The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-26
MHISKEY FOR
CRIER JURY
IT WAS sMUaeLED INTO THE
JURY ROOM.
Yesterday Morning Two Empty
Quart whiskey BottlesWere Found.
It Is Alleged the Liquor Was
Struggled to the Jurors in Bundle
of Clothing Which the Wife Of
Jacob Kellogg Brought to Him on
Wednesday Of Last Week-Testi-
mony Of the Tipstaves.

There is a belief among the members
of the Mems union that the Grier jury
was tampered with and yesterday an
investigation was set on foot with a
view to ascertaining whether or not
this Is true
Late in the afternoon while argu-
mcnt court was on. Attorney ]. II.
Tcrrey. of counsel for the Mems union,
asked the indulgence of the court
while he called their attention to a
matter in connection with the Grier
jury which he believed ought to be in
Nestigated by the court He said they
had information that two quart bot
ties of whiskey We're smuggled into
the jury room for the Jurors. and he
presented the affidavit Of Robert Will
son. the agent of the union. which
embodied these facts.
Judge Archibald, after consulting
with Judges Edwards and Kelly. said
the court was prepared to inquire into
the matter and suggested that Tip
slaves David c. Powell and Sidney
Keller, who had the jury in charge,
be sworn
POWELL'S STORY.
Powell said on Wednesday of last
week the wife of r. S. Kellogg. of
North Scranton. came to the jury room
with suit of heavy clothing for her
husband. He did not examine the
package but allowed Mrs. Kellogg and
her husband to go into one of the
rooms across the corridor from the one
occupied by the Jurors. while Kellogg
changed his clothing. Powell was in
the room at the time also but did not
hear what was said between husband
and wife and did not see anything OF
bottles of whiskey.
Mrs. Kellogg came again a few days
later, accompanied by another woman
and had talk with her husband in
the corridor in the presence of the two
tipstaves. They did not see any whis-
key bottles passed between the parties
1t was possible however. that note
might easily have been passed to Kel-
logg, Powell admitted.
Powell also brought clothes to the
jury room for Juror James p. Harris,
but the package was so light it was
it could have contained
bottle of whiskey.
ASKED FOR WHISKEY.
Judge Edwards said it had been re-
ported to him that one of the jurors
had asked for whiskey and Powell
said it was Juror Joseph Bachman
who had made the request. He was
not feeling we'll and witness got two
bottles of paregoric for him. He was
sure the bottles contained paregoric
for he purchased them at drug stores
n, nd hn Ia hal
Attorney Newcomb asked Powell if
4 waitress in Mitchell's dining room.
where the jurors had their meals. did
not tell him that a man named Nc
Guire. a partner Of Griers. was try
ing to get close to the Jurors when
they were having meals and that he
had tried to pass something to Juror
Thomas Holmes. Powell denied that
this was so.
Tipstaff Keller was sworn and his
testimony was almost identical with
Powell's as to the package of clothing
taken in by Mrs. Kellogg. He said
that at the eating house Mrs. Mitchell
told him she saw man whom she had
never seen in the place before watch
ing the Jurors closely. Keller said It
would be almost impossible from tn,
seat that Holmes occupied at the
table for any one to pass anything to
him.
Tipstaff Jacob Ritter testified that
last night he was in Durl's hotel and
several of the Grier jurors We're there
and had evidently been drinking some-
what. Ritter suggested that 1t was
bad they did not have some good
things TO drink while sitting on the
case ard one of the jurors Che Is Of
the opinion it was kellogg) replied
that they had all of the drink they
that his wife smuggled two
bottles of whiskey to them in some
she brought him. Yesterday
morning he found two empty whiskey
bottles in the jury room
SAW THE BOTTLES.
Robert Wilson then testified to seq
ms the bottles in the jury room. They
had contained whiskey.
Attorney TOrrey suggested that sub
poenaes be issued for Kellogg and his
wife and Judge Archibald directed that
this be done and that they be placed
in the hands of the county detective.
They will be brought in this morning
and the hearing resumed.
Councilman Grier said last night
that it was no frien of his who
whiskey to the jury.
PLEASANT SOCIAL GIVEN