Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-16
MvRE BRIBERY.

Another Chapter in the Star Route Case
cused of Tampering with the Jury-A
Batch of Affidavits Filed by Col. Inyer-
soil.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE Post to-mor-
row morning will publish an interview
with Col. Robert G. Ingersoll embodying a
number of affidavits which he makes pub
lie for the purpose of showing that several
were corruptly approached by employees
| of the department of justice, and that
these employees regularly reported their
proceedings from day to day to the depart
ment or some officer thereof. The first af-
fdavit given IS one made by VIM. Knox
Brown. one of the jurors, on the 10Th inst.
as follows:
VIM. Knox Brown. being duly sworn
says he was a jury man in what is known as
the star route case; that during the trial
of said case one Arthur Payne came to
atlantis house and left a note saving he
wished to see affiant. Affiant afterwards
saw said Payne. and Payne said a 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 atiant. Payne
then took out paper and handed it to
afflant toread. The paper was an agree
ment with F. H. Fall, to be signed
by affiant. to the effect that
if affiant and Thomas Martin, also one of
the jury, should vote to convict defend
ants in the star route case, or if atlantis
vote, or that of Martin, should hang the
jury. the afiant was to receive $4,000. Aft
ant read the paper and then said to Arthur
Payne: Il am going according to the
evidence. Fail is a damned rascal, and you
both can go to hell, and 1 shall vote in
accordance with my convictions Arthur
Payne said Fall was lawyer and has his
Office in D street.
(Signed) VIZ. K. Brown.
Then follows an affidavit of Chas. R.
July last and now of Newark, n. j.. under
date of Newark, Sept. 26, he swears he
was present when Payne was employed
by Fall to corrupt the jury and that he
himself brought Payne to Fall for that
purpose. He also swears Fall gave him to
| understand thatihe FALL was employed by
from the government to pay the amounts
offered for the corruption of Brown and
Martin. Fall informed affiant he wanted
the signature OF Brown to the paper above
referred to, il order that he 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. Sept. Is, in which
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when Fall informed him he would soon be
employed by the department of justice as
special detective il the star route cases.
Fall also stated that he 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 capacity of spe-
cial detective: that one part of Nelson's
duty would be to watch the jurymen, and
see that no person tempered with them
Nelson swears subsequently he went with
Fail to the attorney generals Office, and
there met Brewster Cameron. Fall told
Cameron ne thought Nelson's services
would be valuable, and Cameron informed
Nelson he would be placed on the rolls
of the department at $50 per month.
Nelson was to receive instructions from
oil SohO tdtcI VI dUOuG IuS 1SG VI
July. Fall instructed Nelson to see jurors
Brown and Martin. the two colored jurors,
and say to them 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 tie trial.
Nelson swears Fall informed him he (Fall)
was authorized by the proper parties to
say this. He was also instructed by Fall
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they were connected with at all times.
VIM. R. Laws, resident of Washington,
swears Fall approached him and endeav-
ored to employ him to obtain evidence
that one of the star route jorors had ac-
cepted 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 convicting defendants, so that
the worst that could happen the govern
ment would be hung jury. Fail, Laws
swears. claimed to be in the
employ of the government, and authorized
affiant not only to pay money
to jurymen, but promise government posi-
tons. Laws declined to assist Fall, in
forming him his (Lawso sympathies we're
with the defendants.
L Thomas R. Foore certifes that on the
10Th of September he received letter from
F. b. Fall written September "a, contain
ing the following passage:
'FRIEND FooTE: I saw Arthur Payne to-
day. Knox Brown is out with a statement
that Payne tried to bride him to vote for
the government, and he represented F. II.
Fall. If Payne or me gets into
any trouble we may want
you, as you know all about it. We can fx
Brown if we want to. OF course you and
Payne found out was government detect
i've 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 want
US to do it. Don't talk to any
one about the matter until
inform you of the right time. The gov
eminent will perhaps waut US. Brown
has lied, and we can make HIM smart for
it if he attempts to iniure Payne. He and
you know it all, and will stand together
against Brown. Payne will send you a
paper containing my interview with re-
porter. Mum is the word Please answer.
Yours respectfully, F. h. FALL.
Col. Ingersoil next presents two afidav-
its subscribed by VIM. Il. Holmead, one Of
the jurors on the 10th of September and
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