Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13


bers i'll the Employ ofthe Department of
,Iust1ce-Some Secrets of the jury Room
Exposed.
WASHINGTON. Sept 12.-Dickson's atten-
ton having been called to published in
terView with Merrick, in which he made
remarks rejecting upon his integrity.
Dickson said: :" 1t may suit Merrick to
fret and fume and say unkind and unjust
things about men who were sworn to per-
form duty, and performed the trust in q
fearless. conscientious manner. according
to their honest conviction of law and evi-
dence. but if he will turn his attention to
the department of justice, of which he is
now an officer and purify the atmosphere
OF that institution, and aid in exposing the
attempted bribery charges or corrupt prac-
hces of his subordinates. he will do 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 damnabie
transactions which have occurred since the
commencement OF the star route cases. A
system OF sportage was established by the
department Of justice and in that employ
were number of disreputable persons,
prominent among them man under in
dictment for robbery and self-cOnfessed
partici pant IN three card monte
cases lately punished in our court,
by the conviction of men against
whom this party turned states evidence.
Jurors were followed, and devices of vari-
Gus kinds adopted to ensnare them into
the commission of wrong act: efforts
were frequently made to draw them into
conversation upon the merits Of the case.
L have received a number of anonymous
letters and marked papers were daily sent
me- all containing matter intended 10 in
fuence my mind. When the regular panel
was exhausted. extra talesmen were sum
1noned, and two gentlemen. Messrs. Murray
and Tobrinor. were selected to complete
the Jury. At once these men
We're denounced. their characters
assailed, and it was openly charged and
published that they were paid agents of
the defendants. I demanded Of one gem
tleman, Mr.. Murray. a full explanation,
and on learning the facts OF how he came
to be drawn by Marshal Felt. was satisfied
Ae was innocent of the slanderous charge
and insisted that Judge Wylie's attention
should be called to the matter. You re-
member the Judge severely criticised the
course pursued by the newspapers. and de-
Tended the jury FROM the imputations cast
upon them. Malicious lies were circulat-
ed 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 re-
sorted ID, and systematic attempt made
TO terrorize the jury, by threatening them.
Some of them were charged with drunk
enness. One of them, Holmead. informed
me early III the proceedings that lawyer
named Falls had interviewed him, telling
him he was an officer Of the department of
justice, and had desired him to ascertain
by watching my notes as jotted down the
salient points of testimony. and report to
him their import. He told Holmead he
was authorized to act by the attor-
ney general, and was assigned
to look after him; it was question
whether Judge Tallman or Falls
should be delegated 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 (Falls' advancement, and Holmead
would lose nothing by it. l cautioned
Holmead when he told me in June. to pay
no attention TO Falls or any one who at
tempted 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 places of business
were inveigled by spoilers. Our employees
were solicited to tell who conversed with
us, and what our sentiments were on the
subject of the trial, and our wives were not
safe from interviewers. The first personal
knowledge had of the presence of Jury
fixers'' was when Henry A. Bowen made {
proposition to me to convict the defendants
and promised me S250OO. His cool an
dacity was charming, and he unhesitatingly
exhibited to me his letters of appointment
as special agent OF the department o1
Justice
He wanted me to meet the attorney
general. and said he had been telegraphec
for and was expected in Washington mex
day Thursday, Aug. oath, 1892: that VIZ
could meet at Wormley's hotel undisturbed
and he would satisfy me that what he prom
Used was correct. He further said:
We'll YOU are Q man OF the world anC
know when you are in the fight. You mus
use every means III your power to win. Thi!
is now the attorney generals fight and h,
must succeed. Ii IS political life or deati
with him. he does not regard iudg
Wylie as friendly to the prosecution by hi
contrary rulings He also said the cas-
came to Brewster as legac
from his predecessor. MacVeagL
and that it had been terribl
mismanaged by MacVeagh and James
Mistakes had been made and errors o
counsel had jeopardised it, and the presen
administration did not care to press tn
case until Brady's papers commenced thei
TRADE of abuse and villifcation of the ad
ministration and its officers an
now, under FL circumstance
asked him if any of the counsel for tn
prosecution knew of his action. He sal
they did not. Before leaving me he said
Il will send word to your address to-mol
row. and manage when we can meet, an
see the attorney general On the follow
ing day. after the adjournment of court.
proceeded TO ny Office and shortly aftel
ward d colored boy handed me card wit
the following. written IN lead pencil:
DcA- i /. - so2E: g O'Clock t.l;s eve,
Ing, ;is lyrheliis. Bowen. Aug. u.
Friday. August 25. called upon Judg
Wylie at recess, and informed him that a
improper proposition had been made