, 1876-04-23
It Is Hoped 10 Prove c. F. P. 10 HAVE 1een a
conspirator.

how The TRIBUNE had been enabled to publie
tho proceedings of the jury every day ip tbs fat
of tho fact that he had oounse]ed witb his se
lows about telling tales out OF school, and bee
very particular to say to Witnesses ths
il they revealed any part OF their test
mony to TRIBUNE reporters that they woul
be the subjects at great deal Of righteous il
dtgnation. To this end he summoned
| ARCHITECT EoAN'
as the first Titnoss, who he accused of tofIln
IuE Tribune reporter the substance OF his test
| naony few tlass ago, because some juror ha
Glanced to zee tbs two standing together on th
street. Mr.. Egan denied that he had repea1e
Rny tart of his testimony to the reporter, b.
confessed that ut late hour Of certain nigh
upon going home be had found the il
He had told him nothing, however
| This did not appear to satisfy Mr. Storey. for b
stsmped his foot upon the door. With the exclaAtio
tat there was rs something wrong somewhere. Say
must b. juror, or else how could TUE TRIBUNE hay
taken the lead AZ it hss ?? Mr. Storey sgan urged th
| crecy as to what occurred in tbs Jury-room. HI.
| protest increased by information dropped In hi
ear ut the time that eertatn juror had been dali
pumped BY THE Th1DuFE man.
When nlr. Egan Was allowed to hc further heard b.
h1d nothing TO say except to confirm what he has
] already teatifed to. There was conflict betwea,
House work, 20 far % he knew He had paid cerai1
aount OF money to Armstrong to be paid to Periost
and II 1t had not been paid he did not know Wher
lew wetSs and aemsndsd s out Of I he hat la
received from the county, the representation tha
i II had not been Tor him be would not have go,e,
the hill audited, etc. He told Fesolat to 90 to h-i
and nfteFward wrote him letter saying TINT he dit
not propose to be further blacknaiIe Since then h
hsd heen tseased cooly p The County bo'rd aud bt
thought that Pariolts threats to oust him were abou
bsfng carried out.
Following Mr. Egan, several othe. witnesses wers
examined, the chief among whom MAS
l. -
The greeting Of Hespg and Storey OF course, o1
the most corla chsracter, natural result of theif
welIkno~n relations. Ar. Il. was asked among other
things: ....-..
any kind ?"
Mr, ueslng-I do.
MI. s,orey-You viii please state all you know Of >
public nature, aud especially who were the instru
meuts Of corruption, and whether sou had anything
Mr: Hesiug replied ln substance that, in 1869, he
had done some work with members Of tba City Coun-
c for the purpose Of securing tha city printing for
the Tnncs
The reply WIS greeted with outbursts Of laughter By
tbs Jury. and this phase Of the investigation was
speedily lost sight Of.
After quiet lad been restored and several esser and
more agreeable questions had bean asked and answer
ed Mr. Storey reminded Sir. Heeiug that the staas-
certain officials, and said that the jury would be giad
to hear whatever he had to Say.
Mr. Heeing answered the question By asking =
dozen, among which was wlether the T1ns<. had not
also made many charges. He cited. Tor Instance
that tbs Times bad accused him OF receiving s, ,oo0
frpm perioas for the influence at ha paper in
tho purchase Of lot for the County Hospital on
Ashland ayenue that the question before the jury
and some had sworn that all the papers of the city
had received the sane amount He had neyer received
any such amount OF any other sum, and could speak
for himself and LIS paper, but not for the es Mr..
