TEMPTED BY TELEGitAPH
How Boodlers Tried to Bribe a
Member ot the Jury.
Viewing crime as a high art it can
truly be said that bribing has reached
an ideal state
In all the many attempts which have
been made to fix juries there is one
which arises above the commonplace,
says the Chicago Times. In reprinting
the following story of the famous case
referred to all names and dates have
been omitted.
Early in the spring of 18— the news
papers began to hint that everything
was not right with a certain county
board, that contractors, commissioners,
and county officers were leagued to
gether to rob the county. The first
publications of these rumors were
laughed at by the parties implicated.
They had grown bold in their crime
and covered their tracks welL
"Suppose the charges are true, what
are you going to do about it?" laugh
ingly queried one.
"Oh. we're all right; they can't touch
us," said another, us he poured out a
glass of champagne.
However, the press and people were
thoroughly aroused. A fund to prose
cute the boodlers was raised and the
best detectives in the country were set
to work. From vague hints the papers
got to defiuite statements. Then the
boodlers began to feel uneasy. They
were not yet alarmed, because they
were sure their money and influence
would secure them immunity. It was
not so with the outsiders, however—
the contractors, merchants, md others
who were only indirectly implicated
in the affair. Tliey feared that their
reputations would suffer even if their
liberty was not abridged. They begau
to talk in order to clear themselves aud
in this evidence was accumulated that
was unimpeachable.
Then the boodlcrs begaa to be
alarmed. One made a confession. An
other pleaded guilty. Everyone im
plicated was taking the easiest method
of protecting himself. The day of
trial linally came. Tho prisoners real
ized that nothing remained for them
but conviction and imprisonment if an
honest jury was obtained. The prose
cution realized this fact, too, and made
every effort to obtain talesmen who
were above suspicion. As fast as a
juror was accepted he was placed
under surveillance, and every attempt
to "get at" him was frustrated When
tho twelve men filed into eourt the
morning the opening arguments were
made the prisoners were hopeless.
Every possible effort to "fix" a member
of the jury hod been tried and proved
unavailing. From that time on the
jurors would bo more closely guarded
than ever. The bailiffs and court of
ficers were incorruptible. Tbey had
been tried and found true to their
trust Nothing but a lucky fluke would
save the prisoners from the peniten
tiary.
However, tho friends of tho boodlers
did not despair. Among their number
were some of the cleverest schemers
in tho country—men used to evading
the law, men always suspected hut
never convicted of crime. It was
strange, they thought, if with unlim
ited money at their command they
could uot save their friends. A selfish
motive, too, urged them to effort, be
cause they feared that if convicted
some of the boodlers might make state
ments which would drag them with
them to prison.
Finally tho longed-for lucky fluke
turned up. In reading the examina
tion of one of the jurors it was noticed
that he said ho was formerly a tele
graph operator.
Here was away to get at him. Now
if he could be bribed they were all
right
The next day the friends of the pris
oners took front seats in the courtroom
and scrutinized the jurors closely. The
telegraph operator—call him Smith,
though his name was longer and more
euphonious than that—sat where the
rays of the sun shone full upon him. A
big scarfpin—an owl's head with ru
bies for eyes —was the most noticeable
feature of his apparel. This scarfpin
played un important part in the subse
quent proceedings.
Detectives were at once sot to work
to tind out something about Smith's
character, and to ascertain the best
manner of approaching him. The fol
lowing night the would-be bribers met.
The detectives had found out that
Smith was in the habit of indulging
100 freely in liquors at times, that he
frequented pool rooms, and that he
knew the difference between a case
card and a lookout chair. In fact, the
detectives reported that Smith had lost
considerable money at faro just before
he was summoned to appear in court,
and that he had been trying to borrow
money to "square himself."
This news fell upon the conspirators
like a burst of sunshine from a cloudy
sky. if they knew anything of char
acter, and in their minds they felt they
had not made their living by trading
upon their knowledge of character too
long to be easily deceived, Smith could
be approached by them. This thought
kept up the spirits of the prisoners all
through the trial.
