Ingersoll, William:

Letter of, December 15, 1877, error in advertisement (4 B), 514; July 18, 1878, mail should be carried to Pueblo (7 B), 515-16; December 2, 1880, carrier will not stop at Agate (24 B), 524.

Inspection division:

Papers relating to the performance or non-performance referred to the, 272; makes up statement of fines and deductions for failures, 323-4.

Jacket:

Described, 302; inclosing petitions (22 O), 1207; 1879, inclosed with brief of letters (40 O), 1214; December, 1878, indorsed "Do this-Brady" (10 P), 1304; inclosing petitions indorsed “Do this-Brady" (6 T), 1519; no date, no papers on file recommending additional service (22 T), 1524; no date, inclosing petition (9 Q), 1352-3; indorsed "Do this-Brady" (6 E), 810-11; no date, increase of schedule in winter and decrease in summer (14 F), 954; February 16, 1881, supply of Durango (19 F), 956; no date, indorsed "Do this-Brady” (18 I), 1035-6; indorsed “Do this—Brady” (7 D), 676.

James, Thomas L.: Appointment of, as Postmaster-General, 251-2; testimony of, 1821-39; Rerdell confession-Rerdell stated that he was secretary of Senator Dorsey; that he had prepared the proposals, and attended to getting up petitions for expedition, 1822; that Senator Dorsey, John W. Dorsey, Miner, Peck, Vaile (and Boone for awhile) were in the combination, 1822; false set of books and fictitious names for Brady and Turner, 1822; petitions were sent out to be signed and names also filled in here, 1822; Brady's percentage for increase and expedition, 1822; met Rerdell on the train, 1823; Rerdell's telegrams from Dorsey, 1823; conspiracy formed while Senator Dorsey was in the Senate, 1832; MeGrew and Lilley referred to, 1829-30; false petitions, 1832; Rerdell's statement as to what he had done, 1836–7; the book in which the fictitious entries were made was Rerdell's personal property, 1838; James directed Brady to revoke order for expedition on route 38113, 1827-8.

Jaramillo, Pedro J.:

Letters of, relative to 50 hours schedule (57 E), 837; September 22, 1879, filing his subcontract (704 E), 845-6; June 26, 1880, withdrawal of subcontract (74 E), 847; subcontract of (71 E), 846; subcontractor, route 38145, testimony of, 887-99; subcontract, 888; failure to make schedule time, 888, 892–96, 898; quantity of mail, 888-93; pay, 889; men and animals, 889; release, 889, 894; never received remissions, 891 (excluded as to Vaile and Miner, 891); subcontract with Sanderson, 894-5; resolution of the legislature, N. Mex., 897–8; ' identifies letter of D. J. Miller, 900.

Subcontract of, route 40104 (88 P), 1862-3. Johnson, M. D. :

Letter of, to George Q. Cannon, December 8, 1879, deductions (14 C), 607. Johnson, Nephi :

Subcontract of, July 10, 1879, guaranteed by S. W. Dorsey (24 C), 612; May 27, 1878 (35 C), 1613-14; subcontractor, testimony of, 612-33; subcontractor (25 C), 613; population, 614-15; quantity of mail, 616, 625; petitions (6 C), 625; 7 C, 626,616; men and animals. 617, 628-9; subcontract (24 C), 617; identifies letters of Peck (26, 27, and 28 C), 617-18; of Rerdell (29 C), 618; 31 C, 619; 32 and 33 C, 620; of J. W. Dorsey (30 C), 619; conversation with J. W. Dorsey, 621, 629– 30; excluded as to Vaile, 621; as to Miner, 630; identifies letter of S. W. Dorsey (34 C), 623; carried the mail on 41122 and 41120; fines and deductions, 627-8, 631; identifies a number of letters not offered, 633; petitions asked for 48 hours and got 33; was not inquired of by any of the defendants as to men and horses, 633.

Johnson, W. D.:

Testimony of, petition (6 C), word and figure 7 not in it, 645-6; petition (7 C), 647-50; petition (4 C), 647; petition (12 C), 651.