Storey. naughter.1 Mr. Hesing continued in the
recitation Of the charges Mr. Storey had ade sgninst
him, and referred to the matter Of the Aux Ssb1e
atona quarres in which he hsd been accused Of hav
ing an Interest At the time tha charge was made,
ries. Questions Of various kinds followed touching ali
Of the county contracts and contractors. but the ex
animation was little elsa than IN exchange Of cou1e
sizes between the belltgerents, being remarkable for
what not ELECTED more than anything else and il
the jury at the Gloss had been called upon to
pass vote OF thanks for their enjoyment, they
would have been at loss 10 Know TO whom they were
uuder the most obligation, the witness or their fore
1uan4
MEssRs J. II. cLouoH AND A. J. GALLOWAY
were then examined In reference to everything vhn
Fathers to the lite South Town election frauds They
Tho other witnesses were dismissed for want Of time
to examine them, and will appear tomorrow In con-
nection with others who have been subpnnued.
Outsda Of the action OF the jury the reporter Was
enabled to gather some further facfs in connection
with
COURTHOUSE AFFAIRS,
which rn1y not be uninteresttng the public. It
stated in these columns yesterday that the 1nvesGa
tion In the Court-H House architect matter pushed
hat tho Teaset might possibly be reflected upon, not
gators. Rumor has it that Mr. Wilett, architect
u the Times buildin originally pushed by one Of
he editors OF the lt<s for tho position of architect
o get him the roaition Of architect-of the Court
louae- To this end be is said to have gone to 9. F.
periolst and offered him $500 cash to get the Court
iouee Job for Wllef the understanding being that
he proposition went through double thia amount was
Q have beeeu deducted from WiIlett's
~ tn against Sa m rsTe.s .91k ana
arge advances from other architects for the kane
'urposo and being unable to guaransee anything the
sade WaS not nlade' the emrloJe q the Tnss u 10
ourse, be summoned.
Immediately after the jury adjourned,
DIR. }. r. BLUTHARDT |
vas around the' 'bnilding. He had come over un~.
odcited to explain 10 the jury IN item in TER TR1s-
ne yesterday morning reasc,ing upon him in the
ha be bad met s1st7 ~ bad been stated, but denied
hs work on The a to Esy coo to Pssolat At the
u! u mood, I'd s sad nsd ''4 already sS been awarded
he m Terh sl by BY a. m majority Sf - m qaer3n .;ra
pringhsid In spc. King Of this n1stter to Matt be
aid to him in jocuar way whtle he was boastiag OF
avng the contract secured: that he had better see
'eritls and give him amount Of money. He did I
ot know pero!at At tho time and had NOT 70 much %
zen htn, and sll be said was as passing Joke he
he Grand Jury. and that Tomorrow he will demand
. bs hoard agaio. to rindicata himself.
THE INVESTIGATION so FAR
a amounted to very little. It is clear enough that
eriolas has robbed every contractor aud ARCHITECT
ih whom he has come in contact, but, on The other
and all the money he has received hiss been for real
+ imaginary consideration. For this he cannot be
1diced, appears, and the eert tomorrow sill be,
. far us he il concerned to mako him out "a con
Vratos to defraud," and to chow what became Of the
louey ho carne into possession Of. Whether the In
estfgatfon will amount to anything os subjectng /
ny one to criminn prosecution Ia not snowp but i
generally conceded, far. that If conspiracy is
atablished at au it will lie between Ferto1at and
rinstrong TO defraud Egan drat, and secondly, !
dtsplacs him with his Own money 4s
rchitect This theory, under the circumstances, IS
ute logical: First, bccause Armstrong held the
oney between Egin and Perlolat: Fecond, because |
disposition Of the money his part mysterious
Ill third. because in all tho testimony 80 far, that Of
rn6troug ani Periofat has been essentially the same
st least oboratve. And to strengthen the theory
the fact that Egan has been recently growing IN ds
vor with the County Board, md the probability that
is connection with the Court will speedily bs bFonalt
An end.
ARCHITECT WnLETr.
the Editer Of The Chfeaeo Tribune:
IS DEArDoHN Street, CHICAGO, April I'll see II
timated in your paper Of this morning that had
ted architect for Mr. Storey, tas possessed bis
'od will, and also tat Of his employees, and further,
at they had evnced IN undue" interest IN wishing