Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-06


names of their selection could be drawn
on panel of 300 jurors, from wheel
containing 1000 Names"
The report goes on to speak of the un-
reliability of some of the deputy sheriffs
about the court and at the Parish
prison, although they were not detected
in any act of infdelity. When the in
dictments against McCrystal and Cooney
were read in the court room in blank,
the fact was at once communicated to
the indicted men, by some subordinate
of the court. When these men were ar
rested in O'Malley and Adams's Office,
deputy sheriff, at the request of
O'Malley, reported to the court that the
arrest as made on the street.
The report dwells on the sworn state
ment Of Thomas Collins, as of the great
est value. He, after entering the en-
ploy OF O'Malley and Adams, was COM
missioned as special officer by the
mayor and paid by the city. ellis du-
ties," says the report, "while acting in
his double capacity, were performed
with the strictest fidelity, as evidenced
by his daily reports of everything seen
lures are 80 closely connected with the
CilCulnbtduCCb Vi biC tlldly do COlhl lhCQ
by other witnesses, that there is not the
slightest reason to doubt the accuracy
and correctness of Collins sworn state
ment. 1t unfolds the whole story OF the
iniquitous workings of the arch-conspir-
ator and his lie1tenants, revealing the
boundless power of a man to overcome
and defy the majesty Of the law in GRIM
inal and civil proceedings, through the
nnarafinna nf q N M Iona rriuo a
detectives;
"The difficulties OF establishing the ex-
istence OF such conspiracies by adequate
proof are almost insurmountable. Sc
crecy is the essential element, and sell
dom does it, happen that any one of the
participants will reveal the villainy
either before or after its execution.
Sufficient evidence, however, was Of
fered by voluntary and reliable witnesses
to justify the indictment of six men, as
follows: Thomas McCrystol and John
Cooney, with d. .O'Malley, for attempt
ing to bribe talesmen, and Bernard
Glandi, Charles Granger and Ferneard
Armant, for attempt by each to bribe
three different talesmen. These parties
are shown to have been closely intimate
with O'Malley, often in his office, in
formed of all his doings, and were active
workers in the jury-fxing business, gen.
orally.
"We are forced to the conclusion that
Dominick O'Malley is chargeable with
knowledge of, and participation in, most
if not all of the unlawful acts in connec-
tion with that celebrated case. Without
his assiduous and corrupting influence,
we believe the verdict would have been
radically different, and, as a natural
consequence, the tragic occurrences of
the 14th of March last never would have
been recorded.
"McCrystol's voluntary statement to
the grand jury, partly in the shape of
confession, is to the same point, and
causes us to think he would have
told more but for. the power and
influence OF O'Malley and his associates.
McCrystol and Cooney were the trusted
accomplices, and figure throughout the
whole affair with prominence, showing
the high appreciation in which their
services were held.
"We cannot fail to refer to the init
mate relations existing between a class
of ward politicians and the prime mov-
ers in all these infamous doings. We
have it most directly confirmed that
person holding the position of inspector
of weights and measures was often at
the agency, and was seen coming to the
court house with talesman the day he
was accepted as juryman.
There is confirmed evidence that the
influence of O'Malley with the night
watchman and inspector of the electric
light plant was so great that he caused
them to manipulate the light at the
corner of Girod street and Basin, the
night the jury was taken to the scene of
the assassination, to correspond with its
alleged actions the night of the murder.
His influence also accounts for altera-
tions in the book of records at the cleo
tric light plant.
From the beginning of the investi-
CATION there is continuous evidence of
pernicious combination of what is
known as O'Malley's detective agency.
1t advertises that one of the ablest
criminal lawyers at the bar ia attorney
for the agency. We know for an abso-
Lutte fact that bank account is kept,
and checks drawn in the name of
O'Malley q Adams, the interested parties
being d. G. O'Malley and Lionel Adams.
Such combination between detective
and prominent criminal lawyer is un
heard of before in the criminal world,
and when we contemplate its possibili-
ties for evil we stand aghast."
The report then goes over O'Malley's
record from the time he served a term
in Cleveland for larceny, detailing in
dictments found against him in New
Orleans, convictions for minor offenses
in the criminal courts, etc., and says:
$50 pernicious to the administration of
justice were his doings that while Judge
Roman presided in the criminal court,
he ordered O'Malley excluded from the
room. This was during the time the
detectives present associate, Lionel
Adams, was district attorney, and it is
a significant fact that two indictments
against O'Malley for tampering with
witnesses were not brought to trial, but
were nolle pressed by the district attor-
ney, prior to the expiration of his term. .
"The inside view we were enabled to
get at the workings OF this detective
agency, through Detective Collins,
abundantly corroborated from many
sources, convinces US that it had at its
command band of perjurers, black
mailers, suborners and jury tamperers,
and that it has for some time been an
element of discord in the community,
and stumbling block to the admins
tration of justice, which should be erad-
icated. That its career of crime has not
been cut short is matter of wonder,
and is no doubt due to the fact that
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