Prices AFFIDAVIT but chat one.half OF
and onehalf to be credited to Brady In his ac-
count with Walsh In the atter's capacity as broker
FUND TO INFLUENCE CONGRESS.
The affiant further that he approached
during the pendency OF the Congressional investigation
OF 1879 and $780, after It, by A. H. Brown mail
contractor, and formerly Post Office clerk, who
quested alant to contribute his (aans) share to the
fund raised by the contractors TO pay the expenses
alleged TO be incidental to the passage Of the Star Route
Deficiency Appropriation bill Of 1879 and 1880 Mr..
Brown represented himself be Of the fund,
and told afant that his aantsl share $4,000, Mt
the same time showing Price list OF the contractors
with the amounts paid by each. Anant replied to this
request that owing TO Indian depredatons loss or AMI
mails thereby, etc, etc, he was in condition to
respond, although he @iianu satisfied himself that the
contractors had paid Owing to the ament OF his mail
service OF railway extension and other
mali wagons and other plant necessary to The conduct
o. On maj which were anSst yalne
applied to Brady for temporary contract, T. G.. con-
tract without any competition from other bidders from
with negative response from Brady but afterward
aliant determined 10 call Brady again aud
10 nln that II he tBrady) would give aant the aiOre
mentioned contract viz. socorro silver CITY, anant
would pay the Brown assessment"
CONTRACT AWARDED FOR MONEY.
Afiant did tins with the result that few days after
gay he tenn ask ed or
at the rate Of $41,5S2 per annum 1t then that
afiant put into an envelope $500 in currency and
two postal drafts Of $3.50 each drawn against
the pay in his mail route No. 81, ,12O Indanola to
Corpus Christi Tex, for the quarters ending septem
Der 80 $780, and December 81 $780, and after address,
ing the envelope TO A. H. Brown and marking 1t
4" valuable" placed the same the desk OF second
Assistant POsm Brady, asking the latter
TO see that Brown got the same; 10 which Brady
grunted assent AFT his usual manner" Atant did
this knowing that Brown meant Brady I'm this case.
contract Ton the the osaseJ for carrying the United states
mails, he directed the secretary OF his talans Mail
to buy 500 Of NewYofE exchanee TO ndor-e in blank
and 10 La the same TO Brady all Of which aian says
KELLOGG NERVOUS AND CONCERNED.
Aflant further says that when investigation OF Star
Route matters agitated Senator Kellogg became
very nervous manifestiDg therein, however more con-
cern for himself than for else. The filing of the
suit of John A Walsh against Brady about this time
him that everything would be all right, that he had
simply TO keep quiet and that he (Kelogg would
that no harm befell him. In May, 1881 some |
very alarming indications presented them
selves, resulting in Senator Kellogg's sending |
on May 16, 1881, special messenger |
TO afhant, who was then stopping at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New-York This messenger came from Washing
on. where Senator kellogg then The burden Of
he message calculated and intended to reassure
aant aud alay any fears he might have touching the
star Route investigation, then I'm its ncipent stage
Kellogg repeatedly told G4nt that harm would como
10 him. and all that he had to do to remain quiet
md that this whole matter OF the star Route inves
,atOn would end IN smoke. The a mt refers to GER
ain occasion kellogg teegraphed to him at Phill-
elpha, saying that he KelloggD going TO wash
ngton from New-YOrR, ami would stop and ace
This lie did, being accompanied b. Jndge Jeremiah
wilson. On this occasion Kellogg again sought 10 en-
and afant, and blde him have fear
o the outcome OF the investigation. |
As 70 the disposition made OF the proceeds OF the |
oTpus Christi aud san Antonio drafts. together with
he note OF $1,000 aggregatnR In ali $4,000 afiant
that Kellogg sometimes told him that lie (KellOgg)
ad given ali to Brady, deriving no neft thcrcirOm
rsona1y; at other times he said that he had derived
ut 81, 900 so lherefrOm.