, 1889-10-17


replied, 81 am working for the court"
lie then pointed to q buggy standing
outside and remarked, "That Is my
horse and buggy"
At noon adjournment the venireman
went back to his place of business and
subsequently returned to the courthouse,
after which he was detained and returned
to the jury box, where he remained until
4;3O o'clock, when he was excused for
cause. He left the courthouse intending
TO return TO his place of business, and on
leaving tho courthouse he met on the
steps leading to the sidewalk the man
who, had attempted to bribe him.
The young man was afterwards re-
luested by the states attorney to step
into an ante'room and the bailiH was
was summoned. He proved to be one OF
the bailiiis of the criminal court,
who, during the trial or the attempt
70 procure jury. has been in charge
81 one Of the five prisoners, Coughlin.
Inc baiiifi, was questioned closely by
the states attorney and his associates
put professod profound ignorance until
the venireman was called from the ante
room. The venircman was requested
10 repeat the statement, which he did,
whereupon the bailiff made complete
confession, in which he implicated sew
bailitf
The attorneys for the prosecution, to-
gether with Chief Hubbard and others,
at once went to work on the case and
have disclosed one of the most deliberate
attempts TO corrupt jury and TO defeat
the law of Illinois which has yet come
to public attention.
ATTORNEY MILLS INTERVIEWED.
1--WE have had confessions here this
very day." said.Nlills Mt subsequent in
eusxs I.NA .t.a aG n
confessions are from six TO ten in num-
Der. They are absolute, giving us the
whale miserable conspiracy. They re
veal tho most damnable organization
against the law of the land and conspir-
acy against the Jurisprudence of this
county that will startle the continent
when 1t is thoroughly known; Il con-
spiracv of ramiications of audacity, n
conspiracy involving men whose names
no exaggeration when ] say you cannot
magnify the damnablc outrage of this
conspiracy. In taking off DIR. Cronin
and the manner In which II was done
the whole world was startled. This sec
ond conspiracy will also startlc the
whole world. II is an assault on the
very integrity of our institutions"
FOUR INDICTED.
ATT o'clock this evening the grand
jury had agreed to return indictments
against Alexander j. Hanks, Mark Solo
mon, Frederick w. Smith and Thomas
kavanaugh. Hanks has been bailifl' for
eight or nine years. Solomon was ap-
pointed bailih q year and II half ago.
Smith Is unknown about the courthouse
Thomas kauanaugh was engineer at the
county insane asylum during the bood-
ler's regime and was mixed up in their
case. He is now IN business here and
strange to say, his partner was sum
moned for jury duty, but was perempt
orily challenged by the state when his
connection with kavanaugh was learned.
CORRUPT JURORS.
According to q statement made by
Mr.. Mills it was the Bailiif Solomon who
first attempted to bribe citizen (Tscha-
pat), who was afterward to be summoned
as II juror. Solomon is the man whose
confession was obtained. He turned
over to the. states attorney II list of
names and addresses of men said
to be prospective corrupt jurors. Only
two on the list had yet been summoned
and neither was yet examined. Solomon
said the list had been furnished him by
Bailiff Hanks. While they were seated
in the courtroom just behind the Cronin
Hanks had said $1,000 would lie given
for fixed juror half to the man in
the box, and half to the bailiff.
Last night, Mr. Mills narrative con-
tinued, men on the list were interviewed
by the chief of police. One man stated
that he had been approached with an
offer of $1,000 to 90 on the jury by Fred
W. Smith, a hardware manufacturer
agent. Another citizen was similarly
by a citizen. UDonnell's
part, as told by Mr.. Mills, was similar to
that of Smiths. He sounded at least
one man and offered him $1,000. 0'Don-
nell, who was arrested early in the even
ing, is said to have confessed that
Kavanagh guaranteed that the money
offered would be forthcoming. The
supposed corrupted vcnire men were
carefully instructed as TO their manner
while being examined in court, being
told how they should answer and 10 be
gruif with the lawyers for the defense.
The official list of indictments given
out, about 1880, contained six names,
Solomon, iSmith, Kavanagh, O'Donnell
and Joseph Kohn. The latter is fruit
dealer, who it is said, was to go on the
jury and receive $1,000 from Hanks.