The herald., 1897-12-08
10 FIX Mr.. LoNeFELLow
WHAT DID M'INTYRE DO IN AT
ToRNEY SHINN'S OFFICEp
e Can Be Proved That He Was There.
1, A Constable Accused-Court
Calendar-New Suits

Compton case. The first arrest was madt
by the sheriff's office yesterday morn
ing, when Frank R. Nicholson of Long
Beach was gathered in on charge OF
contempt of court.
This man Nicholson Is not unknown tC
police court fame. He was the indi-
vidual who, little while ago, placed
four forged checks in circulation in va
rious resorts of this city. One of the
parties who was defrauded by Nichol-
son was Jerry Hitch, the restaurant
keeper of Third street. The matter was
not pressed in the courts because friends
of the man took up the spurious paper
and settled with the victims. At that
time Nicholson claimed that his name
was Conrad, and that he was the son
of the Anaheim brewer.
It was upon an affidavit emanating
from George A. Longfellow that Mich
olson's arrest was encompassed. The
document alleges that .aff1ant was a Juror
in the Compton caseS tried in depart
ment one, and that he was duly ac-
Nov. Gath. During the tendency of the
case, and while acting as one of its
Jurors, on Saturday evening, Nov. 9th,
he was approached by Charles R. Mich
olson, near 1929 South Broadway, who,
after asking him If he was a
Juror in the Compton case, and
being informed that he was, stated
that he desired to talk with him about
1t. Thereupon Mr.. Longfellow replied
that, being juror in the cause, he did
not wish to converse about it. Then
Nicholson said that he would get affiant
500 if he would do what was right about
the case. For the purpose of putting the
man off Longfellow made the excuse
that it was dangerous business.
The go-between then suggested that
affiant might give him a bill of sale
of a watch or some little thing as bluff,
and by doing that nobody could ever
prove it on them. Longfellow then said:
But hold on; are you in it?" or words
to that effect. Nicholsons reply was:
Il don't know yet; may be-" Affiant
then made arrangements to meet the
would-be briber on the following Mon
day morning at the same place at 9:45,
but did not go.
On Monday morning, Nov. 29th, Long
fellow met Nicholson in the corridor of
the court house at the head of the
stairs, and the latter said to affiant:
Come over this way" handing him q
cigarette; that money will be here on
wednesday morning. Everything is o.
X" Aff1ant put Nicholson off with the
excuse that he would see him again in
rev minutes, went into the court room
and had no further conversation with
MIN In regard to the matter.
Yesterday morning the prisoner was
brought up before Judge Smith in the
custody of Deputy Sheriff White. and
asked when he could be ready to ans
wer 10 the charge of contempt of court
IN having approached juror for the
purpose OF bribing him. Nicholson pro-
claimed himself as ready for an imme-
diate hearing, but this was impossihIe
on account of the Davis trial. and the
court ordered that the examination be
Bet for this afternoon at O'Clock.
In default Of $4,000 bail Nicholson was
returned to the county Jail for safe keen
ing. {. w. Pendleton was retained bv
the prisoner as his counsel
Sherin Burr admitted, and condemned
as a piece OF very bad judgment on the
part OF one of his deputies, that Comm
ton had been allowed to go under guerd
into saloon in the Fulton block on Nov,
High street on Saturday when It became
known That the jury stood eleven to one
Compton claimed to be yerv nervo,,s
and in need of a "bracer." 1t was while
settihs that that his brag about hung
1urles' was made and gathered up by
pystanders. In Justice to Bailiff Marsh
OF department one, at the request of his
superior, 1t is here stated that he was not
the officer who permitted the prisoner
to enter a bar.
evidence that Juror Mcintyre. who
steadfastly refused to change his vote
OF not guilty from the moment he en-
tered the jury chamber until the time tho
jurors were discharged, twenty-eieht
ana half hours afterward, notwith-
standing that the balance were unani
mously Tor conviction from the first
ballot on, had been closeted with Attor-
ney Shinn during one of the davs that
the Compton trial was in progress has
been secured. This evidence will he
produced before the grand iurv II yos
communicated by two eye witnesses to
q Herald reporter. One of these persons
requested that his name be withheld for
the present, but the other Mr.. H. 7.
hughes, an attorney, had no objection to
Delng quoted in the matter.
Inc facts are as follows: The gentle
man whose name is not mentioned at
this stage was seated in room No. 7
which is the private office CT ATTORNEY
hughes in the Los Angeles Nationa1
pank building, on either Tuesday M,
wednesday of last week. His windoue
face on First street. On the otbor s;da
OF the street, in the Wilson block, near
ly opposite Hughes office, are the win
dows of Mr. Shinn's private office Mr
Hughes visitor was reading n hook ana
MS attention was directed by the attor-
ney to Shinn's visitor, who could nIaiu-
ly be seen. They both recognized Nc
lntyre, and his extraordinary presence
In the office of defendants attorney
when he himself was Juror in the casa
on trial was warmly commented unon
The two gentlemen, as well as some 9th
ers present, concluded that it would he
q pretty sure thing to prognosticate
that the result would be mistrial or in
other words, hung jury, and thew
were fully justified in their idea.
In order to be positive that MCINTYRE
was on the jury. Hughes visitor soon