The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-30

any written guarantee from the prosecutor and
he said he had not, but if it was necessary he
would go down on the p. NJ train and get one
from Mr. Pugh, though that gentleman was I'M
der suspicion and would not be allowed to have
any hand in the investigation or the
prosecutions which might result from it. After
a little he asked if Charley would not go down
on a telegram guaranteeing protection and i'm
munity, but 1 told him 1 did not think he ought
to risk it because three of the jurors had been
before the grand jury and they migh1 have testi-
fed falsely, and I wanted Charley to have fair
show. He then left promising to return the
next day. After noon, on Friday. Goodhart re
turned accompanied by Charley Hits and Mr..
John c. Healey- They asked for private in
terview and we went down to the receiving de-
partment Mr. Hits said that Mr.. Healey would
explain the details Of what they wanted. Mr..
Healey then turned to me and said, "werepresent
Mr.. Gerard, the assistant counsel for
the prosecution, who has been selected
by the Cincinnati Bar Association of Cincinnati.
The association is composed of over two
hundred Of the ablest and most substantial
lawyers in our city Then he went on and said:
Il will tell you Just what we want. There Is Il
clique run by Tom Campbell and John Mclean.
of the Enquirer, and they have control of all
the thugs, roughs and scum Of society in Gin
. cinnati, and they have them so organized that
they handle fine courts and juries Just as they
pease and they have been doing this for ten or
fifteen years, and they did the same with the
Bener jury. Our object III coming here Is TO
get your brother to testify to Just what he
knows. We nave reason TO believe that he does
know more about Tom Compbell than he has SO
far made known, and we want to catch Camp
bell We will guarantee to protect your brother
for object is not to catch the little fish, but to
catch the big devil Tom Campbell. He said
they had brought the guarantee paper. but it
was not exactly what was wanted. The purport
of the paper was that in case Charley Dollahan
should return to Cincinnati they would pro
tect him against all legal prosecutions, criminal
or otherwise and that they would give HIM pro
lection against all personal violence. The paper
was signed by Healey & Brannon, Thomas Nc
Dougal Bentley Matthews. and others
After we had talkedseme time. told them my
brother would go to Cincinnati, provided the
guarantee was good and they would do as they said
They also said they would pay all of his
expenses. We met them at the depot
and Charley started with them on
the train for Cincinnati, but he returned at II
o'clock that night and though he was very much
excited, he told me substantially what he has
said to-day, He also told the same thing to Mr.
Byram.
I remember that Healey told me that they
now had enough evidence to find hundred in
dictments against Campbell whom they intended
to drive out of Cincinnati.
GEO. f. DoLLAHAN.
STATEMENT OF y. s. BYRAM.
Mr. n. S. Byram, of the Wholesale dry goods
firm of Byram, Cornelius & Co., stated that on
the evening of Friday, the 25tf inst, he had
found George and Charley T. Dollahan in the
back part of the basement engaged in converse
ton with three gentlemen. They were intro
duced to him as being from Cincinnati One was
Goodhart, the others Hits and J. c, Healey.
Dollahan called him up there and introduced him
to those gentlemen, who said they wanted Mr.
Dollahan to go back to Cincinnati with them for
the purpose OF going before the special grand
hn
ence to the jury i'll the Berner case. They
brought paper guarantee to the effect that Mr..
Dollahan should not be interfered with i'll the
l0ast if he should go there. The paper was
signed The thought( by six gentlemen who they
said We're members of the bar of Cincinnati
Mr. Byram advised Mr. Dollahan, if he had
not been guilty of anything himself to, go back
there and tell the grand jury all that he knew
about the matter. In the meantime Healey
told him it was not Dollahan thew were after
but Tom Campbell. He also stated that they
were backed up by the Bar Association of Gin
cinnati, composed of two hundred of the best
lawyers there were in Cincinnati, and when it
was asked if Mr. Campbell was a member of it
they said Damn it, he could not get into it :"
After the conversation and advice to Mr. Dolla-
han to accompany them to Cincinnati they left
the store and Mr. Byram thought Dollahan had
gone there until he saw him the next morning.
Healey said that he had some property there
and that he would not see Doahan locked up
observing that no matter what occurred he
should not be locked up.
They told a straight story, that they had got
testimony to disbar Mr. Campbell a hundred
times over, and that he should not practice law
at the Cincinnati bar or anywhere else The
substance of the matter was they were very
anxious to get Charley Dollahan to go back to
Cincinnati and when he (SIr. Byram) looked at
the paper he did not see anything to hinder him
from going, and as there had been so much said
about the matter he advised him to go.
In the conversation Healey said to me that
this bar association not the only persons en-
gagged in this investigation but that the best cit
zens of Cincinnati also interested in it and
that among them were George w. McAlpin and
Thompson of Jeffrys, Seely & Co., and that
Campbell heretofore had had newspaper man
who always backed him up, but that he was
getting frightened now and was inclined to
shake him n. S. BYRAM