The Dickinson press., 1891-06-06
The Jury Rribers.

.oT. LOUIS, MAY 2J.-LeOnce BllrtIle,
the principal and in fact the only witness
against the jury bribers in the case grow
ing ont of the Malta trials in New Or
leans, was arrested in East st. Louis
this afternoon and is now in Jail in that
city. BnIthe, 1t will be remembered, left
New Orleans to avoid testify ing in the
bribery trials. lie arrived here Welnes-
day and registered at the Moser hotel,
wherc he was located by Detective
Arclrml,ault. Bnrthe discovered he
was being watched and gave the detec-
tive the slip. This morning cousin of
the fugitive called at the Moser for his
vallse and the cousin was shatlowed to
East st. Louis, where the arrest was
made while Burthe and his cousin stood
on a street corner talking. When taken
to the station the following telegram,
dated New Orleans and addressed to
VIM Wnsson, Bnrthe's cousin, was found:
"Tell my son to leave the state of Mis-
souri, immediately and 90 to another
state. Advance him $50 and draw on
lllS WI sstiult. holSIlttl) IloitlS
BUIsTHE's STATEMENT.
When seen by Il reporter Burthe at
first refused to talk, but a few leading
questions opened his mouth. He said:
"Whcn the IIennessy murder case was
called I was drawn on the panel. Before
| was examined and rejected, y. Armant
approached me and said that | would
get 81 ,tti0 If [ got Oh the jury and found
the Italians not guilty. told him
could do nothing of the kind After the
trial / told Parkinson and afterwards
communicated to him the fact that Ed
gar White, deputy sheriff, had threat
ened to kill me if ] testified against his
left New Orleans and got 81 1,O0D." But
he seemed TO realize that he was telling
too much and i'll the very next breath he
said that he left New Orleans of his own
free will and accord. "lf 1 testify
against these two men it will be because
| am compelled to as they have families
and 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 servitnde."
1t is rot known whether or not he will
90 back without requisition papers. The
only charges or which he can be taken
back are contempt of court or compound
ing a felony.
THE CHARGES OF BRIBERY.
New ORLEANS, May 31.-District At
torney Lusenberg te day issued a polle
PROSE- qui in the cases of Bernand
Glandi, Charles Granger, Emile Bay
netto, Thomas N1cCrystal and d. G.
O'Malley. They were 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 500 to Alphonso Laber-
resil. John Cooley and Thomas p. Nc
Cirystal are charged with having offered
and promised to Frank Gormeley to pay
and provide for all expenses of his fam
lily dnring all the time thai lie might
serve as juror In the Hennessy case.
Emile Bagneito is charged with having
offered 300 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.