The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-17
Detective Police system In Chicago.

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Detective Police system In Chicago.
CHANGE OF THE REooKDEs TO THE GRAND JCKT-AS
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
Al the present OF the Recorders Court OF Chicago
the following extraordinary Charge was delivered to tbs
GraUa jury By Recorder Wilson, relative % bls OF IN
sesment ,cr onspssy ssaam o nro.on
which the late Mayor Of Chlcsgo, the ncso Ct the Police
Department and other officials we're alleged 70 be asso
clsied
The Grand Jury having been sworn, the Recorder
o:-Ger,lsner OF the Grand Jury-rhe hoeriy and
character OF great number OF persons are dependent
upou the action Of grand jurors 1t is therefore all i'm
porian ttsi they sbond DO selected fairly ana without
The eAs. reference parties that may
tore them, that wAen selected they should hear all
the evidence produced ARD be governed oy tnst sona
that they should allow 10 outside influence 70 Operate
upon them ana upSer circumstances should they allow
AIRY cay word them outside OF ths GRAD Jury
about sry that hiss may come before then
aud they ebocld alicw no persou 20 appear before
theu unless as q witsess 10 behalf OF the psople,
except tie states Attorney, CT some person appoint
OF this Court it has been stated ia one OF the city papers
the c. icago Dsqaccrat That the Jirs was packed at
the last term Of .Dis Court Now II this be true, some
officer ee implicated " ths transaction Yol will
See gentlemen that any sueh corrupt proceedings strike
a. the very foupcA,ou OF ell our rights aoc liberties
desire thai yoE should Investigate ,ts oesrse thai you
should cs before you Clerk and otter officers Of
Court who had any thing to Go With the selection Of tae
jury and any other person who may knos anythns o.
this SUD ran not only whether there any
ground for such charge but whether Any person 5a5
approached any Of the officers Of this Court any time to
Jurors Any particular case ard that you should report
the evidence upon this 10 the Court with svev TO
my painful duty the present Of Court TO call
SPECIAL siten;op to case which has for some time past
eusroesed the Aisensiou OF Gil our citizens Whenever
CON 20 the knowledge Q. toe Court that attempt Is
mace Though public journal Otherwise during the
pending OF any criminal case, 10 iLaoe.cs the pub.
tic mino and in that way 10 interfere With the action OF
the Grand Jury by false ssaemeas by At,scEirg toe
Court officers by invos ng political religious
preucces, any other way influence their sctou,
be
the whole matter before them Ii rs true tgat Al the
last OF shis CoUr' ooe Virginia Corae wac paced
AMI named Brown vss placed upon the stand oy
The people as witness WAC esed IN substance, that
he hal Tor come me pas. been N the employ OF the city
oe,ect-e Policeman that ne receTsi piRe collars
per week and all expenses 10 addition tcat part bis
DUTY vs; houses Of III fame aud u procure test
mony upon which to keepers that ne ma
prestrIeo himself IN some twenty different mouse, with
Their nmstes or keepers on sceont OF the city nN he
had nros,h,ed himself Gu bis own account IN different
OF III fame that be tie girls from iwc 20 three
dosis In sach case generally three dosrs thai ne some
beat them down account q lae hard tunes that
ne ken, OF bs prscsesicgs b,0k. showing
oates snd amounts pad toe girls, wheh BOOK he pre-
irg bis uerory: ira, q, each time xheu be caught
them Re reported tts fact and amount pad ~ Deacon
Anbrcse Lieutenant Of Police tha be generally received
money from Ambrose tnA. he old tell the girls that
re work tor The city, a. be suppose they would
nc; ls, h'z Il " Es DID M Anby1se, Leuieoa5' Of 70
Ice, etne1 In substance, upon The same uA, inxi he
houses Ci n iare thai sad wness Brown Was ic The
q
week bs expenses that psri Of be srowns) au,y
visit houses Of ~ lame for the purpose o. procuring
eviesnee uFon whca 70 prosecute Ter Aes.s Tat Sal:
Brown 10 aim vher he had srcc evidence, aud
OF hs thai those were GER
taed TO by him (Arnbrose) and pad By Ice ely Conpo
Ter. Re STATED hat 3-owL die Dot tell tin hat Re
had pros,i.1tsd hissef To- revelation Of such facts
naturally shocked tho moral every civilized persor
