Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-27
INDICATING ITSELF.
The Department of Justice Trying to
Purge Itself of the Charge of Endeavor-
ing to Br1be the Star Route Jury-Report
of the Special Counsel.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Frank 81. Fall,
charged with an attempt to corrupt the
star route jury, surrendered himself to-
day.
Special Counsel Wells, representing the
government, and Riddle and Davis, counse!
for Fall, met in the police court this after
noon to arrange the amount of bail. Wells
demanded a bond amounting to $5OOO
which defendant refused to furnish and de-
cided to appeal to Judge Smell to have the
amount reduced. Payne's case will come
up for hearing Tuesday. No day is set for
hearing in Falls case.
The department of justice o-day, made
public the first part of the report of spe-
cial counsel H. II. Wells, appointed to aid
II the trial of certain criminal offenses al
legged to have been committed in the prog
ress of the recent trial of the star route
cases so called. Wells says: Afidavits
show, if they are to DO believed, that mem
bers of the jury were offered brides in
money for their votes, which they listened
to and considered with the persons thus
attempting to debauch them. And these
solicitations, it is alleged, proceeded as
well from agents of the government as
from agents of the persons on trial; but
l assume it can make no difference whose
agents made the. disgraceful proposals and
that condign punishment should fall upon
the guilty parties. The case of the Juror
Edwin A. Doniphan is first considered. It
appears before the jury was sworn one
frederick +. Shaw, a member of the regu-
lar panel, said to Doniphan he would like
to get ION this case," and having been per
emptorily challenged by Merrick for the
United States, he abused Merrick. From
the affidavit of James Leonard it appears
that Immediately after Shaw had testified
IN his COR dire he was an impartial juror
and had been elected, he said: "Oh, well,
damn 1t, they will never convict them any
how. Ii was on there, would hang out
until hell froze over before they should
be convicted. At another time he said he
would DO anything in the world to save
Dorsey" Shaw said to Doniphan, "Look
here! l have got damned good thing for
you, and will make little myself. too.
nave got money in my pocket to give
you, II you will favor S. W. Dorsey. L
have $500 or $500 I can give you now, and
will make it a 1000 within ten days.,
Shaw added l would make good thing
OF 1t; that Dorsey was powerful man.
and as soon as the trial was over and Dor
sey got clear, Brewster would be 'shisted."
Shaw, it seems did later. actually offer
money to Doniphan. The prosecution of
SHAW is recomme I'D.
Juror William A. Brown, makes affidavit
that he was approached on the part of the
government aid offered $2,5OO The man
says: "Brown was member of nv LODGE.
L believe he did not know what he was
doing. His name was Arthur Payne fool
ored.) He brought me an agreement. He
must have thought was damned fool. II
said: 'Who sent you to me; would like to
see the MANI" He said his name was Fall.
AS soon as he said that was confident
they did not intend to give me money. but
tried just to see what would say. I drove
him away.
He said he wanted to convict Brady and
Dorsey-any of them. It was my opinion
he was putting up job on me. When
Brown read the agreement he was to sign
he said to Payne, II am going according
to the evidence. Fall is a damned rascal.
and you can both go to hell" Wells says
it Is apparent from the whole history of
the alleged attempt upon Browns virtue,
it wasn't done with knowledge,in behalf
or interest of the prosecu-
ton, that its guilty authors
were neither agents nor acted with the
knowledge or approval of any officers of
the department of justice. It was DELHI
crate and carefully Drenared copun;rocr
against the administration of Justice. The
prosecution of Fall, Payne, Thomas and
others not named is recommended for at
tempting to corrupt Brown. The original
atiidavits published by Col. Ingersoll, are
asked to insure successful prosecution.
GIVE THANKS.