, 1876-01-11
THE COUNTY BUILDING.

Commissioner Cfeary Is reported conva1aBoont,
and ts expected TO pe in his saat Monday.
1t Las bnsn practically decided that the indict-
ment against tho Eighteenth Ward 1udecs viii
bo dismissed,
Sheriff Agnew is absent On yiait to MiHau-
kee, but is expected to return In sime to take .
batch OF prisoners to Joliet Friday.
The County Court Was engaged yesterday in
the hoasing Of clalms. To-day 1t will be buaied
in tho tliat OF half-n-dozon bhAtardg cases.
Tho Twentieth Ward eectlon cates vera cali
sd IN tho Criminal Court yeatorday morning.
Judge McAliistar Oh tho Bench. hut owing to tho
sickness Of council, ucro continued ono week.
fcial proceedings OF the County Board has not
get been made. Strange A. 1t may Be1fu, it ia
reported on good authority that tho delay han
been occAsloned by the uno1 pected action Of The
sward will nov probably nos ba msda bosorc tho
United States 0rnn1 Jury Gsts through tta work-
THE GRAND JURY,
Tho Hrhnd jury wts aBaln IN session yester-
day, and took up the complaint ot J. II. Nc
Wicker asanst an evening paper. Tho mituoasas
| nxatnlned doGmed To SHOW that tho calling Of
N1ev1oker'a Thoatre +" ttnder-bo1r by that
journal was liocsous but tho Jury did not con-
meaETe circulation and influence OF the papor.
and honce found no bill. Tho Jury fs expected 10
adjourn thia morning, wten 4 return OF about
tItty indictments wi! be made.
THE DAVIS july.
At tho opening Of tho Criminal Court ycBter-
! day morning. lit. O'Drton, Of tho dctense In tho
Davis murder trial, called attentipn to An In
t,matiou in sho Times OF yesterday morning
tint certain juror had boon tampesed with,
| and that tho Juror had tcceivad = noto. while lu
the sherman House, kaying that money had
been loft at cortatn ptace for him. Ho wanted
/ tho writer brought Into Court, that tho juror
and tho defopse might bo yind,eated. hat tho
Court refused 10 Interfere. Afr. Hoed was sAtts-
fed that tle Charge did not amount 70 anything,
aud gave notice that ho would c>ll tho case for
o sccond trial tho first day Of the Fobruhry
| term.
| The explanation OF the money TRANSACTION
wtl oua of tho ju.ors ii simpla. 1t appohrn
| that tho note in question WIS written by Mr..
Smith, On tho Jury. to bair ot tho Court, whom
he kuow. asking tor a2 with which to purchase a
shirt, Inther than send bona for ono- Tho
money wAa loaned In tho evening and returned
the next morning, Which is all tha1o ia Of the
story.
| A P1IsoNEn HELD WITHOUT oAusE,
Some new facts caruo 10 light yesterday in con.
Ludwig from The countyJal: tls said that the
! prisoner, Madden, furptahod LudNig tho ladder
with which na reached the root, It being pro.
cured from tho engineer. But. dropping. this
in unwaTrantea md ine1ousAbto 1ooaoneBs IN
Ludwsg's incarceration. IIe WIS frat con1lno1
by order Of tho United atatoa Commissioner, bui
| no bill wha found against him. He WAS retained
in custody, however. aud the Grand Jury Of the
Criminal Court indicted him for the theft OF =
watch-caHo valued 1t 81. A capias WAS issued
on tho indictment for his arsost, which vas moi
returned, 20 fact which tho records OF tho Cou1.
Ahow. Ills natno was subsequently, ssriczon
from tho docket, but the other prisoners In
| dicted 1t tho aome time were Ia ht
| meaut!nao an1igus3. LudViRa escape. after sl}
WIS fortunate. It callod tho attention Of ths
autLoritieh to the fact that he had beeh In Jail
which they might not hare otherwise found out
Rnd 1t may lead to bis early trial or dta1n,nsal
INK. Ila has heen in confinement to date, barrinf
Lbs nme be WIS out by escaping. 1o3 days.