The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-11-19
MAY HAVE BEEN FIXED.
Missouri Authorities Think They Know
Why Earris Jurors i

Jefferson CITY, Mo-, Nov. 1f.-Atter-
ney Genera Grow has sent subpoenas
Tor John Ross, foreman of the Jury
That tried Senator Frank H.Farris for
sleg1siatiye ~boodling last week., and b.
Luckett, attorney for Farris. He
also said he would ask James Cru,np.
the deputy sheriff who had charge Of
the Jury, to appear before the grand
jury. Crump is around the court house
most of the time andea s~ubpoenasfor
MIN was NOT considered necessary.
men are to be questioned about
the circumstances connected with the
trial of Farrfs: andShow the jury came
to be divided. The court had ordered
the jury kept together and forbidden
Its members to talk to anyone out
side.
After the trial, while the jury was
out, 1t was supposed that no infocma-
ton could reach people in the Jury
room, yet before midnight Friday night
the information was carried to Govern
ior Dockery that h jury stood eight
flor conviction and FOUR for acauittal,
The next day when the jury reported
that 1t had failed to agree, 1t deyel-
oped that the eight to four was the
correct proportion. Now where was
the leak? Grow expects to find out.
The absolute assurance of the defend
ants case was one OF the things that
made Grow listen to the stories that
have been Whispered by the gossips
around Jefferson City and probably viii
be pretty thorough If there is sufh-
Gent time before the final adjournment
Of the grand jury or If there is an
other grand jury next month, which is
more than a possibility.
A Jefferson City BombsheII.
M. M. Dougherty, a member OF the
jury, told a story today that caused
him to be sent for by the grand jury.
1t may yet be the cause of another
grand jury being called. According to
Dougherty's story, he was late getting
to the court room the day the jury was
impaneled. Outside the building he
met +. II. Luckett, an attorney for Far
ris, who reminded him of former
friendship n told him the defense
must have at least a hung jury If not.
an acquittal. The story as told in
cludes a statement alleged to have been
men on the jury we can depend on and
want more" It is not stated that
Luckett offered any money or sug-
gested any other reason than friend
ship, but if the grand jury is convinced
that Lnckett said he had two men he
could DEFEND upon it probably will rec
omnnend a more thorough inquiry than
the present jury can make
The attorney general is working to
strengthen himself for the next Farris
trial. Usually the second trial Of a
case is a ~listiess affair. This one prom-
fses to be a very much more interest
ing one. Two witnesses who can give
information about Farris If they will
are here today. One is Thomas R.
Gibson of Springfield and the other w.
T. Underwood of Steelville, the HON
Of Farris. The senator had after each
session of the legislature increased his
holdings of real estate and other prop
erty in his county.
After the last session Farris went
home and bought Gibson's stock in the
bank of Steelville and also his house.
Gibson had been cashier of the bank,
but wanted to go to Springfield to be-
come treasurer of a new trust company
which had been recently formed. He
was simply charging his own field of
activity. Underwood, who is a quiet
young man, was put in the bank as
cashier and it is understood at Steel
vile that he went in at the suggestion
of FarriS.