National Republican., 1883-02-17

Mr.. lngcrsoll admitted service OF INC hoViCe' |
| His objection was that it called Tor cVeIyImhB
but the last will and testament OF the dGiend-
ant. It was drag net intended to eaten any
/ fish there might be in the river ~ ialeG 10
| desCribcthc book they wanted. MI liehkie
! also objected and an argument at some lehgul
! followed Mr.. Mcrrick finally m0dlhtu ms
| question so as to inquire Of the witness what
! he did in pursuance of Dorsey dlrcGnoh 10
! look Mt the entry in the stub book. witness
said Dorsey told him to look at the checS
! hooks TO find the amounts. Tie looked through
tho various check books, and whenever nc
| found u check drawn TO mail ne chargeu
! the amount to " William smith,
Mr.. Wilson objected that tho witness was
tcstifying to the entry, and that the court
! was allowing the witness 70 give secondary
| evidence upon ono of The most Important
points in the case. ,,. ,vu,,..,
! "What have you TO do win Nli'I"ih
| Smith," hluntly asked the court. go
! Your honor Knows said Mr.. Wilson with
warmth. that Mr. Mcrricli has been charging
that William Smith was Cen Brady
Mr. Mcrrick promised to connect Brady
with Smith close enough
Mr. Wilson vigorously protested against tne
| statement of the witness, and asked that IL DG
stricken out. No man was safe il That method
OF investigation was pursued. -,
The witness was directed 10 coniino MS
answer to II statement of whether or hoV nc
made un entry; and IL 50, to description Oh
! 1t. lis lOrlnef NllsNtI WIS IlA'NlhN' "N''AN'
iugly. Witness said that when lie was sum
monrd before the congressional investigation
committee nc notified Brady, and tclcgraphed
S. w. Dorsey and j. w. Bo,lcr BclOre nc
appeared before the committee hc tore omI Oh
the letter hooks u nGmbcr oi letters lhat
book contained copies of every letiSr WiIlesS
wrote in connection with the mai business,
and included letters to Dorsey, Bosler, tho
subcontractOrs, and private letters OF wit
ness There were three OF these DOCKS ana
witness saw one of thc'n IN the possession ot
Messrs Williams and Carpenter last week III
this court room. ..'
will YOU let us have that book now?" i'm
ouired Mr. Mcrricli of the defense.
Mr. IngersOl replied thTt he did not know
where the book was and thought proper notice
should be allow-d. IL they did not produce
them he was willing that they should prove
the contents.
Mr.. Mcrrick then gave formal notice TO
tho defense to produce the three letter books.
Witness said il was question MS to whom
the books belonged They contained some of
his private letters, anbhc thought they be-
longcd to him.
Mr.. 1ngcrsoll If they arc his books let him
Nh Merrick. Somebody stole them from
him.
: Mr.. Ingersoll It is rule Of law that a
clerk does not own his employers books
! The examination then rcCurrcd to what
! 'N''NS
before the COMMITTEES.
He said he tore oue some Of the letters be-
: cause they Indicated. Objected to and
sustained.
Mr.. Merri TX endeavorod to prove that tho
witness had aftcrward told Dorsey of what he
had done, but the court would not allow the
question.
!. The with 80 identified three pages torn
; from the letter book lie had seen the
\ originals, for they were in his own hand
writing. Saw Brady on the day he wrote
= that letter, OF perhaps the day before II was
. about NAV q OF 90, iss0 Tho congressional
: investigation was going on. Saw Brady at the
7 postofics. Witness had been subpmnaed; it
: was q duces tccum. He told Brady they
= wanted the books and papc.i. Brady asked
: what papers he had. Witness told him, ac-
0 count books &C. Brady said, dorsey is %
a damn fool fool for keeping books" lie then
> asked if they cou.d not be copi i. Witness
u said it would take day or two; Brady said
. it would be good idea. Brady asked him
= the nature of the books, and witness
answord that there We're some charges
| that would require explanation. Act
r' ing upon Brady's suggestion, witness put a
man at work copying the books, designating
Y such entries as he wanted left out by crossing
x them out with a pencil a new set of books
" was thus prepared, and the amounts set down
y "Smith" and Jones" were charged to profit
" and loss The man was ordered to maxi tho
9 new set of books as like the old set as pos
u sibl,. Witness appeared Immediately before
" the committee and was excused. Didn't ap-
u pear then for twelve or thirteen days; sent a
II physicians certificate to Mr. Blackburn stat
! ing that he was unable toappear. Did that in
! order to secure time for copying the books.
% When he appeared before the committee
~ tho new set was ready. Both books
II were taken TO New York. Dorsey and
,; Bosler were having settlement in New York,
~ and by Dorsey's direction he took the orig
y inal journal and ledger over to New York.
% Left them at DOrseys Office rOOm The copies
remain ID then in Washington. In June,
" 1851, witness went again to New York, and
" saw both of the books IN Dorsey's office.
> Brought the journsl to Washington, leaving
~, ~ the ledge; III Now York. Gave the journal
y TO Dorsey. Saw an Orgnsl letter from S. w.
., Dorsey to j, w. BOSler, written about May 10,
II ! 1870, in relation to the star route business,
u: Dorsey told him to make up statement
vi showing the profits of the mail business. II
y was to be kept in the Office by witness
W and shown to Bosler when he called
,u on him for that purpose. Either
" W showed or gave it to Bosler. 1t was q
III statement of the cost of the entire mail
q service, with column for profit and column
W for loss. Saw Brady. S. w. Dorsey and Boslel
~ ~ in this city on Aug 49, 1850. They went into
~ ~ Chamberlins club house.
Nv petition on the st. Charlcs-Greenhorr
y u route was presented to the witness. He said
" " it had been changed since he first saw it il
W 1870 BY DOrseys instructions he inserted
~ the words land faster time" Dorsey told
10 10 him to put in that phrase, because the peti
=" tion failed to ask for expedition. Another
w. w. petition on the same route he had changed by
~ the insertion of the words, on quicker time.'
o- Another change was ION faster SCHEDULED
~ All of this was by S. w. Dorsey's direction
W Witness wrote n letter to Eugene Taylor il
ao ~, 1881, in reference to the route from Rawlin
ni hn to White river. Saw copy in letter bool
"o during the former trial.
>" Mr. MCrricR. Why We're you so solicitous h
-, have the petitions here by March II
700 A. In conformity with instructions / re
u" ccvcd from Mr., Boslor. This answer was cx
-, cluded by the court. Some letters in S. w
~ Dorscy's handwriting were presented to the
nd witness, who said they had been in his pos
Nv session. The first is dated Chico Springs
~. n. NJ April 3, 1873. 1t requests Rerdell t.
~ get the fullest information relative to ney
AZ postoilices and also tho schemes OF
,',, foot in the department Certain routes W,
Ia Ia want advertised and others not" write
uu 'st Dorsey. The second is letter dated Apri
l,a IL, 1879, introducing Rcrdcll to Gov. Routt
nr a,i of Colorado. Ho commonds Rerdcll as
''d straight republican and an upright man, an
~ ~ says that Peck and Rerdell have mail busnes
D in that section. third letter to Capt. Pad
"a dock, of Denver says Rcrdcl is man of TIN
~ highest character the defense greeted thes
~, statements with derisivc laughterl and ha
nS large interests in that country. 1t conclude
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