Evening journal., 1891-05-06

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| rejected by others. These are facts given on
| the evidence OF talesmen who, quickly discern
| ing the true meaning Of the men who addressed
| them, Indignantly repelled any attempt TO con
| trol their line Of conduct by these emissaries.
Their Memories Were Bad.
Another class Of the talexnen took special
| care TO deny any knowledge Of the vile work,
/ or showed remarkable deficiency Of memory as
| 10 what they had told their friends, causing us
/ to conclude that they were silent from fear, or
| had been seen and cautioned about incriminat
/ ing any one till their tongues were silenced as |
| with the hand Of death, The necessity was inn
| perative for complete lists Of the talcsmen, but
such lists We're easily obtained as in other trials
There Was a Leak Somewhere.
The grand jury knows that the list Of 500 |
| talesmen in the Hennessy case was IN the Office |
| Of 0'Maley 4 Adams at II o'clock Sunday |
morning, Feb - 1881, though the trial judge |
issued special orders Saturday evening that the |
list was not to be made public or given 20 coun
sci Of either side until Monday morning, Il i |
not shown by whose hands the list was secured, |
| but enough il known to confirm the past secret
| and powerful influence Of the So called private
detective agency and Counsel Adams to handle
the machinery Of the court.
| OMalley WINS put In possession OF the lists al
most Immediately after the names were drawn
and before they reached the district attorney =
office IN due course Influential friends alone
could accomplish this end. but il was secured IN
the person Of one Of the commissioners lately
removed II IS further shown that in the office
| Of this detective agency Is kept book of names
and addresses Of iurymen
O,Maiiey's Jurymen Drawn.
Out Of no names drawn for the February
panel thirty-two were on the list in O'Malley a
Adams office. and later, as the talesmen were
drawn many more names appeared that wore
on that private list AT times special lists were
brought 10 the jury commissioners which one
Of them stated had been prepared elsewhere,
and after being looked over by the others Il
went into the jury wheel
Truly the business Of the enterprising dc
| tectiye agency was facilitated when thirty two
names Of their selection could be drawn
| panel Of 3lO jurors from wheel containing
1 1000 names In searching for the true causes
= Of the criminal acts connected with the impan
& cling OF the jury in the Hennessy case, the
4 sworn statement Of three sicilians is found Of
e great value. Collins secured employment IN
I O'Malley 4 Adams Office and was commissioned
{ a special officer by the mayor, and paid by the
{ city for this service.
The Ubiquitous Detective Agency.
This report unfolds the whole story Of the
iniquitous workings OF the arch conspiratof
! and his heutenants, revealing the boundless
!. power made 70 overcome and defy the majesty
: Of the law, criminal and civil proceedings
! | through the operations Of an unscrupulous pri
waite detective agency. In the attempts TO in
fiuence talesmen, and the successful part Of it,
! | whispered words conveyed the insnuation OF
directly offered the money influence. This
reference will serve 70 show the barriers this
inquest has encountered in securing evidence,
Is but sufficient was offered by voluntary and re.
e liable witnesses 70 Justify the indictment Of six
le men, as follows.
The Indicted Jury BrIbers.
Thomas McCrystol and John Cooney, with
Y d, g. O'Malley. for attempting to brihe tales
a man. and Bernard Glandi, Charles Granger and
y Ferdinand Armant, for attempt by each 4
= l hYfha 4hran diffqrQnf falpemau These partie.
= are clearly shown 10 have been intimate witt
~ | OMaley, often at his Office, informed OF al
I, doings and were active workers In the jurl
u fixing business generally. We are prompted 4
~ express ourselves IN depreciation Of the hesits
4 tion Of many OF our citizens 20 be connected
a with criminal prosecution by seeking relic
y from jury duty. Taken into account the vol
n ume Of testimony admitted by the numerou
q witnesses before this grand jury and consider
y ing that evidence, We are forced TO the conclu
sion that Dominic G. O'Malley is ischargable will
a knowledge Of and participation in most. /
not all, Of the unlawful acts IN connection will
Il that celebrated case With his skin, acquires
mt by years u experience the most cunningly de
en- vised schemes were planned and executed 70
OF defeating the legitimate course OF Justice, Tn
OF chief aim and object being 70 place unwOrth,
nd men upon the jury IN the trial OF the nine az
r. cused.
be O'Malley's Corrupting Influence.
~ without his assiduous and corrupting infir
/ enrc we DeiitNt tlAl Lnt NttAltt WnNlu nav
been radically different, and natural col
" " sequence the tragic occurrences Of March
~ last never would have been recorded. M,
N. Crystol and Cooney We're reliable and traine
assistants. The formers connection wit
- crime extends through several years McCry
- tolls voluntary statement 10 the grand iur,
~, ~ partly in the shape OF a confession, causes n
- to think he would have told more but for th
1 :, power and influence Of O'Malley and his ass
~ ciates.
Attorney Adams scored.
They are the men who approached sever
talesmen, as before stated, the proposals beiu
ng mostly refused In one instance It is show
ler that O'Malley took money from his safe an
ere gave il 10 McCrystol, saying, "McCrystol, 70
no know that fellow better than do, give him tn
'iio money From the beginning Of our investigI
-ns tion there is continuous evidence brought
wa our attention Of the pernicious work Of what
known rs the D, G. QMalley detective agenc!
One OF the ablost criminal lawyers at the bar
for the attorney for the agency We know for a
ere absolute fact that the bank account is kept
fel checks drawn in the name Of O'Maley
)us Adams, the interested parties being ID.
en- O'Malley and Lionel H. Adams.
nc Such a combination between a detective an
ley a prominent criminal lawyer IS unheard OF b
nd fore in the civilized world, and when v
gly contemplate its possibilities for evil we stan
hat aghast The indictment Of d. Q. O'Malley Il
ers perjury was based upon most undoubted ey
in dence that he came originally from Clevelanl
ait o., where on Jan. 30 1875, he was convicted
inp petty larceny ard committed to the w0rkh0u'
ces Of the city Of Cleveland where he served
on | term. expiring June - 1875. Later he was con
Try mitted to the Parish prison for attempting
ait levy blackmai upon one George w Randolph
lte In the proceedings Of this case it was show
es that O'Maley had been arrested nine times Z,
hat preventing witnesses from appearing and test
'er flying, carrying concealed weapons, etc.
~ Periurers, Blackmaflers, Jury Fixers
~ When Lionel II. Adams was district attorne
4, | IL is a significant fact that the indictmen
against O'Blalley for tampering with witness
were not brought TO trial by the district a
/ torney. The inside view which we are enable
AZ TO get Of the workings Of this agency throua
~, | City Detective Collins. abundantly corroborats
,ii. from many sources, convinces US that II had
ny its command band Of perjurers blackmailer
N suborners and jury tamperers and that has Z,
~ ~ some time been an element of discord in th
~ ~ community.
NY About the Malta.
M After attempting to show a significar
Pc intimacy between O'Malley and Seligmai
gee foreman OF the 5lry at the trial, the gran
o. jury continues;
mt The extended range Of our researches has d
od veloped the existance Of the secret organzatis
de Malta. The evidence comes from sever
Try sources fully competent in themselves TO atte
by its truth while the fact is supported by the lor
on record Of blood curdling crimes. In these Grim
wi il was almost impossible TO discover the perp
orr | traitors or secure witnesses.
hci Three Jurymen Were Fixed.
~ The moral conviction is forced upon us tn
- u, some Of the jurors empaneled 10 try the a
~ cused on the charge of assassination Of the la
W | chief Of police we're subject to a money /