| Show BY lay TELEGRAPH rca UNION una LUZ A M E rig BIG 1 10 A N washington 31 the grand jury came into the criminal court this morning with a number of indictments presentments and dis dix dl missals mis and after going through the form and presenting them themo placed the follow following ng communication in the hands of judge wylie washington oct 28 E 8 hutchinson Hutchin Bon son eab foreman of the grand jury sir bir 1 was wag drawn as a juror upon the regular panel of the march term of the criminal court and at a sacrifice of my business interests and personal persona I 1 health beaith reluctantly accepted service and faithfully performed the bant mant duty assigned me until the end of the term in june the star route case cage came on for trial and not with standing my earnest protest I 1 was accepted and sworn as a juror to try the case upon the law and the beati mony during the progress of the trial I 1 was approached by an agent of the department of justice named henry A bowen who represented to me he was authorized to beeme heeme jn reference to the case hamade he mide a dishonest proposition offering of to pay me to influence the ver diet the following dayi day august he forwarded a card to my ad dreta dresa making an appointment I 1 immediately reported the tran bae sao lion to judge wylie and informed him what had transpired the crime is of that character which affects the right and liberties of citizens and ja in of such euch importance I 1 respectfully but earnestly ear nestly neatly request reque git pit your honorable body should investigate the charge and that I 1 may be summoned before you to present the facts reported au RK ported by corroborating proofs I 1 am air very respectfully yours war DICKSON his honor read the paper through twice and turning t to the foreman fore nian said sharply abar shar ply did you say the grand jury received this paper yes sir air he answered do eldo you know by whom it was written nothing more than it was received it is a a highly improper communication bald eaid the judge and egand you should take no notice of is it it is a paper coming from a party who insists on being brought before you for the purpose of vindicating himself nim self we have no official knowledge as to who signed it the court will dicori tsa tha allt tn nil fil t tho ekl pala in open court and that a rule issue to the gereon whose name appears to have been written to the paper to show cause why he should not be punished for corl contempt tempt 11 when shall the rule be returnable asked the clerk tomorrow to morrow morning at lO 10 sharply answered the judge fudge the jury then retired and the regular business of the court was resumed but the introduction lutro intro of the letter and the action of the court created quite a sensation after the presentation of several beveral affidavit il juror Brown was called to the stand and told the story of rayes attempt at bribery in substance stance as already related in the stance as already related in the press upon cross examination 3 witness said he was in informed formea through an anonymous anonym oua note that fali fall was waa working up this scheme witness did not believe they bad had p any intention of paying 2500 for his aia vote he did believe it was a job to bend fiend him to the penitentiary peni ten biary col Ko roburt robirt 0 ingersoll IngeT soll has been 1 interviewed on special counsel wells report in the titar estan route roum bribery berlease case ease ingersoll Inger goll fiade chave read the tho report and am very much obliged to wells wella for maki makl making ngit it he has corroborated my llly statement in many particulars and has furnished BO so much evidence in favor of its aba solute truth that thid I 1 feel under solute truth that thid I 1 feel under tain tsin to hirn I 1 charge that pall fall was wax employed by the gov frament atio atio a daj day wella wells admits 1 ir was wag employed at 50 a donth weila wella admits thal that both hoth tesio we a men yero yere were vero here because rui rul said raid I 1 he and ana nelan had haa bribed brown lna ina in a former case cage wells ad ml s this I 1 also charged that fall employed itao Y QC fe and fhe hie id that foote brought to fatland fall Fat band hand and that fall fali gat payne rayne to offen offer brown 2 2600 goo tor for his liia vote wells admits this th the e only difference between all abatement and iny own up to thib thia point la is is aa 10 to the forini ol 01 the thel written agreement 1 fall tall for bown bown try 0 eign all the evidence taked to it hout one shadow of douba that thai laii lail fall fail was employed by st ithe department cf of justice and that in tue vae interest of his employer wail corrupt brownia Brow nIi 1111 Is admitted by the ifie Department ut of oi Ju juntip that fall not only made mado improper proposals to jurymen juryman jury mens men but be he carried his bis impudence to the extent of making an improper proposal to the department X of justice wells bubs subs tanti ally aily admits fall did go to holmead Hal mead and did tell him all theother the other jurors were under the ban of suspicion and that ho be hai haime Hal Halme halmess mead sd was the only juror in ja whom the attorney general had any confidence holmead holmead did not regard this thia