Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-16
BOLD CONSPIRACY
An Attempt Made to Briho
JuIymen in the cro-
min Case.
The Plan Disclosed Rv
Venire Man-More Ar
rests Made.

brought to the notice OF the public, Va.
outlined by States Attorney LonpDa.ho,
right hand man Mills this Afternoon NJ
conspiracy not only includes the cor.I
officials, but outsiders OF high stand;S'
and several arrests have ALREADY -"
made, but more will follow before tb0
sets. This evening, not content with a.
bribery of men. the attempt has been MI
to drag even innocent women into tbo rII
and thus gain an end which the iriarda
the defense have been working on fl, ~
last five months.
"State's Attorney Longnecker desirps ~.
to say" said Mills. who was commiss;on..
by the states attorney TO talk to rsro.t
ers, that this plot has not been disclo.o,
because it would have defeated iustica b.a
the information we possessed been mod.
public. We cannot now give any name. !,
details, but the outline OF this consD;,...
can now be given to the public. 1t will \.
remembered" continued the atto,ron
that on last Wedne ,day afternoon .
honest young man who is employed asfo,s,
man in the largest establishment in III,
| city, was examined and excused for cau.on
1t is understood, though not stated h,
Attorney Mills, that the name OF the vsni,s
man attempted to be bribed is Georpes
| Tachappat. He ia foreman for E. ". Pam
& Co., oil merchants of this city. Thur.
day afternoon" said Mills, "a very prom.
inent citizen ..of. Chicago entered the court
room and privately communicated to thu
counsel for the state that his foreman, thu
venire man in question, before being called
to the Jury box had been approached bys
bailiff Of the court with the offer OF athous.
and dollars to vote for the acquittaI Of tbs
defendants. He said this is not a cock and
bull story, and l bring it before you in thu
interest OF public Justice" He then went
away and next morning one OF the couDsrl
FIR the state went down to The factory Of
the man whose foreman had been sfereI
the bride, and the moment that he saw ts
foreman he considered him as a man whose
honesty and independence had impressed
itself upon the counsel for the state while
he was sitting in the jury box. The man
made q full statement and was requested
by counsel for the state to come to thu
stats attorneys office and repeat hs
statement. The man with tears in his
eyes said: ut involves a friend, but il Il
involved myself, l would uphold the Law
and order"
The gist of his statement to the counsel,
which he subsequently gave to the states
attorney, is as follows: In obedience to
the SUMMONS he came to the court house
Tuesday afternoon and sat in the ante.
room, but was not called. He CANT again
Wednesday morning and sat in the ante.
room again, and at 1880 O'Clock q maa
came from the court room into the ante.
room who was an old friend of the venire,
man. The fact also appears that the wives
of the two men were friends before they
we're married.
The man who came from the court room
to the veuireman suggested they 20 out
and have a cigar. While there the man
from the court room said to the venireman
DO you want to make money!" Tine
venireman innocently answered, Ger,
tainly l do"
Very we'll. you get on the jury and stick
for an acquittal, and you will have one
Thousand dollars. The contract and ar
rangement can be carried out with your
wife. It car be arranged that she shall
wear a certain colored dress if the money
is to be paid her on a certain day. II the
money is not paid her on that day she IS
to wear a different colored dress, and the
contract is to be off,"
The venireman turned reproachiuly to
his friend and said, Il am not that kindo Of
a man." whereupon the bailiff replied, VI
am working for the court"
He then pointed to a buggy standing
outside, and remarked, THAT is my horse
and buggy.p
At the noon adjournment the v~enirenlan
went to his place OF business, and subse,
quently returned to the court house at
O'Clock, after which he was detained and
returned to the jury box, where he re-
manned until half-past four O'clock, when
| he was excused for cause. He left tho
court house intending to return to hs
| place OF business, and IN lea wing the court
house he met on the steps leading to the
idewalk the mar who had attempted 10
bribe him.
The man turned to him and said: Where
were you this noontime? looked every:
where for you. They said we will make1 u
five thousand, and, damn him, make nlul
do it.
at was too late, however, as the Venlre'
man had been excused for cause, but ne az
once returned to his place OF business nav
ing reproached the man for putting sucns
low estimate upon him, and reported 10 As
employer.
The prominent citizen that had reported
what had taken place, the following Gay
reported it to the prosecution.
Pursuant to appointment the Venlrenad
attended at the state attorneys once anu
having made a full statement OF eVerytnlns
that took .lace was requested TO step iL1"
the ante-room and the ballln was BUZZ
mOned.
He proved to be one OF the bafffs OF te
criminal court who, during the trlal gu Wv
attemp to procure a jury, has Deen Y
charge OF one OF the five prisoners, Coasu.
lin. The bailiff was questioned closely W
the states attorney and his asSoci".t
but professed y profound ignorance uusH
the venireman was called from tne SnI
room. The venireman was req1eS'eu "
repeat the statement he had mace, "n~1
he did, whereupon the balm maze SIV%d
plcte cornerstone, III WulCu AO
~several prominent persons and aIso "
other baliff. .ho,
Attorneys for the prosecution Eosevu"
with Chief Hubbard and Others. al o ~:
went to work on the case, and naVe W.
closed one OF the most deliberate attempo
to corrupt a jury and to defeat the 10" a.
Illinois which has yet come to puDuc ~
teution.'
I'VE have had confessions here this te!
day. said Mills at a subsequent lnter'i0"
ate this afternoon. ,;r
The confessions are from six TO Jul ~
nu,nber. They are absolute, giving Us Ts .
whole of the miserable conspiracy. t !o1
reveal a most damnable organiaauNcy
against the law OF the land; a conspHa%
against the Jurisprudence OF this couI IT,
that will startle the continent when m
Thoroughly known; q conspiracy Oh ,i w.
tications ard ,ren who's names "NrD .
surprise to the CT untry. cit IS no e1ass,MI r
ton when | say that You cannot masu az
The damnable Outrage OF this consph"r
In taking off DR.. Cronin and the mS nas
in which it was done the whole "or" wII
startled. This second conspiracy o o.
like startle the whols world. IL ID 4;tn.
'ault on the very integrity OF our 'n'"
ions"