Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-06
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| sworn statements that they primarily sought Il
| justify their verdict by attacking the line OF
| evidence presented by the State and attaching
| defense It was freely admitted by the Jurors
| that remarks had been made in the jury room
| as early as the first day when testimony was
| offered, and repeated number OIL times after
ward, "that the State was making poor case, "
| and was positively repeated at the close of the
| States evidence. One quarrel at least was re-
ported. arising from the accusation py one juror
\ to another with the expression: You talk like
you were fixed before you came nere." They
| formed no conception of the tension to which
| the public mind was strung, thougn impressed
| with the deep interest as shown each day by the
crowd Of spectators in the court room.
Concealment of Peculiar Events.
1t was clearly indicated that the necessity for
| secrecy was urged as the several jurors were
| selected and Joined the company of their fel
| lows. 1t was impressed upon them at various
times, and finally, before the verdict was rem
| dered, brought forward again with the injunc-
| tion to destroy every vestige Of evidence they
| had and leave every thought and act behind
them. Surely the urgency Of this was most
| cunningly devised to conceal the peculiar
events that transpired in the jury room. Care
full observers testify with special reference to
the marked inattention of the jury as the wit
nesses submitted their evidences conduct
most unbecoming and fraught with the gravest
consequences when the momentous import Of
the issue is considered. We are led to con-
clude that the jury undertook TO try the case
when it was submitted, by their own estimate
of the value of statements made BY parties not
called as witnesses. With strange unanImity
they dwelt upon what they knew by reading
and hearsay of certain incidents of the assassI-
nation prior to the trial, and made these the
bases of the powerful persuasion Tor giving the
accused the benefit of the doubS and con-
cluding the deliberations in their favor.
We Eiust take occasion to say that it was not
expected to obtain any evidence of undue in
fuence from the members of the jury, for
those who we're uncorrupted had nothing to re-
veal while the others would not make them
selves particepes crimnes, yet in their numer-
Gus statements, much was obtained having
direct connection with. and supported by the
great volume of testimony elected during the
course of the inquiry.
One Feature Clearly Proved.
Itis clearly brought out by evidence of the
jurors that as affecting three of the accused.
Poliiz, ScatfedI and MonasterIo. the jury en-
gagged in the deliberations in their case some
four or five hours. attended with intense ex-
cltement. and on repeated ballots the juG vote
stood six guilty. SIX not guilty. This is aVsearly
defined indication of the convictions of the
jury as to three accused. 1t impresses us
deeply, as 1t must everyone to whom the fact
is conveyed. and forces the conclusion that the
evidence was sufficient to justify the six jurors
who stood resoute:and determined for a verdict
reach any other conclusion than a mistrial.
These three accused, named above, were
probably the unwilling actors designated by
leaders of the conspiracy TO execute villain
Gus part in which they had neither personal.
motives nor interests.
Following this investigation it was quickly
learned from various sources that talesmen had
been approached. Every Glow offered was
taken up. AS a rule. the talesmen who had
been previously marked out, were seen when
alone or invited away to some secluded and un-
suspected place. well designed pretexts guard
ing the real meaning of the talks but quickly
leading up to the great trial; talesmen were
visited at their homes during the evening or
early morning, intercepted while on their way
to the Court House, stopped in the corridor of
the court and the vile work was deliberately
carried forward in the court room during the
trial.
One favorite expression was that "pig money
might be made by going on the jury and doing
right" There is no possible doubt that such
attempts were made by various parties in the
service of the dcfense-entertained by some of
the talesmen and scornfully rejected by Others
These are facts given on the evidence of tales
men who quickly discerning the true meaning
of the men who addressed them, Indignantly
OF conduct by these emissares. In several in
stances a rebuff was answered that the talk was
joke; but surely well-directed joke of deep
significance when the leading part is enacted
by the counsel of one of the accused partici-
pants in the assassination at the time awaiting
trial in the parish prison-now under indict-
ment for attempting to bribe juror.
A Remarkable Deficiency in Memory.
Another class of the talesmen took special
care to deny any knowledge OF the vile work or
showed remarkable deticien cy of memory as to
what they had told their friends, causing us to
conclude that they were silent from fear, or had
been seen and cautioned about incriminating
any one until their tongues were silenced as
with the hand Of death. In this connection, we
PoD nj ai nj hat a har 0f ha
most emphatically denied having been ap-
preached or spoken to about service on the
jury, even after telling 1t to their friends, who
had informed US. There were young men from
whom better things were expected. OF such
we can-say, that to conceal and thereby at.
tempt TO condone a. crime, Is only step re-
moved from participation in 1t.
Among the talesmen, number of our citi-
zens have nobly come forward from a sense Of
duty relating their experiences furnishing at
least some Of the missing links in the chain Of
evidence drawn around the Or
ganized gang of jury bribers. 1t is not to be
questioned that the work was systematically
executed after careful preparation. and it had
to be done quickly, as the hours were Few and
the time precious. The necessity was impera-
tive for complete lists of talesmen but such
lists were easily obtained as in other trials
The grand jury knows that the list of 800 tales
men in the Hennessey case was in the office of
O'Malley and Adams at II O'Clock Sunday
morning, February %, though the trial Judge
issued special orders Saturday evening that the
counsel Of either side until Monday morning.
1t is not shown by whose hands the list was Sc
cured, but enough is shown to confirm the past
secret and powerful influence of the so-called
private detective agency and Counsel Adams
to handle the machinery of the court.
Tampering With the Jury Lists.
The official relations of the Jury Commission
ers to the Court in the trial of criminal cases
are SO intimate and far-reaching in their conse-
quences that the maladministration of their
duties had become the fountain source of the
successful fixing of jurors in important trials.
Great OF small pieces of evidence show that the
list of names were tampered with when drawn
from the jury wheel, and before they reached
the jury box in the court. OMalley was nut in
of the lists almost Immediately after
the names were drawn and before they reached |
the District Attorneys office in due course. In
6uential friends alone could accomplish these |
ends. but it was secured in the person Of one of
the Commissioners lately removed.
1t is further shown that in the office of this |
detective agency is kept book of names and |
addresses of jurymen; out of 800 names drawn |
for the February panel 80 were on the list in |
O'Malley and Adams office. and later, as the |
.alesnen were drawn, many more names ap- |
peareu that we're on that private list. At times |
special lists were brought TO the Jury Commits |
;ioners which. one of them stated, had been
prepared elsewhere, and. being looked over by |
The others. went into the jury Wheel Truly |
he business of this enterprising detective |
agency was facilitated when 80 names of their