Daily globe., 1882-09-12


close of the proceedings last Thursday your
honor nasaue some severe structures upon
attempts made to bribe some members OF
the Jary. l stated then that upon the dis
! position of this case l would present such
facts as have. VIII l present them in a
sworn statement to you?
| The Court-No, sir; not at all. Your
experience may have been different from
that of other members of the jury. No
doubt it is. That is a matter that will
probably be investigated in another way.
1t does not belong to your verdict.
DlcksOn-No relation whatever!
The Court-No, if it be true as reported
to me by several members of this Jury that
efforts TO bribe have been made, 1 think
no more abominable, no more censurable
depth of crime can he made. I think this
is not the place for court or jury to talk on
that subject. 1t is matter thet should be
in the hands of the officers of the law. and
if any scoundrel be convicted of such en-
attempt q don't know whether Jury would
convict him Or notl we shall endeavor to
do our duty as a court. Good bye. gentle
men.
lngersoll-We have no objection to the
jury stating who approached them.
Merrick-Nor have we, and the govern
ment will examine the whole matter.
"ilson-And counsel for defense will
have a hand in the examination. The
government will not make the examination
by itself.
Merrick-Pardon me. sir: but the GOV
ernment will, and put it where it hA,onos
The Court (smiling)-I neve1. was so
happy III my life. Here are both sides
anxious to expose a crime. and wa shall
certainly have convict on next time,
The court then adjourned till Wednesday.
One OF the jurors gives the following in
formation as to the result of the balloting:
On the hr5t ballot IS to all the defendants
"lth The exception Turner. the vote stood
Ior conVlctlon 8, acquittal 4. On the final
oailot The vote as to Brady stood for con-
VIctlctlon %. for acquittal 2: the vote as
10 p ~ dorsey stood for conviction 8. for
acq tai 9; the vote as to J. W. Dorsey
Stord for conviction 10. for acquittal ,;
''Ae vste as to Vale stood for conviction II .
for acquittal !.
The verdict n the star route cases is re-
ceived with profound astonish,nent by
counsel and bar, as well as the general
public.
In an interview with member of the
associate press Mr. William Dickson, fore
man Of the jury, made general state
ment in regard to the alleged attempts at
bribery, but would give no formal state
ment tOr publication. He said he woald
to onorrow lay before the district attorney.
or his assistant, such facts as were within
his knowledge. On the 23d of August he
haI f
$4,000 by on officer connected with the
department of justice, who produced let
ters of appointment as special agent of
that department and stated he was author
lied to act i'll the matter if he would
vote for the conviction of Brady
and S. W. Dorsey. That statement would
be corroborated by witnesses and by cir
cumstantial evidence. When he made his
offer in court to-day to make his sworn
statement, he intended to take the stand
but upon reflection he was sure that the
course pursued by the court was better
one. as he would be placed in a false po-
sltlon. There were others of the jury who
had been approached from different direc-
tlens, but the sums offered were small
from $4,000 to $4,000. The man who ap-
preached him told him he represented the
attorney general. but he (Dickson) did not
believe that. He concluded the man took
him for a fool, and that his only
protection was to notify Judge
Wylie of the matter He suggested to
Judge Wylie that he should coax the man
on, but the Judge remarked that it was toe
much like police @uty, and advised him to
do nothing but Ito keep clear of the man.
The following day the man sent a card
asking for an interview, and appointing
the time and place. He made no reply and
had not seen the man or his companion
(who was an officer of the department of
justice) from that day TO this. He made
inquiries few days later and learned the
man had left the city on the following day.
He did not believe the man had $25, much
less $4,000, and it was his opinion the man
had been employed to get the unwary to
commit themselves. He would not allow
this matter to drop, but would see the
thing through.