Joseph, Anthony:

Letters of, April 2, 1879, impossible to carry mail inside 100 hours (9 E), 812; May 5, 1879, distance circulars (50 E), 836–7; to John W. Dorsey, January 6, 1879, proposition (99 E, defense), 880; January 15, 1879, commenced service, January 1 (100 E, defense), 530; to S. W. Dorsey, January 20, 1879, No. 14336- -238

Joseph, Anthony-Continued.

stocked the route (101 E, defense), 880-1; to John W. Dorsey, February 10. 1879, increase of service (102 E, defense), 881; March 5, 1879, accumulation of mail matter 103 E, defense), 881-2; March 6, 1879, petitions, will commence tri-weekly service (104 E, defense), 882; March 26, 1879, certificates for service, blunder in taking subcontract (105 E, defense), 8×3; subcontract of (1182), 922; subcontractor on route 38145, testimony of, 851-87; identifies letters, 852-3, 874-5; contents of letter of S. W. Dorsey, 861 (excluded as to Vaile. Miner, Brady, and Turner); subcontract, 861 (excluded as to Brady and Turner); men and animals, 64–65, 874-6, 878-9, 881, 886-7; papers, 45 E, 47 E, 48 E. 49 E, and 12 E, 865; impracticable to make 50-hour schedule, 55, SIL 876: paid by S. W. Dorsey, 868; subcontract pay, 868-9; conversation with S. W. Dorsey, 878-9, 873; distances, 872-4, 878; fines, 72; weather. 577: quantity of mail, 78; petition (15 E), 883; 28 E and 29 E, 884; resolution, legislature N. Mex., 884; conversation with Rerdell, 885; prepared petitions at the request of ex-Senator Dorsey, 887.

Journal of the Postmaster-General:

Contains no general order relating to expedition from January 1, 1879, to July 1, 1881,-257-8; manner of signing, 257; all orders affecting increase or reduction of service entered upon, 330; custom of the Postmaster-General to sigu about once in two weeks, 330-363; not customary to read before signing, 330, 333; extract of orders from, affecting routes in the indictment, read, 2158, 2164, 2167-9.

Journal room:

Detail of business in, 333.

Jury:

Proceedings incident to impaneling, 3-56.

Jurors:

Names of, as sworn, 53; argument of the right of the Government to stand aside, 36-9.

Kearney:

Testimony of postmaster at, 480-8.

Ker, William W.:

Closing address of, to the jury, 2312–2423. Ketchum, Alvah:

Mail-carrier and superintendent route 35051, 1263–1291; employed by Vaile, Miner & Co., 1263; time made, 1263, 1266, 1283; men and animals, 1235-72, 124–6, 1289; ranches, 1265, 1272; Indians, 1269-70; epizootic, 1272, 1284; distances, 1274-6; method of performing service, 1275-7; passengers and express, 1277, 1286; corrects his answer on page 1268,1284; affidavit made before post-office inspector, 1287-9.

Key, David M.:

Certified copy of appointment of, as Postmaster-General, 251; testimony of, for defense, 2058-2074; cannot say he advised with Brady specifically as to arş of the routes in the indictment, 2059.

Keyser, Benjamin U., receiver German-American National Bank:

Testimony of, 1882, 1915, 16, 1903-12; indorsement of S. W. Dorsey as to the indors ment on the notes of J. W. Dorsey & Co. and Miner, Peck & Co., 1904; dealings with Miner, Vaile, and S. W. Dorsey, 1904; overdraft of S. W. Dorsey, 1905, 6; balance due on notes paid by H. M. Vaile, 1906; agreement between Vaile, Miner & Co. and witness (10 X defense), 1906; circumstances under which S. W. Dorsey erased his indorsement, 1915-16.

Kidder, J. P.:

Letter of, May 1, 1879, daily service, indorsed by M. Maginnis (46 O), 1216-17: indorsement of, on letter of J. W. Raymond (26 O), 1208-9; indorsement of, on letter of John H. Charles (23 O), 1207.

King, Matthew:

Mail-carrier route 35051, testimony of, 1291-2; employed by John W. Dorsey, 121. men and animals, 1291.

Kirby, Thomas B.:

Clerk railway mail service, testimony of, as to regulation of the Post Office Department for 1873 and 1879, 253-6.

Krider, W. M.:
Letter of, July 15, 1878, no service; that old schedule be restored (4-P), 1303; tes
timony of, 1319–30, 1334, 1342-43; no mail on this route in 1878, 1320, 1325;
in 1879 very often nothing except the mail bill was received, at other times
from 2 to 4 letters, 1320; no through mail for Signal passed by Mineral Park,
1320, 1327-9; population, 1320; distances, 1320; Sigual, 1320; identifies sig.
natures to petition (11 P) as residents of Signal, 1321; signatures on 12 P iden-
tical with those on 11 P, 1324; they drew a line on a inap and called it a
mail route, 1325; failures, 1326; did not write any portion of petition, 11 or
12 P, 1329; identifies 39 mail bills, 1330; all matter was put on mail bill,
1342; salary as postmaster, 1342.

Lambert, Howard T., mail-carrier:

Route 35051, 1247-51; time made, 1247; quantity of mail, 1247; men and animals,
1248-9, 1251.

Lawrenson, James, notary public:

Testimony of, 308-9; administered the oaths to Key, Maynard, James, and Brady,
309.

