The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-22
THE STAR ROUTES,
Gen. Hrady,s Examination oonoluded

Gen. Brady's Examination Concluded.
WASHINGTON, March 21.--When the Crimi
nal Court. trying the Star route case, met thi
morning Judge Wylie proceeded to deliver hi
decision upon the propriety OF the question a
10 Whether or not the witness BRADY ha(
gwen tne Price drafts TO Walsh. After briefly
canvassing the matter the court said the ques
ton now was as to whether as tending to throw
light upon the credihility and memory OF th,
witness The query could be made, and the
court was OF the opinion II could IL was there
fore admitted.
An exception was noted and Gen. Brady
took the stand. When the question was reit
Grated ne said:-"I never saw this paper, Mr.
bliss, until last Friday. never gave 1t Il
Another draft was presented and witness re
turned we same answer
Mr Bliss inquired -" What was the pal
value OF Chattanooga stock the witness sought
to borrow from Waish?"
Witness said 10000, but the selling value
was from $2l 900 10 $24 600 Walsh bought
the stock Ia the Office OF Foote & Hatch, Civ
ing q check upon Winslow, Lanier u Co.
MI Bliss produced the check, but witness
said ne had not seen the check drawn by
Walsh. When asked why he had tried TO Dor
row stoch, witness said his purpose was to con
troll the stock aud also to use il as security In
other operations.
Mr.. Bliss asked II he had not In that way
sought 20 borrow the equivalent of S24 600 ID
cash.
Witness answered in the affirmative. Wit
ness possessed probably more than 5000 full
shares OF Chattanooga stock. He never at.
tempted any other money or stock transactions
with Walsh. The latter's suit against witness
is still pending In the District OF Columbia Su.
preme Court. Walsh never made any demand
tor money upon him except through his attor.
neys.
The examination then REQUIRED TO the routes
and long technical enquiry was made into the
reasons Eor various orders connected with
them.
Mr.. Bliss next referred to witness denial Of
the conversation about the books imputed Ia
him By Hordell, and the witness denied that he
had ever ss@d any such conversation.
C~Then you wish this Jury 70 believe that
In that letter to Bosler, Rerdel referred 10 a
conversation that never took place?
Court refused to allow the question.
Mr.. Bliss-You invested In newspapers as q
public benefactor, euppose2
A.-Well. / learned the printing trade and
always had something Of hankering for news
papers.
Odd 1t pay?
A.--Well. no. ! got out about the money ]
put in. believe you had some interest?
Mr.. Bliss-0niy $1,000 worth.
Witness said that he did not hold any inter-
est In the Critic while in the Department;
owned no newspaper now except the Critic,
which he still controlled. He said that he had
no knowledge of how the Price drafts had
come into Walsh's possession beyond rumors
he had heard during the trial.
The hour for recess having arrived the court
said that il desired 70 consult the Jury and
counsel Especially Mr.. IngersolD about the
propriety of adjournment over Good Friday.
After a short discussion the court made an or.
der adjonrning the trial from Thursday until
Monday, and a recess was taken.
When the court reassembled, Bliss announ-
eed he had no more questions to put to Brady.
Wilson than began the redirect examination
Witness said he had little knowledge OF the de-
tails OF the second az istants office. There wal
number OF subdivisions and the heads OF
these subdivisions were responsible for the cor
rect performance OF the duties OF their offices.
Some Of these gentlemen had been in Office
many years and their endorsements were re-
garded by witness as sufficient guarantee OF
justice OF their recommendation. There was
such multiplicity OF papers that 1t was impos.
sible for witness TO examine into all OF them.
Wilson made several Intellectual efforts TO 90
into the subject OF the Congressional investi-
cation and noted exceptions when the Court
refused after long argument 10 allow his
questions to be answered. Rt-To examination
brought out nothing OF importance. Gen. w.
4. Sherman was then called TO the stand and
examined by Ingersoll. He identified a petit
tiou connected with the Rawlins-W White River
route as bearing his endorsement and described
the condition OF the country through which
the ronte ran and his reasons for endorsing
the petition. To his mind the service was nee
essary and its increase to q daily service saved
the army the expense OF a line OF couriers
Sherman described Thombnrgh and Custer
rn6ssaezes and said he urged with all his might
an increase of mail service generally in that
section because he regarded il as an opening
wedge in the settlement OF the indian ques-
lion. The circumstances OF the establishment
Of the Denver stage line were related by viii
ness aud he declared that such lines were the
very best means known for the suppression Of
Indian raids.
To Mr. Blisg.-- Had been shown places where
route. Skeletons OF animals were visible.
Representative Horace K. Page OF California
was called bat did not respond and defense
not being prepared TO proceed further to-day
Court adjourned until tomorrow.