The state capital., 1891-05-09


or showed remarkable deficiency Of memory
as to what they had told their friends, caus
ing us to conclude that they were silent from
fear, or had been seen and cautioned about
discriminating any one, till their tongues
were slenced as with the hand of death.
The necessity was imperative for complete
lists OF the talesmen, but such lists We're
easily obtained as in other trials. The grand
jury knows that the list of 500 talesmen in
the Hennessy case was in the office of 0 NAL
ley e. Adams at IL o'clock Sunday morning.
February %, 1891, though the trial judge is
sued special orders Saturday evening that
the list was not to be made public or gwen
to counsel of either side until Monday morn
ing. 1t is not shown by whose hands the
list was secured, but enough is known to
confirm the past secret and powerful infiu-
ence of the so-called private detective
agency and Counsel Adams to handle the
machinery of the court.
O'Malley was put in possession of the lists
almost Immediately after the names We're
drawn and before they reached the district
attorneys Office in due course. influential
friends alone could accomplish these ends,
but it was secured in the person Of one of
the commissioners lately removed. It is
further shown that in the Office of this de-
tectyc agency is kept book of names and
addresses Of jurymen. Out of 800 names
drawn for the February panel, thirty-two
and later as the talesmen were drawn many
more names appeared that were on that
private list. At times special lists were
brought to the jury commissioners, which
one of them stated had been prepared else
where, and being looked over by the others,
went into the jury wheel. Truly the busi-
ness of the enterprising detective agency was
facilitated when thirty two names of their
selection could be drawn on a panel of 300
iurOrS from n wheel containing l.00D names.
In searching for the true causes of the
criminal acts in connection with the i'm
paneling of the jury in the Hennessy case,
the sworn statement of Thos. Q. Collins is
found of great value. Collins secured en-
ployment in O'Malley & Adams office and
was commissioned as special officer by the
mayor and paid by the city for this service.
His report unfolds the whole story of the
iniquitious workings of the arch conspira-
tor and his lieutenants, revealing the bound
less power made to overcome and defy the
majesty of the criminal and civil proceed
ings, through the operations of an I'M
scrupulous private detective agency. In the
attempts to influence talesmen, and the sue
| cessful part of it, whispered words conveyed
by nsinuation or directly offered the money
influence.
This reference will serve to show the bar
riers this inquest has encountered in sccur
ing evidence. But sufficient was offered by
voluntary and reliable witnesses to Justify
the indictment Of six men as follows:
Thomas McCrystol and John Cooney, with
d. G. O'MalIey, for attempting to bribe a
talesman, and Bernard Glandi, Charles
Granger and Ferdinand Armant, for at
tempt by each to brbe three different tales
men. These parties are clearly shown to
have been intimate with OMalley, often at
his office, informed of all his doings, and
were active workers in the jury fixing bust
ness generally. We are prompted to ex-
press ourselves in depreciation of the hest
tat on of many of our citizens to be con-
nected with criminal prosecutions by seek
ing relief from jury duty.
Taking into account the volume of testi-
| mony admitted by the numerous witnesses
before this grand jury and considering that
evidence, we are forced to the conclusion
| that d. C. O'Malley is charged with a knowl-
| edge of and participating in, most if not all
| of the unlawful acts in connection with that
| celebrated case. With his skill as acquired
| by years af experience, the most cnnningly
devised schemes were planned and executed
| for defeating the legitimate course of justice,
| the chief aims and object being to place un-
worthy men upon the jury in the trial Of
| the nine accused. Without his assidu-
| Gus and corrupting influence we be-
| lieve that the verdict would have been
radically different, and as a natural conse-
Quence the tragic occurrences OF the 14th OF
Marcn last never WOulu nave OccufTeu- III
| the persons of the indicted McCrystol and
| Cooney he had reliable and trained assist
ants. The formers connection with crime
| extends back through several years. Nc
| CrystoPs voluntary statement to the grand
| jury, partly in the shape of a confession. re
| veals some points of the trial and caused us
| to think he would have told more but for
| the power and influence Of O'Malley and his
| associates. They the men who APP
| preached several talesmen, as before stated,
| the proposals being mostly refused. In one
| instance it is shown that OMalley took
money from his safe and gave it to Cooney,
| who, saying: "McCrystol, you know that
| fellow better than | do, give him the money"
| OMalley's Office was place Ofrendezvous
| all were deeply concerned in the appoint
ment Of a successor to the late chief, and
| speculation abounded as to the availability
| of such an one for their use.
| 1t is but justice to state that the president
| and superintendent of the electric company,
| as also the general manager, who was in
| New York, as sooE as they were informed
| that their men were being tampered with by
O'Malley, did all and everything in their
power to Illustrate their plans.
| From the beginning of our investigation
| there is continuous evidence brought to our
| attention of the pernicious combinations OF
| what is known as the ID. C.. O'Malley detec-
| tive agency. One of the abest criminal law
yers at the bar is the attorney of the agency.
| We know for an absolute fact, of checks
| drawn in the name of OMalley & Adams, the
| interested parties being ID. c. O'Mal!ey and
| Lionel Adams. Such a combination between
| a detective and prominent criminal law
| yer is unheard of before i'll the civilized
| world, and when contemplate it's posi-
| bilties for evil, we stand aghast.
| The Indictment of ID. G. O'Malley for per
| jury was based upon the most undoubted
evidence that he came originally from
| Cleveland, O., where on January 30, 1873, he
was convicted of petty larceny and commit
| ted to the work house of the city of Cleve-
| land where he served a term expiring June
| %, 1875. Later he was committed to the
| parish prison for attempting to levy black
| mail upon one George W. Randolph.
| In the proceedings in this case IL
was shown that O'Malley had been
| arrested nine times for preventing witnesses
| from appearing and testifyng, carrying
| concealed weapons, etc. When LlClel
| Adams was district attorney it is signifi
| cant fact that the indictments against O'Mal-
lev for tampering with witnesses were not
brought to trial, but were nolle prosecuted
| by the district attorney. The inside view
| which we are enabled, to get of the workings
of this agency through City Detective Col
| Inns, abundantly corroborated from many
| sources, conyinces us that it had at its COM
| mand a band of perjurers, biackmalers,
| suborners and jurY-tempters and that it
| has for some time been an element of dis
| cord in this community. The evidence is be-
| yond question that O'Malley went up town
| in the Carondelet street car on Saturday,