National Republican., 1883-05-19

already given away. Then there was 80 per
cent. to Ut. J. b." (about all Of it), TO say
nothing Of 65 per cent. TO the subcontractors.
What did Mr.. Ker mean when he said that
the defendants entered into combination TO
defraud the government after they got the
contracts? II was an important admission.
II meant that he fixed tho birth of the con.
spiracy at that date IL meant that all the
proposals, all tho circumstances attending
their preparation, the Clepdepnin and Hay
cock letters were out of tho case.
"And the Chico letter." suggested Mr..
Wilson.
az am coming to that SOON" said Mr.. In
gersoll. 81 will not like tho Levite, pass IL
bypass IL as If 1t were a contagious disease
as the prosecution has passed it."
He wanted somebody to explain how 1t was
possible TO defraud the government by filing
o subcontract, IL was an absolute, eternal inn
possibility. Unless the government was will
ing to admit that Mr.. Ker was mistaken,
there was no necessity for going back Of the
dhte Of the contracts. He would admit that
Dorsey could be tried if he was interested in
the contracts While Isl the senatey That was
not proved ,lbutt II had no connectiap, wi th
this case III any ovSht. The GOVERNMENT
would have the jury believe that Dorsey told
Moore that he Dorsey was rascal. He told
him that because he was a senator and wanted
Il kept profound secret That was what the
not believe it unless they became insane, and
they might il the trial continued much
longer. Dorsey kept that secret Boone, from
Rerdell who picked up every trife, who
listened at the kcyhole of opportunity for the
fragment of q sound. Yet he wished TO re-
lieve his stuffed bosom and poured his secret
into Moore the first empty thing he found.
They seemed to think that none but n har.
dened scoundrel could help his brother and
his brother-in-law There were things in
this trial that made him proud that he was
defending such a client. Torroy ON tho stand
had said that he worked for Dorsey without
pay. Why? Because before that, when his
boy died, Dorsey gave him $1,000 to put him
beneath the sod. He liked such q man as
that, and could not conceive how he had ex-
cited the hatred of the prosecution.
After the admissions of Mr.. Bliss, the only
cornerstone, the only pebble for n foundation
for the governments case, was the agreement
to mako out tho necessary papers to carry out
the division. What were those papersp Sim
ply documents to enable tho parties to carry
ON the business of the routes falling to their
share The court itself had said that these
same orders would have been made If the
transaction were perfectly honest. Remem.
Der his text that every fact in crcumstantial
evidence must point to tho guilt of the de-
PENDANTS. That settled the papers; no ques'
tion about that.
apart from tnat inc government nau unTce
so-called witnesses. Moore was one of them.
Moore swore that the contractors gave away 9si
per cent. of their receipts, and kept IL pei
cent, and Rerdell said the same thing. Was
such streak of generosity ever known Dor.
sey, Miner, and Vale started a charity copspir-
acy, and out of every dollar they stole they of.
! iered up 95t cents OH the altar of disinterested
friendship. Moore was not good liar. II
took man of ingenuity and brains to tel
good lie. You had TO start factory to support
tho poor little bad one you left on the
doorstep of your honesty. If Moore's testi.
mony was true he stole S166 after his settle
ment with Dorsey. But he lied on the stand
as the other evidence showed. The govern
ment asked why the defense did not impeacf
Moore. Why should you kill dead man
Everything he swore on the stand touching
the defendants was shown to be false. Mr.
Ker said that Moore got up the fraudulent
petition. Moore swore that he did not. They
would have to adjust their differences.
| At this point Mr.. Ingersoll expressed a
wish TO have an adjournment. The court in
quircd If he was making the closing argument
for the defense. Mr.. Ingersoll did not know
that he could say entirely. He did not think
that there would be any trouble about that,
and promised that ample notice would be
II given to the government counsel.
H The court then adjourned