conversation as an attempt to bribe him andio and BO stated but as a matter smatter of fact to approach a juror in that way is just aa as reprehensible aa as to offer money it Is infamous the real question and the really in the case la Is whom was fall acting for foi was wag he acting for the government or for the defence suppose it turned out that the defendants were paying fall 10 a day and the de justice nothing would it be possible to make any human being believe that helas he was acting for the Dep department artmen t of justice it Is admitted that abe tho department pa paid id him and the supposition Is id that he worked for hig hla employers and without goibe positive tive tivO testimony to the contrary we are compelled to believe he did it for the department NEW EW york yorm 81 mrs samuel seguin aged sti wite wife ot of dr edward seguin the noted specialist of diseases of th the e brain killed her three young children this after afternoon ngon and then killed herself at 41 west twentieth street there is to no other cause known for the horrible tragedy than hi sanity insanity of the mother the children were edward dagel john van dwyne aged liged 6 5 and jeannette 4 years year they were all ail snot shot through the head and instantly killed the mother mothers death was as sudden budden as theirs A brightful feature of the tragedy is the manner mannen of the murder mrs seguin begum took the Child children rento to an empty spare room atthe at thi top too op of bf a five flye othny atory house in tire the absence of her hei and when the servants were engaged in the basement and locked herself in with them the eer servants believed they had gene gese out for a walk what happened from then will never ba be known but when dr abedon mrs Seagul seagulls hea Bea guins ns brother called at five and with hib his suspicion aroused by their long iong absence the family made a search ot of the house the mother and children were round elead an all ishac triv head the childrens hands were llod lit tit id behind lelm auvia A U faoa al wu wit l welle while w hate wilo cord they were blindfolded with a handkerchief and from all appearances must have been shot while playing at tit blind mans mauls buff with their executioner they were dead for at least an hour and a half and were quite cold when discovered three pistols were found in the room all of heavy calibre and all had been used mrs seguin had been despondent from physical causes for some time but bhe ehe had shown no evidence of insanity she bhe was a small slim woman and of nervous temperament ent her domestic life lile way wag very happy and there was wag no family trouble doctor seguin re beturne i home about 7 and seguin re beturne i home about 7 and upon hearing the dreadful news was utterly prostrated he is in a state of mental distress and under the care of physicians fans faus dr beguin seguin is a noted specialist in case casel i of Jm insanity anity antty his father was equally F to fo o his wife ia is the daughter of a massachusetts farmer the couple movel moved in the best society the family lived in a five story brown htone atone basement the room in which the tragedy took place is on the fifth floor and ig Is ec arcely evir ev evi r used by the family the servants in the houte during the day noticed mrs seguin was ia ja a moody condition she had been in for ar averal several weeks what her brother dr armijo the blues about 11 he called upon her and she bhe ahe didiot did not had hud written dr henry M ralser balser who had been invited to dine dice with the family to deter defer hi hia hla ls visit 11 this tilia note she gave her brother to send ha he took it jokingly and said eald they would all enjoy themselves dr amidon called on his beater at 3 ove oye locks and was told that she had gone cut for a walk he returned at 5 but mrs mra 8 had not yet returned the hall boy incidentally mentioned that t the he door of the spare room was wai locked and the key gone A sudden suspicion the doctor that mrs beguin had gone to central park parko and destroyed herself and the children he could not explain why he thought this he immediately went up stairs and burst tho the door of the room open A horrible hor sight met his eyes almost in the middle of the floor lay the doad dead body cf the tho eldest boy edward edwards la in a pool of blood wood partly in a closet jay mrs seguin grasping gras grag ping in her right hand a big peari pearl handled bandied revolver inside the closet lay the boy john and the girl jeannette annotto Je there could be no doubt dolbt the mother had taken the children into the room on pretence predence pre tence of playing blind manyi mand buin buff she had led the two youngest into the closet and locked them in while phe ehe murdered the oldest boy the pistol with which he was ahot is a large practice weapon with barrel eleven liches inches long it lay beside him and the bullet lay on the floor it had passed through his head the murderous mother then proceeded to the closet and bre revolver with which she bhe afterwards blew out her own braina shot the other two children dr amed on cut the strings that bound the childrens children hands bands and laid them on th the ebed bed the police and und kronor were once onee nothing was found in the room to explain the motive