The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-17

about his employment IN she star route
case, but he reported 10 the attorney
general every night. Eolmesd, on this
and one or two other occasions, when
Fell sought interviews with MIN, avoided
COMPENSATION as much as possible, and
told Fall that he had no knowledge of
any attempts to corrupt tbs jury, end
defended with much zeal Dickson, VOL
colt and Martin, whose names were men
toned by FALL as being under suspicion
by the department. He promised, how
ever. that he would do ell be could to
travel out any corruption he might hear
Of"
Col Ingersoll then introduces the
affidavit Of Ed. Taylor. Taylor, he
says, was, during the star route trial,
principal agent of the department of JUS
tica. He Wss oognizant of nearly every
thing done. He was charged with the
care and custody of most Of tbs wit
nesaRs for the government coming from
distance. he held the closest relations
with the department of Justice, and
knew what was done and who did it. In
short, il appears from letters and papers
in his possession, and from memors. ds
made by himself that he enjoyed to the
fullest extent the confidence of the de-
partment. Taylor's efidagit is to the
effect that he was employed by 4. B.
Newcombe, special agent Of the depart
ment Of justice, on the 9th of July, '81,
IS 8 detective, and continued in that SER
vice up to February 81. 1872, when he
was employed by Brewster Cameron,
general agent of the department of JUS
| tice, in connection with the stAr route cases.
On the l4th ofJune. Taylor, at Cameron's
request. brought to the latter Frank H..
| Fall, recommended TO him as a good
| man for detective work. Cameron, in
Taylor presence, promised Fall $1,000
| if he could produce evidence that ma
| jority of the jury had been bought by
the defense. Fall said he would do it,
but thought Merrick should not know
anything about it. Cameron agreed to
keep it from Merrick, Fall said Brown
| (colored) was juror on bunko case and
hung the jury and was paid TO- it; that
James Nelson, the man who paid the
money, was under his control and would
swear to the fact if paid for it. Cameron,
at later interview, asked Fall If he
were acquainted with any Of the jurors,
and Fall replied that he knew the juror
Holmesd intimately. Cameron said:
See Holmead and see what you can do
| with. Fall promised to do SO, and also
TO have Holmead sound the other jurors.
TAYLOR met Cameron and Fall again q
few days later, when Cameron asked
Fall if he had seen Holmead. Fall
replied that he had not. Cameron
said it was very important that
he should do SO. If Holmead and
one or two other jurors could be secured
who would hold ont for conviction, all
they might secure would be- compliance
by which Brady and Dorsey would be
convicted. Cameron also remarked that
he would prefer this to breaking the jury,
Later in the day Taylor told Fall that
he had seen Holmead, and Holmead said
nothing had been proven against any one
of the defendants, but he would convict
Brady on his fsce, and Rerdell because
he believed him to be rascal. Several
days afterwards Taylor received note
from Fall, in which he said Holmesd
| told him there was no case, and IL given
to the Jury they would acuuit without
| leaving their seats. Holmead also told
Fall that all the Jurors expected the de-
tense to try and bribe them, but they had
not done SO. Later Taylor md Fall met
Cameron, who said the attorney general
had concluded it would not do TO break
the jury, but he (the attorney generaD
wanted theevidence of the defense bribery
and then with hung jury, after the trial
was over he (the attorney generaD would
use this evidence to prosecute the Jurors
and it would go out 10 the world that the
! defence had secured a hung jury by
bribery, which would be almost as good
as conviction.
The affidavit OF Foreman Dickson was
also introduced, the substance of which
has already been published.
Col Ingersoll concludes the interview
by saying he thinks these afidavits
establish the fact that agents and EN-.
ployees Of the department Of justice were
for months engaged in an effort to cor
rupt with money and the promise of
official position the jury upon whose YER
dict depended the reputation and liberty
Of the defendants,