The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-10-16
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THE BRIBERY CHARGES.

Afhdavits to be Printed by Col. Ingersoll.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.-The Post to-
morrow will publish an interview with Gel.
Ingersoll embodying a number of affidavi.s
which he makes pnblic for the purpose of
showing that several of the jurymen in the
Star Route trial were corruptly approached by
employees of the Department eof Justice, and
that these employees regularly reported their
proceedings from day to day to the Depart
ment or some officer thereof. The first affida-
Wit given is one made by VIM. Knox Brown,
one of the jurors, on the 18th inst who saws
that during the trial of said case one Arthur
Payne came to atlantis house and left note
saying he wished to see afiant, Affiant after
ward saw said Payne and Payne said that
man had asked if he could saything that he
wished and that he toldIthe man he could say
anything to this affiant. Payne then took out
paper and handed it to affiant to read. The
paper was an agreement with r. III. Fall to be
signed by affiant to the effect that if affiant
and Thomas Martin, also one of the jury.
should vote to convict the defendants in the
Star Route case, or if atlantis vote or that of
Martin should hang the jury then affiant was
10 receive $500 Affiant read the paper and
then said TO Arthur Payne, 81 am going ac-
cordlng to the evidence. Fall is damned ras-
cal. and you both eau go to hell, and shall
vote IN accordance with my convictions"
Arthur Payne said Fall was lawyer and
had an Office on D street. Then follows an
affidavit of Thos. r. Foote, a resident of Wash
ington until July last, and now of Newark. N.
j., under date of Newark Sept. 26, swears he
was present when Payne was employed BY Fall
to corrupt the Jnry, and he himself brought
Payne TO Fall for that purpose. He also swears
Fall gave him to understand he (FalD was en-
ployed by the government, and that he was TO
get money from the government to pay amounts
ne had offered for the corruption of Brown and
Martin.
Next comes an affidavit made by James A.
Nelson of Washington, Sept. 13, in which he
swears Fall Informed him last June he would
soon be employed by the Department of JUS
tlce as SPECIAL detective in the Star Route
cases. Fall also strted he wanted two or three
men working under him who would make
daily reports to him, and that 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 iurymen
ana see no person tampered with them. Nelson
swears subsequently he went with Fall to the
Attorney Generals offloe, and there met Bewis
ter Cameron. Fall told Cameron he thought
Nelson's services would be valuable. and
Cameron Informed Nelson he would be placed
on the rolls of the Department at S5e per
month. Nelson was to receive instruction
from Fall.
Some days later or about the 1st of july Fall
instructed Nelson to see jurors Orma and
Martin, two colord jurors, and say If they
would vote for conviction of Dorsey and Brady
they would be well paid for it and both have
government places at once after the trial Nell
son swears Fall informed him he (FalD was
authorized by proper parties to say this.