Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-04-04
BRADY AND KELLOGG IN
DICTED.
For Receiving Brides and Con-
spring TO Defraud the Gov
ernment.

|
ernment.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-After re
cess the Grand Jury came into court
with number of presentments
Among them the following: United
States vs.. Thomas J. Brady, for un
lawfully receiving money and postal
drafts to the amount of $4,000, while
Second Assistant Postmaster General
from James B. Price, as a reward for
making a contract for mail service with
Price on July l3, 1880, upon the Star
route from Socorro to Silver City, New
Mexico against VIM. Pitt Kellogg
and Thomas j. Brady, for conspiracy
on April 7, 1880, with James B. Price
to defraud the United States by means
of false oaths and fraudulent allowance
for expedition, and false ard fraudulent
claims to be made for increased pay for
expedition on post routes from Munroe
to Shreveport, in Louisiana, and San
Antonio to Corpus Christi, in Texas,
the said routes then being in the name
of James b. Price as contractor !;
against VIM Pitt Kellogg, setting
forth that on April II, 1880, whilst
Senator from Louisiana, he did unlaw-
fully receive from James B. Price, con-
tractor on post routes from Munroe to
Shreveport, La, and San Antonio to
Corpus Christi, Tex, certain sum of
money, postoffice drafts and promissory
notes, together of the value of 10000,
for the service of procuring, persuading
and inducing Thomas j. Brady, Second
Assistant Postmaster General. to
award and allow to Price an increase
of pay and compensation for carrying
the mail with increased speed on and
oyer each of said routes, and corruptly
influencing the action Of said Brady
therein.
Another presentment was handed in
against Brady for having, on or about
A pril 19, 1880, whilst Second Assist
ant Postmaster General, unlawfully re-
ceived certain money, postofiice drafts
and note, together being of the value
of $40, 900, as compensation for the
service Of awarding to Jas. B. Price, a
mail contractor, contract on each of
the routes from Munroe to Shreveport,
La, and Gan Antonio to Corpus
Christi, Texas, to carry the mail with
increased speed and for increased pay.
The witnesses named are John A.
Walsh, James 3. Price, Joseph Coch-
ran and J. w Brady
PRICES AFFIDAVIT.
The following is an abstract from
what is believed to be a trustworthy
source, Of the affidavit of Nail Contrac-
tor James b. Price, which is now in
the possession of counsel for the Gov
ernment in the Star route cases. The
affiant deposes in substance, as fol-
| lows:
sIn 1878, being the lowest bidder,
aeiant was awarded the contract for
carrying the United States mail on the
route (among others) from Corpus
| Christi to San Antonio, Tex. In 1879,
being desirous of having the number of
trips increased and the time expedited
on said route, to the end that his an
nual pay be increased and the route
threby rendered profitable, alliant caus-
ed to be circulated petitions for sigma
lures Of citizens living along that route,
requesting the Postmaster General to
increase the number of trips and re-
duce the running time These petit
tions, having been numerously signed
by influential citizens and officials,
were handed by aiant to a friend in
Washington for presentation to the
Postoilice department for its action.
This effort met with no success. AT,
fant then applied in person to Senator
VIM. Pitt Kellogg, whom he had
known for many years, saying to him.:
If you succeed in increasing my pay
on this route, and that of the one from
Shreveport to Munroe, La, l will give
you $40, O00" Kellogg said he would
see Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Brady and learn of him what
could be done Meantime aiiiant drew
postal drafts of $4,000 each for the
hereinafter named quarters on the
route from Corpus Christi to San An
tonic These drafts were drawn on
the 10th of July, 1879, aud before the
order was issued granting aaiant in
crease Of pay on this route.
KELLOGG sUGARED.
A short time afterwards, Senator
Kellogg reporting to him that the mat
ter was all right, he (afiiant) handed to
said Kellogg $4,000 Of postal drafts
drawn against his (afliant's) pay fol
tho following named quarters, viz
these ending March |, June 30, Sep
tembor 80, and Dece Der 81, 1880, and
and March 81, 1881. In addition tc
the above, ailiant gave said Kellogg
his promissary note for s. 900, paya
BILE in four months with collateral at
tached thereto 10 secure payment o.
same. This collateral consisted o
Shakespeare mining stock and a note
drawn by Mail Contractor Hugh
White and endorsed by Mail Contract
or Monroe Salisbury. All of this
paper was paid at maturity. Senator
Kellogg told afliant that the notes and
draft had been given to John A
Walsh, banker, in Washington, fol
collection.
Mr. Walsh testified on his examina
alton that he received from Senator
Kellogg the paper mentioned il
Prices affidavit, but that one-half o
the $40, 900 referred to was for the ac
count Of Kellogg and one-half was tc
be credited to Brady in his account
with Walsh, in the latter's capacity as
ba: ker. Monroe Salisbury, referred
to in Prices affidavit as the endorser
for Whit lis the mail contractor whose
Star route services are the subject ol
arbitration.
The afIiant further AYERS that he
was approached during the pendency
Of the Congressional investigation OF