The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-12-27
MIR. CULVER REPUIsED.
NOT WELCOMED BY STATES ATTOR-
NEY LoNGENECKER.

F.E-HoLrraI 49, sIttrH LEE
A Wilt of the Former to tho Latfcr,s OF.
fee, i'm Which a Sharp Lecture wa
Read TO the objecting Juryman-An En-
vcstisation Promised In the Immediate
Future.
A. Chicago dispatch reports that a few
days after the close of the Cronin trial
Juror John Culver, in company with S. A.
Kean, the banker, went to the office of
States Attorney Longenecker smiling like
a man who had conscientlous]y done hi;
duty. When he came out he had lost his
smile.
States Attorney Longenecke. declined
to be interviewed on the subject OF what
passed between him and his visit
tors. He admitted, however, that
it wasn't a very cordial inter-
view. To Mr.. Culver's sGood-morning,
Brother Longenecker." the Stats,s attor.
ney replied. "Don't brother me. / am
no brother Of yours Mr. CulAer triel
to say something that would break the
force of thisrepulse, but Mr.. ~Longenscker,
1t is said, followed it up by saying: lyon
are either crazy or corrupt, and I don't
believe you are crazy"
Then turning to Mr.. Kean in a half ex-
planatory way he told that gentleman
thet Mr.. Culver's actions in the iury.room
had been exactly in O line with
the directions laid down in the
letter found in Juror Dix's pocket,
That letter, 1t seems, had directed Juror
Dix as the return he should make for the
Sl,OUO promised him to insist on an ac-
quittal for oil the defendants; to insist on
an ~acquittal of Beggs; then to urge a
term not exceeding fourteen years for
Burke, Coughlin. and O'Sullivan, and as
q last resort TO sevo their necks. About
Kunze nothing was said, and as to the
evidence against Kunze or what should
bedone with him Culver had never word
to say during the whole of the delibera-
tions of the jury.
ar. LongenecKer. who was thoroughly
we'll Informed on what a passed IN the
Jury room, detailed for Mr.. Culver's BEN
efit his actions during the seventy hours
tie jury was out with a minuteness and
clrcumstantiality that seemed to surprise
the twelfth juror. And when he compared
1T with the policy outlined in the letter to
Juror Dix, Mr. Kean could only say he
WASH fully informed on the subject and
could say nothing.
Mr.. Culver made no explanation or
attempted none except to reiterate that
he had acted conscientiously; tina he ex.
pected to live here md was ready to
stand any Investigation the States attor-
ney desired to make. The interview was
not a long one, tho States attorney cut
ting it short by opening the outer door of
MS ONCE IN SO inviting a way that Mr.. Gull
yer and MIR. kean saw the point and left.
The question of what influences worked
in the breast of the juror who stood out
SO long for acquittal will not be allowed
to rest with its present uncertain answer,
States Attorney Longenecker has put a
force of detectives at work on the matter.
He has placed in their hands a number of
papers, among others an affidavit he had
secured from a source he would not dis
close, besides all the information relative
to the occurrences in the jury room.
The letter found by Juror Dix
IN his overcoat pocket shows how de-
termined somebody vas to bride q Juror.
1t has been a puzzle to find out how
that letter could have been placed there
and no one detected in doing it. It is
-4lnlfe possible it-mny- have been placod
there by some agent of the jury-hribers
who was, summoned as a juror and thus
got into the jury box, perhaps cyen was
held over one night before being chal.
lenged. That Juror Culver is nnder sus-
picion there can be no doubt. The States
Attorney shows it in his every action.
That anything will come Of the investiga-
ton is another question. All the other
jurors tell in snch cir~cumstantiality the
queer doings Of their fellow-member thar
most serious charges are aid at his door
MS n raSnlt.