In re Wellcome

— On the 5th day of May, 1899, there was presented to this Court an accusation in writing, verified by the oath of one Fred. Whiteside, charging John B. Well-*141come, an attorney and counselor at law of the courts of Montana, with having bribed, and offered to bribe, certain members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State to vote for one William A. Clark, of Butte, a candidate for the office of Senator of the United States from Montana. It is, in substance, alleged, among other things, that Wellcome paid to the members named in the accusation the sum of §120,000; that he bribed other…