Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-10-22
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BROWNSVILLE, TExAs, Oct. 16.-There are ten light cases Of fever at Ft. Brown. Reports from all other places inside the cOrdon show healthy condition. The latest reports from Mier and Camargo say that the death-rate keeps at 10 to F daily. The weather IS hot, with strong sOutheasterly wind.
 PENSACOLA, FLA. Oct. l6.-There are 64 new eases of yellow fever, and 8 deaths. The three disabled physicians are on duty agaln. The total cases to date. 1907; deaths, l40
 TALLAHAssE, FLA, Oct I6.-D. A. McGinniss, of this city, Grand Master of the Odd Fellows of Florida, issues an appeal to ;he Odd Fellows ofthe United States for contributions the yellow fever suffer rs of Pensacola.
 WAsHINGToS. Oct. I6.-The Post to- morrow morning will publish sn inter view with Col Robert G. Ingersoll en- bOdying a number uf affdavits which he makes public for the purpose of showing that several iurymen in the late Star Route trial We're cOrruptly approached by officers of the Department of Justice. That these employees regularly report aN to the Department or some officer there of. The first affidavit given is one made by Wm. Knox Brown, one of the jurors, who ayers that he was offered $500 to either vore for conviction or hung jury. Thomas R. Foote deposes that Fall, a lawyer who tired Co bribe Brown. gave depOneut Co understand that he was em- plOyed by the Government and the cor ruphOn money offered was furnished by the Government. James A. Nelson depOsed that Fall vas a special U. s. Detective in the Star Route cases, got a friend appointed as assistant and told him tO get Brown and Martin, "colored jurors, to vote for the conviction of Dorsey and BrHdY by the promise of re- ward and William R. Louis depOsed to the same effect as Nelson. IngersoIl also produced the affidavit of William Holmes, one of the jurors, that Fall interviewed him seeking information ss to whether any attempt had been made tO corrupt any of the jurors. Ed Taylor in the Department Justice in Star Route trial desposed at Brewster Cameron in depOnent' s presence offered Fall 5000 if he could produce evidence that a ma JOrity of the jurors had been bought by the defense Fall sad Brown, the col ored juror had hung the jury and that Nelson had paid him for 1t and would swear C. the facts that the juror Holmes was paid. There was case against de- fendants and the jury would acoult," that Cameron toldhim that the Attorney General wanted evidence that the de- fense had bribed some of the jurors which evidence would be used to prosecute the jurors, while 1t went out to the world that the defendants escaped by bribery, which would be sl- most as good as conviction. IngersOll thinks the documents prove an attempt by the Department Ot Justice to cor rupt the jury.
 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IA fire oc- cured last night in the freight sheds on pier No. & The south vharves, the pier itself, all freights stored thereon, the large tugboats Argus and Major to- gether with the narrow gauge railroad freight depot and its contents, were burned. Three of the crew of the Major were terribly burned and a number of others seriously injured by falling sparks. The rigging of vessels was burned away, but no serious damage was done. Loss, slO0,OOO.
 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. I7.-Attorney General Brewster, in reference to the afidavits published. charging men in the employ of the Government of attempt ing to brlbe members of the Star Route