Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-06-11
An Important Witness Against the
New Orleans Jury Bribprs
Arrested.
He Fled to St. Louis to Escape
Testitying in the Bribery
Case.
He Says he was offered $1,000 tC
Get on the Jury and AcQuit
the Italians.

ST. Louis, May 31.-Leonce Burthe
the principal and in fact the only witness
against the jury bribers in the case grow.
ing out of the Malta trials in New Or.
leans, was arrested in East st. Louis
this afternoon and is now in Jail in that
city. Burthe, 1t will be remembered, left
New Orleans to avoid testifying in the
bribery trials. He arrived here Wednes-
day and registered at the Moser hotel,
where he was located by Detective
Archambault. Burthe discovered he
was being watched and gave the detec-
tive the slip. This morning a cousin of
the fugitive called at the Moser for his
vallse and the cousin was Swallowed to
East st. Louis, where the arrest was
made while Burthe and his cousin stood
on street corner talking. When taken
to the station the following telegram,
dated New Orleans and addressed to
VIM. WATSON, Burthe's cousin, was found
"Tell my son to leave the state of Mis-
souri, Immediately and go to another
state. Advance him $50 and draw on
LIZ AO1 6du1o' NolSuOIJ LOulS Dul piAS'
BURTHEs STATEMENT.
When seen by a reporter Burthe at
first refused to talk, but a few leading
questions opened his mouth. He said:
"When the Hennessy murder case was
called I was drawn on the panel. Before
was examined and rejected, F, Armant
approached me and said that I would
get $1,000 If I got on the jury and found
the Italians not guilty. I told him I
could do nothing of the kind. After the
trial I told Parkinson and afterwards
communicated to him the fact that Ed
gar White, deputy sheriff, had threat
ened to kill me if I testified against his
friend, Armant. Yes, was afraid and
left New Orleans and got $1,000" But
he seemed to realize that he was telling
too much and in the very next breath he
said that he left New Orleans of his own
free will and accord. "lf I testify
against these two men it will be because
I am compelled to as they have families
and I don't want to send them to the
penitentiary. There was no reason for
my leaving New Orleans except to save
those two men from penal servitude."
It is not known whether or not he will
go back without requisition papers. The
only charges OF which he can be taken
back are contempt of court or compound
ing felony
THE CHARGES OF BRIBERY.
New ORLEANS, May 31.-District At
torney Lusenberg tc day issued nolle
PROSE- qui in the cases of Bernard
Glaudi, Charles Granger, Emile Bay
netto, Thomas McCrystal and D. G.
O'Malley. They we're the parties who
had been indicted by the grand jury for
bribery and corruption of jurors in the
Hennessy case. The indictments were
regarded as not sufficiently specific.
The district attorney then filed an in
formation against each of the above
named parties. Granger is charged with
having offered 800 to Alphonso Laber-
1esil. John Cooney and Thomas P. Nc
Chrystal are charged with having offered
and promised to Frank Gormeley to pay
and provide for all expenses of his fam
lily during all the time that he might
serve as juror IN the Hennessy case,
Emile Bagnetto is charged with having
offered 500 to David Bonhage and Ber-
nand Glaudi with Offering $500 to Henry
B. Atwood. O'Malley is charged with
having feloniously counselled and pro-
cured said felony. The district attorney
asked the case to be Immediately al.
loted.