Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-19
JOSEPH CROW is ARRESTED
Former Postmaster Indicted BY Grand Jury
is Admitted to Bond.
ossTRUCrSs CARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
Indictment Contains Ten Counts
and shows Grow, as Foreman
of ware Grand Jury,
worked for Him.

Joseph Crow, former postmaster OF
Omaha, lawyer and legislator, Of whose
indictment by the federal grand jury for
obstructing the carriage OF justice readers
of The Bee learned the first Of the week,
was arrested Friday morning.
An Indictment or true bill Of ten counts
was returned against Crow by the grand
Jury Thursday evening, but owing to the
fact that he was not to be arraigned until
Friday morning the definite information of
his indictment was not authoritatively
given out until then. MIR. Crow ar
rested on a capias at a. m. Friday at
Fifteenth and Farnsm streets by Deputy
United States Marshal Earl Mathews and
taken before the United States district
court, where he gave bond in the sum Of
$500 for his appearance for trial before the
district court.
Details of the Charge.
The indictment against Crow states IN
effect:
First count, that on or about November
u, 1850. while he was foreman Of the fed
eral grand jury that was then investigating
the charges of conspiracy against George
q. Ware, Frank Lambert and Harry Welsh
for procuring illegal filings within the L.
Is. !. Land and Cattle company enclosure
in Hooker county, he sought corruptly to
influence one William J. Lehr, member
OF the grand jury, to vote against return
ing an indictment against the accused par
ties by furnishing said Iehr with Tree
transportation from Omaha to Fremont and
return. having procured the transportation
or pass from an employe Of the Union Pa
cthc, thereby wilfully and knowingly seek
ing to corrupt said Lehr to deliberate and
vote no bill' against said Ware, Lambert
and Welsh.
Count two embodies the same general allie
cations in the procurement Of free trans
portation from an .employe of the Chicago
q Northwestern railway to Elgin, Neb, Tor
grand juror James Anderson.
Count three makes the same charge eN-
cept that the transportation was procured
over the Chicago a. Northwestern for W. j.
Cow. a grand juror, to Norfolk. Neb.
Count four, Tor procuring transportation
over the Northwestern for NJ. c. Gamble, a
grand juror, to Stanton, Neb.
Count five, for procuring transportation
by the same means over the Northwestern
for Ira Nj. Williams grand juror to
Fremont.
Count six, for procuring transportation
over the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha railroad, for William Barge, a grand
Count seven, for procuring transportation
by the same means over the Chicago, 81.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road for John
q. Ashley, a grand juror, to Tekamah'
Count eight for procuring transportation
over the Missouri Pacific railway for c. II
Thomas, a grand juror, to Stella. Neb.
Count nine, for procuring transportation
from some railroad, name not given
for John q. Ashley and F. c. Nielsen
grand Jurors, from Omaha to Colorado ano
return, during the summer Of 1906.
Each of the foregoing counts makes the
general charge that the transportation wal
furnished the parties named for the pur'
pose OF influencing them to vote against
returning bill against Ware, Lambert ano
Welsh.
Count ten bulks the general allegation,
Mr.. Crow with impeding the administration
Of justice.