The jurors were kept at the hotel
when they were not in court aud were
closely guarded, no one being allowed
to communicate with them. Each juror
had made notes on certain parts of the
evidence, and one evening as the trial
was nearing an end, wearied of the
discussion, there was a lull in the
arguments while the notes were being
carefully studied. Smith was seated
in a chair near a door which opened
into an adjoining room. The door was
closed and locked, but it didn't fit the
casements so closely as to shut out
sounds.
"Tick, tick, tick, tick" went some
thing in the next room.
Smith raised his head and began to
listen attentively. The sound had a
familiar ring to it, but it took several
minutes "for him to realize that it came
from a telegraph instrument
"S-M-I-T-H, S-m-i-t-h, S-m-i-t-h,"
clicked the instrument in the familiar
Jdprse alphabet
Smith by this time was thoroughly
Btartled.
"S-m-i-t-h, c-o-m-e o-l-o-s-e-r t-o t-h-o
d-o-o-r," was repeated half a dozen
times.
There was no need of this injunc
tion, for Smith's car was as close to the
I door as he could get it without excit
ing the suspicion of his fellow jurors.
"S-m-i-t-h," spelled the instrument;
*T-i-v-e t-ho-u-s-a-n-d d-o-l-l-a-r-s i-f
y-o-u h-a-n-g t-li-e j-u-r-y o-r s-e-c-u-r-e
a-n a-c-q-u-i-t-t-a-L"
Scores of times was the message
clicked from the instrument while
I Smith sat in the adjoining room almost
paralvzed with doubt aud amazement.
This accounted for the apparent un
, concern of the prisoners during the
I trial. Their friends had secured a tel
! egraph operator willing to do their bid
! di:;g, had engaged the room in the ho
! Tel next to that occupied by the jury,
J and had placed the operator with his
instrument there. They had made
sure that Smith could be bribed, their
only doubt being the amount of money
necessary for the purpose. Even that
did not give them much concern, as
they could command almost any sum.
The difficulty that beset them for a
tim > was their inability to devise a
scheme by which they could learn
whether or not Smith accepted their
offer. The big owl's head which the
juror wore for a scarfpin finally set
tled that matter, however.
"If you accept this offer," dinned the
instrument into Smith's ears, "do not
wear your scarfpiu when you come into
court to-morrow."
Tne uext morning the boodlers'
nerves were keyed to the highest ten
sion. Would Smith accept this offer?
Would the scarfpin be missing? Or
would they have to make a higher bid?
The thought that they could not buy
him at uny price had never entered
their minds. The first man to appear
us the bailiff escorted the jurors
into court was Smith. The conspira
tors craned their necks to get a good
look at him, but their countenances
Boon fell, for the first thing they saw
was the gaudy scarfpin glistening and
sparkling like the Koh-i-noor. Not
withstanding this setback, however,
the conspirators by no means lost hope.
All that was necessary, they thought,
was to raise their bid.
That night Smith was on the a'crt
Not a.sound was heard from the adjoin
ing room, however, until nearly mid
night Then the telegraph instrument
began to click at a furious rate.
"Will give you fifteen thousand dol
lars," was the oft-repeated message,
"if you will either hang the jury or
bring in a verdict of acquittal. "If
you consent will place the money in
tbe hands of your wife aud will ar
range signals between 3'ou so that you
will bo assured that she has the
money."
For an hour or more this message
was repeated until it seemed to Smith
that the sound of it would drive him
crazy. Arguments were then being
made in the case and it was necessary
for him to make up his mind soon. Ap
parently, however, the offer made no
impression on him, for the next iplorn
ing the scurfpin appeared in his cravat
as usual.
At sight of the pin the conspirators
for the first time became alarmed
Judging tho juror, perhaps, by their
own peculiar standards, they had reck
oned that fifteen thousand dollars wr.s
enough to buy him, body and soul.
Time was now precious. The uext day
the case was to go to the jury. Ar
rangements would have to he made
that night or not at aIL Another con
sultation was held that cveniug and it
was decided to offer Smith thirty thou
sand dollars. This was thought to bo
so large a sum that ho could not possi
bly refuse.
Accordingly the operator was again
sent to the hotel and again tho instru
ment ticked out its tempting offers to
the juryman. But again the offers
were useless, for Smith appeared the
next morning wearing his scurfpin as
usual. That morning the case was
given to the jury, who retired to de
liberate upon the verdictj leaving the
prisoners with very little hope.
