The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-24
REWARD OFFERED
BY CRUSADERS
Municipal League Will Give 1000
to Secure a Conviction of a Jury
Fixer and $500 for Convic-
tion of a Fixed Juror.

Jury fixing is the latest object of the
crusaders attack. Yesterday a card
was sent to the daily papers by the
Municipal leagues prosecuting commit
tee, e. b. Sturges, Colonel II. NJ. Boies,
Captain w. A. May and j. A. Lansing,
offering reward of 81 900 for the con-
viction Of a jury fixer and $500 reward
for the conviction of n fixed juror, the
offer to hold good for one year from
date.
The offer is the direct result of the
action of the last grand jury in ignor-
Ing nearly all the prosecutions against
Illegal liquor selling brought by the
Mems union.
This was the principal development in
the reform movement yesterday.
The only other occurrences appear
ing on the surface were at Alderman
Fuller's office, where three of the ac-
cused councilmen entered bail.
Among them was ex-Councilman
Horatio T. Fellows, who admits having
accepted money from Detective Harris
for the alleged purpose of entrapping
him. Mr.. Fellows gave bail in the sum
of $4,000, with Fred Durr as bondsman
for a hearing Saturday, when he pro-
poses to show that he permitted him,
self to be bribed at the advice of his
attorneys.
Yesterday, Mr.. Fellows reiterated al
length the story of his being bribed, as
told in Tuesdays Tribune.
He saws he met Harris at the St
Cloud hotel about the middle of March
or possibly earlier, and had a short
talk with him about the license ordi-
nance. Harris represented himself tc
be an agent for President Clarke, of
the Scranton Railway company, and
said he had been sent on here to lobby
against the tax on the trolley company
The fact that Harris came from New
York, by his own admission, caused
Mr.. Fellows to suspect him, and after
q few inquiries satisfied himself that
the alleged lobbyist was a detective.
within five hours after I had the
talk with Harris" Mr.. Fellows went
on to say, II saw Mayor Moir and
told him of meeting Harris and my
belief that he was a spotter. Mr..
Coyne came in at the same time and
told a story similar to mine. We
talked the matter over at length and
,
At his suggestion put myself in Har-
ris' way with a view of having him
give me a bride. This required no
great effort. At the very first hint
he whipped out a $50 bill and gave
1t to me, requesting me to send the
boys around TO see him, and intima t.
ing that 1 would be taken care of if
/ did.
II reported this to the mayor and
he advised rne to have the fellow
arrested. Detective Moir was called in
and we talked over the matter of the
proposed arrest. Before making a
move / concluded to see my attorneys,
O'Brien & Kelly. / had tried to see
them before taking the money, but
was unable to reach either of them,
owing to their being engaged. l met
Attorney w. r. Lewis, however, and
asked him in a hypothetical way if I
could do thing of that kind with
safety to myself, anu he answered af.
firmatively.
when / went to O'Brjen & Kelly's
Office / had the $50 bill with me, and
after telling them the story and
pointing out n private mark I had
discovered on it, had them seal 1t in
an envelope and lock it up lin their
sate. 1t is there yet. Just at this
time the grand jury Lexow developed
and the position l was placed in, as
result, made 1t ineXpedient for me
to appear as a prosecutor of a bribery
charge and l decided to simply wair
till Harris took the aggressive and
then show him up. 1t may be that
some councilmen took money from
him, but if they did they certainly
must have taken it knowing him to
be detective, for everybody around
city hall knew him to be such from
the start"
Mr.. Harris side of the story, which
will he heard at. Mr. Fellows hearing,
Will be awaited with interest. Mayor
Moir, Detective Moir and Mr.. Fellows
attorneys will go on the stand to cor
roborate the defendant.
Common Councilmen William V.
Grifiiths and Thomas NJ. Watkins also
entered bail yesterday. Ex-Mayor
John H. Fellows became Griffiths'
bondsman and Wade NJ. Finn for Wat
kins.
warrant was yesterday issued by
Alderman Kasson at the instance of
Special Officer Robert Wilson for the
arrest of ratrick Moran, of Spruce
street, who he charges with threats.
Wilson is one of the officers in the en-
ploy OF the league and Sunday was in
Moran's saloon to see whether or not
any liquor was being sold and the law
violated. Hhe claims that Moran, on
seeing him, recognized him as an off,
Ger, and with an oath made for him,
threatening his life. He made a hur-
ried exit, but Moran followed him up
the street as far as Washington ave-
nue., where he met Patrolman Con-
merry, after which the irate saloon
keeper gave up the chase. Moran was
out OF town yesterday and the war;
rant will be served as soon as he gets
in. Application was made Monday for
the revoking of his license.
Mrs. Mary Graf, of South Scranton,
yesterday entered bail in the sum OF
$500 before Alderman Howe on the
charge Of selling liquor without a H.
cense.