The evening world., 1889-10-14
THE JURY BRIBERS.
Some Of Those In the CrOnin Case Are
N in High Places,
he ReckIessness of the COnspir-
htors Brought on the Exposure.
jourts and Police Alarmed, Not Know
ing Whom They May Trust.

oNESAAb ~ A
CHIoAao, Oct. lathe latest exposure OF
bribery and corruption in connection with the
trial of the murderers OF DR.. Cronin has thrown
the city into q ferment of excitement.
The sensational developments of the past two
days leave no room for doubt that one OF the
most desperate conspiracies ever organized Tor
Che rescue of n criminal gang was temple by
the friends of the murdorers. and that it would
have been carried to a successful issue had not
the conspirators shown too great recklessness
in their efforts to corrupt the talesmen sum-
moned by the Court.
\ Although six men are now under arrest for
their connection with the pot Il is generally be-
lieved that they are only the tools of those
higher in influence and authority. who had un-
dertaken the desperate game to shield their own
crimes.
The men who are now in the hands of the po-
lice, and who have been indicted by the special
Grand Jury summoned Nv Judge Horton. witch
ex-Mayor John A. Roche as foreman, are Thos.
4 Kavanaugh, Mark solomon. jeremiah OrDon-
! nell, Joseph Konen, Fred W.. Smith and Alex
ander l.. Hanks.
The Grand Jury is still in session, and has. 1t
ia reported, received Il number of confessions
from the arrested, men. by which several pronli-
nent professional men in this city are ,impli-
catet,. and further important arrests to-day are
looked for.
working so secretly that it IL Impossible to as
CERTAIN at the present time inst how far the situ-
. alton has been cleared; but from intimatlons
given b. the authorities it is. understood, that
the infamous Clan-na-Gae triangle. which was
The bmteRery OF Dr. Cronin, has been fastened
with the responsibility OF this latest crime. =.
KAyanaugh, who Is one Of the prominent
ing spirit of Camp No. *0 when the conspiracy
against DR.. Cropin was Matched, is taid to be
any of the other men arrested.
lie is the one who bribed Joseph Konen, the
g.,.,N 1,olnr 30 -, m fhn / rE- n 81 0n0 aud
II IL reported that both he and Konen have made
@ clean breast OF the pot.
OF the other prisoners Solomon and Hanks
are bailitf who are in charge Of two OF the
Cronin murdererS; .ODonnell is GoLernment
All OF them are members of Chicago camps of
the Cian-na-Gaei.
.Kavanaush's partner in business, one Sylvester
Brown. was one Of the jurors summoned, pre-
humably through the influence of the c%onspira-
tors. and he tried mis- best to get accepted. He
was peremptorily challenged by the stale.
Lawyer William. =. Forrest. the counsel for
Burke and Cough!in. two Of the ,principa!
Cronin suspects, is implicated in the bribery OF
the jurors. according to the reported confession
of Kavaraugh, but he went to Judge McCon-
nell and disclaimed any connection with the
Thomas f. Sinnott, a we'll known young law
yer and Clerk of the Probate Court, iS another
person against whom very strong suspicious
have been laid. He MAS summoned before the
Grand Jury at iS first session; and 1T was said
against him. He has not yet been arrested,
This morning rumor has it that .Alexande,
Sullivan, whose activity in behalf of the accused
Cronin murdererS has been something, extraor-
dirary. will be rea rested. together with Others
holding as, prominent positions as himself Ill
Chicago politics.
The TACT that 80 many persons holding officia!
positions in the courts appeared 10 be connected
with the plot has created the utmost alarm and
anxiety in the city. ard even the Judges and
police authorities do not know which Of theil
subordinate they may trlst.
It j. known that as high al GO. 900 was offered
by the briberS to iurymen If they would agree tc
stand out for an a%cquittal of the prisoners:
That the existence OF, the conspiracy had Ions
been Suspecte il aid to be shown hy the fact
that many of the Jurors. who are now known t.
have been. fixed" beforehand, were peremp
torily CHALLENGED in spite of their evident will
lngnesH to be accepted.
Inside information is believed to have beer
furnished to the prosecution for some time past,
and the unsuccessful attempt OF Baillf Hank
to corrupt Venireman THchRppat was only util
lied as an opportunity to expose the plot.