The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-30
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
ATTEMPT TO BUY JUROR AT HIS
OWN FIGURE.
The Last PeremptOry Challenge In the
Returning Hoard Case.

On Monday evening Attorney General Og-
den was waited upon by q gentleman, one Of
the talesmen in the Returning Board case
now being tried in the Superior Criminal
Court. who informed him that a person had
called at his place Of business for the purpose
OF Offering bribe to stand by Tom An
derson, in case he was accepted as a Juror on
the trial of the case.
Owing to the fact that the gentleman in
question was unacguainted with the name OF
the person who had called to bribe him, the
matter was kept very quiet in the hope that
the person could be identified otherwise and
brought into court to answer the charge. Yes.
terday afternoon, however, the old lady OF
Camp street blabbed, according to her GUS
| tom. just sufficiently, however. to inform
| those talesmen who might be disposed to
| sell out to Anderson * Co. that $4,000
was the price for vote on the Jury in favor
of the Returning Board, and without giving
any name or other Indication that might
lead to the discovery of the guilty person
but, ON the contrary, probably defeating the
ends of justice by informing him that the cat
| was out OF the bag, and he had better make
tracks for other parts. where his personal
| liberty might be comparatively secure.
| MR.. FREDERICK HoLLANDER
is the Juror who was sought to be purchased.
Mr.. Holander is q well known merchant of
| this city, where he has been doing business
for many years as dealer in lager beer, ales,
| etc. We paid visit to Mr. Hollander yestsr-
day in order to get his statement OF the affair.
Mr.. Holander replied that he felt diffldent
about answering questions for publication,
for as soon as the attempt to bribe him had
been made he had sought Attorney General
Ogden, to whom he had communicated the
fact. and 1t had been agreed upon that the
matter would be kept very quiet in order that
the culprit might be identified and brought to
ju stice.
We called the attention of Mr.. Hollander to
the fact that the PicnB,g,e had defeated the
ends Of justice already, and that under the
circumstances it was useless to keep the facts
from the public, and we asked Mr.. Hollander
to relate how the affair had occurred.
| Heanswered that it must have been at dinner
time-about o'cock-on Monday afternoon,
whilst he was absent from his store, that an
individual called there and, not finding him
In, ventured to propose to his brother-in-law
(who is his bookkeeper) that IL Mr.. Hollander
$1,000 to acquit Tom Anderson that If that
sum was not sufficient, it would be increased
to $4,000. In fact that Mr.. Hollander might
NAME HIS PRICE.
On returning to his store, after dinner, the
fact was communicated to him by his brother
in-Iaw, who was instructed by Mr. Hollander
to say to the individual who had proposed the
bribe that if he, Mr.. Hollander, found the ev-
idence to be against Anderson he would vote
to convict him. otherwise he would vote for
his acquittal; but there was no money in New
Orleans to purchase his conscience.
Then the proposition was not made to you
directly? we asked.
Mr. Hollander-No sir would spit in the
face of any man who attempted to offer me q
bribe
Do you know the man, Mr.. Hollander2
Mr.. Hollander- Oh yes know him when
see him, but / do not know his name.
Can you describe him
Mr.. Hollander Well not exactly I know
him when see him. He is a tall man, about
six feet high, and walks quite erect He
wears some reddish whiskers.
Do you know his occupation
Mr.. Hollander-I think he is O commits
sioner OF claims, located In this city.
THE LAST CHALLENGE.
The last challenge of the State in this case
occurred last evening about half past7. Mr.
L. J. Olmstead, well known civil engineer
and architect, was up for examination and
was finally excused by the State. One of the
objections, it was reported, to Mr.. Olmstead
was that he Is the special architect OF Henry
Clay Warmoth. with whom he is on intimate
relations.
There were still three jurors to be sworn in
and the State was disarmed- being unable tt
challenge any more talesmen except fol
cause.
The name of John Prince was called, and
the juror after being sworn in to tell the
the tfe'" Attorney tor ''VtSasl General, answering answering al
questions in a manner to preclude the
possibility of challenge for cause
Prince, who was sworn in and took his seat
as the tenth juror. The swearing Of this
juror created a commotion among the attend
ance at court, and the rumOr was Immediately
spread that the jury was bound to hang now
because Anderson had got one man In.