Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-12-11
Anderson Healy and s. J. Swenson
Arrested on a Charge of
Bribery
In the Late Election, and For At
tempting to Spirit Away
a Witness.
Mason Fined SIS in the District
Court for Contempt and Bound
5ae Over.
Healy and Swenson Under Bonds.
from Fridays Daily,1

SS from Fridays Daily.1
States Attorney Register caused the
arrest Of Anderson Healy and s. j.
Swenson yesterday upon a complaint in
which is charged bribery at the late
county a. commissioner election. The
I complaint sets forth that in considera.
ton of Swenson's vote for Healy for com
missioner Healy was to spirit away one
l Aaron M. Mason, the main witness in
1 the Swenson liquor case. The complaint
also charges that Healy and Swenson
1 did ~cojointly and together attempt to
make away with and get Mason out of
reach of the court after a subpoena had
been issued. At 2 o'clock p. NJ, both
defendants appeared before Judge Chase
e and gave bonds in the sum Of 81, 900 each
to appear in justice court at 2 o'clock to.
day. J. R. Gage and Gerald Pierce are
Healy's bondsmen and Eber H. Bly, and
Louis Larson went on Sweneon's bond.
Attorneys Boucher & Philbrick will ap-
Vi pear for Healy, and John A. Stoyell for
MSwenson. States Attorney Register will
n appear for the state. A great many
rumors were in circulation as to what
the trial will bring forth. Mr.. Swenson
Z stated he would carry his load but he
would not carry the wrong doing of Mr..
Healy also, and it is more than likely
that the whole deal will now be brought
to light.
In order to give the interested parties
a chance to make any explanations which
they desired through the press, and thus
give the public both sides of the story,
the TRIBUNE has secured the following
\ statements:
HEALY's STATEMENT.
$ & MI. Anderson Healy was asked for a
4 statement for the TRIBUNE, and prompt.
lily stated that he had none to make, but
~sschanged his mind a little later and said
he would state for publication that the
whole proceedings were a fabrication, and
that instead of aiding Mason to leave the
country, he advised him to remain and
be present at the trial of Swenson. Mr..
Aa2Healy denied that he had made a state
" ment to the district court, and said he
simply asked permission. What he did
SAY in court appears in full in another
column.
S@ MI. Swenson did not wish to say much
until he makes his statement to the
court to day. He did not deny that he
is mixed up IN the matter and said he ex-
pected to suffer the consequences of any
wrong doing the court might find him
guilty of. He said, however, the first
time the matter in question was brought
ssS5fto his attention was about a week be-
fore election. Mr.. Healy called him one
day on the street while he (Healy) was
driving his delivery wagon and told
Swenson to call at his office as he might
learn q of something to his advantage.
The first day the matter was talked over
was that day in Healy's office.
1t IS probable that MI. Swenson's,, tes-
timony when given will bear out that
Sof Mr.. Mason. Certainly it
would seem that when on
the stand and subject to questioning and
8s@$cross-questioning the truth of this whole
matter can be arrived at.
s o'sHAUGNEssY's STATEMENT.
IsEdo not know whether Healy had
anything to do with the paying of the
money to me or not. Swenson and
TTasSMason came into my store together and
Stevenson paid me the money, $63. 80.
Swenson did not paw the mortgage, but
Sitwas understood that the money was to
be applied if Mason did as he had
@8agreed to do with Swenson. I didn't
EEs%care who paid the mortgage 30 it was
paid. It had been running for over two
years and I had been unable to collect
j. Mr.. O'Shaugnessy was asked if Healy
was intthe store at the time the money
was paid, and said he did not know that
Healy was interested. He supposed it
4 was a deal between Swenson and Mason.
District Court.