Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-27
FIGHTING OVER AFAT CARCASS.
The Rich PickinEs OF the Inside Star
Route Manipulatora

AhS " shC SAnE
Route Manipulatora
WASHINGTON, February 26-The Star
Route and the expensive retinue the goY-
ernment furnished them are beginning to
quarrel among themselves. Mr.. Ker, the
Philadelphia lawyer, who drew the indict-
ments against Brady and Dorsey, has writ
ten a letter 10 Attorney General Brewster
which means business. The letter is dated
at Philadelphia on the 2lst OF February.
In IL Mr. Ker says;
al understand that the papers relating to
the prosecution in the Star Route cases
have been handed over 20 the House Com
mittee on Expenditures in the Department
of Justice, of which Mr.. Springer is chair
msu. am informed that for some time
past A. VI. Gibson has been permitted to
have free and unrestraired access to those
pspeTs-to bsUdle them. to copy them, to
ompsre them, and to treat them in every
way as IL he was thair custodian or regu-
larry
Employed by the Committee
for that purpose. am also informed that
A. NJ. Gibson has made extracts from the
accounts rendered by myself and others,
and that, as special correspondent he has
written communications te various news
papers, which have published them. In
these communications extracts from the
accounts have been falsiiisd, distorted and
interspersed with comments and criticisms
of his own, so as to seriously reflect upon
the honor and integrity of myself and 9th
ers similarly criticised. ] am further in
formed that Z. w. Gibson publicly stated
in New York City that be had prepared a
resolution to be offered in Congress to COM
pei the Postmaster General to produce be-
foe the Committee OF Congress the papers
relating TO the STAR Route cases in which
civil suits are contemplated, and that ne
had thus prepared TO sell to whoever need
them extracts or copies of the papers, which
would enable the defendants or persons n
terested to beat the government in any
trial that might be instituted.
This is the same A. NJ. Gibson who was
formerly
Employed as n Special Counsel
for the Government in these Star route
cases and who either resigned or was dis
missed by you shortly after was employ
ed by you. This is the same A. NJ. Glib
son who, while employed and paid by the
Government, was also employed and paid
by the defendants who were being prose
cuted, ss Colonel Bliss informed ma that
the books Of James W. Bosler will show
the amount paid by him to Gibson, and
the date of its payment. This is the same
A. VI. Gibson who, while employed and
paid by the Government to prosecute the
guilty parties, made an arrangement,
as Sun informed, by which he
agreed for the sum Of $4,000 to
hand over to the defendants III one
of the cases papers that we're on the tile IN
the PostOfiCe Department that would be
i'm portsnL as evidence on the part OF the
goytrpment, and that seriously criminated
the defendants, He was prevented from
carving out his agreement by faithful
public officer, who discovered and changed
the com binat,on of the lock Of the safe in
which the papers were placed. sm sure
be is
Not u Proper Person
10 be in the employ Of a committee that
NAV be called upon TO examine into his
ffcial relations, and probably recommend
his punishment. | am sure he is not
proper person 70 be permitted 70 handle
pspers, vouchers aud accounts, the eaostrac
tion of one of which or the change OF a
figure might bring innocent persons into
disgrace and disrepute.
"These facts may be all known TO your,
snd probably are. ] have no right TO COM
muricate with the Committee OF CON
gress until called before it; but | feel
fhst have a right to bring these facts to
your attention, and apply to you, the
head of the department TO which was at
tscbed, and ask that, to the extent OF your
poyer, you will protect myself and others
who are interested against A. NJ. Gibson
and persons of like character