The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-06

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-; y. O'Malley, for attempting to bride
talesmen, and Bernard Glaudi, Charles
granger and Fernerd Armant, for an at
Tempt Dy each to bride three different tales
nen. Ihese parties are clearly shown tC
nave been Intimate with OMalley: often
IN MS ofnce; informed of all his doings
ana were active workers in the Jury fixing
business generally. We are forced to the
conclusion that Dominick O'Malley is
cnargeaole with knowledge of and partici-
paGlng In most, II not all, of the unlawful
acIs IN connection with that cele-
DRAFTED case. Without his assiduous
ana corrupting influence we believe
Inc verdict would have been radically
ulHerent, and as a natural consequence the
tragic occurrences of the 18th of March
| last, never would have been recorded. Nc
Cfystals voluntary statement to the grand
jury, partly in the shape of a confession.
reveals some points and causes US to think
ne would have told more but for the power
and influence OF O'Malley and his associates.
McCrystal and Cooney were the trusted
accomplices and figure throughout the
Wnole affair with prominence showing the
| nlgn appreciation in which their services
were held. We cannot fail to refer to the
lntlmate relations existing between class
OF ward politicians and the prime mover in
al these Infamous dolngs. We have it most
directly confirmed that the person holding
tne position OF inspector of weights and
measures was often at the agency and was
seen coming to the court house
IN company with talesman the
gay he was accepted as q Juror.
dhere Is contirmatory evidence that the in
nuence OF O'Malley with the night watch
man and inspector at the electric light
plant was so great that he caused them
70 manipulate the light at the corner OF
Glroa street and Basin the night the jury
was taken to the scene of the assassina-
tlon to correspond with its alleged action
on the night of the murder. His influence
also accounts for the alterations in the
DOCK OF records at the electric light plant
FROM the beginning of the Investigation
1nere IS continuous evidence of the PERM
clous combination of what is known as
- Malley's detective agency. 1t advert1ses
tnat one OF the aDlest criminal lawyers at
Tue par Is attorney for The agency. We
hnoW Ior an absolute fact that bank
account is kept and checks drawn in the
name OF O'Malley & Adams, the inter
ested parties being D. G. O'Malley and
Lionel Adams. Such a combination be-
tween detective and prominent criminal
lawyer IS unheard of before in the civilized
world, and when we contemplate it's posi-
ollltles Tor evil we stand aghast"
The report then goes over O'MalIey,s
record from the time he served a term in
Aol tdICSuy) u6Ldlllng the lnQlCt-
nents fonnd anainSt him in New Orleans.
convictions for minor offenses in criminal
courts, etc., and says so pernicious to the
administration of justice were his doinps
mat while Judge Roman presided in the
criminal court, he ordered O'Malley ex
GUIDED from the room. This was during
the time detectives present associate
Llonel Adams, was district attorney. and il
is a significant fact that two indictments
nesses were not brought to trial, but were
noile pressed by the district attorney prior
TO the expiration of his term.
"Ihe inside view we are enabled to get of
the workings of this detective agency
through Detective Collins, abundantly cor.
roDorated from many sources, conyinces ma
tnat II had at its command a board of ner-
luferS, DIackmallers, Suborners and iurv
tamperers, and that it has for some time
oeeh an element OF dlscord in the commu- |
nifty and stumbling block to the admins
tratlOn of Justice, which should be eradi- |
Gated. mat It's career of crime has not |
been cut short Is matter of wonder and
is, no doubt due co the fact that O,MalIev
and his co-workers banded together for
self-preservation.
'Ihe extended range of our researches
nave developed the existence of the secret
organization styled the ''Mafia.u Evidedcs
0O--ON q
tent In themselves to attest it's truth while
the TACT is supported by long record of
Olood curdllng crimes, it being almost i'm
possible TO discover the perpetrators N.
secure witnesses. The officers of the
Malta and many of its members are now
known. Among them are men born in this
'lty OF Italian origin using their power for
'ne Oasest purposes, he it said to their
eternal disgrace. The larger number of
he society is composed of Italians and
oeclllans who left their native land in most
'ases under assumed names to avoid CON
ylction and punishment for crimes Others
we're escaped convicts and bandits. ont
awed in their own land. Seeking the civ
II New Orleans for the congenial COM
'anlonshlp OF their own class. These men
new the swift retribution of the law in
tally, for hundreds have been shot down at
lgnt by the military in the mountains of
sicily without second thought. To i
ay there is recorded in the office /
ity the names of some elevan
Italians and Sicilians landed
ere during several years past.
moving official records of their criminalitv
Italy anu Sicily. hundreds of them are :
mong rs to-day. We doubt not an alien
overnment would rather be rid of them
han be charged with their custody and :
unlshment. 1t cannot be questioned that =
ecret organizations whose TEACHINGS are :
ostlle to the fundamental PRINCIPLES of :
nc government of the United States :
lust be continual menace to the :
ood order OF society and the material .
Tefare OF the people. The law is the .
aIeguard OF society; its just execution f
Expresses the will of the people in con- =
of crime, but where this lofty :
rlnclple is condemned by the practice of
ssasslnatlon Tor revenge and spite and
oncealment under the most binding oaths
poWerless the efforts of the law
reach the chief actors and secure wit 3
esses, 1t becomes the duty of the people u
the exercise OF their sovereign right to u
sue their decree of condemnation. That 2
erdict has been rendered: the power of
lie Mana is broken; it must be DESTROYED
) an element of danger, creation of len f,
Gus growth In this community D
Inc report goes to severely reflect on the
;tlon OF some of the jurymen on the trial.
ONE OF the jurors testified in the most en- W
1atlc terms that had it not been for the 7
erslsUent and well directed efforts of three
rymen, conspicuous from the first, the R
9rdlct would have been materially differ
It, ut Is certain the special effort of the II
unsel for the defense was to select for SER 1
ce such men as were under O'Mallev,s
nuence. what can be thought when G.
rec jurors were accepted when onIv l
me un1mportant question or the clerk to
Id swear them without question? This al
a proceeding almost unheard of, but it Z,
Is its meaning as well as other in
ances..
The grand jury goes on at great length to
Tx on the immigration question, setting
rth the evils of the present method .,
stanclng the recent introduction of O. ..
allan immigrants without any examina-
IN whatever and whose names even tt
ere not on the passenger list of the ship.
declares crisis is reached, and on the -
agnitude of the issue it becomes the dutv M
the next Congress to quickly enact such