Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-10-25
BOLD JURY BI]pr
a SENSATION IN THE -,

"A Plot 10 Secure Jim,
Vote Against the Conc, men Ped,
man 'le,,.. Now on Trial in 'i 1' o. u
Tho ,o+o. lChicago telerr,,,
| Cra,,;,, sees. sensation in csmt
Mot to , cnrr case is the Injection Nj
a aaus W corrupt the iurylnen 's"cEoyoly Of
oners now on trial eehce OF The =,
One day last week Geo,c,r NV
OF the Page Lard-refininps r aschnppa,
street, was sumnone(, nc oiNlauy, a,
summoned n ne, and before he bJ"r9r. Afa,
lsaiiiff Mark l.. Soloman , ,ii.!i begu eya
wen acquainted, met him NV, MN WHOM
10 nave cigar. This ciT .'i;i Invited
man ma asked Tschappnt ii he di.I.. eytcpda
' aVor .o Wy; lschappat answer Wait ID
get r o w., wen, then Responded % siiiiua
you shall have $1,000 ''f an acagsJ
| Soloman further told Tso,,
engagements could be cnr,,ied 'aphai hat
The money could be paid 10 h "no vi y Il
a certeiDday she should AWE M ,'.r, and il
/ ing a certain colored dress ~ ~ af III cc,f
10 her she should wear = ~ !, We're
Ischappnt replied that hc wa, uil Tent
man. Tschappat on ey wn' not that
cused Tor cause, he having saia t'joA
t" Iy i ,hes .e aeiendnnts fair trim, I'a'
| Pnao '4, VIZ u.rc'.nstnnces to his emu
the stnte,nent 70 N N.Y. rle s, courl room ai%
tlmately acquainted. Mr.. wy NV; MmhoM
interview with Tschonnat MIL LII
the story us he had Ind ,o,, %ho IL
Page: Tschappat was tbe ,oa \ B
to the Stnte's Attorneys on. ANl'el
III me nnte-room. Bailiff sol ,'va onl
called in and closely quest tl;T"i',aA va
eveirytrhlng. He was iinmedia'eIi, lie
N MAJ Ads I'm and, realizing his nG ~
h LON ,i9mt una made full COMES" ,''
fession is that he was handed = I,?oioiaal' \
! or corruptible Jurors by BniIiw As !, Of Sd
Hanks. who said: If We gel a. ~ a!siaa
! to fix it, or if You fix one man !, 'i' Oh ,hj
huff of it for Tie juror and the ~ ~ mean:
Further, Solornn WIS to apprs,r, .asitt
men he knew and Hnnl,s thnsa VIC
| quainred With. ''e Ie Nd
Immediately on soloman's confo...
WIS hfrestea, ana he too producsio ~! \
.aassln l, which Tailed with sololns',.s
man whose name WIS on these liz.
tilately sent for, and carefully nI'cs. %ss
information thus Obtained being sns,i . y,
States Attorney called for the m .rnI la
moniEg of IL special grand iurv ~ .ie J.;
the matter. This grand iUry ya w a'es
prominent business men of Chico, ailg
John A. Roche being foreman. A. sS'l
nation OF witnesses lasting eight Or ~ ~, I
the grand jury returned indic,InsnC....V t !,
spiracy and attempted jury bribinp ~ y.
, 1OlloWlEg persons. "'sa
Alexander l.. Hanks, Mark T, So,,.
Iara.,,;n,' n,i, o.,ae' Ihomgs ka,aear
These Six men were immedintnlv ~,
der arrest and from closely o,Ies, ;a .a:t
F.! further Information has been cl l;U'.@s
may result i'll the arrest and coml,,..
half dozen more. None of those I nov. ~;
rest are the principals in the consnracr va, !,
is hoped to gather information s,,si, -
catch them. '"'''
bribery conspiracy will probably be ,a: =. :.
stood by statement of who and who, \.
| are. Wy
Frederick w. Smith is cstensibly he.
manufacturers agent ut l35 Lake st, ~.
comes from Connecticut. His fuEhaI;. \
james Reynolds, and it is though. h
other than the James Rev,loids 4
Haven who is ex-Treasurer of tile Clans,
triangle. This, however, Smith dssia.
