, 1876-08-17
II Waikcs before your Grand Jury for iast

win Walker before yous Grand Jury for last
yrart"
II don't know as m,,et about this matter as
sonac Of the othors an the Jury odeli ni!d
time, snd tonk careful nutes throughout tllc
investigation"
10y .ye ,ene.nhsr ts.,. s''a' Walker was summoned
:certainiy. Tho general facts Ut ,ourss,
remember wrll, think Il was the day After
being swnrn III ai,,l Charged by JUICY Williams
that We took np the gambling eases."
, "iiow a'a walke' happen To BY brought Into
well, according to our Instructions, VIC we're
to hold tho propretors Of buildings responsible
for rentkg thcln 10 gambling reaofte. " wus
reported 10 hs that Walker owned tho building
on the corner Of Clnrk anil Monroe ssrtcte,
w'lere Mike Mct)onal! hell forth,''
"lle wa: summoned, then, to tell whether Tho
ayes. lie came lntu the !ury.room With the
Injured alr Of Il Respectable cltlzcn arrested on
falsr representations"
"WuAr DID liz TRsTiFr TO nE0AHpln1 TIE
NuiIDiN0t"
"fIe acknowledged tlmt he owned tho build.
Ing, but profetkctl not to know who Nccutitcl It,
saying tliat he had given the entire charge ni It,
a,iu the responsibility of letting II out. to 81,
agent. forget the I'a,ne OF the man wholn l'c
clai'n.tt nctc,l fur him."
" Ills statements were generally t1isbc1icyctl,
anil the Jury ordered Il summons tssllcd for HI.
boukkeepcT Tho latter appeared to he a go,d
ulacr Instructions from Walter, Us tlr seemed
painfully iiggnofaut Of everything conuected With
:" Wore hts books ovcr1,a,lct1l"
fes, n fearclnng investigation Of tllctn was
made, and the accounts for rent received were,
luun1 disguised under various fictitious tcrirs."
"Dla tic bookkceper acknowledge shcini"
He WAS fovrcd to, lie held oil a. long rs
t.tSft tf,uf
were wrong entries OF be couvletctl u perjury"
WIS he cxn,ntncdi'
"Yes. AZ first WalkcF alleged TINT he
wns In New York, but IL was sHon founa TINT
the nun Vii. here, and there were strong rea.
suns to doubt lis ever having been out of tho
city,, L., .s.,v
brought In to prove tlat the building had been
rented through him, AMI It w!.e found that the
lease was made out in llis 'lai''c."
"'That settled it, then" ......
carefully, It WAS discovered tllat wherever h!s
nurte appcarcd u wns written I'll an ink differ.
snt from tho rcst, and had cvtdcnta|y been
illictl In within n tiny Or 80 previous to being
proaf ti,ut the lcasc iud been docturrd, and wt
could nut 20 on suspicion"
s. llow dill the ,Mattcr euttf"
There was = strong feeling among tho jurors
fur perjury, Throughout the examination he
showed himself AZ i man utterly unprlncEplcd
and ready to 70 to ans lensti's TO defeat thd
ruurse u the law. Son,ciluw no decision was
reached fur SUne time As to what should bc done
with him, and then, oilior important matters
coming up, bis c.iso w,ls allowed to drop."
J. ". MIDDLETON. ......
The reporter next called OH s!r. ]. y. Middle
statement covering the facts ctieitad BY tho
Grand Jury. lIes1 he considered himself still
hound BY TITS oatl to maintain secrecy na to the
proceedings Of the Jury, but Remarked that, II
not tend to enhance tho reputation Of Edwin
Walker for vcraclty.
SIN. =. ". ropSo,
who has an Office Iii Major blocl;, vas willing to
Said tic reporter: +" wish to learn what tho
Grand Jury unearthcd regarding tho Leasing Of
'Tfe store' by Edwin Walker to Mike Mellon
ald."
ter undsr @ consideration, @ a,s;l cndeavorcd to get
to the tottum, hut could make nothing out Of
It. All sorts Of things wero sworn to BY tue
wltncsses."
"We callcd him the principal lar-camc 10
the conclusion that he was the champion iiar Of
the country. We undertook TO get tho leases.
and sono were brought in, and We kept thanl
t9r two 1ays, when tho Ink turned, shoging tat
for several days, and got him oil his marrow
hnnca and l,r 1,yrr1 nj that ha Ind Ir,i lkc n
thisf In rrr,lrd IN tia matter. St{il va cnu]i
nnt nruye tRat he leased tic premises to McDon-
I'D pnit1,m,frf, nrrfrrtIv aat{sffcd tIf Il. II
ii iin a,yt,Ss tE,at lie lid not lcaao thcm1s,
uYrs.,'
tnI ,,rndncrf1 t},c 1raseaf,,
YraLnro,Inre,1 snu,n lcnscs.v
"Wllo wcro tI,ry signed by!i .
"Oao purpostcd to be signctl By Mcdonald,
nana WA spcilcd rlx,t In t{,e docu,ncnt. aud
tl,nt ho lid not know unwilling about ii, ,'s
I'm WHAT RESPECT bin WALKER rasvAnI-
ella ndm,ttcl TINT he lied about the whole
mattcr,-ttat he lied about the lenses, and i'd
,nittr, that thcy ,ytro doctorod for thy uur-
,,ns. II ~'
WWbv yvasnt ,,r ,nt1,ctef, for ncrnrv7n
We e9s,ujd e. rot do anythirg wIt! lin. A man
Gnu swear 10 wha, he hrs mimi to before the
er"ar ~ .;,"tEin1 cIsr Thcra IL m rr,s,r.I ~
:, nan,e tcstinnnv hcis,re ths f;rnn,1 ,tnrv and
r. ,sort Il ,s",l }c sir,nIv 0ne nnn'a t.st},nnnv
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