The morning call., 1892-01-21
THE BELL CASE.
Alvey Ordered Into Custody for
Perjury, bnt Released.
The Affdavit-Miu Was at Work All pay-A
Judge Who Became Indignant Because
His Name Was Mentioned,

murder Of Samuel jacobson on August 10,
1890, now running in Judge Murphy's
court, had several new chapters added to it
yesterday.
These chapters took the legal form Of aft
davits, subscribed to respectively by W. S.
Barnes. the District Attorney; P. J. Crow
ley the Chief Of Police; Robert Hogan,
Benjamin T. Bchen and Raymond NJ. Slyey,
police detectives; Thomas 2. Gilhooley,
Deputy Sheriff: Henry 5. Campbell, police
Sergeant; Hugh E. Smith, formerly pro-
fessl0naI base ball player and now a police
man; Augustus HadeleT, chief iailer OF the
Broadway Prison, Charles Evans, hotel
clerk; Waiter B. Blair. chief clerk In the
office Of the District Attorney; Edward w.
Campbell Bells accomplce in robbery and
murder; Rosie W. Campbell, his wife;
Charles ID. Wheat, a notary; Mary Van der
Vaart, the mother Of Edward W. Campbell;
Margaret Kahn, wiki whom Campbell and
wife lodged from June to September, 1880;
"Scanchin" Mal0uey, a bather gifted with
extraordinary conversational powers, Ben
Einstein, a salesman in a keaTny-street
clothlng-store; Joseph Schwartz, who de-
scribed himself as q resident Of San Fran
cisco; Angie and Harriet, sisters, AMI Mrs
NJ jacobson, the mother of the murdered
man; Charles Gaudll a florist; Louise
Gandiu, his wife. and James J. Flynn, the
shorthand reporter employed at the Coro-
uer'S inquest over the body Of jacobson
THE PENDING ISSUE.
Tie issue before The Superior Court, sit
fng in bank. with Judges Murphy, Trout
Ind Slack on the bench, is: Shall the YER
tict Of tie jury that convicted Bell Of the
awful crime, on tie testimony of Campbell
and Schmidt. be set aside and Bell granted
new trial?
The intense interest felt in the present
proceedings 10y the public arises from seri-
Gus charges banded about in the public
prints involving not only the integrity Of
the police authorities Of this city, but also
rejecting scandalously upon the character
Of Judge Murphy, before whom the case
was originally tried, and WHO is still sitting
grsvely upon the judgment-seat.
TIE public mind has been further H.
famed by the reported free use Of money
by both sides to prevent justice by the
bribery of witnesses. Stil greater indiGna
tiOn has been aroused by the revolving eX-
hibiti0n Of total deprayity displayed by wiz
nesses on both sides who show they have
no more idea than has dog Of the sanctity
Of an oath.
There Is an idea abroad also that not only
is Sidney Bell now on trial. but that the
whole prosecuting machinery Of justice in
this city is undergoing q severe strain. This
impression Is strengthened by the tTemen-
deus energy brought into play 10 collect and
present IN court q great mass Of matter
which, to layuen, seems 10 possess no Teie-
vance whatever 10 the question whether
tLeTe IS any new evidence 90 warrant the
setting aside OF Tie verdict Of guilty found
BY Bell jury
4VEY ARRESTED,
The opening sensation yesterday morning
before The batch of afldayIts was attacked
Was motion by MT. Brady that the Court
direct tie arrest OF the witness Alvey f9r
Task in the name Of public justice that
this scouudTel and repT0Jate be committed
20 answer before tie Or nd Jury"
Judge Murphy IN granting the motion
remarked that Il was lls Intention 10 keep
Alvey under observation
" 1t was n0r," be said, " the disposition
Of the Court 10 shield any Que. There was
however, 30 effort GA tie part OF Captain
Lees u extract the statement from Alvey
The man Is now SO guarded that he cannot
escape Il is the determination Of the
Court TO order into custody any witness who
Is guilty Of perjury, irrespective Of his cloth
pT position, Mr.. Sheriff, YOU Will take this
man into Gust Ody, and the District Attorney
vii take tie proper measures to bring him
10 Justice
Alvey rose and changed his position so as
10 be near the Deputy Sherffs. The Dis
tTiCt Attorney evidently understood the
Judge only IN a PickWickian sense, for lac
took no steps as directed. ard near the time
for the noon recess The Judge reminded
every body, because he addressed his re-
marks to nobody IN particular, that some
body p Culd have to swear 20 complaint
before he could issue warrant, and that
meanwhile the prisoner should remain in
the custody Of tie Sheriff.
