Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-23
uGHT ON THREE OF THE NINE COUNTS
Penalty is One Year in Jail and Thousand
Dollars Fine or Both.
WILL FILE MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL
Admits Giving Passes TO Federal Grand
Jurors When Serving as Foreman.
DENIES He SOUGHT TO INFLUENCE THEM
Outcome of the Indictment Returned
Against Crow Alleged to Have
worked for Rev, G. G.
Wares Freedom.


worked for Rev. G. G.
Wares Freedom.
After being out twenty-six hours lack
ing eight minutes the federal petit July
in the case Of the United states against
Joseph Crow came in at 4:10 Friday
afternoon with verdict of guilty on
three, and not guilty on six counts OF the
Indictment charging him with furnishing
railway passes TO certain members Of the
federal grand jury OF November. 1905, If
which Crow was foreman, with the view
OF impeding justice and to influence the
action Of the jurors in voting no-bill in
the of Rev. George G. Ware, who.
with Frank w. Lambert and Harry welsh.
was being Investigated by the grand jury
the former later being convicted and the
latter confessing-on the charge OF con-
spiracy in procuring fraudulent land fl-
ngs within the U. b. ]. Land and Cattle
companys ranch enclosure in Hooker
county, Neb.
The Jury in the case was:
Albert watkins. lawyer and real estate
agent. Lincoln, foreman.
Joseph Graham, farmer, Avoca.
r. f. Cunningham, farmer, Weeping
Jacob Ehlers, farmer, Gretna
Arthur Temple, clerk, North LOup.
Joseph Taylor, farmer. Benedict
John Bealer, retired farmer, Beatrice
Amandus Krause, sr., stone mason, West
Point.
Frank Neel, lumber merchant Indianola.
L. y. Leavitt, retired merchant Omaha.
L. F. Grimes, retired farmer, Sterling.
Indictment and Penalty.
The indictment against Crow consisted
of nine counts. He was found guilty of
the sixth, seventh and ninth counts and
h., ,N,,Nv, .fw-
The specific counts of which he is found
guilty are for proffering and furnishing 20
one william Barge, cashier of the bank ut
Bloomfield, on the sixth count a pass TO
and from his home over the Northwestern
| road during the session of the grand jury;
| on the seventh count of furnishing a pass
over the Northwestern road to and from
| his home at Decatur to John c. Ashley,
and on the ninth count Of agreeing to fur
nish passes for a summer trip during 1905
TO John c. Ashley of Decatur and to F. c.
Nielsen of Bancroft. These passes, Il is
alleged in the indictment, were voluntar-
| lily furnished and promised 10 the parties
| named. for the purpose OF influencing
them TO vote no bill against Ware.
The penalty provided by the Unitel
States statutes for crimes of the char.
acter of which Mr.. Crow has been con-
victed is one years Imprisonment in jail
or 81, 900 fine, or both, The imprisonment
feature does not involve penitentiary in
! generation.
VIII Move for New Trial.
Immediately upon the announcement Of
the verdict Crows attorney, W. F. Gurley,
announced to the court that he would hlc
a motion for a new trial and was given
ten days in which to make such motion.
In the meanwhile Crow will continue his
liberty on $1,000 bond, furnished at the
time of his indictment.
l. The trial of Joseph Crow twice a mem.
ber of the Nebraska house of representa-
tives, once state senator from Douglas
county and for Ave years postmaster or
Omaha, was begun Tuesday morning, June
10. He was tried under an indictment found
against him by the recent session of the
federal grand jury, charging him with cor
ruptly using his influence as a member
and foreman of the federal grand jury OF
November, 1906 by means of procuring
free railroad passes for certain members
of that grand jury to and from their
homes, to induce them to vote no bill
against Rev. George G. Ware. The evil
dence was undisouted in the case tnat
Crow had procured the passes-this he adj
: mitted himself-some of them By direct
profrer by himself and others upon the So
! licitation of the members. AS an add-
tional inducement he agreed to procure
passes during the summer OF 1906 for a
pleasure trip for John c. Ashley of De.
catur and F. c. Nielsen of Bancroft TO
Colorado.
Origin of the Case.
The case against Crow had its inception
during the session of the grand Jury OF
November, 1905, when a large number OF
= fraudulent land fencing cases we're being
% investigated. 1t was currently reported
about the federal building at the time
{ that corrupt influences were being exerted
. in the grand jury room to prevent indict-
Il ments OF certain prominent cattlemen, in.
, cluding Rev, George G. Ware, president
j. Of the L. b. /. Land and Cattle Co. foI
= procuring fraudulent filings on public lands
p within that ranch enclosure. Ware wal
2 finally indicted, but II is alleged on a mar
row margin. and with him Frank ". Lam
e bert and Harry Welsh as conspirat tors
e Lambert pleaded guilty to the indctmen
= and was placed under $4,000 bonds on ac
II count OF his Importance a witness iu
r the government in the case against Ware
y Of which he was the chief agent. Welsh
m who was a sub-ageut in procuring oil,
g soldiers from Grand Island and elscwher
W 10 fle on the lands, also pleaded guilty, an,
70 was sentenced 10 six months in the Doug
g las county jail, which sentence is nov
6 about expired. Ware entered plea o
not guilty and his case was brought 4
trial, resulting in his conviction and sen
tence 10 one year I'm the Douglas count,
A. jail and to pay fne OF 1900 This cas-
r is now pending on appeal to the Unite
l. States circuit court Of appeals. Lamb, r
y is still at liberty on bond, his bond havin
IN been reduced 10 $500 after the Ware trla
=, Crow LRmbertE Lawyer.
"a The day following the adjournment q
the grand jury OF 1905 Of which Crow wa
I'd the foreman. November 2s, Lambert VIII
as was indicted by that same jury, went {
er Mr.. Crow in company with Robert Dun
be can. another member OF the grand iurl
IN and engaged Crow as consulting couns,
,h In HIS case. Crow accepted a retainer Z
be S25 from Lambert On Thanksgiving da
OF 1875 Lambert who vas still under bon,
went 10 the office ot l.. g. Wheeler. chic
Of the secret service agents, and state
- 20 him that he wanted 60 go 10 DeadwOo,
he Mr. Wheeler opposed this request on IL
al theory that he did not care 10 have Ian
s. bert consult Ware. his fellow eOnEpirat 70
or who lived al Deadwood, and hence REFUSE
the request Of LaERbsFL TbsTs Was -