New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-27


properly approached by any directly or indirectly
OF spys Ht on s 9TH or 9th Of July Fooe
sail that Payne lad presented tho paper to Brown and
ernnent 10 catch him. that he would vote as tncy
desired II he got $500. and would controi Juror n1
tin. Fail also says that he was DISCHARGED on July -
upon charges which ne understOOd Taylor had been
making against him. Taylor had been representing tnat
with the jury. asked Cameron IL It was SO. He de-
nounced 10 as unnitigated alsehood and theFeupoh
filed allldavits TO prove Tayors alsi y" -, ~
Taylor wac ALSO sunmary dsInis3ed from the De-
on July 81 1882 by James Leonard, In which he men
toned that Taylor. among other things had desired Dh
6Se and KAT he - would be- Sad $500 therefor aud
told HIM to &C. Dick Laws and get him TO do IT, ana
Laws should nave cerHsnP IN 0GS q tS gge%s
ter Cameron AT once and being confronted ny Leonard
was untrue aud alse that he hal been authorized by
the Department of Justice or any of it's officers or suhor
Of Of 4. y Allen 'N' that during the trial. and
GOyernmeSt he saw Taylor ia COMPANY WITH "A A
- Williams one Of the counsel Tor SoGg 81 @ and
asked Taylor what he doing with them Inc later
sed arI Ds aS Ts ss oE 10 e e few dys BEFORE
and could get $40 or $40 whenever he wanted TO-
THE coUNsELs CONCLUSION.
apparent from the whole history OF the alleged at
tempt upon Browns virtue that 1t was not done with
the knowledge, in behalf OF, in the interest Of the
agents nor acted With knowledge or approval OF any
officer OF the Department OF Justice. 1t was delber-
ate and carefully prepared conspiracy against the ad
miustFaiOn Of jstoewhIch view Is confirmed strongly
by the following considerations and circumstances
FfySL-That the Government could have no interest
desire to bride jurors 10 convict t would seem tha
those charged with the administration OF justice wOulu
from tueir position have natural desire tlat lul Ilr
and i'm partial trial SHOULD end II the accused were III
nOccnt, in an honorable acquitt0l.
Second -Tuere was no lund IN the Treasury OF the
Df
have been offered brides could nave Dcen pald Without
on ID, snecRlTyiny tseretn NOT ONLY tie amount
aud object Of the disbursement but the names OF the
persons 10 whom IL paid could 10 be done even
then without the cODDvance or other departments OF Tue
Government.
Taird-As SOON too as the first Elimination reached any
officer OF the Department OF Justice thai improper sug
gesous had been made, mad been claimed mat any
had authority make such proposals, Inc auth0r5
thereof srlumariy dismissed and their pretended
auih Orlty Indignantly denied -.
FOuru-lhat every person who had made such false
claim OF authority, including Fall and Taylor, when
charged Herewith admitted the falsty thereof and all
present at any CONGREGATIONS between OHces OF
the Department who employed tuem orgaye them their
Instructions deny, that any such authority was ever
Fffih-That Brown, who, it charged bad been |
brDea in another case lay or VINO had before served
In the penentiaFy aud VINO procured Fall 20 be
employed because Of the latters connection with the
prior bribery Nelson, who had received money from
Fall 20 pay Brown for hanging the jury in the Long
cLse Laws, who claimed that ho Was tue man VINO en-
gagged Brown Ia that case and who also claimed that ne
mad been engaged ny Tie delence 10 work Brown III thS
case FoOte, employed Payne TO bride Brown and
brought him to Fans office, seeing as he says, FAN
daily III reference t. that matter anu indeed everyone
OF the vile creatures who touched tis Infamous transac
ton come forward without bus FOR what eOnSd-
Grafton do hOt Kuow and pu6 the PROOF ot tneH quit
In the form o. aiavl1s lAtO the haAds OF COUNSEL ior
the deienuants.
Their orlIn0 was not lessened but rather aggravated
thereby Ii any OF them have had promises VI immunity
cTn %1. or Us Therefore resomend that Tor
Offences thus conutted by tGem, bOtn scyefay and
jointly they be Jointly and seyeray indicted ana Tried
under the laws and statutes applicable 10 such cases
This mmendttOn refers 10 Frank H. ran, Arthur !
cred have participated aided abetted IN that trans
action. AS 10 some OF them, however must aid that
Government should be furnished with the eiidayilS pdb-
lisned by Mn Ingersol for which have applied and
WILLIAM H0LMEAD.
The Of this juror seems to demand some. though
brief considerations lie alone of the jurors who so TAR
as l know, are alleged to have been improperly ap-
preached has uniformly denied that an attempt was
made to bride him He does however, say that he mad
conversation with FALL who, saying that he would not
speak Of the merits OF the Route case, pro-
ceeded to tnat tne Government mad much at stake
hat he (hOlnead was tne only man on tue jury wno
was not under suspicion; that there proof that
Brown had sold ont The defence, and that Dickson
10 know whether HOlnead knew OF any corruption SOGg
on; whercupon Holmead defended with much zeal Dlch-
had suspicion, that II ne had knowledge on the
torHe general Fall following Sunday
and TO him that he Thought was shame that the
Government should to the expense OF Trial and then
upon molmcGi disclosed his purpose to be
10 vote according TO his convictions Fall met HOmead
again two weeks Inter the City Han Fan spoke TO
im Two three days before the WAS given the
ilry He said he would HI, store NJ O'Clock.
lie called ABOUT O'Clock and sa1 Mr. HOlnead, tnty
report at the Attorne Generals Office that offered YOU
bride. came to ask you If 80 di." h0meId replied
that he did not consider It brbe; that Fall asked
him only TO tue corruption OF The jury Fan said ne
HAD been sent 10 me by brewster Cameron with the |
knowledge and consent OF Attorney General Brewster
wnicl may add, Is shown by ali the testimony no |
matter from w'at derived, to nave been !
without any foundation whatever lact In this case
certainly there bribery and attempt to bride,
but It Is hard believe that the purpose not an
improper One-t not, in the language o. one OF the
sa utes an attempt corrupty influence" the action
Oi that juror
1t may be that the purpose oaly to sound the
Juror bit that itself had cOrrupuug tendency. AS
To this transaction make no recommendation