St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-13
Discovery of Another Con-
spiraey Engineered by the
Clan-na-Gael.
A Plot Against the Jurispru-
dsnce of America Involving
Prominent Persons.
This Second Assault Is on a
Par With the CrOnin
Murder.
Several Arrests Have Already
Been Made, and More
Will Follow.

CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-One of the boldest
and most corrupt plots ever brought TO
the notice of the public was outlined oy
States Attorney Longeneckers right
hand, Luther Latin Mills, this after
noon. The consplra cy not only includes
county officials, but outsiders OF high
standing. Several arrests have already
been made and more will follow. Not
content with bribery of men, an attempt
has been made TO drag even innocent
women into the plot, and thus gain the
end which the friends of the defense in
the Cronin murder cases have been
working on for the last five months.
States Attorney LOngeneck er desires
me say," said Mr.. Mills, who was COM
missiOned by the states attorney to talk
to reporters, ''that this plot has not been
disclosed before because 1t would have
defeated Justice had the information
we possessed been made public. we
cannot now give any names or the de-
tails, but an outline Of this conspiracy
can now be given to the ppblic. 1t Will
be remembered" continued the attor-
new, ''that on last Wednesday afternoon
an honest young man, who is employed
as foreman in large establishment III
this city, was examined and excused FOR
cause" 1t is under stood, though not
stated by Attorney Mills, that the name
of the yenlreman
ATTEMPTED TO BE BRIBED
is George S. Tachappat. He is the fore
man for B. V. Page Il Co., oil mer-
chants, a to "a Erie street. "Thursday
/ afternoon" said Mr.. Mills, "a very
prominent citizen of Chicago entered
the court room and very privately COM
municated to the counsel for the state
that his foreman, the venireman in ques-
ton. before being called to the jury
box. had been approached by a-bailiff of
the court with an offer of 1000 to vote
for the aequittal of the defendants. He
said: This is not ''cOck and bull"
story, and bring it before you in the
interest of public justice He then
went away, and the next morning one
of the counsel for the state went down
to the factory of the man whose fore
man had been. offered a ~.bribe,
/ and the moment he saw the foreman,
he recognized him as a man whose
honesty and independence had I'M
pressed itself upon the counsel for the
state while he was sitting III the jury
box. The man made a full statement,
and was requested by the co unset fof
D
office and repeat his statement IN full.
The man, with tears In eyes. said: 1T
involves a friend, but if it involved my
self would uphold the law and honor"
The gisU of his statement to the counsel,
which he subsequently, gave in detail
to the states attorney is as follows:
In obedience to summons he came to
the court house on Tuesday afternoon,
sat in the ante room, but was not called.
He came again Wednesday morning and
STAYED i'm the ante room again, and
about 10:3O O'Clock, man came from
the court room into the ante room, who
was all old
FRIEND OF THE VENIREMAN.
The fact also appears that the wives
of the two men were friends before they
were married. The man who came
from the court room to the venireman
suggested that they go out and have a
cigar. and the two men went to neigh
boring place and, after having a cigar,
while there the man from the court room
said to the venireman:
'.Do YOU want to make some money!
The yenireman innocently answered, Ger
tainly do
"Very we'll; you get on the jury and stick
for an acquittal and you will have 81, 900.
The contract can be carried out with your
wear a certain cOlored dress if the money is
paid 10 her on a certain day. II the money
IS not paid to her on that certain day. she is
to wear different colored dress, and the con-
tract is to be off.
The venireman turned reproachfully TO his
friend and said:
II am not that kind of a man." Whereupon
the bailiff replied:
"I am working for the court"
He then pointed to buggy standing
outside and remarked: THAT is my
horse and buggy" Atthe noon adjourn
ment, the venireman went back to his
place of business and subsequently re-
turned to the court house at 2 O'Clock,
after which he was drawn and called to
the Jury box, where he remained until
4:3O o'clock, when he was excused for
cause. He left the court house intend
ing to return to his place of business,
/ and on leaving the court house, met on
the steps leading to the sidewalk the
man who had attempted to bribe bin.
| The man turned to him and said:
"Where were you this noontime? I looked
everywhere for you. They said, We will
make it five thousand and damn him, make
him do ft."'
1t was too late, however, for the
venireman had been excused for cause,
| but he at once returned to his place of
business, having reprOached the man
for putting such low estimate upon
him and reported to his employer, the
prominent citizen. what had taken
piace, who, the following day, reported
il to the prosecution. Pursuant to ap-
pointment the venireman attended the
states attorneys Office, and having
made full statement of everything
that took place, was requested to step
into an ante room and the ballif was
summoned. He proved to be one of the
bailiffs of the criminal court, who, dur
ing the trial, or attempt to procure a
Jury, has been in charge Of one of the
i've prisoners-Coughlin. The bailiff
was questioned closely by the states
attorney and his associates, but pro-
fessed profound ignorance until the
venireman was called from the ante
room. The venireman was requested
to repeat the statement he had made,
which he did, whereupon the bailif
MADE A COMPLETE CONFESSION.
in which he implicated several prOmi-
nent persons, also another bailiff. The
attorneys for the prosecution, together
with Chief Hubbard and others, at once
went to work on the case, and have dis
closed one Of the most deliberate at
tempts to corrupt jury and to defeat
the law of Illinois which has yet come TO
the public attention. 1--WE have had
confessions here this very day." said
Mr.. Mills at subsequent Interview
iatG this afternoon. sThese confessions
are from six to ten in number. They
are absolute. giving us the whole miser
able conspiracy. They reveal a most
damnable organization against the law
of the land, conspiracy against