The morning call., 1891-10-29
ANOTHER ELlSOR.
A. S. HalIidie Appointed TO Select
Trial Jurors.
Judge Wallace Has Determined to Cut On
Every Avenue of Escape From the
Doodle Gang-A Rotten System.

Judge Wallace sprung another sen Satlon
on the public yesterday and fairly paralyZed
with fear the Doodle gang by issuing the
following order:
In the matter of obtaining trial jury IN sdlu
Ii appearing to the Court here, and so the fact
is, that trial jury in said Department IS nee
essary and that for that purpose the attendance
here OF seventy-tw0 good and lawful men OF saiu
city and county To serve as jurors Is required,
and it further appearing, aud so the fact Is, that
10 trial jurors have been drawn, and no lrial
jurors have been summoned 10 attend here III
Department 6.
Now therefore, 1t is hereby by the Court here
ordered that said number, to wit.seyenty-two good
and lawful men OF said city and county be forth'
with summoned TO be and attend here IN this
court 10 serve here trial jurors and that my
be sum moued by an ellsor chosen by The Court
here and the Court now here chooses ana APP
points A. 5. Haliidle. good and lawful man OF
said city and county, as such ellsor ana 10 De the
elsor IN that behalf and IL Is accordingly now
ordered and directed by the Court here that be,
the said A. S. Halidie, as such eiisor, so duiy
appointed and chosen as aforesaid do forthwith
summon the said number, 10 VIII, seveuty-two
good aud lawful men of said city and county. 10
be and appear in The court here on Saturday, tne
7th day OF November, A. d. 1891, at the hour
OF IL O'Clock III the forenoon OF said day, 10 serve
as such trial jurors heIe In said Department OF
said Superior Court, and mat said a y. Halluic,
as such elisOr, do make due return to the Court
here OF his proceedings IN that behali, ana the
order is now here duly entered in The minutes oil
the court here WILLIAM L. WALLACE.
Dated October 2S. 1891. Judge.
A ROTTEN SYSTEM.
To all who are familiar with the thor
oughly rotten system OF securing trial jurors
at the present time The reason Tor Judge
| Naliace'S most unusual proceeding VIII be
apparent. 1t is matter of record and was
publicly commented upon at the time, some
six or eight months ago, that Judges engaged
trying criminal cases had all sorts OF dill
Guilty in obtaining jurors. Judge Murphy
drew 800 names from the trlal-JuTy box anu
succeeded in getting but twenty to serve.
Judge Hebbard secured ten out OF 100, and
Judge Troutts experience was very much
the same.
The plain, simple reason was that the
lists had been manipulated by the 70 OILS IN
SION of them, under instructions from
principal, and he by order Of the
Ii not generally known to the public 1t Is
no less a fact that the manipulation OF the
trial jury list has resolved itself into re gu
lar jury brokerage business, conducted
chiefly by the bosses and made the source
of handsome revenue. For instance John
Schmidt is summoned rs juror In Depart
ment u John Schmidt is at the head of
large brewing business. and don't want to
serve. He goes down to place on Third
street and puts down $50, remarkiug as he
does so:
Here, get me off that internal jury, can't
why, certainly" is the obliging reply.
"Harpy to accommodate you"
Whether by messenger or other meals it
does not matter, the order soon reaches the
proper place in the City Hall: Drop John
Schmidt"
John Schmidt is dropped. and in n little
bouk kept for that express purpose in all
the court-rooTas. but which is not public
record, m entry is made to the left of John
Sehmidt's name, sometimes in black ink
Excused, w. J. B." While that entry is
very frequent it isn't always the one. 1t is
just as liable TO be-, Excused, C., OF "Ex-
cu>ed, H." OF Excused, c. b. and the
like.
1t may seem little strange to the unini-
tiated how these excuses are effected, in
asmuch as no one can grant excuses except
tie Judge, and he only for the statutory
reasons. But there is nothing simpler.
Wien the list OF 80 names is drawn from
the jury-box. duplicate is handed over TO
the Sheriff, who is to summon the parties
whose names are contained thereon. Be
fore the Sheriff makes his returns to the
court the parties summoned have purchased
their immunity down on Third street.
THE ORDERS ARRIVE.
Hence by the time his returns do get in,
the courtroom clerk has received his orders
the assistance or advice of the Deputy
Sheriff writes opposite each name could
not be found" "absent from city," gone to
Montreal" or something of that kind.
All of the Judges are cngnizant of these
corrupt practices, but those who have large
political consciemces usually wink at them
unless too fragrant The tools who are EN-
ployed to do the work never undertake 1t in
courts where the Judge is honest, but in all
other courts it is practiced with most glariug
impunity.
Sometimes even a corrupt Judge gets
annoyed when the practice is carried so far
as to actually clog the business of his court.
lie then ais temporary halt Such an
Instance Is known To have happened only
few months ago. Failing to get more than
one out Of fifteen jurors drawn, the Judge
called his clerk and hailiff into his cham
bers and told them that it must stop. Ii
stoppe d-for awhile.
DANGER ON ALL SIDES.
The orders from the jury-brekers' bureau
are not always issued to one particular
Office in the City Hall. Judge Wallacr is
perfectly familiar with that fact. and that is
his sole reason for appointing an elisor, in
stead of employing the usual methods pre-
scribed in the statutes. He knows that il
would be entirely out of the question TO
secure seventy-two. or any number, OF
good and true " men in any other way.
He intends. without doubt, TO assign all the
Doodle indictments to his own court. and he
knows that with the jury-drawing system
run as it now is he could never hope to find
twelve men who would convict any of the
booders.
III he were to draw his jurors from the
box, and the Sheriff should start out to
summon them. orders would come thick and
fast from Third street, in fact the seat of
court would at once be transferred to that
locality. The names returned would be
found, every one, to be warm political
friends and sympathizers with the accused.
and conviction would be hopelessly out of
the question.
In the classic language OF the ward poll
tician. Judgrr. Wallace is onto the whole
gang Of EN- and has determiDedly MADE
up his mind to raid their haunts ami break
up their business.