tor for the terrible terri ble blo crime the murderess held heli the weapon weapons close to the victims head for the handkerchiefs on their theli faces laces had bad beeri been bunted the face of the little girl wore ware a look of innocent surprise that cut more deeply than any inny other feature e of the tho dreadful deed anthe on the table tabie e lay a bobof box of partridges and a third pistol dr beguin seguin when he returned wasl was taken to his office and physicians summoned he acted as though his faculties were gone gene he caught ight of the picture of hio ha children on the thib wall walf and broke into a ho horrible Trible wailing walling cry that cruny the hearts of the list listeners eners enerA the mho physicians fear he will lose his nta nna son BOD none of the servants t a heard any nonte sudden insanity Is the only motive known fur the deed mrs dr seguin beguin was waa neatly dressed saed the children were lovely little things and aalthe all ali the family he she had washington 31 ai at a meeting of the board of directors of the garfield monument fair association tonight encouraging advises advices were received from different points throughout the country the whole apace space in I 1 the fhe he rotunda of the capitol ia is already taken the secretary of the association Is in daily receipt of gifts and exhibits from all parts of tho the country Pro gramme finally agreed upon saturday november sath opening ceremonies sunday nov garfield memorial day ath mt mra ara daay ostaf school children childrens day ath Wheel mens dant dav soth both knights kulsha templar day dec let iet military day ld Di district of colombia columbia day ad dedication ceremonies estimated reduction in the public debt for october abut about amount of 3 per cent bonds issued in exchange for 31 3 per cent cents about leaving un called aj 3 per cents outstanding jing exchangeable into 3 por per cents at op tion of the holders N NEW YORK 31 the steamship panda vandalla llo IiO signalled signal led tonight to night on off fire island has on board the member members bof bot of the imperial german i sent to this country to observe the transit of venus venue on the ath of december cember er at hartford conn the german protestant chur churches cheB in this thia city united in services tonight commemorative of the birth of the reformation oct 31 1517 I 1 when martin luther posted bis uis hi 97 therea on the doors dooris of the church to in Wurtem wurtemburg Wurt emburg burig jas H storrs a well known lawyer in thib thia city died suddenly on monday y in late years storrs has acted aa as counsel in thib thia city for the central Pac fac pacific itle chesapeake ohio and bouthern southern pacific railroad stars stats washington by the new york associated prema presa ic it is understood that the western association which has hai already estabA established hed ngen ag en cies oes in new now york and boston I 1 has added colorado and texas to their thair territory the heralds washington special saya pays P the western As association 8 ocla ocia la is reported hera as havi having n g L hev fevered ev its connection with the new york yoh yok press presa association and tomor to mor row will begin independent service here under the management of walter phillips independent service is to be 18 h e d a at t once anc e I 1 in n all parts of the country and a force aquil 0 u A I 1 J to that employed by the new york o r k association Is to be engaged to compete with this organization cable service it 16 is sald said la Is already arranged for foreign market report a id ad news among the arrivals yesterday were 30 armenians Armen ians who were dressed q in a peculiar pe callar foshion fr chion all were very filthy they propose apropo e to bettle bettie somewhere in the wa west several famille families 3 of colored people numbering 60 50 persons of all ages sailed this morning la the ship moravia for liberia CHICAGO 31 an indianapolis India napolia special bays saye the condition of ex gov hendricks hendrichs is not improved this morning and excited increased alarm there are great gret fears that poisoning has set in every effort la Is making to prevent its spread to the entire system A consultation of attending burgeons eur geons decided immediate amputation unnecessary lary aary unless the diseased places slough W on the knife must be used one attending physician says there is 1 not one chance of a hundred of recovery the pazienta pati wati enta mind is clear and he if aware of the nature of his awful affliction IOWA lowa CITY 31 all ali the saloon lice ilce ceasee in iowa city expire tonight to night ad midnight it ia 13 reported that most of the will ten der oer the amount of their taxes for the next six months to the mayor but he will tro ipa irot receive them 81 bithe the new york conference of the temperance society adopted resolutions in favor of submitting to the people a prohibition hibi hibit tion lon constitutional amendment OMAHA at 31 A circular will be ls Is sued from the union pacific headquarters tomorrow to morrow signed by general manager clark dark announcing the appointment of E P vining who bas bus been for many years yeara general freight agent to be freight traffic manager of all the branches and lines operated oy by the union pacific railroad |
