New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-23
THE STAR ROUTE CASES.
r,rrrsSrs coNTRADICTING RERDELL


ponsEY's SECRETARIES AND CLERK GIVING.
xy,orxcr IN HIS FAvoR-AN EFFORT TO
srcryRE OTHER INDICTMENTS.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-ln the Star Route
.,, this morning in the Criminal Court, Mr. Ingersoh
lid theodore w. Torrey of York, to the standfor
the defence Witness said he had occupied an once III
,he Boree Building with Stephen Dorsey; went there
in January $780, remaining until May 1881 ana sctea
an secretary and bookkeeper for Dorsey On May 1901
removed to No. las Broadway. and remained 'noie w,
I'll the last week Of April 1892 Occupied rooms anu
in June 1881. Witness In full charge Oh DORSEY
business drawing twothirds OF his cheeks anu ~
sion of his books and papers Witness personally ocou
pied room No. g. and 1t impossible for any QUO So
into without passing him. H. r Hi
had desk In room No. g. There were TWO deSAs INV
safe IN No. g. The "new book and tin box contain
ing Dorseys papers we're kept there First saw herue
In february 1880 Did not give AIRED book OF any
IN Rerdel ON June 10, 1880. Never saw him AZ .na'
Office and he was not there on that day 1here wa" Nv
book such IA described by Rerdei In witness CUSTOM
or any book resembling it. Never saw DOCKS pounu III
red leather In the office, and they couu ho' ha'o "0
kent there without his knowledge
saw stephen Dorsey the evening OF June l3 1851
nj his room in the Albemarle Hotel Fixed the datee-
cause Dorsey asked him Rerde had been TO the once
Left New-York on February 81 last for Europe and was
at sea on February % In February 1885,
Rerde brought two check books to the Office one was
IN Middleton
National Bank. Rerdell afterward took away the MID
dleton book but 1t came witnesses possession There
were only small mining books In witnesses desk on
June Is, 1880. Rerden never In the once az NO.
145 Broadway. Mr. Gamble sometimes occupied MT
Dorseys desk g. after Dorsey left it, Never re-
ceved any abstracts of books or copies OF DOCKS from
Rerdel
On DISCRIMINATION the witness said his reason for
making go short stay three days. In London was De-
cause Dorsey cabed him to come back, as bis testimony
was important to him. His employment by Drsey
tapered o-believed that 1t ceased in January 1857
Did little local business for him after that sent
Dorsey his books and after the last trial VIII
mesa wrote TO Rerde about certain entry in the BOOKS
kent by Kellogg Did that because Dorsey was
absent. and witness thought that Rerdel knew
something Of his business, for when Reraen
was in New-York he drew O few cheeks.
witness wrote to Rerde because he was mel ae
books The witness said that the books ne Kept wee
routes and they were not mentioned in his books, but
they would show payments by checks to
number of these checks all on Middleton Co.. for this
purpose no,,,. ., x,,,r tho, posar maid a Of
the sub-contractors at that tmef WI.
The wtness-He did not; Dorsey paid them al Mit
yesterdays was alone at the time haS S.e ro
% -four wS Snts q Serde fsp set Of
made between twenty and thirty checks conia nor
know whether or not Rerde mao books before him
when drawing these checks Witness entered up THESE
check books giving the OF the subcontractor Of
Rsrde, etc Witness kept account Of money paid to
ine.s aud did not know whether or not Rerdell did
Knew nothing of settlement between Dorsey 9ss9
Believed he saw BOsIer in the office
BY cash or check; only drew checks payment q Dor
seys private accounts ais books contained no entries
remembered if a took book from the office at any
time. ,, ,,n
had occupied room with Mr. Torrey at No. las Broad
way he had seen Rerdel he neversaw man take
book away from the rooms and never saw any DOCKS,
such as described by Rerden Had the combination OF
NE safe and contained nc sn4 was Rs IN
would nave necessarily passed within four or aCe feet
books In the latter room outside the safe
Chase Andrews of this city, was next called He said
that went TO New-York June l3, 1881; Returning,
he saw Rerde at Jersey City depot the latter had
no books under his arm He did have ynlise In his
saw Mr. James on the conversation with Rerdell
Believe tnat man came into the car and called Tor
Wilbur F. Kellogg testified that he was Dorsey's pri
1872 until the fall of 1879 In 1870 Rerdel had desk
IN the with witness The only books Kept by
Rerdel a small memorandum book or ONCE ex-
penses aud large nail-route BOOK covered with w1e
canvas. II Rerdel mad kept any sueh BOOKS as ne
would have known it, There were no red books, so Tar
as witness knew Witness sent his own books to Dorsey
Rerdel made entries in these books nor did any one
except the witness Had often seen Eeree ~Te ana
his signature etc. writing several lines at
70 t5e Witness He e1amned it carefus and said:
"NOw would not want TO say that nad never seen
this memorandum before bnt these first three items
remember very distinctly Mr.. Dorsey gave me in mem
oranduW TO make on the books, wnich did Win the
Tie answer was cut of because it not responsive
Mr. ngerso then asked who wrote the entries ana ine
witness said %" should that the first three entries
were in Mr. DOrseys handwriting (seanlhg'l H. W.
loaned dorsey and Peek look like Mr. Dorsey's hand
writing. AS to the rest. don't think there is anything
The Chico Springs letter shown. The witness
sure that 1t was not in Dorseys hsndwrtlng' ei ne
generally spells very correctly said the witness stu
Dorsey was not at Chico springs at that time, and could
not have written the letter. MI,
witness said that he had been employed IN tne Fost
3cs T0m Lao aS asssed him in getting
the position. Was appointed from ARKANSAS put naa
because be had been requested There had been
deficiency in his accounts that had peen Ie toou W
Dorsey or himself Had become addicted to the use OF
LIQUOR aud had forced 70 resign for that reason
Mr. Merrck took up the Chico sprngs le,ei anu aue
shaking the strength the witnesses testimony on nai
point He was not prepared 70 say dd NOT ike IT,
The misspellng referred TO- said the witness, was eu
cell instead rather nnsasfactory result and finally
the Court exclaimed " This man ooeS hOt kno" ui'
A The eIamination advanced the witnesses answers
became cautious and nOncOnlttdl, anu nc e ui
writing He said with the exception Of the rev en-
tries IN his books he had nothing 10 90 VIII sd h
rst curry of that kind supposed that Rerdell was en-
poyed 10 look after Dorsey's mail routes put MADE no
n0ury al the tme When IL came 10 dates the wltDesss
memoTy was equally uncertain, so that the court re-
marked that t not worth while TO press me INQUIRY
for il wa the witness had recollection of
dates. - t,o.L x-.or, ,rou co,Id
40. ofiically he was a notary pubc) acknowl-
sIg'ne Peck's signatures when Peck was absent sui,
s"sranne NAV have brought such paper 10 him. ana
,ononiS,ng Pecks signature, he may have approved It,
qhe court then adjourned until Monday
AN EFFORT TO INDlcT A SENATOR.
The fact that John A. Walsh has been present in the
Criminal Court the past few days mas cased some
,n,ent but II was rather surprise nevertheless, to
ersons IN Star matters whenit became
known to-day that the Government is making deter
mined effort 70 secure indictment against General
Brady and a former prominent United States senator