Their friends, however, did not givo
up the battle yet. By dint of hard
work tliey raised fifty thousand dollars
and sent the telegraph operator to make
u final appeal to the juror.
Before his arrival, however, one of
the bailiffs was nosing around the
corridor off which was the room which
was used by the jury. By a lucky mis
take ho opened the wrong door and
went iulo the room where the tele
graph instrument was placed His
suspicions were at once aroused. Ho
had heard a faint clicking sound the
night before, but. could not make out
what it was.
"Who occupies room SFC'S?" he asked
of the clerk iu the office.
"A traveling man," wn the reply.
"What's tho telegraph instrument
there for?"
"Didn't know it was there."
Without telling tho cleric his susp!
cions tho bailiff went to tho room and
removed the instrument
A few moments afterward the opera
tor appeared on tho scene. It was too
late. The game was up. The instru
ment was gone and there was not time j
to procure another. It was not only
too late for the conspirators to make
another offer, but Smith could not then
accept the offer already. made, as ho j
had no assurance that the money prom
ised would be forthcoming. The jury
took hours to decide upon a verdict
which it was said at the time was not
reached without considerable trouble. ,
The faces of the prisoners blanched as i
the jury filed into court, as they, too,
knew the game was up.
Ilow the verdict was rendered, how
the sentence was passed, and how the
prisoners, after a long delay, were sent
to prison to serve three years, and how
since their release from durauce some
of whom have waxed fat and rich and
haughty, the whole world knows.
But would Smith have accepted the
offer of fifty thousand dollars hud the !
operator been able to make it?
The conspirators to this day declare
that he would.
One thing, however, Is certain— ;
Smith is still comparatively a poor man
and bears a good reputation.—Chicago '
TtOMtML
1 SHORT AND INTERESTING
EIGHT cubic feet of snow produce
one cubic foot of water.
ALL the people in Brazil have un
usual respect for old ago. Young men
take care of old women, and old men
receive much attention.
TWENTY-TWO spinsters tire numbered
among the inhabitants of the Cherokee
strip. They have located their homes
and planted their fall crops.
A PUG dog that received injuries in a
recent gasoline explosion at Spokane,
\\ash., remembers the occurrence so
vividly that he will not venture within
a square of the place.
WILLIAM IIECKER, a Swiss baker in
Augusta, Ga.. is a powerful fellow. lie
can break a chain with his teeth, break
rop-es with his naked hands and snap a
chain wound around his arms by sim
ply swelling his muscles.
THE largest engine is at Friedens
ville, Pa. Its driving wheels are thir
ty-five feet in diameter, the cylinder is
one hundred and ten inches, and it
raises seventeen thousand five hundred
gallons of water per minute.
THERE will soon be music in the air
for Philadelphians. The car shop at
Third and Berks streets, Philadelphia
is to have a steam whistle that can be
heard twenty-five miles. It was made
by John Bowman, of Reading.
EXTRAORDINARY strength was pos
sensed by the Roman emperor Cains
Julius VertisMaximinus. Besidesother
feats of strength, he could crush the
hardest stone to powder in his hand
lie was over eight feet high, and had a
wonderful appetite. lie often ate forty
pounds of meat in a day.
STARTLING EVENTS.
FRED WHITE, of Otsego, Minn., while
mentally deranged, gouged out his
right eye. and, with an ax, cut off his
right foot and his right hand.
A COUPLE of burglars in Fall River.
Mass., while trying to escape, were
pursued by two football players, who
jumped on them, trampled on them
and brought other football tricks into
use. This treatment settled the bur
lars.
A SEVERE pain in the ear of Elsie
McLaughlin, aged seven, at Frank
fort, Pa., compelled her parents to
call a physician. He discovered that
a grain of corn had actually begun to
sprout in the earl It had been there
several days.
A BAKER in St. Johnsbury, Vt.,
is kicking himself because he broke an
°£Tg to put it in a cake instead of placing
it under a lien or in an incubator. In
side of the egg he found a live and
well-developed frog. Now, if the egg
had been hatched, a chicken and a frog
might have come forth as twinsl
FASHION'S FANCIES.
