St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-19
Lively Real Estate Litigation
---Bosse on Trial for
Assault.
The Trades Assembly Adj
dressed on the Convict
Labor Question.
General News of a Day Gath
cred by the Vigilant Globe
Corps.

Charles F. Nancy. city clerk, accom-
panied by his attorney, Ralph Whelan,
| drove 20 the court house yesterday
afternoon in response to the bench war
rant issued by Judge Smith some days
ago commanding him to appear and
plead to an indictment charging him
| with the attempt to commit crime.
| The BoSse assault case was on trial
when Haney appeared, but the trial was
suspended long enough to allow Haney
| to be arraigned. AS his name was
called by the clerk, Haney stepped
to the desk, but he was not the
| smiling, affable. cool, smooth look
| ing Haney of ante-boodle investigate
| days. He was, to use a colloQuialism.
| "all broken up" and his condition, to
| the ordinary observer. seemed nOtsSo
| much the result of prolonged tussle
with illness as the result of mental
worry and perturbation of spirit conse-
! quent upon the end reached by the
| grand jury. There were large, trans
parent tears in the city clerks eyes,
| which were with difficulty restrained, as
he listened to the reading of the follow
| ing explanation of the statement that
he had been indicted for an Attempt
to commit the crime of bribery" the
accused's neither lip trembling as the
cold voice of the clerk outlined the
charge against him.
1.-The said Charles F. Haney did, on
the 3lSt day of August, 1889, unlawfully,
wrongfully, corruptly and feloniously
solicit, ask and urge one Charles Nj.
Carpenter, secretary and treasurer of
| the Minneapolis Asphalt Paving com
| pany the agent of the Warren-Scharf
| Asphalt Paving company, of New
York, to give and offer and cause
! to be given and offered by and through
him. the said Charles f. Haney,
a large amount of money, to-
men of the city of Minneapolis. the eX-
act number and names of said aldermen
being TO the grand jury unknown-as
| consideration for the votes and official
acts in the said city council in favor of
| awarding and authorizing to be made
| contract in behalf of the city of Mime
| apOliS to and with said Warren Scharf
| Asphalt Paving company for the paw
| ing of that portion of Park avenue
| lying 4sbetween Tenth and Twenty
eighth streets, with intent then and
| there had and entertained by him,
the said Charles F. Haney, TO
| commit crime, to wit, to willfully, I'M
| lawfully, corruptly and feiOniOuSly pro-
| cure from said Charles NJ. Carpenter
| $1,000, and to give as bride the $4,000
| to the said aldermen. with intent then
| and there to influence the said aldermen
| in respect to their votes in the matter
of paving Park avenue, and to influence
| them to vote and award to said Warren
Scharf Asphalt Paving company con-
tract for paving that portion of Park
avenue"
Charles M. Carpenter and Eugene R.
Cox were the witnesses upon the evil
dence of whom true bill was found
against Haney. The city clerk pleaded
| not guilty in tone which indicated
that he felt as if he ought to plead mot
guilty." not because he felt it, but be-
cause he thought the public expected it
of him. The judge then fixed Haney's
bail at $4,000. }. B. Bassett and w. B.
BaSsett affixed their signatures to the
bond and the party left the court room.
The bond specifies that as soon as
Haney becomes we'll enough to stand
trial he shall appear in court and have
his case set for trial.
When Haney left the court room he
was in anything but an amiable frame
of mind. He had recovered some of his
nerve and seemed anxious to form
roasting" organization all by himself.
He denied that he had even thought of
withdrawing from his Office, pending
his trial. He denied everything that
was asked him, His tears had, by this
time, become sufficiently dried to per-
nit of his exposure to the public and.
accompanied by his friends, he sought
his carriage and reflection.