The morning call., 1893-10-21
BRIBERY CHARGED
Arrest of King McManus
and Senator Dunn.
CORRUPTING CURTIS JURORS
The Warrants Issued by Judge Wal
lace on Complaint of At
torney Barnes.

AT $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon Dis
trict Attorney Barnes appeared before
Judge Wallace in Department Of the
Superior Court and swore to a complaint
on information and belief, charging Frank
M. McManus and William j. Dunn with
bribery.
The complaint recites that the bribery
was committed on one John Doe, whose
true name is unknown to the complainant.
juror In the case of the People vs. M b.
Curtis, charged with murder, and then
follow the names of the jurors engaged in
the last trial of the actor. The complaint
AYERS that McManus and Dunn did use a
certain amount of money. to wit, $4,000, to
securea verdict favorab BILE to the accused
person on or about the Goth Of August last
Attached to this complaint is the affidavit
of j. N. E. Wilson, attorney for Curtis. re-
citing the circum stances already published
IN regard to interviews between king"
McManus and Senator Dunn. in which the
affiant alleges they stated that they had
used $4,000 TO influence the jury and that
Curtis had agreed to pay them $4,000 more.
After reading the complaint Judge Wal
lace Immediately ordered warrants issued,
and set the bail for each defendant in
$1,000. The warrants were placed in the
hands of Officer Allen for service.
District Attorney Barnes was seen last
night soon after the Issuance OF the war
rants and said: II hope to probe to the
bottom of this affair, and by incorporating
the names of all the jurors in the CON-
plant it will permit US to inquire into all
of the transactions. Judge Wallace will
sit as the committing magistrate. and the
preliminary investigation will take wide
range. In fact. we will look into all the
lInrx u
vinus trials"
Early in the evening the warrants were
given to Detective Ben Bohen for service.
When asked at 9 o'clock ii be had been
able to ind the men, he replied that he had
not looked for them, but had sent word TO
their offices that he would wait for them
in the Chiefs Office until o'clock. About
10 O'Clock McMauus and Dunn went down
to the old City Hall. and in company with
Judge Low proceeded to the room of Police
Court 4, where an hour was spent in max
ing out the bonds. j. 0. Refs and Patrick
McDonough signed as bondsmen for Dunn,
and George A. Friedrich and j. o. Refs
qualified on the bond of Frank McManus
The bonds were for $1,000 each.
After this ceremony had been COM
pleted the party adjourned to neighbor-
Ing saloon. and messengers were sent out
to search for tile detec ective. He was found
after a time, and Dunn and McManus
were formally taken into custody. After
their names had been put ON the prison
register they were Immediately released
on the bonds already prepared. Both men
seemed to be unusually nervous and their
attempts at joviality were evidently
forced.
Some of the habitues OF the old hall re-
marked that it was a refreshing sight 10
see two men for whom warrants had been
issued eomplacently sitting within twenty
fxz . thn afas aNF n ~ Dol,
pairing their bonds, and later on sending
for the officer who held the warrants to
arrest them.
Stories innumerable are floating around
regarding the use of money in the Curtis
murder trial, and the District Attorney
will have plenty of material to work upon.
Emil Ney Is the latest addition to the
list OF those who are charged with the
handling of Curtis defense fund. Nev
ekeS out precariOus existence as a sort of
political tout. and is tersely described by
Chief Crowley as being mo good" He is
given as authority for the statement that
during the trial of the first case he paid
Juror Hurley 5000 and gave him promise
of $500 more.
Ney processes to have note from Cur
tis upon which he sets great store 10 sup
port of his statement. A comparison of
the signature of Curtis in the note with an
undisputed signature of Curtis in the
register of the Occidental Hotel shows
great difference; and while the Ney note
might have heen written by Curtis, all the
characteristics of the handwriting in it are
different from his genuine Signature
Juror Hurley, who is said to have been
accused by Ney of receiving $500 from him
during the first trial of the case. says that
Ney called upon him yesterday and denied
making such statements to anybody.
The attorneys for McManus and Dunn
will probably attack the complaint filed in
the case, as it alleges on information and
belief. the crime of bribery was committed.
The Supreme Court has decided that in
a felony case direct accusation must be
made, ald that complaints so worded
are not in due form