Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-06

was facilitated when thirty.two names
Of their selection could be drawn on :
panel Of 300 Jurors nom wheel con-
tanning 1000 names.
UNRYLrABILITy on DEPUTIES.
The report goes on 10 speak Of tho
unreIiabiiity Of some Of the deputy
Sheriff., about court and at the parish
prison, although they were not detect.
Ell In any act Of criminal nature.
When the indictments against Mc-
Crystal and Coopey were read In the
court room In blank the fact was nj
once communicated 10 the indicted
men through some subordinate Of the
court. when these men were arrested
In O'Mnlley d Adams ofilcc, the
deputy sheriff reported 10 tho court
that the arrest was made ON the street.
The report dweils on the sworn
statement ofrhomas Collins n Of great
value. He, after entering the employ
Of O'MAlly a Adams, was commits
sioncd NJ a special officer by the mayor
and paid by this city.
HIS duties while acting In his double
capacity wcre performed with tho
strictcst fidelity, evinced by daily 70.
ports Of everything seen or heard. Its
details are material features, and arr
10 closely connected with the circum.
stances OF the trial, an confirmed by
other witnesses, that there Ia not the
slightest reason 10 doubt the accuracy
and correctness OF Collins sworn state
mcnt. Itunfolds tho whole story Of
THE UBIQUITOUS WORKINGS
Of the ch.conspIrator and his lieuten.
ants, revealing the boundless power OF
= man TO overcome and defy the ma.
Jcsty Of the law IN criminal and civil
proceedings through the operations of
nm INSCRIPTIONS private detective.
The difficulties Of establishing the ex-
istencc Of such conspiracies by ade'
quat- proof are almost insurmou utablc.
Secrecy IL an essential element. and
seldom does II hnppcn that any one 81
the participants will reveal the vii.
lainy, either before or aftor its exc.
cutlon.
DRiBERs INDICTED.
Sufficient evidence, however, was
offered by voluntary and reliable wit.
nes-cs Il justify the Indictment Of six
men, US follows: Thomas McCrystal
and John Cooney, with ID. q. O'Mal-
ley, for attempting 10 bribe talesmeD,
anu bernard Clandi, Charles Granger
aud Fsrncrd Armant for attempt by
each 10 bride three different talcsmcn.
These parties mr.. clearly shown 10
have been intimate with O,Mallcy,
often Ia his Office, informed Of all do.
iDgz and were active workers In the
Jury.bxing business generally.
We arc forced ~ the conclusion that
Dominick O'Mslley N chargcnble with
knowledge OF ana participating In
most, N not MI, Of the unlawful acts In
connection with that celebrated case.
without his assiduous anu corruptlng
influence We believe the verdict would
have been rniicaily different and, No n
natural consequence, the tragic occur
rcnces of the iiih OF March last, never
would have been recorder. McCryr-
tabs voluntary statement TO the
grand jury, partly In the shape Of n
confession reveal, some points and
causes Us 10 think that he would have
told more but for tho power and
influence Of O'hlalley aud his assocl.
ates. McCrystal aud Coonoy were thu
trusted accomplices aud figure through.
out the whole affair with a prominence
showing tho high appreciation In
which their services were had.
WARD POLITICIANS RErERRED TO.
VIZ cannot fall to refer to the init.
mate relations existing between class
Of wnrd politicians anu the prime mover
In all these Infamous doings. We
have II most directly confirmed that
III. person holding tho position Of In.
specior OF weights and measures was
often at the agency and was tccn com.
Ing TO the court house In company with
n talesnan the day he was accepted as
u Juror.
There IL confirmed evidence that the
Influence Of O'Mnlly with tho night
Waterman and inspector Of the electric
light plant was 10 great that he caused
them 10 manipulate the Hight nj the
corner OF Girod street and Basin the
night tho Jury was taken 10 tho scene
Of tho assassination 10 correspond with
liz alleged actions the night Of the
murder. His influence also accounts
for alterations In the book OF records Ut
the'clectrio plant.
From the beginning Of the Invcstiga.
tion there In continuous evidence OF
the perniclous combination OF what Is
known M
o'MALLEy's DETECTIVE AGENCY.
II advertises TINT ono Of tho ablest crl.
minal lawyers at the lar IL tho attor.
ney for the agency. We know Tor an
absolute fact that bank account Is
kept aud checks drawn In the NAMES OF
O'Malley and Adams, the Interested
parties being 4. q. O'Aiallcy aud Lionel
Adams. Such a combination between
. detective and prominent criminal
lawyer IN unhraId Of before In tho civ.
ilIzed world, and when we conten,.
plate It's possibilities for evil we stand
aghast.
The report then goes over o'Afnlley,s
record, from tho time he served tern,
In Cleveland for larceny. detailing this
indictments found against him In New
Orleans, convictions for minor ofIsnsss
In ihe criminal courts, etc., and says:
30 pernicious 10 the administration
OF Justice We're his doIngs that while
Judge Roman presided In tho criminal
court he ordered O'Mallcy excluded
from the room. This was during this
time the detectives present associate.
Lionel Adams, was district attorney,
and II IN n significant fact that two
indictments against O'Malley for tam.
porting with witnesses were not brought
to trial, but were nolle prosecuted by this
district attorney prior to the expiration
Of his term.
THE INSIDE VIEW
that we were enabled TO get OF tho
workings Of this detective agency
through Detective Collins, abundnntiy