N JAIL AND OUT AGAIN.
Neither Mr.. Brady nor his associate
counsel would swear 10 the complaint. and
when at sUndONn the court adj uTned for
the daV there was another OutcTy from the
bench calling for somebody TO swear 10 the
complaint, and the Sheriff was again sterniy,
very steTniy, directed TO keep the man ID
his custody.
The Sheriff seemed to have taken his
Honor seriously, for he sent his prisoner TO
the County Jail. Alvey was searched, his
bunch Of keys and postage stamps taken
from him. aud then he was locked in a cell.
He was half an hour after his Incarceration,
out on the streets on bis way home. lie had
been neither bailed TOT released on his own
IecOgnIZauCe. Tie turnkey simply unlocked
his cell door and told him he was wanted in
the jail Office. There he was handed his
keys and postage stamps and told to 60.
Mr.. Alvey was seen later by a reporter,
but be could not describe the document
which was til G jaileI's authority for his
imprisonment. He could not say whether
Ii was a lettre de Cachet or a simple men,
oTaudUm from the Sheriff. He was free
That was all he knew.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS LETTER.
The second sensational episode in court
yesterday occurred when letter written 10
District Attorney Barnes by Charles
Schmidt and Incorporated in Nj. Barnes
affidavit was read One part Of Schmidrs
letter stirred the pulse Of all auditors. while
Judge Murphy, smiling al the first few SEN
fences, soon changed his cOuntenance TO the
gravity becoming one In a judicial position.
Here IS the extract:
lu order 10 show you that Campbell told me
al good deal aud that / have a good memory
VIII tell you The following:
The tTIal Of Sidney Bell was postponed one
day during the trip Oi President Harrison on the
bay. There we're excursion boats running that
DAY. Judge Murphy told Mrs. Campbell, Camp
belPs vile, that he Che Judge would procure
The tickets II she would accompany him Uhe
Judge upon one OF the steamers. She accepted.
She came down TO SEE Lei husband late Tia.
night aud tod him all about u. He 30 turn told
NE tie next day, being very much fatteTed, /
guess, for the Judge TO take bis vile when he
VS. In prison. He told me that lbe Judge had
asked Der where she lived and II he Ghe judge
could come and see LeI, and tBat SIZE went out
TO oysters with lie Judge and other parties also.
She used o come down 10 The prison regularly
VIII UuttonhOle bouquets and flowers, aud safe
she was going 10 give them 10 Mr. Barnes. She
used 10 he NE sick tie way she tossed around
tEete, dressed aud powdered up Ike a peacock
ii was annoying Campbell used 10 IeIl M what
pun lie and his wife had with Mr. Barnes
Judge Murphy, Captain Lees aud Crowley.
RtteIWard thought that lie had the advantage Of
NE b. having young wife, but she didn't ike
him DlI She told me and other parties she
would IKE 10 see him 20 to San QueuIin, 80 she
could g I'D Of him, but guess he and others
begged her a good deal 10 stay with him for de-
cency's sakei besides She gained by him, and as
BOOD as SIZE did not gain any more by staying
with bin she left him. Campbell told me when
ever bis wife wanted money she could get II from
Chief Crowley OF Captain Lees.
JUDGE MURPHY's DISCLAIMER
Later In the day Judge Murphy spoke to
this point. 1t was after the reading OF aft
davitS Of District Attorney Barnes and De-
tectiVe SiIvey in which they declared that
Ind % Mmrnhu did mt aar "a % rhnll &c