Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-04 | Page 3 | Bribery Alleged in Jail Scandal

BRIBERY ALLEGED Allm IN JAil SCANDAl Fund of Revealed Available to Fix Jury in Case in Chicago CHICAGO Jan 4 Confes AP-Confes- fIx federal sion of a plot to the grand jury which recently cleared Former Sheriff Peter M. M Hoffman and seven others other in the Cook county jail scandal put the government on the trail today ofa of a bribery fund alleged to have to totalled or more After fifteen hours questioning of three men under arrest Hope Thompson assist assistant nt district attorney attorney ney announced he had hadl hada a definite notion as to where the big bank roll came from Deputy Marshal Thomas Smith who voluntarily revealed re the alleged plot 1101 said he had refused a brIbe to aid in placing Joseph Plunkett on the jury which acquitted acquit acquit- ted Hoffman and his codefendants Smith did not gO through with his part In the transaction and plunk Plunk- plunkett ett one of the three under arrest did not get on the jury Federal investigators IndIcated however that Smith may not have been the onlY individual approached Several persons In the federal building have reason to be extremely extreme extreme- ly nervous said Thompson who was before the jurymen as prosecutor tor in the trial growing out of liberties Uber- Uber ties alleged to have been allowed two beer runners held in jail here for the government We are fully satisfied that serl- serl ous ous determined and repeated efforts et- et forts were made to fix the jury but butas butas as yet we have no evIdence any money actually was received Mr MI Thompson took steps however how how- ever which would facilitate examination examination nation of the entire jury which was succeeded eded today by a new panel It was was indicated that because of legal obstacles the government would be to attempt another an- an other trial for the eight defendants In addition to Plunkett those held were Leon Jr deputy marshal accused of informing Smith in charge of the e grand jury venire that It would be worth fifteen fl teen grand to qualify Plunkett as asa asa a juryman and L. L C. C Moran an attorney federal men said made a clean breast of f it I I