, 1876-03-05
The GRAND JURY,
The Evidence Against Andrews~.Delib.
erations Of the Jury.



Case Vas Disposed OF.
The public have been informed through tn,
TRIBUNE how the last Grand Jury has work.,
with might and main to balk the ends Of ius,r.
It's manner of dealing with hardened criminal,
and setting them at liberty has disguised tn.
people, and moro than ever awakened them h
sense Of the danger which is threatening th,,
community from the action OF corrupt and cros,.
iy ignorant County Commissioners. If!tae,,
was an honest County Board there woHld b
honest grand juries But rs it is ncs tht
slums are searched out. end bummers and de.d,
beats placed on tho Grand Inquest of the Cuo
innl Court. Men who themselves should b,
1nvestigated-whose actions will not bear til
pubIic-are place on Grand JurieB. It is = burn
ing disgrace that such atate OF adars cs1
exist.
sCrT. HICKEY
stated to TRIBUNE reporter yesterday That b.
did all in his power to effect the lndictmeul
Of 10th Andrews aud Myers. He appeared
himself three times before the Grand JprY
aud gave his evidence aud stated whe1s mora
could be Obtained He stated further thar the:e
yas more evidence against Andrews than thera
had been against Frost. Yet the latter was con
yicted and not even an indictment was found
against Andrews. 1t was hardly any use ,c
uTga cases before such Grand Jury as the
last one. He had never seen such doinga alcc.
be had been ln Chicago. Sup.. Hickey a!s;
stated that aIr. alcAli,ster, foreman ct tbs
Grand Jury. told him he had seen ona Of the
Jurors in close consultation With Andrews fo1
three hours.
In view Of these facts it is no wonder
FREQUENT HoDBER1Es ARE COMMITTED
The police NAV do their duty, but they ass
balked in the Graud-Jury room, when, if raa
thief does the Fright thing" he knows he can
get off, only to prey again upon the public, to
Justice Boyden. who prosecuted for the peo-
ple in tho Andrews cases before Justes
D'Wolf, stated to u TRIBUNE reporter
that the evidence to convict was amply
sufficient and very conclusive, not even q loop
hole, it was thought, boipg left for Andrews to
crawl out Of Mr. Foreman, OF Foreman j
Friedlaulcr, went to ST. Louis, whittier he Lad
traced his goods- He bought back
SIX PIECES OF CLOTH STOLEN
from him. obtained from the parties who had
purchased them from the auct1oneer. tie found
tho invoice which Mrs. AndrewB had sent to st.
Louis, aud on it were enumerated the pieces OF
cloth stolen from his firm. valued a1 about "a o00
and ready-made clothing stolen from Harvey. On
the North Side Harvey went to st. Louis too.
and then obtained ample evidence against Az.
the goods in St. Louis came before Justics
D'Wolf and identified the goods recovered BY
AIr. Foreman as those sold BY hlm TOR Mrs. An
drewH, and at her request She wanted tht
sale consummated at once. ana appeared to hs
in great hurry, and acted as though ahe "an;'
ed to dispose Of the goods for some okhe1 Paft5
and she told him to
SELL THEM ron ANT AMOUNT,
30 she got tho money. The banks had closea
before the aale waa concluded, 10 he went ont and
got the money for her himself, and paid her, aud n
the atuount IVES $500 bill. Mrs. Andrews bid
harn n.ur n order tn tina Dricb.
sud one piece WAS bought in by heE and after-
wards resold. She had man with her II that
time vino il supposed to have been her brother
in-law, but his identity has not Jet been deter
way directly to Andrews. Foreman identified
the goods brought 70 St. Louis by the woman'
and brought some of rhem back with him.
TILE GEASD 1CnT,
Justice Boyden said, hesitated and he told As
sistant States Attorney Birch il there WAS no IN
dictment found in this case there certainly Was
something wrong. He had spoken to Ar: Heed
also. Who went go far aa to draw up an iudlct-
ment, charging Andrews and bis wife with
larceny, and with receiving and disposlng OF
stolen goods. 1t WAS thought BY Mayor col71a
| that he had coma to prosecute the case. and he
had never seen ona where conviction seemed
more certain. Ardrew8 WAS alwaya about the
| Grand Jury-room during the sessions and. It -
| said, was seen in conversation with some Of tne
| iurora. It ia known that Andrews h1s lots Of
| it. It is SAID that he settled tha
| Harvey cases by returning the money yai1e OF
| the goods stolen. which kept this party from
| appearing before the Grind Jury against him
Yesterday afternoon Th1nCSE reporter net
ARCHIE NALL1sTEn,
who had been foreman OF the Grand Jury, Oh
| the street. Said the reporter s. What ulce
war you treated the people in the Andrews
| cases." .,
| 1.-The evidence WAS clear against Andrews aod
| L r nrI mad inv frF1t
| ment. Tho fac: is, I believe there was money
| used, but you can't prove these things- In4
| whole thing is shame on the face OF 1t, and !
| gave my opinion in tha matter IN tho Gssna
| jury ROOM"
McAllistex further stated that the Grand Jury
had voted to reconsider the indictment several
times. The first time Was three days bafors 70.
| iourument. Then the vote stood to IS. bat
| they gradually fell in one by one, and it coulo
| be seen there had been sone
| UNDUE INFLUENCE
| at work. When he had asked them to vote 1ox
| the indictment he counted u for and II against
! There u2a 4 dispute, and new vote WAS taken.
| When he asked those in favor OF indictmens %
rise, George AcAuley. one Of the 1nty-
sagsh get pfhry hs up ae bspPne 55S@ his ss
two fires McAllister told him if he was in fs7oe
of indicting he should riso, and not get up ha.
| way. He got up and said be favored the inolcs-
| ment Tha next day he was the first to s15 los
| fec0nH1QefaL1Qn Oh lQ8 FQt@ baheAs ANi
Meyers got up and made the pathetic appea
made to him BY
| AID. JONAS
in behalf Of Mrs. Andrews. stating her couoltion
Assistant State's Attorney Birch told him 1oas
the womzn'e condition had nothing TO DO WIN q
| the case. No Grand Juror had any business "
| talk with outsiders in regard TO 1ss'sss
coming before them, aud they oouia ?"
| held for contempt OF court for such onen?S
Cook was another ju1Juan it. favor Of fesouss .s1a
erins: SO WAS Cleveland. The foreman so.t
them it they wanted to vote for the reconsla91s :.
alton OF their action. they could DO 20, Dus ~
would have nothing to do With it, fl11een sesss
to reconsider, and eight to allow the 'nd1ct"so@ y
| to stand.
| THE WILLIAM l. o'cA11AoHAN CASE o.d
il another shameful evidence OF the W.. .od
Jury's base action. He committed ulsuul t-;s1 H
corrupt perjury in case against the city On ~
Judge Rogers T. Tas 20 aag5sD'A A..os. tor.
the Judge instructed Mr. Jameson, CasJ ns'o4 ~
NOV, 70 bring his case 70 the astentlonn 10. ..
the Grand jury and have the man indicted; ~. I'D
evidence WAS clear, and written n ol.et :. III y
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