Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-09
ALL EXONERATED.
The Citizens Of New Orleans Not
Indicted by the Grand
Jury.
The Jury in the HennesSy Trial
Bribed by Fiendish Private
Detectives.
The Back of the Malta Society
Broken by the Iynching
Affair.
The Summary Justice Dealt ont ia
the DeyiliSh DagOS Was All
RIGHT.

WV No "a AliNNoAAs tAAANAl tAtt EiAiu jury NAe
completed its labors in the Italian ease,
and this afternoon presented a yolumlnou,
report to Judge Mari
The report reclteS the killing of Chief Of
Police tienuessy, the trial OF the Italians,
etc, and referring To the verdict rendered,
says: I'VE cannot be mistaken in the as
sertIon that the verdict was startling,
amazing a bitter disappointment, shock.
ing TO public opinion, provoking the re-
peated acquisition that some of the jury
had been untaithful TO their office
The report goes on at considerable
length to speak of the comments made ON
every side before the termination of the
trial touching the action of some OF the
members Of the jury; the remarks dropped
in and about the court room; the quarrel
in the Jury room, etc. A careful observer,
it says, testities with special reference to
the marked Inattention of the jury as the
witnesses submitted theirevidence Il con-
duet most unbecoming and fraugbt with
the grlvcSt consequences when the mo-
mentions import of the issue is considered.
I'VE are led continues the report TO
conclude that the jury undertook to try
the case when it was submitted by their
own estimate OF the value of the statements
made 10y parties not called as witnesses.
With strange unanimity they dwclt upon
what they knew by reading and hearsay
OF certain incidents of the assassination
prior TO the trial aEd made those che
basis OF powerful persuasion for giving
the accused the benefit of doubt and con
Guiding its deliberations in their favor
We take occasion to say that il was not
expected to obtain any evidence of undue
influence from mem oers Of the jury; for
those who were interrupted had
nothing 10 reveal while the
others would not make themselves
participes criminis, yet in their numerous
statements much was obtained having de
rect connection with and supported by
the great volume of testimony elected
during the inquiry II is clearly brought
out by the evidence of the Jurors that af-
icctlng three of the accused, BUlitez, Seal
fedi and Morastero, the jury engaged in
deliberation four " FIVE hours and on re-
peated ballots cd six guilty, six not
guilty This is clearly defined indica-
ton OF the conviction Of the jury as 70
the three accused. Ii forces the CONCLUSION
that the evidence was sufficient TO
Justify the six jurors who stood resuluto
and determined for verdict of guilty,
making il well nigh impossible to reach
any other conclusion than mistrial
Three of the accused naued above were
probably unwilling actors designated by
the leaders of the conspiracy TO execute
the vilIainOus part in which they had
neither personal motives nor interest.
Following this investigation it wa, quick
~ learned that the talesmen had been APP
preached IN various manners, the vale
work even being carried forward III the
court room during the trial. One
favored expression was that big
money might be made 10y going
on the jury and doing right There is no
doubt that such attempts were made by
various parties in the service Of the de-
Tense entertained by some talesmen and
scornfully rejected by others. In some in
stances 4 rebuff was met with the answer
that it wa, joke, bat surely 1t was a
well directed Joke Of deep significance
when the leading part Is enacted by the
counsel of one Of the accused awaiting
trlal-now under indictment Tor attpnlpt-
ing to bride a lurer Another class of
taesmen took special care to deny any
knowledge OF the vile work or showed
a remarkable deficiency Of memory. c1us-
ing Us TO conclude that they were silent
from tear or had been cautioned a8out in
eliminating anyone. A number OF wit
nes,es most emphaiically denied having
been approached or spoken to even after
telling it to their friend who informed
US. Among the talesm1n "a number OF
our citizens have nobly come forward,
relating their experiences of furnish
ing some OF the missing links
In the chain Of cncumstdntial eyl-
dence drawn around the organized
gang Of jury bribers II Is not TO be ques
toned that the WORK was temdlIcdlIJ
executed after careful preparation. ano
had 10 be done quickly. Necessity was I'M
peratye for a complete list OF talesmen,
and the grand Jury knows that the list Of
taesmen was in the Office OF q Nalley q
Adams al III O'Clock Sunday morning,
Feb. 23l. though at the trial the judge
had issued special orders that the last was
not 10 be made public or given 10 counsel
Of either side until Monday 10 Is not
shown by whose hands the list was Sc
eured but enough il shown to confirm
the secret and powerful Iniinencf
Of a so.called private detective agency ano
Counsel Adams to handle the machinery
Of the court. The evidence shows that the
lists of names we're tempered with when
drawn from the jury wheel and before
they reached the jury box IN court
O'Malley was put In possession OF tn
lists almost immediately after the name
we're drawn and before they reached th'
district attorneys office. Influential
! friends alone could accomplish this, ou
il was secured in tue person OF one OF IN
/ Jury commissioners lately removed.
From the beginning Of the lnyestlga
! ton there il continuous evidence OF
( pernicious combination Of what u known
rs O'Malley's detective agency in brlbinI
I the jury. II advertise that one Of tn
abIest or minal lawyers at the bar Is attor
ney for the agency. We know for al
4 absolute fact that bank account IS KEEP
AID checks are drawn 10 the name 9
I o Mallpv Il Adams, the interested partie
/ being .. {. UMaeY and Lionel Adams
1 Sue a combination between a detecuY
and prominent criminal lawyer Il IN
heard Of before in the cigll,z q wort
and when we contemplate It's possibiiitie
/ for evil We stand aghast