The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-01-12
is HELD FOR BRIBERY
Fulford Indicted by the Grand
Jury on the New Charge.
Held in $4,000 Bond by the Criminal
Court-Charges i'm the Indictment
Remanded to Jail.

E. D. Fulford the American Long-dis-
lance Telephone Company foreman, arrest
ed by Sheriff Emmett on Wednesday night
for the attempted bribery of a grand juror,
was arraigned in the Criminal Court yester-
day afternoon upon an indictment which
had been returned by the grand jury dur
ing the morning About half past o'clock
Sheriff Emmett came into the court room
with Fulford walking by his side. The
hands of the prisoner were encircled with a
pair of handouts. Merrill Moores and
Healing & Hugg have been retained for
the defense and took seats beside their
client. The indictment was read by Prose-
cutor Hoffman and Fulford entered a plea
Of not guilty. The indictment charges Full
ford with having attempted to corrupt Ben
jamin Marshall, a member of the grand
jury. by offering him the sum of SIS.
The State claims that it will be able to
show that this was only a first installment
and that Fulford was prepared to offer
larger sum. After the reading of the indict-
ment and the plea of the prisoner had been
entered, Mr.. Healing asked the court at
what amount the bond had been fixed and
was Informed that the bond had been placed
at 5000. The attorneys for the defense
sought TO have the bond reduced, but were
unsuccessful. Mr.. Moores said that the
court should take into consideration, in
fixing the bond, that Fulford had voluntar-
lily come to this city, after his bond had ex-
pired, to answer the charges pending
against him before the grand jury. The
attorney said it must be remembered that
their client a Thousand miles from
home and that in these times it was diff
ficult for man so far from home to give
bond in that sum. He said the object OF
a bond was to insure the attendance of
the accused at court at the time his case
was set down for trial and he thought this
could be accomplished by a much smaller
bond. Mr.. Healing argued that it had been
the custom of the court, in cases of as
saut and battery with intent to kill and
burglary where the penalties were the
same in this case, to fix the bond at
much smaller figure. Judge Cox replied
that the crime with which the prisoner was
accused was a very serious one and while
the punishment was the same as in a case
of burglary the offense was a much graver
one as it was an attempt to pollute the
very fountain head of the stream of justice.
1t was an attempted interference with the
due administration of the law. After lit
tie further argument on the part of at
torneys the court announced that 1t would
consider the question of the bond and IL he
thought il was excessive IL would be re-
duced. Mr. Moores asked if the court
would allow them to introduce evidence
upon the question on Saturday afternoon to
show that the bond was excessive. Judge
Cox answered that he did not care to hear
any evidence as he was acquainted with
the main facts in the case and would give
the question of the bond his consideration.
Fulford was returned to the Jail.
Attorney Healing said yesterday that
the logging of the grand jurors which
tor consisted simply in the attorneys ap-
pearing before the grand jury with Fulford.
their client and offering evidence. This he
said had been done before the full jury
and in the presence of the deputy prosecu-
tor. Mr. Healing said he considered Ii
within the province of attorney and his
duty to look after the interest of a client
before the grand jury as well as before
the court.