Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-10-18
Jurors in the Cronin Case Said to
Have Been Tempered with
by the Bailiffs.
Prominence OF the Men for VI ;,u,i.
the Latter Acted Will Asts,a.
ish the Wor Id.
The Owner of Axtel Proud If His
Purchase The Wires Must
Come Down.
Bribery In the Cronin Case.

0AAASAA0os OCes A1--7JuuB0 l1OftOu mas IS.
sued venire for special grand jury, re.
turnable at 1890 this afternoon, to inyesti-
gate attempts at jury fixing in connection
with the Crenin trial. and the jurors sum-
moned are now assembling in the court
room. Ex-Mayor Roche is among the jury,
men and will he foreman of the body. A.
L. Hanks and Mark Solomon, criminal
court bailitfs, are under arrest, charged
with packing the Cronin jury. The first
suspicion of this fact was the failure of the
men to report this morning. Then it
was learned they were in States Attorney
Longenecker's Office yesterday and had not
been seen since. Their absence is due to the
fact they were taken to North side hotel
by several detectives and have been kept
there IN close surveillance. Two men
nave been discovered in an attempt
TO BRIBE THE vENIRE MEN
summoned to Judge McConnelrs court and
instruct those favorable to the prisoner
how to answer the questions of the states
attorney in order to be retained as Jurors.
The bailiffs in custody have not at any
time been engaged in summoning jurors
for trial and it was not known that they
had any connection with the defense.
Neither is an Irislman, but that they have
been acting as agents of the defend ants is
also most certain. States Attorney Long,
necker this afternoon authorized one of his
colleagues to give brief outline of one of
! the th bo!dest conspiracies ever unearthed in
this city. 1t was this that has for the past
forty-eight hours taken up the entire at
tenntloN CT the states attorney and caused
so much excitement. Last Thursday.''
SAID the attorney, ia wealthy and prOmi-
nent business man in this city came to me
and said he wished in the name of Justice
to inform the state of
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLOTS
to defeat Justice that we had ever heard
of. The plot was this: Men were to be
bribed and swear under oath that they
would stick it out for acquittal when the
jury in the Cronin case went out to find
verdict. Five thousand dollars was offered
to any man to do this" Upon investiga-
ton it was found that the plot was wide.
spread, and included many well known
men,. One of the bailiffs who conducted
the business for the defense has made a
confession which not only involves him
self. but many more. Some arrests have
already been made, but more will follow
to-day and tonight ut is one of the most
spiracies ever brought to the knowledge of
Chief Hubbard, Sheriff Matson, or any of
the lawyers in this city," said the states
attorney, "and we will convict and punish
all who are implicated in the dastardly
plot"
A CONSPIRACY THAT WILL sTARTLE THE
WORLD.
"We have had confessions here this yery
day." said Mr.. Mills at a subsequent inter-
view late this afternoon. .These CON
fessions are from six to ten in number.
They are absolute, giving us the whole
miserable conspiracy. They reveal the
most damnable organization against the
law of the land.a conspiracy against the
Jurisprudence of the country that will
known; conspiracy of ramifcation Of
whose names will be a surprise to the
country. 1t is no exaggeration when say
| that you cannot magnify the damnable
outrage of this conspiracy in taking off
DIR. CrOnin and the manner in which it was
done. The whole world was startled. This
second conspiracy will alike startle the
whole world. 1t is an assault on the very
integrity of our institutions"
SIX INDICTMENTS.
At 10 O'clock tonight the jury had
found six indictments in connection with
the alleged bribery Of the Cronin jurors, as
follows: Alexander j. Hanks, bailiff:
Mark Solomon, bailiff; Fred w. Smith,
Tom Kavanagh, OD0nneil and James
KOlOn