Leech, William A., subcontractor:

Testimony of, on route 35015, 1160-5; Brighton and Kidder post-offices, 1161; men
and animals, 1162-5; population, 1162; Worthing, 1165.

Lilley, :

Referred to in Rerdell's confession, 1830, 1809, 1813-14.

Los Pinos :

Testimony of postmaster at, 1167–70.

Lownsberry, C. A.:

Telegram, January 5, 1880, failure of service (12 O), 1204; letter July 19, 1878, 65
hours schedule (30 O), 1210; October 18, 1878, asking that mail for Tongue
River be sent by Bismarck (340), 1211.

Luttrell, J. K., M. C.:

Indorsement on petitions (54 H), 2251; 57 H, 2252.

Lyman, Henry D., chief clerk, contract office:

Testimony of, for defense, 2156-58; lost letter-books of Brady, 2156–58.

McKibben:

MeKusick, superintendent railway mail service:

Recommends increase to 6 trips (46 H), 2165.

MacVeagh, Wayne, late Attorney-General:

Argument as to the admission of testimony of, 279–299, 1796-1803; decision of the
court admitting, 1803-5; Rerdell confession-Rerdell stated he was secretary
to Senator Dorsey, 1807; Brady's percentage for expedition, 1809-10, and re-
missions, 1815; false set of books, 1810; payments credited under assumed
names, 1810; route on which they drew pay and performed no service, 1812;
as to money paid by Senator Dorsey to Brady, 1812; assistance in Sixth Audi-
tor's Office, 1809; McGrew, Lilley, and Turner, 1809, 1813-14; Senator Dorsey,
John W. Dorsey, Miner, Peck (Boone for awhile), and afterwards Vaile,
members of the combination, 1807-8; Rerdell helped to fill up the bids;
combination awarded between 90 and 100 routes; subdivision of contracts by
which Senator Dorsey and Bosler became interested in some 30, 1809; petitions
and oaths, 1809; when it was inconvenient to get signatures they made them
up here, 1809; the book from which the false set was made up was sent to
New York, 1811; Rerdell was manager and cashier, 1812; three-fourths of the
expedited service never performed, 1812.

Maginnis, Martin, Delegate:

Letter of July 3, 1878, tri-weekly service, schedule 65 hours (27 O), 1209; in-
dorsement on letter (46 O), 1216-17; testimony of, 2112-2116; history of the
Bismarck and Tongue River route, 2113; identifies his letter of July 23,
1878, 2113-2114; circumstances under which the letter was written, 2115;
had no knowledge when the increase was commenced or the probable cost,
2116.

Major & Culverhouse:

Subcontract of, route 46247, 1009.

Major, John M., subcontractor:

Testimony of, 46247, 1010-12; carried the mail in passenger coaches, also expres
1010; always carried it in from 41 to 45 hours in summer, and 65 hours in win-
ter, 1010; weight of mail, 1011; subcontract pay, 1012.

Maps:

Different colored lines indicate number of trips; black 6 times a week, blue 3 times
a week, yellow 2 times a week, red 1 time a week, 749.

Mark, Cyrus E. :

Testimony of, on route 38135, 1598-1602: departure of the mails from Pueblo, 159s:
time of arrival from Greenhorn, 1599; quantity of mail, 1599; schedules rec-
ommended by postmasters, 1601.

Masterton, Joseph G., mail-carrier:

Testimony of, on route 44155, 730-49; men and animals, 742-8; no expedition un-
til the fall of 1879, 742; quantity of mail, 745.

Maxey, Samuel Bell, United States Senator:

Testimony excluded, 2050.

Maxwell, W. S. :

Letter of, no date, daily service and fast time, indorsed by Whiteaker (9 T), 1521.
Megrue, N. M.:

Letter of, August 20, 1878, increased service not to accommodate the people (1 D),

1021.

McBean, Frank, subcontractor:

Testimony of, route 44160, 1384-97; as to snbcontract with John M. Peck, 1355:
with H. M. Vaile, 1385; men and animals, 1387-91; commencement of service,
1386,7; identifies letter (33 Q), 1391; 20 Q, 1393; 15 Q, 1394; 19 Q. 1396;
Miner paid him, 1392; subcontract pay, 1392; Indians, 1393; expeditions
mails, 1394-5.

McCormick, James:

Testimony of, route 46247, 1012-15; mails were carried in passenger coaches in 42
hours in summer, and 60 hours in winter, 1013.

McCarthy, John B.:

Accepted as juror, 45.

