Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-10-13
THE STORY IN DETAIL.
Five Thousand Dollars offered Possible
Jurymsn.

five Thousand Dollars offered Possible
Jurymsn.
Chicago. October II. One of the bold
est and most corrupt plots ever brought to
the notice of the public was outlined by
States Attorney Longenecker's right hand
man, Mr.. Mills, this afternoon. The con-
spiracy not only includes county officials,
but outsiders of high standing, and several
arrests have already been made, but more
will follow before the sun sets this even
ipg. Not content with bribery of men, an
atiempt has been made to drag even inno-
cent women into the plot and thus gain
the end which the friends Of the defense
have been working on for the last five
months.
"Ststes' Attorney Longnecker desires me
to saws" said Mr.. Mills, who Yves COM
missioned by the Ststes' Attorney to talk
to reporters, that this plot has not been
disclosed earlier because it would have de-
fested iustice had the information been
mads public. We cannot give any names
for the details to be given to the public
It will be remembered said the attorney,
that on last Wednesday afternoon young
man. who Is employed as foreman in
large establishment in this city, was ex'
amined and refused.
1t is understood, though not stated by
Attorney Mills, that the name of the We
niremen attempted to b. bribed is George
Tschsppat. He is the foreman for b.
V. Page & Co., oil msichants, "A to 40
Erie street. 'On Thursday afternoon,
said Mr.. Mills, "a very prominent citizen
of Chicago entered the court room and
verv prlvstely communicated to the coun-
sel for the State that his fore
man. the veniremsn in question,
before being called to the jury
box had been approached by a bailitf OF
the Court, with an offer of 81, 900 to vote
for the acauittal of the defendants. He
then went away and the mex, morning one
of the counsel for the State went down to
the factory of the man whose foreman had
been offered bribe, and the moment he
saw the foreman he recognized him as q
man whose honesty and independence
had impressed itself upon the
counsel for the State while he was
sitting in the jury box. The man made
a full statement and was requested by the
counsel for the State to come to the State 8
Attorneys office and repeat his statement
in full. His story was as follows:
OFFERED HIM ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
In obedience to a summons he came to
the Court House on Tuesday afternoon and
sst in the ante-room, but was not called.
He came again on Wednesday morning
and STAYED in the snte-room again, and
about half past 10 o'clock man came
from the court room into the ante-room
who was an 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 venirenen suggested
that thew 90 out and have cigar and the
two men went out to a neighboriDg place,
and after having a cigar, while there the
=, n from the court room said to the We
riremsn: do you want to make some
money!"
The veniremsn Innocently answered
sscertainly do" "Very well, you get on
the ;ury and stick for an scquIttal, and
von will have one thousand dollars. The
Contract and arrangement can be carried
ont with your wife. 1t can be arranged so
that she shall wear certain colored dress,
If the money is paid to her on certain
dav. Ifthe money Is not paid to her on
that certain day, she is TO wear different
colored dress, and the contract Is to be II -
J The Venireman turned reproschfuily TO