The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-16

OF affIdavltS which he makes pubic Tor the
purpose of showing that several of the jul
rymen in the late Star Route trial were
corruptly approached by employees of the
/ Department of Justice, and that those
employees regularly reported from day to
day TO the Department or some officer
| thereof
| The first affidavit given is one made by
VIM. Knox Brown, one of the Jurors, on
| the 18th inst. as follows:
BROWNS AFFIDAVIT.
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. ID.
VIM. Knox Brown, being duly sworn,
| says he was juryman IN what is known
as the Star Route case, that during the
| trial of said case, one Arthur Payne came
/ to the atlantis house and left note, say
| ing he wished to see the affiant. The affiant
afterwards saw said Payne, and Payne said
man had asked him if he could say any
| thing that he wished, and that he had told
the man he could say anything to this afii-
ant. Payne then took out paper and
gave it to the aff1ant to read. The paper
was an agreement with +. I'll. Hall, to be
signed by the affiant to the effect that the
aff1ant. if Thomas Martin, alsoIone of the
jury, should vote to convict the defendants,
in the Star route case. or atlantis vote, or
that of Martin, should hang the, jury. then
the affiant waste receive $4,000! The aft
ont read the paper, and then said to Arthur
Payne, II am going according TO the evil
dence. Fall is id rascal, and you can
both go to hell, and I shall vote in accord
ance with my convictions"
Arthur Payne said Fall was lawyer,
and had his Office on D street
TSignedl VIM. KNOX BROWN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of October, 1885.
ISignedl J. F. OLssTEAD,
Notary Public.
FOOTE'S DEPOSITION.
Then follows the affidavit CT Thomas r.
Foote, resident of Washington until
July last, and now of Newark, n. j., under
the date of Newark, Sept. s6th! He swears
he was present when Payne was employed
by Fall to corrupt the jury, and that he
himself brought Payne to Fan for that
purpose He also swears that Fall gave
him to understand that he (FalD was en-
ployed by the government. and he was to
get money from the government to the
amounts he had offered for the corruption
of Brown and Martin. Fall informed the
afiant that he wanted the signature of
Brown to the paper above referred to in
order that he might show it to the parties
he was working for, and thus obtain the
money.
HOW FALL APPROACHED NELSON.
Next comes the affidavit of James A.
Nelson, of Washington, since Sept. 1881, |
in which he swears that he met Fall early
last June, when Fall informed him that he
would soon be employed by the depart
ment of justice as special detective in the
Star route cases. Fall also stated that he
wanted two or three men working under |
him who would make daily reports to him. |
If Nelson was employed by him it would |
be in the capacity of special detective and |
that one part of Nelson's duty would be to |
watch the jurymen and see that no person |
tempered with them. &Nelson swears that |
subsequently he went with Fall to the at |
torney generals Office, and there met |
Brewster Cameron. Fall told Cameron |
that he though Nelson's services |
would be valuable. Cameron informed |
Nelson that he would be placed on the |
rolls of the department at $50 month. |
Nelson was to receive instructions from
Fall. Some days later, about 1,
Fall instructed Nelson to see the jurors
and say TO them that If they would vote
for the conviction of Dorsey and Brady,
they would be well paid for it, and both
have government places at once after the
trial Nelson swears that Fall informed
him that he (Fall) was authorized by the
proper parties to say this. He was also
instructed by Fall to watch Dorsey and
Brady to see whom they were connected
with at all times
A LETTER FROM FALL TO FooTE.
Thomas r. Foote certifies that on Sept.
25th he received from F. III. Fall, a letter
the following passage: Il saw
Arthur Payne to-day. Knox Brown is out
with statement that Payne tries to bride
him to vote for the government, and that
he REPRESENTED r. III. Fall. If Payne or
me get into trouble, we want you to know
all about it. We can fix Brown if we want
to. OF course you and Payne found out
was O government detective and want q
point on Brown. There was so far as
know no attempt to bride. There may
be enough got from Brown to fix him.
The government wants us to do it. Don't
talk to anyone about the matter till I
inform you of the right time. The govern
ment viii perhaps want us. Brown has :
lied, and we can make hin smart for il If |
he attempts to injure Payne. He and you
know it all, and win stand together against
Brown Payne win send you paper con-
tanning my interview with reporter.
Mum Is the word Please answer.
Yours respectfully, Il
F. II. HALL
HOW HoLMEAD WAS APPRoACHED.
Col Ingersoll next addresses two aff1da-
Wits, subscribed to by William Holmead,
one of the Jurors, who swears that Fall