Mower County transcript., 1889-10-23
NO NEARER SUCCESS.


CHICAGO, Oot 1H-Thursday was q busy
Gay around the criminal court building.
Early In the morning detectives were flying
around brink ing in witnesses and suspected
parties to testify before the grand Jury. 1t
was noped TO catch In the strong meshes of
an indictment the biggest fish Of the shoal
of Jury-brtbera
First on the list of witnessea vas Henry
N. Stoltenberg, Alexander Sul1ivan's clerk
Besides the effort OF the grand Jury to find
the head of the newer conspiracy another
attempt was to be made to unravel. II DOS.
sible, tho last skein OF tangled threads of
mystery which surround and cover tho
original plot the one to murder DR.. Cro-
MIN
stoltenberg was before the grand fury
only short time. 1t was supposed that he
would repeat, under oath what he had
said IN Judge Longensoker's Office but cir
cumstances seem to indicate that he
proved recalcitrant when brought before
the grand jury.
Another witness who appeared before
the grand jury Is named Kelly, and il said
to be one of the strongest witnesses the
State has 30 far examined He is q re-
spectacle citizen and lives on the South
aide.
The grand jury walked into Judge Ba-
ker's court about O'Clock and said that
they hal found indictments against the
following men for jury-bribing and con-
spiracy:
Mark l. Solomon, John Graham, Thomas
Kavanaugh, Fred Smith, J,,remiah O'Don-
nell Alexander L Hanks. Joseph Konen.
All these men are already under arrest
or bail on the first indlctmenM When
asked II there would be any new indict-
ments or arrests to-day State's-Attorney
Longenecker thought for q moment and
then said, with peculiar emphasis: mo
Not to-dayn
Judge Baker issued a writ of habeas
corpus for the release of Henry Stolt-
enberg, Alexander Sullivan's clerk, return
able at 4:SO p. m. Judge Longenecker and
Chief Hubbard both say that StoltenberR
was released at noon, as he is wanted mere
ly as witness In the case
E. J. McArdle, clerk in the Office of
Alexander Sullivan. was the most impor-
tant witness before the grand jury yester-
day: He went over to the criminal court
building to look for MIR. Windes and was
Immediately taken before the ing uisitorial
body: He said tn reply to questions by the
S"ate's Attorney he had frequently seen
John Graham, the jury Axer, in the private
of1oo of q well-known Irish American at
torney. On two different occasions he was
sent by this attorney to tho Office of John
Graham to tell him the attorney wanted to
see him Graham on both occasions re-.
sponded to the summonA
McArdle swore positively he had not the
slightest idea of what Graham's business
at the Office was. He also said, with an ap-
pearanoe of sincerity which impressed
the grand jurors, that had he any idea the
Business related to jury-hxing he would
not have carried the messages
Henry n. Stoltenberg did not prove as
valuable a witness for the State as MI.
Longenecker and his colleagues were led
to expect Wednesday evening: Stolten
berg, in fact, went back on his promises
when he was produced before the grand
jury yesterday. He refused point blank to
say one word about the scene in the office
In the Opera House block between
Tom Kavanaugh and prominent
lawyer. He also refused to say a word
about his telegram to Senator Kennedy, of
Wisconsin, while the latter was at Winni-
peg or his letters from Toronto last May,
June and July. he conveyed the idea
the States Attorney that he was going to
make clean breast of it. When he was
dumb az an oyster.
William o. Dahl, young Scandinavian
who is on friendly terms with Stoltenberg,
and he prepared the minds of some of the
members for further revelations His story
was In substance as follows:
Some time last May or June Dahl re-
ceived q visit from his friend Stoltenberg.
a lott to11 thok ha
him to receive certain letters that would
be sent from Toronto. Dahl consented to
| receive the letters He got two of them.
He turned them over to Stoltenberg
On the outside they were addressed
to Dahl Under cover they were ad-
! dressed to Stoltenberg Under the
cover addressed to Stoltenberg they were
| addressed to Stoltenbergs employer.
Dahl ascertained this fact by forcing stolt-
enberg to open the envelope in his pres
ence. Two weeks ago he communicated
the fact to fellow employe, Otto c. Eric
son. Ericsson told his employer, Mr..
Jevne. Mr.. Jevne ssnt for Dahl
and told him to communicate
Immediately with the authorities Dahl
did so, but he also communicated with
Stoltenberg: The latter then made virtue
OF necessity. He sent Word to the States
Attorney Lu8t uo WaUGoU TO % taken De-
fore the grand jury, but before the grand
jury he told Foreman Chase that he had
been advised not to say any thing
Bailff Hanks statement to the States At
torney has borne fruit As result OF it the
papers OF o certain other bailitf, who has
not yet been indicted, were seized and OK
amined yesterday, and among them was
found a list of veniremen intended to be
summoned. On that list were found two
names also among those given by Hanks to
Soloman a. Hst of those who were cor
rupt The idea is that this last list was
made up largely from the one Hanks made
out
As result Of tho discovery Captain
Schuettler was sent out after the two venire-
men, and they were brought into tho
States Attorneys office Upon promise
that their names should be kept from the
public they told all that they knew. They
were examined separately, and each
told tho same story. Each had
been approached twice. once by
Smith and once by Hanks, and each had
been offered 81, ,00o to hold out for acuu1ttal
They were also told where the money was
to come from
tits now pretty we'll understood that the
defense of at least two Of the individuals
who are on trial for the murder of DR..
Crontn, will be that the remains were not