Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
SLIPPERY O'MALLEY.
His Tool McCrystal Convicted, While
He May Go Free, Because
A CONFESSION Is NOT ADMITTED.
The Suit Against Granger, Another New
Orleans Briber, Mistrial.
ANOTHER CASE AGAINST MCRYSTAL

! NEW ORLEANS, June 10-The case
which has been exciting the greatest inter-
est was fixed to come up in section this
morning. O'Malley and McCrystal were to
be tried for an attempt to bribe talesjuror
McCabe There had been delays almost
without end in the case, and the defense
about exhausted itself In putting the trial
back. After Judge Baker had dispatched
the customary business of the morning
O'Malley and McCrystal were called.
After the witnesses had been called Dis
trict Attorney Luzenborg asked for sever
ance of the two accused, as the State pro-
posed to place McCrystal on trial first. Ac-
cordingly, d. c. O'N1alley was told to step
aside. The purpose of the severance, Mr..
Luzenborg said, was to reduce the number
of challenges permitted to the accused.
The Tales-Juror's Strong Testimony.
McCabe testified that last February he
was summoned as tales,juror in the Hen
nessey case, but did not serve He was
challenged by the State. McCabe knew
McCrystal for about year. McCrystal
called on witness between 10 and IL o'clock
on Monday. They walked to the court to-
gether and McCrystal said McCabe could
make some money in the case. McCabe
said he did not want to because he did not
think he would be taken.
In the evening McCrystal met McCabe,
and walked with him from the office to Nc
Cabe's home. McCrystal told McCabe that
he could make $500 by going on the jury
and working for mistrial or an acquittal
of the defendants. McCrystal said if he
(McCrystal) had the subpoena as tales
juror it would be worth 81, 900 to him. Nc
Cabe refused the offer.
Soon after Mr.. McCrystal's indictment,
and while in the Parish Prison, he sent for
Attorney Luzenborg and made confession.
This confession the District Attorney de-
sired should go in as evidence to-day, but
Judge Baker promptly ruled against its ad-
instability After some further testimony
the case was given to the jury at o'clock,
and the jury retired. In few minutes it
returned into court with verdict of guilty
as charged.
" O'Maliey win Probably Escape.
The ruling of Judge Baker refusing to
admit the confession of McCrystal saves
O'Malley in this case, the only case con-
Meeting him directly with the bribery cases.
The court will now be forced to try him
upon one of the other charges, if at all, and
they are all cases of several years ago Nc
Crystal will tomorrow be tried upon an
other charge of bribery.
Charles Granger, another of the Hennes-
sey jury bribers, was tried to-day. Granger
was a person of more importance than
Glaudi, being connected with prominent
families and having borne a good reputa-
tion. For eight months Granger has been
in the employ of the fruit importers, among
the Machecas and Oteris
Granger's defense was a general denial
After being out several hours the Jury
could not agree and mistrial was entered.
The jury stood nine for acquittal and three
for conviction. Five members of the jury
in the Granger case were members of the
jury that convicted Glaudi.