Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-03-21
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George Bliss. one Of The high puccd
counsel of the government IN the 'ut,e
| Star Route prosecutions, was before 'he
| Springer committee yesterday, hut u'u h''
eulishten the public much rs I" no" ne
| has been earning 800 day. IN response
| to urgent demands upon htu by 'AuI'S
and MacNuagh to 40 I''' tlo
case he said he had written that
| II he should accept tho rohc"d pace
| he would demand the highest pay anu
stating that he could not bc Soculcd II u
was unders,uod that GCnNcal Arthur hau
anything to do with the seleciioES' "F II
witness employment Ia the case was 10 DC
made vehicle for slaudcrouS attacks upon
the poss ible president by the newspapers
or the Star Reuters Furthermore Q
letter declared that the witness was
not willing t. enter the case as
counsel il any suspected person was
TO be partially deat with, or II
the trial was deemed failure ~
the outset. Tho postmaster general III
reply assured Colonel Bliss that every tHlng
would be made satisfactory, aud he won't
TO Washinghton and SAW Colonel OJok'
but the interview did not p.ease witness,
rs the latter gcCtlcmln said t. Bliss tuat
he must pull his wires 10 the matter
something that witness had done IN pom
tics, but never IN the practice Of h'S prolts
sion. This be made known 10 Mr. lanes,
and subsequently, the matter was talked
over at Long Branch, where witness
met the Attorney General, Cook, GIb'
son and Mr.. James. Nlg. Gibson as
sured witness that the governments case
was all ready to proceed that wash s
testimony was ample and covered all points
iu Prescott and Santa Fe cases etc. Wit
ness disagreed with GIBSON aud Cook, aud
SAID he thought Walsh ont u be treated as
a cO-oonspira;or. lie found much OF his
evidence mere iute.euce, and It was tho
same with the Dorsey case, and that
was the reason why witness was slow
TO proceed. Witness thought q single
case OF fraud would not do to establish
cons piracy, but Ii several cases could
be taken up it might be shown by cOinci.
dence that Brady and Dorsey aud others
were cahoots in the crimes charge against
them, just as was done in the tIIIl OF tho
Tweed rascalties in New York, ami con
victiJn was pretty sure 10 follow. Colonel
Bliss believed the trials could not be
avoided by pleading the statute Of lImita.
tions, but he finally agreed to proceed
by information, when told that the
Local law would bot CDlhlCt \
trial was had OF the Prescott Santa Fe
route, aud it failed because )t the clash.
ing of the local Jaw. Colonel Bliss then
described his work 10 the Dorsey case, and
said he worked on IT sixteen hours day,
including sundays, going to New York
some Saturdays aud Mondays TO keep his
private business there from going to ruin
He was sorry to allude to sunday work,
but it WAS dOre, aud there was no need &c
deny it In December, lsSI, witness TO
ported 70 Mr. Brewster that ,ht
Dorsey case was again about ready,
but Cook was sulky aud Gibson dlsin.
| clued to work up other cases Witness
drew up the indictment against Brett anG
LiIley, which Gibson aud Cook said they
had drawn, but they had only worked W
the case, and the former was very pOol
lawyer ~ that the case wa5 finally ruled
out of court because of manifest laChes
Finding that the grand jury failed to in
diet Dorsey and Brady at the first at
tempt witness concluded to accept {
compromise proposed by Col. Iugers1ll on
behalf OF tue S4lisburys--that II they haC
received any money not duo them legall,
under their contracts it would bo returneC
TO the treasury.