The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-15
Man Charged With TamperIng
with Jury Can't Be Found.
Sheriff Thinks He Is i'm Kansas
City.
WEAVING THE WEB.
County Attorney on Trail of All
the Jury Bribers.
Thinks He Can Land Some of
Them i'm Penitentiary.

Aaron T. Pigg went to Kansas City,
Mo, last night and was known to be
there today. Serious charges, penitea-
tiary offenses in fact, have been made
against Mr.. Pigg for the attempted
bribery of some of the jurors in the
case against his brother, Robert Pigg,
for selling liquor unlawfully and having
maintained nuisance at No. S13 Kan
sas avenue, which was the. notorious
Canadian club. The jurors were not sus-
ceptible to bribe in this case and con-
victed Mr.. Pigg on four counts
]. ]. Schenck, the county attorney,
and ]. NJ. Wilkerson, the sheriff, know
of the fact that Aaron Pigg has left
the city and it was suggested to Mr..
Schenck that Kansas City was on the
way to louisiana and other distant
parts
That's true" replied Mr.. Sehenck,
and in that convincing way of his, he
AIDED, It's also one of the ways to reach
Lansing and that was about all he
had to say today about the attempted
bribery of the Pigg jury.
AS stated in the State Journal on
Saturday evening the county attorney
and the sheriff have had information
for some days that an attempt was
made to bride Al least two jurors in
the Pigg case to hang the jury.
And the county attorney and the
sheriff have their forces busy today, as
they have had for the last few days,
weaving web around those who were
among those whom they expect to eaten
in this web is Aaron PiSg.
Two of the Jurors who sat in the P1gg
case have told straightforward stories
of the attempted bribery and each OF
their stories implicated Aaron Pigg.
The names of these jurors are be
ing guarded zealously by the county
officers One of them has sworn that
on Tuesday of last week, one of the
DAYS of the trial, a negro approached
him during one of the recesses and
offered him $40 to hang the jury.
This Juror also has sworn that one OF
the Pigg brothers told him that If he
voted right in the jury room he
them. The negro has been identified
by the Juror. his name is known to
the county officers and he is one OF
the more prominent negroes in town.
Another Juror has declared to the |
county officers that during the trial of
the case he was approached by Aaron !
Pfgg who took him into drug store |
on Kansas avenue and Fifth street and |
Pfgg told him he would pay him SO |
If he hung or assisted in hanging I
the jury.
1t is also believed that the county |
officers have still the story of third |
juror up their sleeve who has also told |
of being offered $50 bride to hang
the jury.
Working under the direction of Mr..
Schenck, Sheriff Wilkerson and a
couple of his deputies are gathering
evidence that will be zorro boratory of
the stories told by the jurors and the
county attorney expects to have a
strong case worked up against those
who attempted to bride the jury when
the time comes for the issuance of
warrants for their arrests. These
warrants may issued and served at
any hour now.
i'This is matter" said Mr. /
Schenck today, (which 1 do not feel |
1t liberty to discuss in detail at this
time. But 1 will say that a web is
surely weaving which will send some !
one or two persons to the penitentiary
Tor tampering with the jurors"
Robert Pigg is still in jail. he hav-
ng been unable to furnish the bonds
Tor his release pending the appeal of
mis- conviction to the supreme court
His bond in the Canadian club case
mas been fixed at $1,000. And to get
mis- liberty he would also have to put
Up a bond to the amount of $4,000 be-
cause of the new charge against him
IF having stolen his original bail bond !
from the Office of the clerk of the dis
-rict court and having destroyed it,
He will have a preliminary hearing
On this charge in the city court to-
morning.