EVERY shade of brown is shown, both
in silk and cloth.
ENTIRE costumes arc now made of
accordion-plaited silk mull.
BASQUES are at the; height of fashion
and round waists are also worn.
DRESDEN china trays are in use for
the toilet, the bathroom, tho library
and the table.
TOM THUMB ribbon, sewed on in
rows, is employed to great extent to
trim petticoats.
NEW capotes are very small and are
sometimes ineiely a few velvet loops,
a bit of lace and an airgrette.
Two exquisite stones, matching in
size and color, placed side by side, is
j the newest style of mounting a ring.
THE best street dresses are severely
plain, and even the most elegant cos
tumes have no trimmings on the skirt,
save four or five rows of machine
stitches just above the hem.
ABOUT INVENTIONS.
IT was a farmer who invented the
rocking-chair, liis home was in Kings
ton, Mass., and the chair was made for
his own comfort in 1780.
A BERLIN inventor has discovered a
process by which coal can be consumed
without emitting smoke. It is to be
applied to a German lino of steamers.
AN attachment to typewriters that
counts the words as fast as they are
formed and with absolute certainty,
has been invented by A. V. Gcarhart,
of Richland Center, Wis.
AN Atlanta photographer has com
pleted a series of flash light photos of
the Saltpeter cave in Georgia. The
pictures were finished in six (lays,
whereas it required thirty years to
make the same number of pictures of
Mammoth cave.
THE AMERICAS.
BRAZIL was discovered in 1500.
SOME mahogany trees in Honduras ;
lire worth from 65,500 to SO,OOO each.
GEN. KODAXITSCH, one of the com
panions of the unfortunate Maximil
ian, died recently iu San Retno.
TIIK beef extract factories in South
America make one pound of extract .
from thirty-four pounds of meat.
THE COI.' ;st place in the world is the j
region about the mouth of the McKen
zie river, in British America. The
thermometer there has been known to j
sink to 70 degrees below zero.
MOUNT I)K AQUA, otherwise the
"water volcano," is situated about
twenty-five miles south of the capital
of Guatemala. It takes spells of vom
iting immense torrents of pure, cold
water.
IN PAGAN LANDS.
A CERTAIN Chinese sect teaches thai
women who become vegetarians will
be transformed into men in the great
hereafter.
I HE Chinese built suspension bridges
over two thousand years ago. There
are several examples of this early art
still in existence.
NEARLY sixty thousand Mohamme
dans made the pilgrimage to Mec
ca, last year, and in consequence arc
forever entitled be called hadji.
AT auctions in Japan the bidding is
silent and secret. Each person writes
his bill on a slip of paper, and the slips
are quietly dropped into a box. The
box is then opened and the highest!
biddei is named.
Thin isn't a Piece of fiction.
She had called at her husband's of-
I fice and she told him that in case ho
got home first he would find the key
where she had hidden it on the porch.
lie did get home first, and he found
this notice in his wife's handwriting
in a conspicuous place on the front
door.
"Dear Fred: 1 have hidden the key
so that no one can find it but you. It
is under the left lower corner of the
- | door mat."—Chicago Record.
| It Turned Hi* ll,ad.
! Jack Winston—l hear you have dis
■ charged your man, Cholly.
j ( holly Chumpleigh—Yes. Had to,
1 don'cher know. Somebody mistook
i the beggaw faw me, y' know, and it
| made him—aw—pwesumo and take
1 liberties. (lood enough man in othaw
j wespects.
I Jack Winston—Too bad. Hut who
svas it that mistook him for you?
Cholly Chumpleigh—My fiancee.—
Brooklyn Life.
Muflt IIHVC meant lliin.
"I wants Kurnel Breckenridge, win
libs next dore ter me, put under a mil
lion dollar bond ter keep de peace,"
said Sain Johnsing, excitedly, to an
Austin (Tex.) justice of the peace.
"Has he threatened your life?" asked
the justice.
"He has done dat berry ding. He tolo
me dat he was gwine ter till de next
niggah he caught after dark in his hen
house plum full of buckshot."—Texas
Sif tings.
