Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-09-15
Reports Set the Matter in a
Sort of (Which and 10th
er" Shape.
The Bragg and Delaney Contest
Up to .455 and IA
to IA.
The British Forces Marching on
to Capture Bold Arab
PaSha.
What Foreman Dickson Says.

WASHINGTON Sept. II. DlCksOn's
attention having been called to a pub
lished interview with MeTrick, in which
he made remarks rejecting upon his
integrity, Dickson says: 1T may suit
Merrick to fret and fume and say un-
kind and unjust things about men who
were sworn to perform a duty and to
perform trust in fearless and con-
scientious manner, according to their
honest conviction of law and evidence.
but if he will turn his attention to the
department Of justice, of which he
is now all officer, and purify
the atmosphere of that institution in
exposing an attempted bribery and
corrupt practices of his subordinates,
he will dc the government good service.
No one has higher appreciation of
Merrick than | have, and | have ever
priced his friendship, and doubt if he
is aware Of
THE DAMNABLE TRANSACTIONS
which have occurred since the COM
mencement of the star route cases. A
system of spoilage is established by
the department of justice and in that
employ were a number of disreputable
persons, prominent among them a
man under indictment for
robbery and self confessed
participant in three card monte cases,
lately punished in our court by con-
viction of men against whom this party
turned states evidence.
JURORS WERE FOLLOWED
and decoys of various kinds adopted to
ensnare them into the commission of
a wrong act. Efforts were frequently
made to draw them into conversation
upon the merits of the case. | have
received a number Of anonymous let
ters and marked papers which were
daily sent me, all containing matter in
tended to influence me. When the
regular panel was exhausted, extra
talismen were summoned, ard two
gentlemen, Messrs. Murray and
Tabreno, were selected to
complete the jury. AT once
these men were denounced, their
characters assailed, and it was openly
charged and published that they were
the paid agents of the defendants. |
demanded of one gentleman Mr.. Muir
ray, full explanati ion, and on learn
ing the facts of how he came to be
drawn by the marshal, felt satisfied he
was innocent of
THE sLANDEROUS CHARGE
and insisted that Judge Wylie's atten-
-
You remember the Judge severely criti-
cised the course Of the newspapers and
defended the jury from the imputation
cast upon them. Malicious lies
were circulated and published
about the jury being seen
lunching with the defendants and
drinking at their expense, all of which
were false. Intimidations of every
character were resorted to, and sys-
tematic attempt made TO terrorize the
jury by threatening them. Some of
them were charged with drunkenness,
one of th EN- Holmead) informed me
early in the proceedings that lawyer
named Falls had interviewed him,
telling him
HE WAS AN OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT
of justice, and desired him to ascer-
tain, by watching my notes as l jotted
down the salient points of testimony,
and report to him their importance.
He told Holmead he was authorized to
act by the attorney-general, and was
assigned to look after him; that
it was a question whether
Judge Freeman or Falls should be del
egated to take care of Holmead, and
finally it was decided to appoint Falls.
He urged Holmead to act with him,
and
AID HIM WITH INFORMATION,
and said it would result in his (Fall'sl
advancement, and that Holmead
would lose nothing by it. / cautioned
Holmead when he told me in June TO
pay no attention to Falls, or any one
who attempted TO mislead him. Falls
repeated his visit to Holmead
at intervals and renewed his efforts to
inveigle him until Holmead threatened
to kick him out of his store. Our
spoilers, our employees were solicited
to tell who we conversed with and
what our sentiments were on the SUBJ
ject of the trial and
OUR WIVES WERE not sAFE
from interviewers. The first personal
knowledge I had of the presence of
Jury fixers wss When Henry A. Bowen
made a proposition to me to convict
the defendants and promised me s25,-
600. His cool audacity was charm
ing and he unhesitatingly exhibited to
me his letters of appointment as special
agent of the department. of justice.
He wanted me to meet the attorney
general, and said he had been tele-
graphed for and he was expected In
Washington the next day, Thursday,