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

! Jurymen had been approached, and he said
| he would attend to the matter in time l
| attempted to tell him the facts in the
| Bowen interview, but he prevented ME say
ing he did not care to know the facts in de-
| tail or know what side of the case they rep
resented. TWAS apparent a person act
ing for the defense might approach jury
men with corrupt offers representing them
selves to be in the interest of the prosecu-
ton and vice versa with view of testing
or entrapping jurymen. He again advised
the strictest caution. Later on Mr. Olcott
| lntlmated TO me he had been interviewed
for a corrupt purpose, but did not state
| the facts, and Doniphan reported to me
that a man named Shaw had offered him
$500 to clear Dorsey. l advised him to
report the matter to the judge, and he did
so. Until we took the first informal bal
lot on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. g. 1
did not know how any of the Jury would
vote. nor did [ in the slightest degree
endeavored to control their actions.
and refer to my colleag-
ues to substantiate nay statement.
could not discover any possible Grim
mating evidence against S. N. Dorsey
that was supported by undisputed facts.
I explained my position to my colleagues
fully and freely, and whenever we dis
cussed charges in the Indictment or any of
the overt acts supported my position by
facts sworn to by government witnesses.
As to Brady, the testimony of Walsh. sus-
tanned by collateral facts in the evidence.
was what the prosecution depended upon to
convict him. 1 must be allowed to Judge
of Waish's highly interesting and illu1ni-
mated testimony as it impressed me,
and if [ did not believe it in its entirety.
Or take much stock in the dramatic artist
who delivered it, it Is because I am differ
entity constituted from many men. and I
am sorry TO say many of the public papers
which demanded conviction without hear
ing would have preferred to see a set of
automatOrs or troops OF mariOnettS upon
The ICry to decide their case than to de-
pend upon the wavering minds of an hon
est jury sworn to decide as to the facts.
E@c1se me If differ with the rest of man
kind and allow me 10 Judge Of 1ny own
responsibility under oata. 1 see it
is stated I formally swore to my
interview with Bowen in the presence
Of the jury with the object Of influencing
them. know the jury have too much re-
gard for their h0nOrs to misstate q single
fact or incident which occurred during our
three days imprisonment, and they viii
bear me out IN saying twas not until after
McNally, Dompham, Mccarthy and Olcott
incidentally referred to their experience
with Jury-tixers, and reference to the pub
Hshed statements III the shape of interviews
III last Fridays Post that [ took uD nv
written statement and submitted the cues
ton to them as TO the propriety of my
reading 1t TO them. General consent was
given, and SO careful was that positively
told them il was not intended to have the
slightest weight with any of them or warp
their judgment. The statement l read
them was the original one
had written on my return TO my home on
the night OF August %, after the Bowen
interview, and at its close J. solemnly said:
Knowing and believing I have God to
meet, [ say every word of that statement
is true; SO help me Cod
Others then told their experiences end
prefaced them with the same remarks as I
made, that they were not given to influence
anyone, and that it was impossible to
judge in whose interest the corrupt offer
was made, as suggested by Judge Wylie.
The result of the verdict was as unsatis-
factory to me as it was to any of the coun-
sell 1t was inconsistent. The Jury did
not expect to render a verdict when we
We're called in yesterday afternoon. They
had decided by vote of eleven to one that
the foreman should not report unless the
judge commanded him to do so. Judge
Wylie did direct me to report. 1 turned to
the jury and asked them as to whether l
should report according to our last ballot
did this so that if there were any doubt
ing minds on the jury, last chance was
given them to change their vote if desira-
bic. Each and every man asserting to
my reporting the result [ did so.
L heileve conspiracy was made out as to
some OF the contractors who were organ
lied apparently with view of obtaining
contracts upon unfrequented territory or
IN growing section at low figures, and by
representations Of facts and petitioners to
the department secure expedition and in
crease until the figures reached large
sums. l believed this was the system
yearly done by them through their officers
located here and the principal sufferers
were the sub-contractors whose losses com
pared with the government were ten times
greater. believe IL many
instances the department was
imposed out by Misrepresentation
which probably made orders were secured.
Take any executive officer under the GOV
eminent, 1 care not who. and I know from
my experience it Is physical impossible
ity. considering the growing wants of the
people 10 personally inspect. examine and
discover the true inwardness of the effect
of each order he issues III the manifold
duties assigned him. and then the exercise
of mistaken Judgment should be consid-
cred by every iberad mind. If iuries are
to be composed Of men who do not think
and act for themselves and who are ex-
pected to accept circumstantiaI evidence as
fact and shadows as proof. then the au-
thorities made woeful mistake when they
drew my name from the wheel
In regard to the Bowen matter. l have
copied the statement 1 made out on the
night Of August 23rd and placed it III the
hands of the district attorney for action.
and this afternoon I shall write to the at
torney general asking for an immediate
investigation and demanding as a citizen
the protection of his department from the
vicious, malicious and contemplate attacks
OF MS officers of justice upon a Juror who
dared vote for his honest convictions. IF
the brilliant Merrick imagines he can sus-
tain his views of nv courSa nv .I,,,eo ooI