Show BREWSTER BREWS mischief for tile dorsey brady mail conspirators ay y W U telegraph raph to lne washington sept the attorney general resumed his address this morning in th the star eStar route trial tie waa was nut hero here to pick up chips and find nha vinga in the case but to present ih he e facia facts concisely 11 II had bad listened to the appeals to the jury of one of the defendants counsel not to allow themselves to be influenced by popular opinion this could only be regarded as an insult it had been charged that the government was holding down these ther men for party c consideration on why said he patr wit with i energy thesa men inen belong to the government party was it reasonable to au suppose p poso they would be perse persecuted cut ed what motive was there for such per tho the motive was that papers of the department showed waste of money in the west there were scandalous stories in circulation of bribery I of corruption would not a man in the civil service be regulated hy by the samo same rules which influenced fluen ced a soldier iio ile was prompt enough to demand an investigation when his lionor waa was impugned he lie did not know these men tie lie only recognized them by sight did air james know them or mcveagh HeYe agli when they started this investigation vesti gation the defendants had been defeated on the outposts they had lost their battle in the skirmish line had said when ho he opened the case that lie knew all about it he ile would produce papers and witnesses who would disprove all the charges and why had this not been done where were the letters boasted of where boze the witnesses it was a rather left handed compliment toward his client for judge wilson to assume that it was proof positive evidence of bradys innocence that h he a had not stolen these damning pape papers r from the department Dep artmont eve every criminal left similar traces behind behin him im and the same assumption waa was boldly held out when they were discovered why did brady consult tha the records of the office for information why haa has he not listened to postmasters to tho the lawyer who threatened to make a public complaint if these things were pe persisted resisted in but ho lie consulted his own arbitrary corrupt selfish will this is tho man who was wax deceived this was wits the man nian who when indicted turned around with his cold blooded vicious i callous allous nature and said oh I was cheated I was deceived by these men they arc are rascals and rogues brady was a good judge of or rascals and waa was right that time yes lie surrendered all all all of them thern and was as virtually testifying against hia his associates to 84 himself these men nien would willingly have had him convicted and another if necess necessary wry so long as they the ring leaders got I i off Brew brewster pter produced a tabulated statement containing a summary of the tile expedition and the increased increases allowed upon the routes named in the indictment showing a total expenditure of for these twelve routes the contractors profits aggregate and these men never owned an animal on a route the men who did the duty and were exposed to choso terrible winds sweeping swe swee epina pine over miles of ice and snow got no pay for days past the jury had been told there was a fatal variance between th the e proofs presented and the indict indictments menta the counsel had devoted all their time not clearing up the reputations of their clients not to making out their beir ca case sebut but in exclaim that there was a fatai variance in conclusion the attorney general said lie felt it incumbent upon himself to I devote the last few words offis of his address to a brief resume of the dry details of the case and lie proceeded to read from his notes the dates of all orders made by brady in III connection with the routes embraced in the indictment he lie thought ho be had shown that stephen IV dorsey was tho originator of the achime Theovide alie evidence nce showed that in ninety six instances this innocent ignorant man had been concerned in this transaction was ho he to be shielded because lie had been a senator was the senate to be converted into a sanctuary for scoundrels he lie would soon sooner ersee see the senate abolished sooner have a monarchy established because lie was a senator it was said he could not do lucli things aaron burr presided over the senate vile things entered everywhere aaron wa was an associate of washington this man dorsey was in the senate and bad had nothing to do with the business nothing he met boone and perfected his business arrangements in november 1877 he furnished security for all the contracts I ais clerk filled out all the pro he 16 endorsed notes for miner peck co here he delt dolt with valle with miner S W dorsey wrote joseph the subcontractor subcontract sub contractor contract or that he lie was vas personally interested I in the contracts if the jury doubted the tile guilt of the defendants let them bo be acquitted this court was not a place for wives to influence the sympathy of the jurors the court then called for the defense to put in the papers ana prayers in answer to the government wilson read them |