The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-13
BAILEY'S WORK REVIEWED.
A Startling Statement from the Foreman Of a
United States Grand Jury.

United States Grand Jury.
During the past few months a number of
local political agitators have disappeared.
Their vocation was the defamation of men
of honor and character, and while they
were at their work their very insignifcance
enabled them to continue without punish
ment. Retribution has overtaken some Of
them, and the time of others is at hand.
Leon Bailey will be remembered as a PROM
inent figure in local politics during tho
past three or four years. During the presi-
Dental campaign he was the m~outhpiece to
utter charges that no Democrat of reputa-
ton or standing dared acknowledge. They
brought the grist to him stealthily and he
ground it and put his brand upon it. Bal.
ley's conduct before the United States
grand jury while he was assistant district
attorney will probably never have a parallel
in this or any other community. By con-.
fessiOn of their foreman ~thejurors returned
blocks of indictments without knowing
what they were.
sixty-three indictments in Bailey's room,
while the rules of the court require that
they shall be signed in the grand Jury
room, in the presence of the jury and by
JQelI QlctaL1O1. MT. l<eOQaIQ IuTIQeT stated
to District Attorney Chambers and his as
s~istant, Mr.. COckrum, that he aid not know
what these indictments were, or whether
they were correct or not. He says: II
was called into Mr.. Bailey's room in
a hurry, and i signed indictments
comparing them with the prose-
cutor's minutes. i signed in~dictmentsl
in many instances without calling the at
tention of the jury to the evidence on
which they were based, or without even
mr. rnuSalf -hnfhar thu rndinfunaDfA
were correct or not"
Bailey could not have found. if Mr..
Leonard has been correctly reported, a
foreman more to his mind, no matter where
he had sought for one. The recklessness
with which these indictments were found
may be seen from the results of the work Of
the grand jury that has just adjourned. OF
Bailey's indictments the following were
reviewed:
David L. Francis. illegal voting: Amos
Walker. illegal voting; Samuel B.. Esminger,
swearing in illegal voters; Ollie Hoffman,
illegal voting; William w. Payton, swear
ing in illegal voters; Ira Thompson, illegal
voter; Morton .. Fusselman. swearing in
voter; Frank Reeder. illegal voting; James
NJ. Fletcher, illegal voting; Myron G.
Whitcomb, illegal voting; Melvin c. Wright,
swearing in voter; John Butler. illegal
voter; Robert Probasco. illegal voter; JOS
eph r. COngden, swearing in voter; Samuel
Ollinger, illegal voter; Charles c.. Irwin.
swearing in voter; Conrad H. Crossley, IL
legal voter; Albert b. Taylor, swearing in
voter; Albert Mowrey, illegal voter; Albert
b. Taylor. swearing in voter; James Nor
ton. illegal voter; Charles Il. James, swear
ing in voter; John b. Jones. illegal voter:
Isaac n. Cotton, swearing in voter, James
swearing in voter; Omer Meyers, illegal
voter; Jesse Houkee, illegal voter;
Walter Price. illegal voter; Amos
Price, swearing in voter: Mar
shall Hollingsworth. advising bribery;
James Rogers. illegal voting; Oliver w.
VOrhis, swearing in voter; James Orr, IL
legal voting; Joshua Ealy, swearing in
voter; Joseph Millikin, illegal voting; Benz.
J. Keoton, swearing in voter; John c.. An
derson, illegal voter; Thos. Roberts, swear
ing in voter; Clarence Brockway, illegal
voter; Omer C.. BrOckway, swearing in
voter; John Knopp, illegal voter; Nicholas
Jaggers, swearing in voter; Joseph Brickell,
illegal voter; Geo. A. Anderson, swearing in
Matthias, swearing in voter; Edward T.. APP
pleby, illegal voter; Anthony Cruthers,
swearing in voter; Daniel M~oneyhon, illegal
voter; Deloss ID. Mari, swearing in voter;
bribery; John Carson, bribery; George
Bailey, bribery; Charles Bunk, illegal vot-
ing; Joseph Il: Hunter illegal yot-
jBa sgDism 2sca Bova glsh;SIR illegal illegal sStinr. vo .soSS
c. Vannata. swearing in voter;
Elvin Light, illegal voting; Hugh NJ. Light,
swearing in voter; Melvin Light. illegal
voting; Hugh M. Light. swearing in voter;
Herbert I'll. White, illegal voting; John
Bird. swearing in voter; Edgar Mcmillan,
illegal voting; William Mcmillan, swearing
in voter; Charles Fielder, illegal voter;
Albert 0. Marsh. swearing in voter; William
w. Macy, illegal voter; John +. Markle,
swearing in voter: William Whitesell, iIle-
gal voter; Jefferson Savage, swearing in
voter; {Thomas Brennan, illegal voting;
Lafayette Moore, swearing in voter; Joseph
w. True, illegal voter; Eli Krouse, swear
ing in voter; David Mitchell. illegal voting;
John Lewis, swearing IN vote: Earnest A.
Shultz. illegal voting; John Short. swear
David S.. Ohr, swearing in vote; Thomas NJ.
Wilcox, illegal voter; William Murphy,
swearing In voter; Joseph w. Meyer,
illegal voter; Jonathan Dillon. swear
ing in vote: Philip S. Meyres. illegal
vote; Jonathan Dillon, swearing. In vote;
w. III. Meyers, illegal voting; Jonathan
Dillon, swearing in vote: O.. IL. Jones.
illegal voting: Jonathan Dillon, swearing
i'm voter; John Joyce. assaulting officer;
Wood, Hildebrand, ct al. kidnapping voter:
j. f. G.. Robinson, illegal voter; John C..
Williams, swearing in voter; Spencer
'Tousey, illegal voter; Derk DeRuiter,
swearing in voter; Augustus Stewart,
illegal voter; Edward NJ. Jones, swearing
in voter; Joseph Delaney, illegal voter; Ed
ward NJ. Jones, swearing in voter.
After going over this mass of matter,
only nine new indictments were found
while seventeen of the above cases are still
on the docket undisposed of. The other in
dictments thus enumerated were dismissed
as being unworthy of consideration.