Culture and Cooking.
Husband—What stuff this pudding
is! Where did you get the recipe?
Cultured Wife (calmly)— When speak
ing of directions for preparing foods
you should say receipt. When refer
ring to medical prescriptions you may,
if you choose, use the term recipe,
from the Latin recipcre —take.
Husband—l used the word correctly.
This pudding is a dose.—N. Y. Weekly,
lie Mltfht Uv> Too Long.
Old Hardcash—Yes, Miss Youngthing
has given me some encouragement; at
least she hasn't refused me. She says
she first wishes to see my family Bible.
I presume she wants to make sure that
1 am no older thsn I say.
Friend—No, she doesn't.
"Eh? Then what can she want?"
"She wants to see if you come of a
long-lived family."—N. Y. Weekly.
So Thoy Think.
'Twill bo a clcuner. sweeter world
When women vote.
White flftKH of peace will be unfurled
When women vote.
The ship of state clean decks will show,
Campaign cigars no more we'll know,
And cuspidors will have to go,
When women vote.
—Chicago Tribune.
"AT THE END OF 1118 HOPE."
jigg^
_j. —Judge.
Woman's Gillie.
Mrs. Iliclcs —l told 3-011 Mrs. Dix was
-nvious of our now dining-room furni
ture, and you didn't believe it.
I licks—Has she been here and told
you so?
Mrs. Hicks—No; but she sent over a
box of boy's tools to-day to Dick.—
luck.
Danger 111 Football.
"Can't I change my occupation under
the terms of this insurance policy?"
"What do .you wish to be?"
"A football player."
"No."
"Can I become a Brazilian insur
gent?'
"Yes."—Life.
1 ho IluinorH <>! tho
"Slang is always vulgar," said the
manager of the dime museum, "but it
is sometimes funny, too."
"Yes?"
"Yes. For instance,, it does sound
fuuny to hear the living skeleton ask
ing the fat lady if she will lend him a
couple of bones."—N. Y. Press.
Ami 110 Thought Hotter of It.
"If you refuse mo, Mabel llenderby,"
howled the desperate young man, "I
shall offer myself to Mag Searaway!"
"Do, Mr. Maxwell," said the proud
maiden, with a fierce joy shining in
her eyes. "I hate her!" —Chicago"Trib- j
u:ie.
No !MiHta!ce About It.
"So Dumley married a rich wife, |
eh?"
"I guess so. The minister intorpo- !
lated something in the service about
the holy bonds and mortgages of ma t
rimony."—Judge.
A CetlHr Dialogue.
"Don't talk to me." said the lettuce !
to the turnip. "1 have a heart and J
you haven't."
"1 don't see how that can be," re
plied the turnip. "You never get
mashed and I do."—Life.
J'mul lurl ties of (ho Dangiinge.
Otis Do Smith—l hear that your
wife's mother is very sicli—is site dan
gerous?
Pete Amsterdam—She is a very sick
woman, hut siie is not as dangerous as
when she is well. -Texas Sittings.
In Demand.
I'at Man—Yes, I was quite an atli- |
lete when I was young. I was always >
in demand when feats of strength ,
were to be performed.
Inquiring Hoy—Did they want to try
to Hft you?— Good News.
No Need of It.
Oldwed—What are you going to call
the baby?
Newed Great Scott, man, I don't
have to call him lie's awake all the j
t ; ,nf Detroit Tree i'resa
PRETTY BONBON BOX.
Very Effective for the Christmas Tree or
Dinner Tnhle.
This box can be made without paste
or glue of any kind, is easily and
quickly folded into shape, and iit very
pretty and effective for the Christmas
tree <>r dinner table.
One sheet of water-color paper and
a yard or two of narrow itihhon will
make half a dozen or more. Tinted with
/\y\
/ Ar* \
FIG. 1.
water colors or decorated with paint,
ings of flowers, these little receptacles
for bonbons aro as dainty and gay as
you please.
Onr illustration Ls a three-cornered
envelop-box, made with sufficient depth
to hold the candy. It is cut after the
pattern shown in Fig. 1. The dotted
lines indicate where the paper is folded,
and the short ones where it is slit for
the ribbon to pass through.