McCrary, George W., Secretary of War:

Letter of, March 25, 1879, inclosing letter of Captain Dodge (7 E), 811.
McDonald, A.:

Letter of, April 24, 1879, daily fast line (9 F), 952.
McDonald, A. J.:

Letters of, March 18, 1879, to department, service on route 38152 is quite superin
ous (4 M), 1177,8; to Sanderson, January 27, 1879, performance of service (5
M), 1179; testimony of, route 38152, 1167-70; from Los Pinos to Ouray, routes
38146 and 38152 were identical, 1168; identifies letters, 1168; service on route
38152 was not discontinued for a year or two after he had notified the depart
ment, 1169..

McGrew,

:

Referred to in Rerdell confession, 1809, 1813-14, 1829.

McGrew, J. M.:

Late Sixth Auditor, testimony of, for defense (excluded), 2185.

McLellan, Coll., mail-carrier:

Testimony of, route 35051, 1241-7; distances, 1241; men and animals, 1242-6.
McLain, Edwin J.:

Accepted as juror, 46.

McNally, Mathew:

Accepted as juror, 45.

McSweeny, John:

Closing address of, to the jury, 2721-2780.

Memoranda:

Penciled (12 and 13 D), 678.

Merrick, Richard T.:

Closing address of, to the jury, 2781-2874.

Metschan, Phil. :

Letter of, September 21, 1878, to J. H. Mitchell, more and faster service (13 Q), 1355.

Meyers, Charles F.:

Letters of, July 31, 1878, contractor has failed to report (3 P), 1302; service not yet commenced (2 P), 1302; September 3, 1878, service commenced August 31, 1878 (5 P), 1303; August 5, 1879, 7 trips, not yet commenced (22 P), 1308.

Miles, Col. Nelson A. :

Letters of, July 28, 1878, increase of service (35 0), 1211; December 4, 1878, triweekly or daily mail (36 0), 1212.

Military officers at Camp Harney:

Letter of, July 15, 1878, no mail received for 36 days, routes and roads open (12 Q), 1354.

Miller, David J.:

Letter of, to Rerdell, February 21, 1880, failures of Jaramillo (110 E), 913. Miner, John R.:

Letters of, to Brady, Thomas J., no date, discontinuance of route (6 0), 1202; October 4, 1878, proposition for a schedule of 65 hours (8 0), 1203; and H. M. Vaile, January 29, 1879, withdrawal of subcontract (16 0, 1205; February 3, 1879, refiling subcontract (8 0), 1205; May 5, 1879, address care M. C. Rerdell, box 706 (2 B), 494-5; May 8, 1879, inclosing petitions (16 B), 520; April 16, 1879, proposition for expedition (17 B), 520; May 10, 1879, inclosing petition for increase (18 K), 1101; and S. W. Dorsey, December 6, 1880, withdrawal of subcontract (26 K), 1105; to Bargner, William, February 8, 1881, draft (12 K), 1083; same, July 30, 1881 (13 K), 1084; to Carrey, John, February 20, 1880, reduction of service (31 Q), 1374; April 15, 1881, asking him to see S. H. Abbott, satisfy him, pay him whatever is reasonable (33 Q), 1382; to French, C. H., agent, January 5, 1880, supply of Cedarville (26 A), 419; October 19, 1878, return schedule (27 A), 419; August 1, 1879, inclosing draft (31 A), 420; the same, November 1, 1879 (32 A), 420; January 31, 18-1 (33 A), 420; May 1, 1881 (34 A), 420; July 31, 1881 (35 A), 420; —, 1880 (36 A), 420; February 1, 1881 (37 A), 420; May 1881 (38 A), 420; August 1881 (39 A), 420, and November, 1881 (40 A), 420; to Joseph, Anthony December 22, 1878, at the request of Dorsey, asks him to stock the route (90 E), 54.

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Oaths of, sworn to October 4, 1878 (7 O), route 35051, 1202-5; April 17, 1879 (18 B), 38135, 521, 1115.

Miner, Peck & Co.:

Letters of, to Tuttle, F. A., August 19, 1878, accepting proposition (9 I), 1041; September 3, 1878, chance of increase not promising, Greenwood supplied by another route (21 I), 1041-2.

Mitchell:

Order of Brady April 21, 1879, curtail route 34140 to end at (3 T), 1519.

Mitchell, John H., Ex-United States Senator:

Indorsement on petitions (10 D), 677–8; on (26 D), 685; on (13 Q), 1355-6; letters of, November 16, 1878, inclosing letter of military officers at Camp Harney (14 Q), 1355; April 20, 1879, 3 trips and 100 hours (8 T), 1520; testimony of, for the defense, 2002.

Monroe, A. Q.:

Letter of, March 17, 1879, discontinuance of service (6 I), 1030. Morgan, Charles W.:

Journal clerk, testimony of, 333, 353; detail of business in journal room, 333. Murray, Hugh T. :

Accepted as juror (talesman), 52.