Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1870-03-02
Court Of Common Pleas.


This Court convened on Monday, February
a, 1870.
Hon. J. p PlYLEY, Judge.
c. w. HOLLAND, Clerk,
JIM. BIoGILlIvRAY, Prosecuting Attorney.
DANIEL DooTH, sheriff; A. L. HUNTER, Dep
uty Sheriff,
The following gentlemen composed the
Grand Jury:
David Pinney, B, w, KelCh, Ephriam Rob-
bins. ID. Y. Benjamin, Isaac Reynolds, Thomas
McAlister, j. Nj. Thomas, q. w. Wilson, G. W.
Pearce, Robert Aiken, Henry Teters, Jesse Gray,
G. b. Will, John Lowry, G. NJ. Wilson.
The Court appointed B, W, Kelch, Foreman
Forty four witnesses were examined by the
Grand Jury Six Indictments were found
Among the witnesses who testified before the
Grand Jury was the distngulshedand Honora-
Bile Job W Lucas, of African descent, who keeps
Il barber shop in this town, and, as he is only
shade darker than the editor of the Record, he
has, If the Record don't lie) assisted the aforc-
said editor in the various departments of that
paper We don't want the reader to under
stand us to say that he writes editorials for the
Record but that he hNs. since voting last Octo-
ber actually superseded tony and is chief die
tator and superintendent ormost eftle columns
of that small paper. In fact, he has advised the
chief editor TO say this and that about him SO
often and in such fine style, all OF which has
been said that lie believes that he is better than
any Democrat in McArthur-eyen got to thtuk'
ing that some Of the Democrats were thieves
and had stolen his corn. lie had been "telling
around on the sly" for several mOaths past that
some of his corn had been stolen, that Demo-
cmt had stolen it, that he knew his name, and
that the thief lived within certain boundary
(le even described the boundary in his neigh
borhood This story of a Democrat stealing his
corn worth 81 ,50) hal been talked aboutby al
most every person in the town. so much had
been said about ii, that some honest Republi-
can who didn't like to hear Democrats charged
with stealinga ngger'S corn, at a time when Il
was too late for Job to "depart the Court with
out leave" caused q subpoena to be issued re-
ouiring his attendance rs q witness before the
Grand Jury. Before entering the Grand Jury
Room he swore that he would "tell the truth,
the who'e truth. aRd nothing but the TRUTH He
entered and took seat, looking grave as the
| Record editor, who fills the Deputy Revenue As
scssor's Office There is no doubt but that he
stated that some ofhis corn had been stolen. that
| he knew the name of the Individual who stole it,
| but he refused. to give his name, Only few
! moments before he had taken an oath TO tell the
whole truth He went out into the Court Room
! The Prosecuting Attorney reported the matter to
| the Judge, and his Honor after hearing him
make great boo! hoo! and declare aforc de
God in Heben dat he wouldn't tell who took de
corn, o dered the Sheriff to take him in charge
and lind him lodging in the county jail but Jo'
| finally concluded that he had better re construct
! his testimony. SOhe re-cntered the Grand jury
Room and stated that nobody had stolen his
corn, and that he hadn't lost any 1t said that
those who were present in the Court and Grand
jury Rooms were mighty entertained during the
Investigation of "Who stole dat Corn?''
The following gentlemen compose the Pcti;
| Jury:
John Radclin John Trainer, D. 4. Dye, Wm.
Graves, VIM. Walker, i. &. Freeman, John
/ Stevens, George Wallace George Craig, Harry
Robbins james McGilliyray, Abraham Argan'
! bright
Next week we will publish further proceed.
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