, 1889-10-13

20 see the venireman suggested that they
go out n have a cigar. While there
the man from the court room said to the
v~enirsman, do you want to make
money!" The venireman innocently an
swered. Certainly | do" Very well.
You go on the jury and stick Tor acquittal
and you will have $1,000. The contract
and arrangement can be carried out with
your wife. 1t can be arranged that she
wear a certain coiored dress il the money
Is to be paid her on a certain day. If the
money is not to be paid her on a certain
day she is to we IT a different co.ored DIRE s
and the contract is to he of. The
venireman turned reproachfully to his
friend and said, II am not that kind of a
man, whereupon the bailitf replied, L
am working for the court" he then
pointed to a buggy standing outside and
remarked, That is my horse and buggy.
At the 1901 adjournment the venireman
went back to his place OF business and
subsequently, returned to the court house
at 2 O'Clock, after which he was detained
and returned to tie jury box, where he
renamed until 4:30, when he was excused
for cause.
He left the court house intending to re-
turn to his place of business, and on leav-
INK Lnt COuIL hOuoG ntb VI tut bltpb ltdu
ing to the sidewalk the man who had at
to him and said: Where were you this
noon time? L looked every where for
you. They said. we will make 1t So. 600
and damn him, make him do it.
be was too late, however. The venire-
man had been excused for cause, and he
at once returned to his place of business,
having reproached the man for putting
such a low estimate upon him and report
ed to his employer what had taken place,
who. the following day reported 1t to the
prosecuting attorney. Pursuant to APP
pointment the venireman attended at the
state attorneys Office and having made a
full statement of everything that took
place was requested to step into the ante
room and the bailiff was summoned. He
proved to be one of the bailiffs of the
criminal court who during the attempt TO
procure a jury has been in charge of one
of the five prisoners.
The bailff was questioned closely by
the states attorney and his associates. but
professed profound ignorance until the
venireman was called iron the ante room.
The venlreman was requested to repeat
the statement he had made, which he
did. w~hereupon the bailif made a COM
plete confession, in which he implicated
several prominent persons and also an
other bailif. The attorneys for the pros
e~cution, together with Chief Hubbard and
others, at once went to work on the
case and have disclosed one of the most
deliberate attempts to corrupt a Jury and
defeat the law of Illinois which has yet
come to public attention.
I'VE have had confessions here this
very day. said Mills at a subsequent in
terview late this afternoon. The confess
siens are from six to ten in number. They
are absolute, giving us the whole misera-
BILE conspiracy. They reveal the most
damnable organization against the law
of the land. A conspiracy against the
jurisprudence of this country that will
startle the continent when it is thorough
ly known; a conspiracy Of audacity; a
conspiracy involving men whose names
will be a surprise to the country,
1T is no e~xaggeration when L say that
you cannot magnify the damnable out
rage of this conspiracy. In the taking off
of 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 upon
the very integrity of our institutions