St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-12
SAUCE SERVED TO SPIES.
Turned Against One Of the Corporations
That Anarchists Howl About.
TWo-EDGED LEGAL RULINGS.
Judge Gary's Sound Law That Sent
Reds to the Galiows May I'M
prison Millionaires.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE rulings of
law in the anarchists case, by Judge
Gary, that sent Spies and his comrades
to the gallows, were turned to-day by
another Chicago Judge, Kirk Haws,
against the agents. attorneys and chief
officials of one of the wealthiest corpo-
rations in the country. The offense in
this case was attempted jury brlbing,
and the main offender, Sumner G. Welch,
claim agent of the Chicago City railway.
is sentenced to term behind prison
bars; while G. B. Holmes, president of
the company, and G. NJ. Hardy, the
company's attorney, are recommended
to be dealt with by the grand jury.
Judge Haws holds that the conspiracy
rulings in the anarchist case apply as
we'll to any other conSpiratOrs. In rem
dering his decision this morning he sent
Welch to jail for six months, and held
that it was not necessary that Holmes
or Hardy should have done any positive
or affirmative act, or be present when it
was done, if they in any way aided or
abetted, and that if they did so aid or
abet,
THEY WERE AS GUILTY
as the actual criminal. The question as
to whether Holmes and Hardy did abet
he left to the grand jury, recommend
ing that it investigate their cases.
The citations of the anarchist rulings
by Judge HawS are voluminOuS, re-
ferring several times directly to the
case by name, 'SpieS ct al. VS.. The Peo-
pie" The Chicago City railway is per
hapS the largest corporation of the kind
in the country. President Holmes is
very prominent, wealthy citizen, and
Attorney Hardy is leading member OF
the bar. The bribery was an insigniti-
cant little damage suit against the com
pany, WEIGH approaching of one the
jurors named Rosenthal, during court
recess, and endeavOring to retain by
money his services in the interest OF
the company. ROsenthal Indignantly
refused, voted for the highest verdict
against the corporation and afterwards
exposed the business to the attorneys
for the plaintiff. The matter, small in
itself, raised storm of public opinion
and brought out much evidence tending
to show that the company's course in
this case was thoroughly systematic and
had been pursued for years in other
litigation, particularly whenever the
company was
IN DANGER OF BEING MULCTED
for damages by unfortunate individuals
who were hurt in accidents on its forty
miles of street railway. To-day Judge
Haws, in his decision, publicly thanked
Juror ROsenthal on behalf of the COM
munity. The judge, in recommending
Hardy and Holmes to the grand jury,
said enough had been shown to estab-
fish reasonable ground for belief that
they had a general knowledge of
Welch's crimes, and indirectly ell
couraged him by passive acquiescence,
willfully closing their eyes, or winlIing
at his infamy. The sentence OF WEIGH
is only for his contempt of court: and
he with Hardy and Holmes are liable,
if their guilt is formally established be-
fore jury in the regular way, to long
term at hard labor in the penitentiary.
nary length, and if printed in full
of an ordinary newspaper. 1t is mostly
made up, however. of an analysis of the
the testimony. In this portion Judge
Haws is extremely clear and pains
taking. The glst of the decision was
stated by him in few strong sentences
near the conclusion. There are
FEW CRIMES MORE DESPICABLE,"
he said, cor more dangerous to the good
order of society, than juryubribing and
subornation of perjury. We punish
with death those who openly attempt to
overthrow the existing order of society
by violence. Shall we not put forth
every effort to restrain those who
secretly and with indirect methods
seek to undermine the chief corner
stone of our social fabrlc?"