The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-06
FAULKNER CONVICTED
OF PERJURY CHARGE.
Continued From Page One.

the innocent want justice. Justice is a
| the State can ask for and justice is al
| the defendant is entitled to.
Ibid the defendant commit perjury whel
he testified before the Grand Jury that h
| knew nothing about the deposit of $4,000 Il
| the Lincoln Trust Company? The evidenc
| shows that he was member of the com
| bine in the House of Delegates for tn
| purpose OF obtaining a bride In return 70
the votes of the members on the Suburban
! bill. He was present and participated Ii
the meeting when the price of $500
was agreed upon-s75.OOO to go, not to TIT
city. but into the pockets of these publi
servants In exchange for the votes tina
the people had intrusted them with.
Ihis defendant wanted 100000. but finall.
agreed with the others to take $500. Thi
defendant and the others appointed Johr
n. Murrell as their agent and represents
tive to negotiate the bride. Murrell repre-
senting this defendant. arranged for the de
posit of $4,000 in the Lincoln Trust Com
pany. and reported al the meeting of tn,
combine, at which this defendant was pres
ent. that $4,000 had been secured and placed
in the trust company.
AT subsequent meeting Of the combine
Mt which this defendant was present, the
subject OF the court injunction was Gis-
cussed. and tho question came up In the
presence OF this defendant as TO whether
they would be able to get the money out
OF the Lincoln Trust Company IL they did
not pass the bill over the Injunction of the
court
FAULKNER DELIBERATELY
PERJURED HIMSELF.
knowledge is either by experience or
through intelligence impaired by others. II
half dozen men were to get together and
plan to rob your house and send one of
their number to break into 1t and the agent
SO sent should report back to them the re-
suit of his mission. and one Of them should
be asked what he knew about the burglary.
would he be telling the truth If he should
say he knew nothing about it. when he him
SELF was one of the men that sent the man
to your house to perpetrate il?
when the defendant was party to the
agreement under which this $4,000 was put
in the Lincoln Trust Company. when it
was placed there by his agent and repre-
sentative. when he himself was to get
part OF the money, was he telling the truth
when he said he knew nothing OF the de-
post? Having seen, the defendant went be-
fore the Grand Jury saying he had not
seen: having heard. said he had not heard;
knowing, he said he did not know With
a lie in his mind and in his heart he took
an oath to tell the truth. the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. and deliberate
ly perjured himself.
The State has to prove bribery by men
who are engaged in 1t. These are neces-
sarily covered with the slime of corrup-
ton. No one knows of bribery except those
implicated In it, and the evidence necessa-
rily must come from polluted lips. If juries
will not believe such Witnesses, then it
would be impossible to ever prove bribery.
Here. however. the $4,000 produced in
court Is a mute witness and carries with
1t the irresistible conclusion of the awful
state of corruption that existed 1t was
the right and duty of the Grand Jury to
inquire Into this bribery. and they were
acting within the sphere of their duties
when they called the defendant before
them to find out If possible from him who
was to get the $4,000.
WILL CONTINUE TO
PROSECUTE VENALITY.
Governor johnson complains because
this was done. You can, IL you SO desire. de-
eide that the Grand Jury was wrong in
this defendant. or In trying to
put stop to the bribery that existed. but
1 cannot believe that you will give any such
verdict
Il am here merely in the discharge of my
duty under my oath Of Office. and shall con-
tinue as long as 1 have life and speech to
deneunce corruption. condemn evil and pres
ecute wrong. not for my own advancement,
but for the protection of the public that l
represent.
''As long as 1 have the official right to do
so expect to continue to prosecute venality
wherever l may find 1t. without regard TO
profited by such conditions. One cannot
expect the good opinion of those against
whom he enforces the law.
ut would be far easier for me to let
crimes like this go by unnodced, but I
would rather have the approval Of my own
in endeavoring to discharge my
luty than to receive the encomiums of law
breakers. Governor johnson says we We're
hunting for corruption. He is right; we
we're.
1 do not believe In waiting until corrup- |
Ion gets SO bold as to hit lis In the face |
,efore We take notice of it. If it exists. it |
should be ferreted out and the heavy hand |
Il the law laid upon it.
Il will ask you to set the stamp of YOUR
lisapproval upon such conduct as this evil
lence reveals with such force as will stand
- an example for evildoers of like charac-
er for years to come.
such verdict will do much toward lead
ng us from evil to good. and from dark
less into light.