The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-17
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
BOB BOUNCEs 'EM
ERgersoII Shows mp Bribery
Business.
Chance for a Lot OF EEen to
Explain.


Washington, Is The Post, to-mor-
row morning will publish an interview
with Col. Robert g.. Ingeraoll embody-
ing s number of afidaVits which he
makes public for the purpose of showing
that ''several of the jurymen in the lste
star route trial were corruptly approached
by employees of the department Of JUS
tice, that these employees regularly re-
ported their proceedings from day to dsy
to the department, or some officer there.
Of" The first affidavit given is one made
by VIM. Knox Brown, one of the jurors,
on the 18th instant az follows:
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, D. G.
VIM. knox Brown being duly sworn,
says he was juryman in whNt Is kno8n
as the star route case; that during the
trial of said case one Arthur Payne came
to atlantis house and left note saying
he wished to see afiant. afhant
afterwards saw said Payne, and Payne
said the man had asked him if he could
say anything that he wished, and that he
had told the man he could say anything
to this affiant Payne then took out a
paper, and handed it to sffiaDt 10 read.
The paper was an agreement with L. II
| Fall, to be signed by sfflant, to the effect
that if afiant and Thomas Martin, also
one of the Jury, should vote TO convict
| the defendants in the star route case, or
| ifafiant's vote or that of Martin should
| hang the jury, then affiant was to receive
| $4,000. Affiant read the paper, and then
said TO Arthur Payne: II am going &C
c9rdinR to the evidence. Fall is a
| damned rascal, and you both can
go to hell, and l shall vote
in accordance with my convictions.
Arthur Payne said Fall was lawyer
and had his Office on d street.
(Signed.) WIN. K. BROWN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
the 18th day of October, A. D. 1882,
[SealJ j. +. OLMsTEAD,
Notary public.
Then follows the affidavit of Thos. r.
Foote, resident of Washington until
July last, and now Of Newark, N. f.
Under date of Newark, Sept. 26, he
sWesrs that he was present when Paype
was employed by Fall to corrupt the
jury, and that be himself brought Payne
to Fall for that purpose. He also swears
that Fall gave him to understand that he
(Fsll) ives employed by government, and
he was to get money from government.
ruption Of Brown and Martin. Fall in
formed afiant that he wanted the
signature of Brown to the paper
might show it to the parties he was
working for, and thus obtain the money.
Next comes the affidavit of James a.
Nelson, of Washington. on September
18th, in which he sweare that he met
Fall early last June, when Fall informed
him that he would soon be employed by
the department Of justice as special de-
| tective in the star route cases. Fall also
stated that be wanted two or three men
working under him who would make
daily reports to him, and if Nelson was
| employed by him it would be in the ca
Escity Of special detective, and that one
| part Of Nelson's duty would be 10 watch
the jurymen and zee that no person tam
| pered with them. Nelson swears that
attorney genersPs ofica and there
met Brewster Cameron. Fall told
Cameron that he thought Nelson's
services would be valuable and Cam
eron informed Nelson that he would be
placed on the rolls Of the department at
| $50 per month. Nelson was TO receive
or about the LIST Of July, Fall instructed
Nelson to see the jurors Brown and
Martin, the two e0lored jurors, ana say
to them If they would vote for the con-
viction of Dorsey and Brady they would
be veil paid for it, and both have gov
eminent places at once after the trial.
Nelson sWears that Fall informed him
that he (Fsll) was authorized by proper
parties to say this. He was also Instructed
by Fall to watch Dorsey and Brady and
| see who they were connected with at all
times.
w. r. Laws, q resident ofWashington,
swears that Fall approached him and
endeavored to employ him to obtain
evidence that one of the star route jurors
had accepted 8 bribe in another case and
make an agreement in case the jury
could not be broken to induce one or
more of them to vote for conYictiDg the
| defendant, so that the worst that could
happen to government would be q hung
jury. Fall, Laws sWears, claimed to be
in the employ Of government and author
lied afiant not only to pay money to the
Ijurymen but to promise government posi-
tions. Laws declined to assist Fall, in
forming him that his (Laws) sympathies
| were with the Qefendsnte.
Thos. r. Foote certifes that on the 18th
Of September he received q letter from
f. Il, Fall, written on September Oath,
containing the following passage:
Friend F0ote-
I saw Arthur Payne to-dey. Knox
Brown is out with a statement that
Payne tried to bride him, to vote
for government and he represented
T. Il. Fall. If Payne or l get into any
trouble we may want you, as you know
sll about it. We can ''fx" Brown if
we want to. OF course you and PAYNE
found out was 9 government detect We
and want point on Brown. There was,
so far as l know, no attempt to BRIDE
There may have been enough got from
Brown to fix him if the government
wants us to do it. Don't talk to snv
one about the matter; still, 1 inform YOU
that at the right time the government
will perhaps want US. Brown lied, and
we can make him smart for it if he ct
tempts to inj1re Payne. He and you
know it all, and We'll stand together
against Brown. Payne will send YOU a
paper containing my interview" with
| 8 reporter. Mum is the word. Please
answer. Yours, respectfully,
Signed: FIJI. FALL.
! Colonel Ingersoll, next addressed two
affdavits subscribed by VIM. HolmeAd
one Of the jurors on the 10th of Septem.
Der aud 10 Instant, He swears durino
the first week of the star route trial FAT
came to his house to see him, alleging