New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-26
CHICAGO'S BRIBERY TRUST.
BIG OPERATIONS THAT THE AUTHoRl-
TIES ARE TRYING TO FATHoM.
.pAN" coueHrrN. WHO FIGURED IN THE cRoNI'

Chicago. June 20 (Specldi)-N"ehi" NN w."
out TO pursue a man II is wonderful ai'ei ''
purpose has been accomplished. to note 'he SIM
farlty OF detail in its work ana 'he aee".
II employs. But unlike In the case OF hre "n'0,
the burned dread. fate continues 10 DE 'e"'p'e'
and It's agencies cultivated. Al least Sens
20 be the case In the struggle Daniel Cough
lin. ex-city detective and wei-Kho"" sO
man. Is having with destiny.
In Nav. 1889. there swung from the secohu
story OF a building on the east side OF Nor'h
ru,rxs, betweAn Division and Goethe-sts.'
.un Nearing the name Patrick II. Cronin. M
n" On the evening Of May white morse
draw,ne a soueaky buggy stopped IN lroh' u
.ha, building Some man who has never peei
,aant,Aed drove the horse. Dr. Ironih We"
ar,ven away by the strange man. ana never
.aa,r was he seen alive by his friends A livery!
vnor NO, far away had hired out that pussy'
ara the man by whom 1t had been engaseo vac
"r,or" Couehln, then detective in the neaie''
notice station This discovery ana some o'
led 10 Coughns being put upon tria' Ao- Us
life on a conspiracy charge Ihere 'a.'0 =
'S,ct of guilty That the penalty ai'"eN 80
,,,. ,r,nr,sonment and not death led TO ramDilhs
charges OF Jury bribing. reheo'o"'
made so directly against the meihoei -
,urv who held out against the scalo'u NO
brought a suit against one Oh the 80
,,aners for $50 600 He recovered hothihs' Co'e
lin was sent 10 prison The men cohVio'eu
Rim died there. He secured ne" '''"'
acquittal. So ., tho Ger.
In MAY. 1899 under the windows Vi 'ne
ond story of a building in the same pio'" "
North Clark-st, there swung sign oeaie
name Of John f. Taylor. VINO cohoue'eu
gents furnishing business there anu "'e.
,n front Of that place for moment ana was
,,,,rad and driven south TO a saloon kept
NV a man named Sherlock, whence shortly
young man was sent to the Taylor home to say
that a man there desired to see MT Iayloi' A"e
latter came in obedience to the message
AN ATTEMPT AT JURY BRIBING.
Az that time there was in progress IN 'he
courts a suit brought by John Carpihe against
the Illinois Central Railroad Company IN WHO"
he claimed damages for injury TO his properly
through the elevation Of the companys tracks.
John F. Taylor was juror In the case ana
Judge Tuthil was the presiding judge one oay'
% the surprise of the lawyers in the case. the
Court took the matter out OF the hanos OF the
fury. an act which was never understood until
few DAYS ago Shortly after that carriage had
appeared in the North Side. Taylor the juror.
made to bride him. Jury corruption has been
fragrant IN Cook County, and the Judge. believ-
ing this might be an opportunity to set an ex-
ample to Jury bribers." advised Taylor to move
cautiously and keep him posted progress
Then Judge Tuthill reported the matter to the
city detective headquarters. whose wise men at
ence set to work upon (which Is another
story
When the white horse abroad that
May night in 1885, II a woman who made
the subsequent Identification possible. II
the key TO the mystery The carriage was the
cew In 1899. too, and woman the agent who
developed II.
In Chicago is private detective. Andrew Nc
Garry. who learned his trade in Scotland Yard.
1t is delicately insinuated that he may have a
prejudice IN certain directions in the case under
attention now. 1t being asserted that he acted
for the prosecution in the Cronln case Any
how. his services were engaged in this attempted
bribery OF Taylor. He argued that the carriage
the lead to follow. but Taylor was unable
TO give description of either the carriage or
its driver But Mr. Taylor had noticed that
the last two figures In the number OF the car
riage Il" and -" or ID" Detective Nc
Garry had trouble in finding out to whom
licenses were issued on rigs with numbers end
ing IN IneTe were only d rev OF tnein,
and these. all save one. he cleared up The
other had changed hands.
N TRACING THE IA"
From Taylor McGarry had obtained an accu-
rate description OF the man who rode in the
carriage. He finally located the man with the
only "a number he had not explained away,
and from him-at least this is the detectives
story-he learned that on certain night-it was
the one McGarry wanted-he had loaned his rig
TO William Armstrong, who wanted to do the
driving himself The sleuth was not long in
learning that one Armstrong was a bartender
In Coughlln's saloon. Then IL dawned on him
that there was a remarkable similarity between
the ex-detective and the man who had been de-
scribed TO him as the man who had ridden in
the carriage and whom Taylor had met in the
saloon under the name OF &C. =. Summers"
Without saying anything about this 10 Taylor,
he casually led the juror into Coughlin's saloon
TO partake Of refreshments Taylor ordered and
was lifting his drink 10 his lips when he noticed
man behind the bar He trembled in surprise
nearly soiled his shirt front with the contents Of
his glass, and exclaimed TO McGarry:
Great Scott, There's the briber"
And, said Detective McGarry. whose tale
fell on the ears Of the Grand Jury as interest
ing as yarn OF the exploits Of Sherlock
Holmes, the man behind the bar seemed to be
surprised too. That man was Dan" Coughlin I
was not surprised had suspected II from the
description. located the cab with the Il" and
IN the NUMBER, ana knew IL was COughln
who had been driven in 1t to Taylor's home by
Armstrong"
Soon after this incident Detective McGarry
says Coughlin dropped out OF sight after in
structtng Armstrong TO look after his mail and
keep his whereabouts profound secret. Then
he tells how he became chummy with Arm
strong, who frequently visited him. and gener-
ously bestowed upon him bullying rolls OF green
backs on condition that he would hush up"
These greenbacks were marked and are in the
possession OF or stored away by Judge Tuthill
20 III .Ao,&
COUGHLIN REAPPEARS.
Armstrong and l." continued the detective,
'had many meetings. and one afternoon when
he was unusually persuasive told him that
the whole thing had blown over He appeared
over1oyed. and said he would wire the big fell
low either IN New-York Boston, where he
supposed 20 be- He jubiiant that
he even told me when Dan would be back Arm
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