Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-10-17
CRONIN JURY BRIBERY.
A BOLD CONSPIRACY TO BRIBE THE
CRONIE JURY.
A Scheme To Defeat the Ends of Justice by
buying mp Jurors I'm the Cronin Case
Six Men Indicted and Under Arrest.

buying mp Jurors In the CrOnin Case
Six Men Indicted and Under Arrest.
[Chicago telegraml
Another sensation has developed in
connection with the Cronin murder case
being no less than bold conspiracy to
pack and bribe the jury, in order that a
verdict of acquittal should be found or al
least a disagreement regarding verdict.
In consequence of the discoveries made
by the authorities special grand jury
was asked for by the States Attorney
Friday. This jury was at once summoned
and after an all-day session Saturday re-
turned indictments against the following
persons:
Alexander l.. Hanks, Mark l.. Saloman,
Frederick w. Smith, Thomas Kavanaugh,
Jeremiah O'Donnell, and Joseph Konen,
Immediately on the report of the special
grand jury Saturday night, the six men
named in the indictment, having been TAX
en- to the States Attorneys Office on vari-
Gus excuses, were place under arrest, four
being placed in the county Jail and two
taken to the Chicago avenue station. At
the jail Sunday close watch was kept on
the cells occupied by Kavanaugh, Solo
man, O'Donnell and Konen. The men
were not visited by any one, but basket
OF fruit was sent in to Konen in reply to a
message sent to his house.
In the first place this conspiracy, of
which Luther Latin Mills says "there has
been no more unscrupulous, audacous, or
wicked attempt to interfere with the cause
of Justice was revealed by one of the
veniremen whom it was sought to cor
rupt George Tschappat, foreman OF the
Page Lard Refining Company at Al Erie
street, was summoned as a juror last Tues
OF Ha a
that day and came again Wednesday morn
ing, remaining with the other unexamined
jurors in the ante-room. About l0:30
o'clock Wednesday morning Bailif Mark
l.. Soloman, with whom he was we'll ac-
quainted met him and invited him out to
have cigar. This civilty extended, Solo
man aslEod Tschappat il he didn't want to
make some money. Tschappat gave the
most natural reply in the world, an affirm
ative one.
every well, then," responded Soloman,
'you get on the jury and stick for an ac-
quittal and you shall have 81, ,000."
Soloman further told Tschappat that the
arrangements could be carried out with
his wife. The money could be paid to her,
and il paid by certain day she should
appear in court wearing certain colored
dress. If it were not paid to her she
should wear different dress. Tschappat
replied that he was not that kind of a
man. To this Soloman responded that he
was working for the court. and pointing
to buggy standing outside said: THAT is
my horse and buggy"
At the noon adjournment Tschappat
went to his place of business, returning at
2 o'clock. He was examined somewhat
later and was excused for cause at 4:30, he
ho oil, oafH hof ho nOtn1d ,of oriua kho
PENDANTS fair trial. AS he was leaving
the building Soloman met him and said: /:
"Where were you this noon time? looked
yOu. uvy saIu ~ INC
they would make it 50, 900, and d-n him,
make him do 1t. /"
Tschappat on his way to his place of en-
ployment met his employer, Mr.. Page, to
whom he told these circumstances. Mr..
Page told HIM to say nothing about it
until he saw him again.
The next day, Thursday Mr.. Page went
to the court room and repeated the state
ment to Mr.. Mills with whom he is in
timately acquainted. Mr.. Mills held an
interview with Tschappst, who reported
the story as he had told 1t to Mr.. Page.
Tschappat was then invited down to the
States attorneys office and seated
in the ante-room. Bailiff Solo
toned. lie denied everything. He was
Immediately confronted with Tschappat,
and, realizing his position, he broke down
and made full confession, in which he
implicated those who were indicted Satur-
day night.
Soloman's confession in its material
points is that he was handed a list of
corrupt or corruptible jurors by Bailif
Ak eBnpdHfSa 1n, Hanks .&ho, said, III we
IL for the Juror and the other half for us. "
Further, Soloman was to approach the
yeniremen he knew and Hanks those he
was acquainted with.
Immediately on Soloman's confession
Hanks was arrested, and he too confessed
and produced a list of talesmen which
tailed with So'oman's. Each man whose
name was on these lists was Immediately
sent for. These are the men who were so
mysteriously brought to the States Attor-
ney's Office Friday night. Some OF them
at least told all they knew readily, and
from their statements the connection or
Frederick w. Smith, Thomas Kavanaugh,
and Jeremiah O'Donnell was established.
The sixth man indicted is Joseph Konen,
a fruit dealer at 216 West Madison street.
He has been summoned as a juror, but has
not vet been examined. He vas offered
81, 900 to go on the jury, with promise
of $5, 900 in case of an acquittal. He failed
to report this to the authorities, leading to
tho inference that he had accepted the
offer, and for this reason doubtless he was
indicted.
Frederick w. Smith is ostensibly hard
ware manu- 'acturer's agent at l35 Lake
street. He comes from Connecticut His
father-in-law is James Reynolds, and it is
thought he is no other than the James
REYNOLDS of New Haven who is ex treasurer
of the Clan Gael triangle. This how
ever Smith denies. Mr.. Hynes says
Smith was indicted for purjury at
Oshkosh.
Thomas Kavanaugh, another of the in
dicted men, was the engineer at the county
insane asylum during the "boodle" days,
and his name and management at that
institution figured frequently in the inves-
tigation of that institution made by the
State board of charities in November,
1885. in January of that year he assault
ed DR.. KierDan because of some structures
made by the doctor on his methods OF
heating the asylum He was arrested and
tried by Jury in Justice Lyons court. II
is said the jury was packed. At any
rate, il was OF so bad character that
Justice Lyon removed two Of the jurors.
The places of these two, however, were
taken by employees of Brown & Tubman,
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