The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-16

influence was, four years ago, given the
position of bailiff by Sheriff Matson. SEN
mott is one OF the best known and most
popular OF the younger public men in
Chicago. He has for four successive
terms been elected to the responsible Of
flee of which he is the incumbent. At
Z 80 d. M, some time after Sennott's ar
rest, the grand jury was still in session and
its proceedings yet secret.
At O'Clock the grand jury had agreed
TO return indictments against Alexander
j. Hanks, Mark Solomon, Fred W. Smith,
Tom Kavanagh and Ton Sennott, but up
TO so o'clock no formal indictment had
been prepared.
Hanks has been bailif for eight or nine
years, having been appointed In Sheriff
Matson's time. Tom Sennott advised his
retention. He has always been regarded
as a square man. Mark Solomon was APP
pointed bailiff in May, 1888, from the
Tenth ward. Little is known about him.
Fred w. Smith is unknown around the
courthouse. Tom kavanagh was engi-
neer at the insane asylum during the
''boodlers" regime, and was mixed up in
that transaction. He is now in business
on Franklin-st., and strange to say. his
partner was summoned as juror. When
the examination of the states attorney re-
vealed his connection with Kavanagh, he
was peremptorily challenged.
State Atty. Longenecker emphatically
denies that the records and exhibits had
been stolen from his office, and that his
former stenographer, James Purcell, was
the guilty man.
A fifth indictment was agreed upon
against jeremiah O'Donnell who was
recently appointed a gauger at South
Chicago. At 10 p. m. it was reported that
two additional indictments, seven in all,
had been made. According to a state
ment by Lawyer Mills, it was Bailiff
Solomon who first attempted to bride
Citizen Tachapat, who was afterward to
be summoned as Juror. Solomon also Is
the man whose confession was obtained.
Solomon turned over to the state
attorney a list of names and
addresses said to be of prospective cor
rupt jurors. Only two of the list
had vet been summoned and neither was
vet examined Solomon said the list had
been furnished to him by Bailif Hanks
while they were seated in the court room
Just behind the Cronin suspects, whom
they were guarding. Hanks had said
$1,000 would be given for fixed
juror-half to the man in the box and
half to the bailiff.
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tinued, the men on the list were inter
viewed by the chief of police. One man
stated that he had been approached with
an offer of 1000 to go on the jury, by
Fred W. Smith, a hardware manufac-
turer's agent. Another citizen was
also similarly approached by Smith.
0Donnell's part, as told by Mr.. Mills, was
similar to that of Smiths. He sounded
at least one man, and offered him 81, 600
0Donnell, who was arrested early in the
evening, is said to have confessed that 4
person, understood to be IA vanagh,
guaranteed that the money offered would
be forthcoming. The supposed cor
rupt veniremen were carefully in
structed as to their manner while
being examined in court being
told how they should answer and to be
gruff with the lawyers for the defense.
The official list of indictments given out
about 1880 p. m. contained six names
Hanks, Solomon, Smith, Kavanagh,
O'Donnell and Joseph Kohn. The latter
is a fruit dealer who, it is said, was to 90
on the grand jury and get $1,000 from
Hanks