For 10 points, name this 1882 scandal in which corrupt members of the post office created fictitious accounts.
A cartoon about this event depicts a lion stepping on a fox above a half-donkey, half-key peering out from a pit. George Bliss and Benjamin Brewster helped uncover evidence of this event, and key testimony about it was provided by Montfort C. Rerdell. Thomas James asked P. J. Woodward to lead the investigation into this scandal, which focused on contracts that represented the phrase "certainty, celerity and security" with three asterisks. At trial, Robert Ingersoll defended the perpetrators of this scandal, who included Thomas Brady and former senator Stephen Dorsey. The investigation of this scandal was interrupted by the assassination of James Garfield. For 10 points, name this 1882 scandal in which corrupt members of the post office created fictitious accounts.
A cartoon about this event depicts a lion stepping on a fox above a half-donkey, half-key peering out from a pit.
Star Route Scandal