upon toe Inhabited globe who oas been unlortunste
Dr. individuals that are arho're5soy al good nen; bet
when plolic officers or these "a the employ OF the
aAsF 1aFne At
he sOvsrpnsn,, Cor the purpose Of punsairs
ihose guilty az individual crirncs, tae later einS
into nssnncsnce ana should be careful that our de
,esIsucn Q, The system OF public officers oonG,,nag
great AID csgaaing crime 10 order 10 paaah less ons
Gees po LEAD " 70 'y psoss WIN ihese ~, reay
vsrrsDiable nssus. A conspiracy Al common Isv u
combustion CT agreement otisoor more persons, either
30 % m rpa~fi act, or 10 90 isEa act by unlawful
means Ether the object Of the ocmbuAtoa toe
a IA aocoupl,stmers mrPt he unlawful An ssreemert
Two 2, Sors p' y dsS - ssasS 5s
WITH such keepers nmA'es Or soicipg AMI procurcg
svca keepers or rnnss 70 prostitute hemss,vs eAher
with such parep oahers. cri,a ps AMI tufictahe
oorsyscy becsGse though tie end &c b. mPrsaet
may be s@ft ire Dtsrs % be employed srs immoral
Tor she pvrpose OF aerNRros us.tg uem rinesis 20
c1nyi tntr acr5tr sccs ~ re7vguAui = az as -
should g. emphasized teAs Sat prbj Cheers should en-
gsge II 0rostirtrE theme ard css-s tor TIE pur
Io,e % uunseug them. SheE tie testimony q 3rosa
GIt Ambrose Ne closed, | vas tat.lsd la, B-og1
ssd prcs't-iea h-se o. agreement srd couceTt with
seue CHEZ persoa or pcrscDs, az ordered I'm nte The
cJstdy q TIE soerd and required hrl 20 give ts for
bis appesr1zes the rrssent Of volr,
s~er n sry Indictment that might be pre- erred against
hin TOE crime Of oo-spracy As soos a. ,5s order
maze TIE present ca 81 Of Police spps6 70 tue Court
70 have BroSn placed his cvs,oiv. satur that the ate
mayor bso Instructed hir % say 70 toe Cour; thai
would oo So two pers,s, them, they be two
o. ncsi wealthy ard respectable euzscsl v3r1 sR
tin FOR any amount the next moruipg Whether tos
s'aeme nt Vas true. ar1 whether the laie MAJOR
thor zea 70 the Of sucn czscs yos car ssoer.
tan BY calling before yoU the rreseni ca stan u police
hin, and you should be ta,sae1 lhsi be Fss never
tbofee 10 those os Tor Brown ant ina.
Used them With view Of thaerc ,g the scao7 n tbs
Cpurt with refeTeroeib Bro~n. tbs would De CIR
pUmstsEc~ which would be proper Tor you 70 con.
.'der 70 nuirg whether Gne sal ale MAYOR
ssF P,osn rsnspsd n tss cusiofy q Zoe p.
Ice officer fcf some two days, when be vs brought
INTO vfi At bail offered, wseh, upon eEsnr .oa was
sheriff o send OF his deputies With hin 10 auy o.
BIS f,es3s iss, he might procure bsi Tae s,e Mayor
finally came forward and bs'ad Brown Tue late MAYOR
proprietor snd editor Of the CHICAGO Deppcr1, aod "a
that taper u JuDe II De says
Ne Ssisd hiu IN ehsrss o. eonsgsey. vcilnsriy AID
neeele,sig ffeltffet bF Ju &c Hif0G.
The D,pcsrot 10 speaking OF Browns beirz bed - bal
l and What Sss said 70 bin At ioas time, ssys-
Nov tskes more tlsr ous % nsks co9spir.cy ssyo.
tim.
you shall be ,slsssa from TIE evidence introduced
before you hs The Object o. The author o. the above
s,semeCt n making hwa W Bauence the act % o. tne
Grad Jury a ths aud 10 draw TIER attention
from TIE sufhof Of TIE policy, deFeopet Ia Bro
testimony, this would be circuu1snoe proper for you
20 CONSIDER determining Whether The author n art
Gle scted Ia concert with sad Brown prosttctng him
to stated IN his evidence The se Mayor snd ed t0r
OF the D,sorg n bis o. June a. talks about
srsugemeni between hay o. Hs nes and Judge son
70 ba ing Bropu 10 this wy giving hs public aad yoa 30
unotrssnd that Mayor 6aDes had u,erfered 10 procure
ball Brown, ana for the purpose Of Inducing t1s p1bc
to believe the nens ns paper o. this subj tie
often refers The present Mayor as authority II s but
usce Mayor ia 10 that ne denies ar k1Ore3ge
II thoee articles 10 the D1nocot or hsvng "a sny way
xppfo,e OF has been sst 10 TIA, paper
this subject Re sso taks De says, ''r Dis Own ps
per, about Mayor Haues, M. haven and Judge Wilson
having been elected by the republican parry, and about
The uy having been packed against the repub can policy
about severs o. the officers belonging 70 toe same re
sous denomination he says again IA MS paper, that
Two Courts have passed since Judge wilson's cleo.
tnn snd nc prostitute blackeg pcp hss been sen
,ncea src NOTHING has besu done 70 ,ecesn ne pedseso