New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
THE HICKMAN INDICTMENT
The indictment against Hickman reads;

The Grand Jury accuse Nicholas Hickman Of
the crime OF attempting 70 Influence an elector IN
giving mis- vote at an election. by bribery com
On The fourth day Of November in the year Of
our Lord. thousand eight hundred and eighty
he SITE OF New-York and in the city ana COUNTY
oi NeWYork. and on the said day one Heyman
fbtantb Fisc,or Tis.ric, ~ ne xtb Essemhiy
District Of the county OF New-York and as such
elector then and there lawfully entitled 10
vote at the said election IN the said election dis
And the said Nicholas Hickman late OF the city
and county aforesaid. and the day and IN the
YEAR aforesaid and at the said election with force
and arms. felon0usly did unlawfully and corrupty
give to the said Heyman schifrman sum OF
money 70 the Grand Jury aforesaid unknown, and
did thereby then and there felonlously and corrupt
his vote AZ the said election against the form OF the
statute in such cases made and provided.
The Indictment and the papers attached show
that Heyman schifman. of No. $50 Fitth-st.;
John Schmidt Of No. 512 Fifth-sti Michael
erode. Of No $40 Fifth-st, and Michael Ulrich.
address not given, furnished the evidence which
caused Hickman to be indicted.
Hickman refuses to say anything about this
Indictment further than that he knew some Of
the people concerned, and had been in several
political fights with other people in the same
election district He says that ne was once an
employe in the General Postofce and was dis
charged from there owing 10 remaining away
explanations OF the indictment. will he talk
about his Identification Of Molineux further than
TO say that II was made some time after the
Coroner's inquest began.
The facts a. to the indictment and its sudden
unearthing are common property or all the at
taches Of both the Coroner's and the District
Attorneys Offices and some OF them go so far
as 10 sew that the reason Colonel Gardiner de-
clined to send Hickman before the Grand Jury
was that some OF the Grand Jury were ready
10 ask questions and SO the District-Attorney
let only the stenographic report Of the Coroners
inquest be submitted
HOW THE INDICTMENT GOT OUT.
Another and even more serious matter Of gos-
sip in the Criminal Courts Buildng is that
about the extraordinary proceedings of vhe Dis
trict-Attorneys office in giving out copies OF the
Indictment found against Molineux before the
action OF the Grand Jury had become a matter
OF record The indictment prepared under
the supervision OF Colonel Gardiner. and copies
OF II were made FOR the press on TUESDAY last
Shortly after the Grand Jury convened on
Wednesday the copies were given out 10 num-
ber Of reporters The Grand Jury did not IN
dict as soon as the District Attorney intended
IL should and as result these vance
comics found their way into type in some of the
evening newspapers before MolineuN had been
indicted This fact. when members OF the braha
Jury found IL out, caused no little excitement,
and they were frank In saying that II they were
allowed TO sit a few DAYS longer they would
start an investigation as to why the District
Attorneys office so openly violated the law
which IL is supposed TO enforce
The Grand Jury. however. had been excused
from further duty, and had no jurisdction over
the matter Some II the members did. however
go to Colonel Gardiner and express their opinion
OF this making public OF the dOngs OF the Grand
Jury Colonel Gardiner AT once proceeded 10
place the blame on Assistant District Attorney
T'nger who had charge OF the cases before the
Grand Jury. but said that ne would not make
any investigation Mr. Unger admits that he
gave out the form OF an indictment" but says
nothing OF the copes which had been prepared
under the supervision OF the District Attorney.
Recorder Goff had the matter called TO his