Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-10-18
THE BRIBERY PLOT
IN CONNECTION WITH THE CELE-
DRAFTED DR.. CRONiN MURDER CASE.
A Witness Il Alleged To Have Weakened
Who VIII Make Complete state
ment of the Matter.
rBv ,sisrranh to the Dlspa,ch.l

CHICAGO. October f7.-The Tribune this
morning eays. Observation-Disclosures John
+. Beggs has weakened He has threaten
ed that unless certain conditions are com:
piled with a full and complete statement OF
his knowledge of the plot which ended IN
the murder of DR.. Cronin VIII be placed
in the hands of the States Attorney"
There was plenty Of excitement about
the Criminal-Court building to-day, more
of it in fact than at any time. since the
iury-briberv plot was first laid bare in ell
its miserable details. Early IN the morning
IL became evident that the arrest OF Henry
l.. Hollenberg, Alexander Sulliyan's prl-
vste secretary, was 20 be followed by a full
grand jury investigation into the matter.
One Of the first witnesses summoned was
Hollenberg He told the grand Jury the
story he gave State's-Attorney long.
neeker last night and what caused so great
n sensation in the circles of the prosecu-
ton. When he came out he was seen
by a reporter and asked if i were
true that be had gone before the
grand Jury willingly to tell all he
knew. Not by long shot" he replied.
He refused to say anything about what he
had done in the grand-iury room. After
Hollenberg had been examined. Henry >.
NcArdle, also clerk IN Wlndes q sum
vans Office, was taken before the grand
Jury. His examination was brief ana
when he came out of the grand-lury room
he said that he had made no revelations 10
that body because he had nothing 70 reveal.
This morning Mr.. Wndes, of Windes q
Sullivan. went TO the State Attorneys Office
bearing a note from the States Attorney,
directing that Windes De permitted 10 see
his clerk Hollenberg. The latter was not
there, having been taken before the grand
iury. Windes was so informed, but he
.-...,,l1 ,v.tlff tho gfqtpmnnf and BEGAN
calling Hollenberg's name in the evident
belief that his clerk was concealed some
where tLereabout The man IN charge
demonstrated and finally elected the law
yer from the Office.
The other witnesses before the grand
Jury who were supposed TO know something
about the CrOnin case were: Otto Ericsson
clerk for the grocery firm Of Jeyne ~ 20.
Jeremiah ODonnell. who l. now under IN
dictment in connection with tne jury
bribery: and young man named Kelly.
Windes was also in the room FOR few M
nutes. but whether or not he gave any testi-
mony is not known. 1t IS understood that
Windes is preparing to move for wit OF
hdbcds corpus to secure the release 81 hOl-
lenberg.
Tie DaHy Neirs says that the grand jury
returned twelve indictments, only on, OF
which related to the CrOnin Gaze. and that
one il believed 20 be another true Dill
against John Graham.
At / o'clock the grand jury came into
court and handed up twelve indictments,
eleven of which were for everyday crimes.
The twelfth was a joint bill against Mark
Solomon. John Graham, IhOmas kava-
naagh. Frederick Smith. Jeremiah ODon-
nell. Alexander Hanks. and Joseph Konen.
All Of these men were already under III
dictmcnt for conspiracy to bride Iugymen
in the CrOnin case.