The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-07
R|ED To INFLUENCE
HOWELL AND JURY
Mcials and Newspapers Ap-
pear to Have Combined to
Garry Out Purpose.
LII WAS IN INTEREST
OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
%,pry and Breeder, Together
With Glasmann and His
Papers, In Deal.
.necinl TO The Trfbuna.

-pecinl TO The Tribune.
OGDEN, Aug. 6.-The publication of
ae story of the effort of high State
,.flcIn1s and a United States appointee
. corrupt the courts Of the State,
which, owing to the high sense of the
,.ignity of the Office possessed by Judge
lowell OF the Second Judicial district,
,liled, brings to light the conspiracy
hat WAS formed by these same officers,
sided by willing tool in Ogden, that
vas organized In this city as long ago
last February. Tho plan Of the con-
piracy was not alone to attempt undue
if1aence on the court, but also to In
.uence the jury In certain case.
Influencing the jury.
It will be remembered that the case
{ Skeen vs. Craig was on trial, and 1T
as subsequent TO the acqulttal OF
raig by the iury that Broeden and
-lpry approached Judge Howell with
heir dirty proposal to grant new
rial to Chambers III the interest Of the
iepublican party. During the progress
: the Craig trial there came n time
hen recess Of four days duration be-
lime necessary in the court.
Judge Howell, in his closing admoni-
on to the jury to refrain From dis
ussion Of the subject matter of the
ase, explicitly admonishcd them not,
nring the recess, to read the Standard
.Xaminer, naming the two. or, moro
roperly, the twin, papers specifically
Newspapers Took Hand.
Instead Of observing the propreties,
would have been expected, the EX-
miner came out on the morning of
sunday, February 25, with statement
;nder a triple-column head, that was,
6 Is now believed and as was thought
that time, to be direct address to
ne jury in the Craig case, and which,
y the subsequent results, is now known
, have had that purpose, and the re-
nit that was intended. At any rate,
) the Supreme court has recently
hown in its decision Of the case, Craig
vas acquitted under the identical evi-
,;ence that convicted Chambers.
Glasmann and Francis Cited.
The articles referred to were Of such
character that the court officials took
ognizance Of them, and District Attor-
ley George Halverson called the mat
ct to the attention Of Judge Howell in
pen court. In his official capacity,
lr. Halverson handed the records to tho
ourt and later j. n. Kimbull, one of
. ne ornaments Of the bar of Utah, be-
,ame the complainant in suit against
William Glasmann and the Standard
publishing company, and also against
frank Francis, the managing editor,
,iting them into court to show cause
Why they should not be punished for
Contempt Of court in trying a case in
: he newspapers during the progress Of
the trial and at the time that the
ury was enjoying recess. This case
If contempt will shortly come up in
the courts.
1t should be remembered that these
publications by the defendant news
paper were on February 25 and 26
Craig was acquitted day or two af-
Ter. Breeden and Spry made their in
shifting proposition to Judge Howell for
I new trial for Chambers three or four
lays thereafter.
Programme Was Carried Out.
The conspiracy had been arranged
some time before, and the programme
was that Glasmann should run his pa
pers on the subject while the recess
of the court was on, giving the mem
bers OF the jury so much better a
chance to absorb the instructions CON
veyed in the publications. Then the
omissaries Of Gov. Cutler, who had been
previously selected, were to do the rest
oy inducing Judge Howell to grant the
new trial for Chambers
Was the Jury Flxed2
It is also said, though Of course it
will be hard matter to prove, that
during this same recess Of four DAYS
more than one member Of the Jury was
approached. There is one official who
says he knows this TO be fact, and
the information, while startling, ex-
plains the wonderful verdict in the
Craig case, which followed the convlc-
ton Of Chambers under the same tes-
timony.
At any rate, the conspiracy was well
arranged and organized; but it failed
10 carry with Judge Howell. The new
trial for Chambers was denied and in
its final review of the case the Su.
preme court states that it found no re,
versible errors.