Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-16

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VAS served on me to take out iioen se.
Had | been a Snowman would hava
obtained license before / perfecsed AZ.
rrAnRemenfs. l hive been placed in the
they say. desire to make vast deai
OF money out OF this How? Nv hall ia
300 feet long, and have taken 100 lee.
OF Tor my stage. Do Snowman do
this? Would not a Snowman have made
soe auditorium as lazge as possible? I
the principals, and | have got an or.
chsatra. Nv sxpensss viii foot m -
$1,000 . night. Where does the iarrs
fortune come In? shall keep ont 81
tue clutches OF the Law in future, but I
do not need license, and I shaii pro-
dues the Passion Play
Star 8eate Testimony.
WAsH1soros, March 14.-Iu tbs Star
Route trial this morning Wilson called
witness Turner to the stand, tins only
who was acquitted as the
result OF the first trial. de said he en-
tered the postofice department as a
hrsf- ciass clerk in July, 1855. He was
route bureau clerk, being
assigned IN 1871 to the Pacific States
division. He had nothing to do with
the preparation OF advertisements in
1877.
Wilson asked if witness ever had a
with any of the defendants
relative to that advertisement, bat the
court ruled out the question on Objsc-
ton by the prosecution.
Newman and Rsrsdell, in the spring
OF 1873. had known Vail for ten years.
They never had an especially intimate
acquaintance with Stephen Dorsey.
Spe Aking OF the degree Of intimacy be-
tween th0 defendants, witness said after
the division OF the Routes in 1879 Rere-
dell and Vail would meet ia the dep ,rs-
mont without speaking. Reredeli had
nothing to do with Miners route after
that.
Lake and Miner had no control over
the routes managed by Reredell. A
paper connected with Rawilns White
River route was presented to witness.
DE said the alterations or erasurs of
eighty hours" and the insertion of
f)rty-6ve hours" had been made by
himself, TO save trouble in making mp a
now CASE. The petitions were never
altered while in the department.
Wilson inquired of witness If hS ever
received money, mining stock or other
consideration from any Of tho defend
ants to influence his action in coanec-
tiOn with the routes!
Prosecution objected, because witness
was no party to the indictment.
Wilson referred to the evidence con-
corning Samuel jones.
Tho court asked how Jones had been
connected with tho witness?
lngersoil called attention to the testi-
mOny of keredell aud MoveaGh, where
In they said Samuel Jones was alias for
Turner.
Msrrick said the question was no
more pertinent than the evidence of
Bedford on similar point. II witness
was allowed to testify upon the subject
he would feel called upon to rebut his
testimony.
Davidss said he proposed to prove by
witness that Kersdell undoubtedly lied.
The court did not see how the Offer
could fulfill the proposition. II Rere-
dell said he paid the money, the evil
dAnoe offered might be used to CONTRA
dict him.
Witness appealed to the court to allow
him to answer the question, but Judge
Wylie bads him rem ain quiet until the
question was passed ON. Ingersoll, in
explanation, offered the assertion that
the Permit memorandum was not genu-
inc, bat in whole or ia part vas made
by Reredell. It was part of the defense
TO show that Brady as smith" never
received one cent, and that Turner as
Jones" never received cent. Sup
pose il should turn ont that not 4 soli-
tary cent had baen paid Brady or fur-
nsr. He thought it wolld establish the
fact that tho Permit msm0randum Was
not genuine, or that the meaning cut
upon il WAS absolutely perjury. 1t
wOuld establish the fact that K0redell
maliciously and falsely pat a wrong
memorandum on the entry. The ques-
tion was whether he did not write the
memorandum himself for the purpose
Of purchasing his own liberty from the
Government. Defense wanted TO 90
further and prove by others whom Rere-
da', said had received money that 1t was
false.
i5i,ss characterized the offer as a side
issue, not calculated to show whether
Rsredell told the truth, but whether
Dorsey told the truth.
The court reviewed McVeagh's testi-
mony upon the point in question. II
had ben given against Reredell, then a
defendant. Would the evidence of wit
ness be received, no money Conld prove
the falsity OF Mcvesg6s testimony.
Witness never saw John Dorsey b.
fore the frat trial began. He bad
known Stephen Dorsey many years.
Had an indistinct recollection Of Indian
depredati0ns upon some OF the routes.
Indians and road agents were continu
ally interfering with the service. Be.
fore he connected himself with other
defendants in tce mail business, they
failed to put mail service upon their
routes. Did not remember how. They
informed him very little additional time
would be allowed. Might have told
Turner to give them very little time
10 bust them mp. That WAS his usual
course. When he heard Vail had come
IN the Miner combination he granted
further time, because he knew Walls
trustw0rthiness. aud felt sure he would
put on the service. He had no personal
conference With Vail on the subject, and
did not remember how he WAS first made
aware OF the fact that Vail had assumed
the service. The manner Of preparing
afE3davits filed in the office he never
hesrd of, nor Of any changes being
made in them or their being Tiled out
in blank till tho first trial. Petitions
wore considered mainly because they
were endorsed by members OF Congress
whom he believes represented popular
sentiment. Therefore he attached ia
them moro importance than experts
special agents and inspectors. He could
not have known of changes in positions
after their preparation.
Witness described tho method pur.
sued BY him in slculating the allow
ance TOR tho expedition. He saw nc
bstter rule then, and he knew no bettel
rule nov. Colorado Was booming AND
wanted all the service il could get, and
deserved more than il got.
The GROSS examination was o0nduoto(
at great length NJ 10 tho manner o
granted expedition, and the reasons to
Is on tho various routes.
Witness said there was constan
pressure from Congressman for expedi
ton. He held q matinee ON the subjec
every day. When asked why be did no
expedite certain routes, witness said b
might not have been In the expeditsnl
hu nor that day. The question OF exyse
dition With him vas sometimes = matte
as 10 how he felt Rsports from route
had littls inflnence in his decisiou
fhey only showed how many stamp
vers Sid, and not how much mail va