, 1879-02-01

Lawrence md Jn.lge 'irGmbusl, however;
50 far ns wjtnc.R knew, tt~ Committee were M
more nrtIvt ti,nu be understood u tn ho shrir
.inty 70 l'r rs euch Committee. lilcs gave ai,.
inry h!story Of The whala nrtton ot the l'ar
Association, Informed them that their retnett
Was rcIcrtv1, TINT lttbbarli'a conduct l,au been
approved By the Association. n,nl gave them ihs
numbcr Of votes by which, It was tionc' nlla ~
TINT tert Of thng T'e e. ss,'ntiis sG,' tic
testimony nealnst Hablns,1. and lie gentlemen
an ,hc other siis Of the house showed It np'
fLntRlstcr. 49,,
Witness decl!aed 10 sar who toll him The lnry
was packed, ior ,tIt. reason that t,,c tnati
was under Indictment, and, white the
information was given long before ilmt tsme'
Jet, IN witness' opinion, the dtvl!Rn1 OF ~
name would have avcry injurious effect ul,on hss
trial. 1t wis no person, however. connected
with the present investigation.
After seyeral questions fsnn Ar. Lapham as
to tu number Of indictments returned, and 90
on, Judge Trulnb'sE asked u The sir.nl Jury
newspapers. III. lIan,tno answered with great
truth lint tllev did, but he did not know that
The proceedings Were purposelJ kcrt from Judge
15lu'i4ctt, Or That tho investigation WIS 70 con-
tli,rr 1Ilat he did t0t knHw uf thu proceedings
How the newspapers got their Information was
mystery. {l.au9hter.l lie did not know Any-
tntng about Judge blodrettFh iInpatfencc At
lltse continued sesstuns stIstlR from the lact
About. nlul tic jury were not returning any
indictments. In fact, he must confess TINT l,e
was astonishcd when he fount'. that tlc Judge
. knsw ,hnt T.. tue Iy had .sgS rsffS 81 qsfsG FL asn
know how he was lnformctlt either did no know
what right Ju.lrs BlodQett hatl 10 know II. The
Jury knew thnt nanRs had conferred With Btod-
Ee.t, but not tint Banva had told him Of this
iuLctment. The witness, In fact. 1llln't sup
pose there was any necessity for Informing tho
Judge when tho pnpeTs wera fnll Of It every
day.
Judge Tsumbcil asked II thcv e1-
information from The newspapers nntl not from
ttle fury, ami tilu wItnesk replied Tint t.rre was
any ouaa,tty o1 Information IT. ths newspapers
--of good dtAl tlat happencd and good deal
tint u.lnt harpcu. SOME tlaya ftie reports wefo
pcrfccsly correct, Hnl other DAYS tI.ey wero nil
| uttcT ilsste uf falscllood.
Judge Tru.nbull persisted In this line Of it,
| qutry for Bou,e thug. but vas haruDy prepared
Was tat ,ie Jury waa to llnl tile indictments
AlNl 'e Judge was 10 try the eascs.
Judge Trumbnll also called tho witncns' at.
tentlon 10 thu atIlayit to which the latter had
Lnns!s of tic Comnitlec. The Chairman, who
| was shuwnE 1t tp llle other members, said thu
Commlttrc would Of coursc pay no attention to
any ex.J'artc statctnente.
Col. Cooper katl that this affidavit, toCethcr
with utl,t'r papers, was put lu sht hands Of
Carter llarrtsou In a confidential way. When
Mr. Harrison was here during tho holliays lc
| tuado lila preliminary Investigation, taking
foru the House. 1i'csc were never belore the
llulsc, nlMl hnd never been used to nsfert The
nctton nf tic COMMITTEES Of anybody else, OK
cept of Mr.. Harrison himself. ......,
M. Campbell asked how such documents could
be placed In The ha,lt1s Of public man In = cou
lldenlfAl way.
Col. Cooper sharply rctortcl that they were
placed In Mr. llarrlsuus l'a,l. for his Guilanyc
liz
them PUBLIC, wien tllry naver had been madt
public BY Mr.. Harrison, that was another thing
Judge Trulnbull, who had locked tho affidavit
orcs, said It WINS substantially the aatne AZ ts,t
Testimony Of Dr. llatnlane on the stallf.
Mr.. Knott-l want to say, in Justice 10 str
Harrison md all parties concerned, That, on ttlt
daY q my departure from Washington. askct
him e aa ay ,,S papeFt Il t ,bo might
II qeiilug witnesses mud 50 on, nm! 3
handed u,e a buu.le OF papers. Tle Commit
tee had not examined them at ali until! thsy be
vau to run them ovcr while thr investigation
erncd By tho affidavit any ll,rtbur than ttlat-
!. Atr. Lauhsn-l had never examined one o
tllc,n until Mr.. Hninllno mentIoned tho fact tim
l,c had made an affidavit. Then looked for It
the Jury decided 10 Indie. Mr. li|bbard for on
ofrcilse Ut perjury, which conslatcd D
true, tue return not containing "
l
: year. The Jury did not, to his knowledge, pms
0n The question whether ho had OF lind not trua
returned nll the fees lo hAu received III nG,
! eases wlth!u tie ycnr covered BY hss report.
In auswcr 10 Mr.. Knott, witness said he undes
stU0si Nj. AVER was called ut tho lHsti1att0a Il
alr. Krtll, who was q juror and a nctghlor U
str. H!hlard: llc ukl not think TIC nar cors
nt:e sass ths lufy very ia!,y tlei1 Ideas oi u.
! 0f them WINS their reason Tor saylug auc
and such q fec was not legal. QUE:
ttons a. to tho law wcrc not ptl
wsiu ssS psupu,scd to s ,a liz. Iilloa1d's freni,
Judge Trum1ull aud Judge Lawrence dgcl!nc
t to E!yc I'LL opinion on the construction. Witncs
, did not rote to scnd for these lawyers. Tie Bu
Committee testified .hat tho Itcgtstcr told thet
, | that he hnl CONSULTED the Clerk Of tie Co,tt
. bradley, who told him h:s return was no
| nlodgctt, und Judge Blodgett refused to aAyls
: Him IN The t4atter. IIe did not knew whushe
, aIl the bar Committee kwurc that, bt
tI.ut wns tile testimony. The Jury ha
{ no information from tho Register li|lnse1
All tho Jurors nero furnished with tho pan
rh!etscoutalntnRt t!lc Bur cornIntttcrs report ~
, llIbharl's letter. Witness was surprised l!,s
. ths statement TINT judge Blodgctt had adYisc
him to make his reports as he dill. II true, vi
k nut In ttls letter, as II would have relieved VI
8 Ilibbarl Of responsibility to large cxten
= Wisness took lila panlphIct homo to c1amiD
as did Other Jurors. rlle pamphlets we're deli
t bankruptcy cases. lie thought ono 0t the u.
{ Cnruulttcc brought a pamphlet with him, III
Y when lAu Jury saw 1t tl,ey all wanted QUO.
= JAMES CROW.
!: James Grow, another GRIND Juryman OF Il
y October, 1878, term, tes,i1sd Tint during the
;. srsa!un nbout o'clock In tho afternoon Of Il