Cut a pattern first of writing-paper,
then laying that flat on your water
color paper, mark the outline with the
point of an ivory paper-knife, that no
black lines may be on the box, as
would be tile ease if a pencil were
used. Use a rule to keep the lines
straight where the paper is to be
folded, still employing the paper-knife
for marking, and with a sharp pen
knife cut the slits exactly as shown in
diagram. Cut out the box according
to the outline and fold according to
.dotted lines.
With the aid of the penknife blade
pass the end of your ribbon through
the two slits in the point of the flap,
bring it up over the top and down the
back to the bottom point; pass it
through the slit in the point, pushing
it on through those just opposite and
bringing it out in front, draw it up
the front and slip through the slits
above. Leave about three inches at
each end of the ribbon for tying.
Make a bowknot in the end of a longer
piece of ribbon, pass the other end
through the two slits on one side of
the box, drawing the how up close to
the lower slit; slip the ribbon again
through the slits on the other side of
Flo. 2.
the box, passing l it through the top
slit first, and tie a bowknot in this end
also. If your box is to bo tinted or dec
orated, spread it out fiat before run
ning- the ribbon in, and then paint it.
I'he tinting looks pretty if it grows
deeper towards the edges, or if a bor
der of a darker shade is put on in
.lashes. After tinting lay the box out
ilut under a heavy book or weight, and
let it remain until quite dry, after
which fold it into shape again and tie
•with the ribbon.—Harper's Young Peo
ple.
A WORD ABOUT VEILS.
In Nino Case# Out of Ton They Arc De
cidedly Harmful.
Fashion is queen, but if her subjects
could always remember to be sensible
in their devotions, the burdens imposed
by her would often bo much lighter,
and yet the spirit of the law would be
obeyed. This is especially true just
now in the matter of veils.
It can hardly be doubted that the
necessity, if such it was, that invented
veils brought forth what under some
circumstances may be beneficial; but
it is exceedingly doubtful if such praise
can be bestowed upon the articles worn
at the present time.
On a windy and dusty day veils of a
proper sort may be worn with no little j
comfort. They not only serve to keep
the wearer from an appearance of uu- j
tidiness, but are of benefit in protect
ing the C3'es from particles of dust.
On a blustering winter day, when
one is riding, a heavy veil, in the form
of a scarf, bound around the forehead |
and over the ears, with the ends well
about the neck and chin, is nearly as
useful, without beiug so cumbersome, !
us the old-fashioned muffler.
But all this does not excuse the risk
of injury to the eyes incurred by the
continual obscurity of the sight caused
I) 3' wearing the fanciful fabrics now in
vogue.
Of the different styles of such fabrics,
it is probable that the watered designs
are the most harmful, though it is hard
to conceive how they can be much
worse *than the heavily-figured de
signs.
We are all aware of the intimate re
lation between the general nervous
R3 T stem and the special senses. Indeed,
the relation of this most important
sense of sight to certain organic
changes in the botty has been the sub
ject of much recent investigation. It
is probable that the feeling of being
"sight tired," which we are all liable
to experience, very nearly approaches
at times to a special disease.
But whether we understand such,
matters or not, it behooves all of us to
appreciate the gift of sight sufficiently
not to abuse it I) 3' ueedlessty straining
our 03'cs.
Let us be sensible first, says the
Youth's Companion, and fashionable i
a/terwa^i.
for infants and Children.
"Castoria la so well adapted to children that I Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
! I recommend it as superior to any prescription I Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
known to me." H. A. ARCHER, M. D„ I gives sleep, and promotes di
-221 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. g Without injurious medication.
"The use of 'Castorfa* is so universal and I " For several years I have recommended
its merits so well known that it seems a work I your ' Castoria, 1 and shall always continue to
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the I do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria I results."
within easy reach " I EDWIN F. PARDBB, M. D.,
New York City. I "The Winthrop,"l2sth Street aud 7th Ave.,
s Late Pastor lfloomingdale Eeforiuod Church. ■ New York City.
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but prp:npt!y upon the liver, i:
stou* sin J intestines; cure
habitual constipation and dis
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O.ie tabule taken at the first
symptom of a return of indi
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