Star Route Contracts


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When Bad Men Combine


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The Star Route scandal captured the nation’s attention for more than a decade, with newspapers throughout the United States characterizing it as an unprecedented case of Gilded Age graft. Shawn Francis Peters’s When Bad Men Combine provides a glimpse into this uniquely tumultuous period marked by brazen greed and duplicity. In the first book to offer a full recounting of the Star Route maelstrom, which roiled American politics during the 1870s and 1880s, Peters reveals how postal service corruption resulted in a remarkable legal case that featured jury bribery and document theft. When Bad Men Combine follows the saga to its culmination as two sensational criminal trials presented evidence implicating some of the most prominent men in America and, perhaps, led to the assassination of President James Garfield.










Star Route Conspiracy


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George Bliss provides a detailed account of the Star Route Conspiracy trial and the involvement of Thomas J. Brady and others accused of defrauding the United States Post Office. Drawing on court transcripts and his own experience as lead counsel, Bliss offers a fascinating and insightful look into this high-profile case. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.




Star Route Case


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Hearings


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Star Route Conspiracy


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Excerpt from Star Route Conspiracy: United States Against Thomas J. Brady and Others, Opening Address of George Bliss, Washington, June 2 and 5, December 14, 15, 18, and 19, 1882 Then there is the general provision of the Revised Statutes, section. 161, which relates to all the executive departments of the Government: The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the' government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.