, 1880-02-29
PLAYING FOR EVEN.
Another Complication in the Ger.
man Savings-Bank =.
Case,
Edmund JuBsen Indicted for Charg-
ing Henry Greenebaum -
:: with Fraud,
Aid Insisting that a Grand Jury Was
-. Paid to, Whitewush Him. @:':

baum. ex-President Of the German National :
Bank, was brought before Justice Calvin De
Wolf on charge Of e1nbeZZlement, insIi-
gated by George Weber and others, who enl-
p1oyed as their attorney Mr.. Edmund J1ssen,
q wellknown German lawyer in this city.
The fight before the Justice Of the Peace
was long and bitter one, Us all THE TRlD-
uSE's readers will remember, and numerous
complications arose, requiring many wit
nesses and the settlement of some knotty
legal Questions. Justice De Wolf finally
bound the defendant Mr.. Greenbaum, over
to the Grhhd Jury III bonds Of $4,000, pre-
fcrring, as he said, to be OIL the safe side, and
allow q higher court to settle the matter.
The case was reached by the Grand Jury,
which, after considering the matter, found
ITO bill, and Mr.. Greenebaunl was discharged
Then lis enemies, prosecutors, or whatever
they might bo called, started petition to the
Attorncy-GencraL praying that Mr.. Greene-
baum might be nrtaiyned utld tried before a
United States Court, and that Mr.. Edmund
Jllssen might be retained Us All Assistant
Prosecutor III the case, us he, having been
over the ground pretty thoroughly, was
familiar with the books and papers, and would
be Of material aid to the District Attorney i'll
expettiting matters. Of cOnrse the petition
found plenty of signers, and 1t was PLACED IL
the hands Of Mr. )ftssell. who forwardeu 1t
to Acknowledgement DaSens, At Mas1htn3gton, H.
that official. LII this letter, which was quite a
long. one, he made use Of the following
lang,>age:
I hope their 1.-THE petitoners'l prayer VII be 't.
gr,1,,ttd, not bechuse nm gene17,ly anxious for
employment us counsel, but because kto"
thls Grecnebaum to be one Of the most consum,,
mute Villains that ever robbed bank, and
r, ri Ina htR6c8t EO3StDl4
qualification to assist III bringing about hiS speedy
conviction. He wis tho President OF the yer,
bank, and his fraudulentls appropriated values
and nssets amounting to several hurdreu tnou-
sand dollars. He whs held IN bail in tac sum I'm
Of $35U00 for his e1nbczzlomcnt OF the
funds Of the savings bank Mfter an exhaustive
preliminary examination. With the money stolen
from the depositors nnd stockh9lders n no pu6f
our county, und no Indictment WIS found; He
now wniKs the streets Of Chicago rs proudly as
MAN ne dosnsrs hat iusfice viii be done lin unless
it is administered III United states Court.
THE LETTER WAS AFrERwARD USED
before the Congressional Investigating Com
l1lfttco as evidence, Or at least III the evidence
used to enlighten the Committee
the u one eS now in session. contained main who
was a member of the Grand Jury, above re-
fcrred to, that refused to indict Grecnebamnl
4 few days ago mention was made III LIE;
TRIBUNE 9f the fact TINT the nfesf{nt s'r1 1.
fore the body and give him ali opportunity to
substantiatc the assertions lliat!e By him III
lis letter. Yesterday an indictment vas
found against him for libel or siandcr, Dut
whether the libel vas f9nha 70 y DC of!;S5 ~ 1R
was not ascertained, as the business was
kept secret ..... n>
Side last evening IN search OF ar. Jussfn,
H.: ,x,F i.,fta
was traced to the residence Of Slr. Louis
luck, OIL Indiana street, and when 1ountl ne
consented to talk for a few moments upon
the subject, after considerable persuasion.
stated the oatset Ct t4e eqnta1 M ad E 5ee9 e
indicted, and lle did not know exactly, what
tia indictment was for, but he c0u Ill S'lt-
mise lie said lie was called out ot the glll-
ed States Court to go before the Grand jury;
againSt yorl is for slandering tho Grand Jury
nT Tenry Greencbaum ?" asked the reporter.
II really don't KNOW" was the reply, L
do not remember exactly what that letter
contained but an yeEy sure tt tq dosse eau oarx x
principal witness has been killed OIL Geofse
"What do you think was the reason for
bringing this indictment against you - ~, ,,
nOh, ! suppo;fe, p = /, that Aehfs ofeeneoAunA 10
"Do you really think SOP"
u0f course, that is only my impression.
yon see i his triai is coming up before the
| United States Court before long, and, II ne ne
| can cripple ME in any way, OF course ne
| woi>ld like to do it, He would like TO run
| me out Of town and ruin my reputation II TIC
But Is it possible to find an indictmnent n
| against q man for Iibcling Grand Jury"
II mover heard of such thing. l NEIL
toned no names" 1,.,,ao l.,
You included all the Grand Jurles III
| Cook County, did you not" ;. :, ~, =,
| Mr., Jilsscn laughed, and rcplleH tna'
| when the proper tine came ne thongnl 1T
could prove all that lie had asserted, and per
| lapS more.
| THE PROBABILITY IS
that thu Indictment was found against Mr
:Ti;.srn on the ground of his having llSet
Iibelous language in connection with ~, Mr
I;rennnbauln's name, although 1t seems tna1
he referred III his letter: to the partlcn Ill
Grand Jury which had before it the consl1e15I
alton Of Greenebnutll's case Il year ago: y
! would be a hard matter to c0lVlct 4 1Hall VI
| slandering Grand Jury as body, "lthou
mentioning any particular name.
| Nr. Jiissrn said that lie dill not cSpect tllia
ANYTHING would come out Of the Indictment.
that It was only truinpcd up to annoy alle
crinnle him about the time lis would De la ell
TJnitod States Court, and, if possible lnjur,
| lis reputation. He said ho hal no leAf VI