Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-26

| NAOOAs LEU On LF1QyS Desk LOT a Sup
posedly Mythical Brown-H1s Friend
Indignant at What They Call An Outrage
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Before Com
missioner A. G. Bradley was taken the de
position to-day of Jas. B. Price, in the sui
of Walsh vs.. Brady, for the recovery O.
money alleged to have been loaned the dc
PENDANT by the plaintiff. The witness,
B. Price, was sworn. He said he was {
citizen of Missouri. He knew T. j. Brady
and also John A. Walsh. He said he neve
had any financial transactions with Walsh
At this juncture the counsel for Walsh
presented to witness for Identification
sundry drafts amounting in the aggregate
to $4,000. These drafts were in custody
of Blackman, an employe of the govern
ment, as they are part of the records OF
the postoffice department. These drafts
are as follows: Two postal drafts OF
81, $50 each, both drawn at Washington
July IL, 1880, to the order of j. B
Price, and by himself endorsed
against the pay on route No. 81, 12O, from
Indianola to Corpus Christi, Texas, for the
quarters ending Sept. 80, 1880, and Dec
81, 1880.
The witness identified these two drafts
as having been drawn and endorsed By
himself, and also the postal drafts, each
being drawn for $4,000 and dated Wash
| ington, July Is, 1879, against his pay in the
| following named quarters on the mail route
from Corpus Christi to San Antonio, Tex
| as; quarter ending March 81, 1880; quar-
ter ending June 80, 1880; quarter ending
September 80, 1880; quarter ending De-
| cember 81, 1880 and for the quarter ending
March 81, 1881. These drafts all bore in
addition the endorsement of J. A. Walsh.
Witness being asked as to whether or
not that was Walsh's endorsement re-
| piled he was not familiar with Walsh's
| signature and that Walsh could testify on
| that point. On being asked to whom he
had given these seven drafts, he declined
| answering on the ground that he did not
believe any one had right to pry into his
private affairs. Being pressed for reply,
he said he declined answering on the
ground that he was under indictment,
mainly, as he was informed, by reason of
testimony given by Walsh, and further his
answer might tend to criminate himself.
Quite discussion ensued between the
counsel at this juncture as to relevancy of
this testimony in an action brought by
Walsh to recover money alleged to be
loaned to him by Brady.
The counsel for Walsh maintained the
| relevancy would very soon appear if wit
ness would answer the question.
Price betrayed some excitement at this
juncture and said so far as he was con-
cerned, he would not have testified at all
in the case but for request made by Sen
ator Cockrell, his counsel, and Mr.. Ker.
The counsel for Brady asked him what
Ker he referred to.
He replied 'Mr. Ker, OF the counsel for
the government"
Price on being asked if it was not fact
| that the plaintiff had for over q year been
trying to get his deposition in this, he ad-
mitted it was, and further said if the in
dlotment against him, Price, was nolle
pressed, he would tell all the facts relating
to the drafts in question. He did not de-
liver any of them to General Brady, nor
had he done anything he would not do
l'again tomorrow.
The counsel for the defendant, Brady,
then asked Price whether he had ever given
| Brady $4,000 in postal drafts and $500
cash.
He said he had not.
Counsel for plaintiff then asked witness
if it was not fact that he had placed on
the desk of Second Assistant Postmaster
| General Brady an envelope containing
| $4,000 in postal drafts and $4,000 in cash.
Defendants counsel vigorously objected
| to this question, but witness said he would
| answer it in his way, which he did as fol-
lows:
He admitted he had placed on Brady's
desk in the postofice department. an en-
velope containing $4,000 in postal drafts
| and $1,000 in currency, addressed to A.. II.
| Brown, and asked Brady to see that Brown
received the same.
He was asked By plaintiffs counsel who
Brown was, and he replied he was a mail
contractor and had been formerly a clerk
in the postoffice department.
In answer to question as to what Brady
said to him in reply to his (Price's) re-
quest that Brown should get the envelope,
ne said Brady simply ''grunted after his
usual manner
He was next asked if it was not a fact
that the Brown referred to was the treas
urer of fund raised by the mail con-
tractors to defray alleged expenses Incl
dental to the passage of the star route
appropriation bill, and if payment of the
sum enclosed in the envelope placed by
witness on the desk of Brady was not for a
corrupt purpose.
Witness declined to answer the question
for the reason above given.
The witness having declined to answer
the questions the counsel for the plaintiff
asked that the commissioners certify the
same to the court, with view to compelling
the witness to answer.
The commissioner declined to do this on
the ground that he had no right to do so
under the law.
Thus the matter closed, Price declaring
his inthntion to leave the city this evening,
The friends of General Brady in com
menting on to-day's proceedings in this
case, contend that they were outrages upon
him. They assert that the government is
a party to it, that the testimony has not
the slightest bearing on the Case of Walsh
versus Brady, and that the only purpose
in its introduction is to injure the de-
Tense in the pending star route
trial. They say also that Price refused to
answer the above mentioned questions,
not because his testimony would actually
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