Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-15
SEVEN In THE PLOT.
Chicago Briber Hunters Catch
One More Culprit,
WHICH HIS NAME Is JOHN GRAHAM.

Held as the Man Who Managed the Tu.i-
ness. but Not tho Head Center Of the
scheme-story OF the Downfall OF smith
The Record OF Crime-Attempt to Rob
the Grave OF Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bloody "DinicuIty" in mississippi.
CHICAGO, Oct Is Another grand jury in
;he Cronin case sworn in yesterday to
further investigate the jury bribery in the
Cronin case. The result was the finding OF
sn indictment against John Graham. clerk
in the office Of A. S. Trude, the noted
lawyer, for completely in the rascaiity The
Indictment is said to have been found
through confession made by Kavanaugh,
one of the msn indicted Saturday night
This makes seven men IN tho tolls Graham
gave bonds during the afternoon in SD, 900,
double the amount required of the others
Joseph Konen, the fruit dealer, was released
last evening on 81, 900 bail.
Graham the Boss of the job.
States Attorney Longenecker said last
evening that Graham was tbs man who EN-
ployed the other six TO see the man who
were to be summoned on the jury. The evil
dence against Graham, he said, was as strong
as could lie expected in such a case, but the
states attorney is satisfied that the eight
jurors already accepted have not been tam
pered with. MIR. Longenscker stated EN-
phaticslly that up to this time there had not
been any evidence of any kind that would
implicate A. 5. Trude. or Thomas Senuott
clerk OF the probate court, whose names
have been connected by rumor with the D OF.
He asserted that he ha no new evidence at
present which would result in further ndict-
ments for jury bribing, but did not hesitate
10 say that he believed the same man To be
at the back of this plot who was the fountain
head or the conspiracy 10 murder Cronin.
Evidence Against Graham.
The evidence on which the indictment
against Graham was based showed that he
was the active directing spirit OF the con-
spiracy. IL was he who employed Fred W.
Smith, the manufacturers agent at l3j Lake
street He also employed Hanks, the iailiff,
guaranteeing him large sum OF money II
he could ~ his own efforts or with the a.
sistance of a trusted brother bailiff procure
a citizen with conscience plastic enough
and with brain enough to enable him to
stand up before the fire of the lawyers for
the state ami the defense.
How smith Was Roped Ia.
The story OF how Graham induced Smith
to join in the conspiracy Is worth tolIing.
Smith had some law business which Mr.
jerks, A. 5. Trude's law partner, was at
tending to, and while at the lawyers office
be frequently met Graham and struck up
quite a friendship with him. Smith was
having q streak OF bad luck and Graham
found il out, and said to him:
Say, Smith, I've got a little scheme which
think there is a good deal of money in, if
the right man takes hold of il
What is iti' Smith asked, with the de-
cted air of man who had heard OF schemes
before.
why, it's simple enough, but it will re-
quire some Judgment aud nerve
Tell me what in Is"
"Irs worth 81, 600 cash down to the right
man" said Graham nonchalantly
The scheme Narrated.
Smiths eyes sparkled as he heard the
amount mentioned, and he drew his chair
closer to Graham's and eagerly awaited
fuller explanation OF the schema The ex-
PLANTATION was soon forthcoming. Graham,
cautiously al first tut with greater detail a.
be proceeded, unfolied the preconceived plot
to procure brioed jurors to try the men who
are on trial Tor the murder Of DR. Cronin
He said that it absolutely necessary to
defeat the ends Of justice in this cass to save
certain men, whom he described As good and
reliable citizens, from the humiliation OF
standing trial in the future for alleged
participation in the same crime
Must Defeat Public Opinion
"The whole trouble Is, said Graham. shat
public opinion is so aroused that it will be
impossible for Coughlin and the others 70
get fair trial hencs we must protect them
from the clamor by the only means wd have
in our power To use He continued to argue
in this strain for awhile, and Smith declares
that he was more than half satisfi "a that
the defendants were really ia need of some