Hynes says Smith was indicted icr ps,ir
Oshkosh. ''''s
Thomas Kavanaugh. another Of H. m
men, was TIE engineer ut the Coga;rI
Asylum during the doodle DAYS. rnl ii,
and management at thlt institution finn.
quently in the Investigation of thu inst,
made by the Ssnte Board of Charlie. juN
Der. 1885. In January of thai wear he gsg
DR.. kiernan because of some strictures ma
the Doctor on his methods of hea i,.g ths
lum. He vas arrested and tried 6ya
Justice Lyons court. 1t is said lie Inn
pncked. Al any rate, it was of SO lai 4 che;
mat Justice Lyon removed two Of lie 4
The places of those two, however. wee
by employees Of Brown & Tubmag, non
nnauGh d Brown. kavannugh on his III.
defended by Alexander Sullivan ka,aHs,
Il member of the Clan-na- Gael. and stse
have been furnished with ample fund; h
latest exploits. Ho has been active I. -,
ing the report that Cronin was spy i
gan public life us q labor agitetor. la;sr
became Democratic politician, and M,
escaped Indictment with the "booilers.'
Jeremiah O'Donnell is IL receN,!y av,
United States Storekeeper at Scu:A Il
He WAS fora number of ycnrs streei.l
ductor on the West Side. lie saws IL md
,tnaush on the street one day. and wa: as.
him ii he would assist in acuuitling he'd
by securing II juror who would vote tilav
money. havnnaugh promised to pay the
out of his own pOcker. O'Donneli reAgi
Il friend he had out in Calumet, anu 81
hargnin with khval,augh. lie then nplr
boy, expressing his own views on The
case, lnstructins the young mal how
swer the lawyers questions, and promisi
$1,000.
Alexander l.. banks is an old appoin.e,
Sheriff : office. He has had little OF not
do with summoning jurors He has N
OF the bailiits having immediate cha!7,
prisoners. He sat every day just behind
lin. Hanks, like Soloman approached
IN ,f ont In
list said Hanks had been to see him a
him he could get $1,000 for verde. tor
Tense. Hanks further told him how 10
questions, and that "the defense is fixed q
and will understand you
one vi the first questions asked n:er
covery of the COILS pirucy WAS Whether
tornCvs for the defense We're aware Q.
first The attorneys for tine Sta.e were d
10 exonerntc Them from all knowlsdgt Of
later there was u disposition to with4E
ncquittnl. Tom Kavu,nugh, though he
to say who supplied him With money, is
hive reported to Mr.. Forrest. The STATE
the man approached by Bailin Hanks, !
bniliif said The defense is fixed for YOU
10 the SHINE thing. SO docs The anpaitiI
form method OF instructing the app
jurors rs to their method OF ansWtnl
tons and their dcmennor in the iinT Don
Mr.. Foster said: If the charge OF lui
is made against me there will have TO u
EestigGtion. l know my own inAoce
court the fullest inquiry md will no'
to any aspersions on my character
Mr.. Foster and Judge Wing We're eli'
phntic. The latter wanted an agreehie
the States Attorney that the record III !
bribing case should be made par.
record i'll the Cronin case in order TO az
to the attorneys for the defense Us We
the protection of the jurors already seca
a later dispatch says: Further lnves
of the Cronin jury bribery case has resi- ,
the arrest and Indictment by the Octupt
Jury of John Graham, confidential cl ..h
office of Attorney A. S. Trude. Slnlln
confession implicated Graham, AMI llt
and indictment speedily followed. Gfan
n1terward released on bonds OF Slo,Vyv
by Fred Trudo and Alderman Whelal''
| stOutly asserts his innocence.