The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-10-18
The Chicago Grand Jury Leaving No
Stone Unturned TO Secure
the Guilty Men.
Employees of Alexander Sullivan
Under Fire, but Released After
Examination.
A Number OF Indictment Returned Ma
Jurors secured in the Cronin Cas"
Yesterday.

CnIcAso, Oct. l7.-Great excitement pre-
vailed about the grand jury room this morn
ing. Witnesses came and went and officers
were dispatched here and there rapidly, and
appearances indicated that something inn
portant was in progress. The first witness
was man named Kelly. When he came
out he refused to talk 10 the reporters.
Henry Stoltenberg, the stenogapher in
Windes 4 Sullvan's Office, was in for half
an hour, and when he came out rushed of
in great hurry 10 find Mr.. Windes. After
he had disappeared that gentleman made
his way into the court house and was ex
amined by the grand jury. When he came
out of the room he said 10 the reporters he
bad not told the grand jury much, chiefly
because he did not know anything they
wished 10 hear He had come around in the
interest of Stoltenberg.
Al | o'clock the grand jury came into
court and handed in twelve indictments,
eleven Of which were on Jail cases and the
twelfth join. bill against Mark solomon,
John Grahnm. Thomas Cnyanaugh, Fred
Smith, jeremiah ODonnell, Alexander l..
HankSand Joseph Keenan,. All these men
we're already under indictment for con
spiract 10 brihe jurymen. After Mr.. Windes
left the grand jury room he asked States
Attorney Longenccker for an order 30 see
Stoltehberg. The statcs-attomey wrote
something on a card and Mr.. Windes went
To hls Office where n policeman ON gunrd
refused 10 let him in. The attorney went
away. but returned shortly with an
application for a writ Of haboas corpus,
asking for Stoltenberg's release. The
matter was set for hearing at o'clock, but
ms in the meantime Stoltenberg had been
released the application was withdrawn.
Stoltenberg refused to answer anv ques-
tions put 10 him before the grand jury un-
til he could see an attorney. lie declared
he was unlawfully restrained Of his liberty
and that he could give no testimony under
duress
No new jurors were obtained to-day in
the Cronin trinl and -four places remain yet
10 be filled. The defense still has eight
peremptory challenges and the state thirty
three.
Ao,o,ding TO The News the omnibus in
dictmert returned this afternoon WIS n use
less proceeding. except on the theory that
the persons against whom II was brought,
all of whom were already under indictment,
have been made the subject of some new
| charge. The district attorney eported
| a declining 10 allow the new J q ctm mt 10
be seen, and this is taken by the News ms an
indication that new charge has been made
against the alleged jury fxers il is sug-
gested that the accused are 10 be put in the
same boat with the Cronin suspects. an ac-
cessories after the fact. All those reindicted
were again arrested, except BailifT Solomon
Win il supposed 10 have confessed. Ora
nam secured bail but the others are kept in
confinement. The News explains the pro-
ceedings regarding Stoltenberg by stating
| that Otto Ericsson and VIM Dahl had in
formed the states attorney of mysterious
correspondence which Stoltenbcrg had con-
Quoted in July through Dahl. Letters had
been received by Stoltenberg from Toronto.
inclosed in envelopes mailed for Dahl. The
efforts last night in the states attorneys
office TO make Stoltenberg disclose what he
knew about the letters proved fruitless.