The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-18

CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-Great excitement pre-
vailed about the grand jury room this even
ing. Witnesses came and went and Of
icers were dispatched here and there
rapidly and appearances indicated that
something important was in progress.
The first witness was a man named
Kelly. He refused to talk to the reporters.
henry Stoltenburg, the stenographer in
Windes 81 Sullivan's office, was in for half
an hour and when he came out he rushed
off in a great hurry to find Mr.. Windes.
After he had disappeared, that gentleman
made his way into the court house and was
examined by the grand jury. When ne
came out he said to the reporters that he
had not told the grand jury much, chiefly
because he did not know anything they
wished to learn. He had come around in
the interest of Stoltenburg.
At l o'clock the grand jury came into
court and handed in twelve indictments,
eleven of which were on jail cases and the
twelfth joint bill against Mark Solomon,
John Graham, Thomas Kavanagh, Fred
Smith, jeremiah O'Donnell, Alex L. Hanks
and Joseph Koonan. All these men were
already under Indictment for conspiracy
for trying to bride iurymen. After Mr..
Windes left the grand jury room he asked
States Attorney Longnecker for an order
of arrest for Stoltenberg. The states at
torney wrote something on Il card and
WiDdes went to his Office, where police
man refused to let him in. The attorney
then went away, shortly returning for
writ of habeas corpus asking for StOlten-
berg's release. The matter was set for
hearing at o'clock, but as in the meantime
StOltenberg had been released, the aDplica-
ton was Withdrawn.
Stoltenburg refused to answer any ques-
lions put to him by the grand jury until he
could see his attorney. He declared he was
unlawfully restrained of his liberty, and
that he could give no testimony under
dureSs. No jurors were obtained to-day
Eight places are yet to be filled. The de
Tense has eight peremptorY challenges aud
the state thirty-three.
According to the Daily NelCs the omnibus
Indictment returned this afternoon was
useless proceeding, except on the theory
that the persons against whom it was
brought, all of whom were already under
indictment, have been made the subject of
some new charge. The states attorney is
reported as declining to allow the new in
dictment to be seen, and this is construed
by the NclUs as an indication that new
charge has been made against alleged jury
fixers. 1t is suggested that the accused
are to be put in the same boat with the
Cronin suspects as accessories after thefact.
All persons re-indicted were again arrested,
except Bailiff Solomon. who is supposed to
have confessed Graham secured bail, but
the others are kept in close confinement.
The NelrS explains the proceedings re-
garding; Stoltenberg, by stating that Otto
Erickson and William Dahl had informed
the states attorney of the mysterious cor
respondence which Stoltenberg had CON
ductedin July Through Dahl letters have
been received for Stoltenberg from To
ronto inclosed in envelopes mailed for
Dahl. The efforts last night in the states
attorneys Office to make Stoltenberg dis
close what he knew about the letter, proved
fruitless.