Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-14
PLOTTERS FOOLED.
villainy's Hand Still Busy in
the Cronin Case.
ATTEMPTED BRIBERY OF A JUROR.

A Rather Bungling Effort to Secure a
Man Who Would Hang the Jury In-
stead OF the Accused-rwo Court BAIL
ins In the scheme, which l. betrayed
by the Man They Tried to Corrupt
The Tools All On the Tolls, Hut the
Master scoundreI Yet Under Cover.
CHICAGO, Oct 14-The matter that was
considered so important as to call for an adj
journment OF tho Cronin murder trial FRI
day was the most sensational occurrence
since the discovery Of murder cottage IL
was. in short, the discovery OF an attempt to
secure n juryman who would stand out
against conviction under any aud all circum-
stances, and the offer of s. 900 to vsnire-
men il he wouli agree 10 go into the scheme
For this crime the following men were in
iicted Saturday night, the indictments being
produced in court ut 10 o'cio,k by special
grand jury appointed Saturday by judge Hor-
ton, and OF which ex-Mayor John A. Roche
was the foreman; Alexander l. Hanks,
Mark Solomon, Frederick W Smith, Thomas
Kavsnaugh, Jeremiah O'Donnell, Joseph
Konen.
Identity of the Culprits.
Hanks and Solomon are bailiffs Hanks
has been on the sher iffs pay .rcll Tor num-
Der OF years, but Solomon WAS appointed
only yeaf ago Neither If them has sum
moned any jurors in the Cronin case, but
both have been engaged in looking after The
defendants while in court Smith is an
nd ~,
Oshkosh, WIS Kavanaugh is "A st ,arnftter
and prominent Chicago business man. o.
Donnell is "a gauger IN the employ OF the U.
5. internal revenue konen il a fruit dealer.
Story of the Attempted Rascaiity.
One of the leading sssisi ants TO the state's
attorney gave To Unitei Press reporter the
following story OF tine attempt ii bribery:
"During the Thursday afternoon session
n pers onsl friend OF the states attorney
came into the courtroom, ami, calling me
aside, said: i have something to tell you
The gentleman is a prominent citizen, and a
manufacturer on the west side He said
that the foreman Of his establishment, who
had been summoned as venireman. had
been offered bride to hang the jury. /
went with him at once to see the young ma n
in question, who, l should say, bears an ex-
ccedingiy high reputation for integrity. He
consented TO tell what he knew, notwith-
standing it would be n betrayal of a friend.
An Infamous Proposition.
ale said that he was summoned last We'd
nesday morning, and shortly after entering
the waiting room was accostsl by a baillff
whom he had known for years The bailiff
invited bin out to have cigar, and the two
went TO u neighboring saloon. After few
words the bailif informed the venireman
that II he would agree to vote steadily for
an acquittal of the suspects he would be paid
81 900. Continuing the bailiff said that tn e
deal would be put through by his wife aud
the wife Of the veniremsn, and in order that
the latter might know that the money had
been paid, the wife OF the veuireman would
appear in court on a certain day wearing a
particular dress II the money was not
paid, she would wear another dress The
venireman repulsed the bailiff aud said ne
would have nothing TO do with his offer.
This was in the morning. At the beginning
OF the afternoon session the veniremsn was
called into the jury box, where he remained
until 4:3O, when he was excused by the de
Tense for cause
Desperate Men Bid High.
He left the room, and when he reached
the sidewalk was overtaksn By the bailiff,
who exclaimed:
ain Gods name where were you this
nooni l hunted for you everywhere, and
was instructed to offer YOU s. 900 il you
would agree to vote for acqdittai, and that
IL you would not do it for tnat much, why
- it, l was told TO give you auy thing, so
long as got you
~The venirsman said he hal been excused
and that ended tue talk between them; but
upon reaching the mandatory the young
man went 10 hts employer aud toll him ev-
erything. His employer came 10 the court
the next afternoon Thurs iayl and told me
Friday noon the veuireman told US the story,
and to pursue it we bad court adjourned
The Guilty BaiIin Accused.
ave Immediately sent for the bailiff incul-
pated, and be- IN the presence Of the counsel
for the state, confessed ths whole affair
who his employers wer., AMI every thing he
had done in their interest since ths beginning
Of the case. As the result OF his con-
fessiOn there have been several other con
fessions, the SUN of which discloses the
wors. conspiracy ever known in this coun-
try-a conspiracy which for its ramific alton,
audacity and the large number Of men en-
braced is without equal Several arrests
have been made, and several more will be,
ana persons o. prohihehcs are among thsip'
The Exposer- of the Plot.
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ueo'se iso"'PPa'' i"'e" i'' nj iase.
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Iscbapf+L ahu tneh wives were intimate
.r,ehus oeiore ne,' ma, i'aSe ino'nas nav
- 30 20. 20 o tne neau anu rom
"a ,onIs ir ~ .,r,,,~,- pan,s S.,
70 ,hs, ono vbo ~ 81 ,h, -. 80 90
the vauireman aItbougb he was =. = acting
as u go-between for Hanks.
kavanaugh Accuses Forrest.
Among the statements made by Knva
nhugh Saturday was one g the effect thai
Lawyer Forrest, of the defensP, was impli
| Gated in the villaiuy. When the matter wa,
reported in court Saturday all the lawyers
| for the defense repudiated any connection
with 1t, and the prosecution readily dis
ciined any intention to connect them will
the crime, and expressed their confidenc,
that they had nothing to do with it. Blu
after Kavanaugb had made his accusation il
was reported that the prosecution we're in
duced 10 withdraw their acquittal, so far a
Forrest was concerned.
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