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The New Bloomfield, Pa. Times
New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania
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Tassey Stewart, a farmer from near Wheatland in Yuba County, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Finnegan and brought to San Francisco for attempting to bribe Secretary Chandler with $500 for a favorable decision in a U.S. land title contest. He was indicted by the Grand Jury on Friday.
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United States Deputy Marshal Finnegan brought to San Francisco from Marysville, on Sunday night, Tassey Stewart, a farmer in the vicinity Wheatland, Yuba county, as a prisoner, on a charge of attempting to bribe Secretary Chandler to render a decision in his favor in a contest over the title to a quarter section of United States land. He wrote to Secretary Chandler in October last, and again in November, offering him $500 for a prompt and favorable decision. Mr. Chandler referred the letters to the Attorney General, who transmitted them to District Attorney Coghlan, with instructions to bring the man to justice. When arrested he intimated that he thought the outgoing administration would be ready to take advantage of an opportunity to make money. The Grand Jury of the United States court found an indictment against Stewart on Friday.
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Wheatland, Yuba County
Event Date
October Last, November, Sunday Night, Friday
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arrested and indicted by grand jury
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Tassey Stewart attempted to bribe Secretary Chandler with $500 via letters in October and November for a favorable decision in a land title contest. Letters referred to Attorney General and then District Attorney Coghlan for prosecution. Arrested by Deputy Marshal Finnegan and brought to San Francisco from Marysville. Indicted on Friday.