, 1877-06-17

dropped, or At least has been dropped for tho
time being.
IT .xExs nEAsoyAnLT CERTAIN
lat, Kimberly, Mscat1rey, and Johnson i tor
conspiracy In defraudinE the county out OF Ger
tain sums In connection with the supplying OF
groceries to. the 1nAanc Asylum aud Poor
comr,ie.ioner clea9y'. name vii not BE- b. .disd
10 the list. tut those Of two other Commission
whether Carroll and Comfy vii b put
,no II or sment, ps There found r .1asn:s 1aS:t' Re
Cndrev, rerlolat ETC., fur conspiracy, there
being a'i9he variation in The Language Of tho
indictments. Probably the indicted Commlt-
ssoncrs Will find thclf names on several indlct-
person, and sometimes alone.
Up 70 TIE tfme O! the adjournment Of the
Grand Jury, u seemed reasonably certain that
SUPERINTENDENT HtCKEr
would bo Indicted on the charge Of renting
prostitution 1t 10 positive That Ill The evidence
which WI i.t!,. "as brought before The GraGd Jury
rsstiye rs]a1c ,,on MFt; Sa~ Wheeler 1h snd the
tteased With Great Contempt. The Character
Of the witnesses. tho variation in their slate
tnent., and the general fsnprohabljty Of u,elr
ssorice, caused them to be looked unon With
great dtktrurt. Many Of the transactions which
were testified to were 50 anttquated that 20 per-
son Of common acnae should ever have taken up
the time of the Jury With them. Tho allegation
o. oEsfsy e u sstas as up a. ionir4s 5 for ts
Webster. himself Ii aino to be in-
dicted for keeping . house Of lIl.fnme.
THIS statesman fEotn Massachusetts has not yet
returned to town. and, IN vicw 81 this ind1ct-
Hickey, 1t must bc bor'c In mind that what the
Grand Jury llns thus far done Is by no means
dnal, and rs NJ tion tnay bc rceonsldcrcd to-mor
row morning.
II Is also contemplated 70
REVISE T1fB INDICTMENTS
which hare already been presented and to add
new matter to them. This Is believed
to be better than to bring In
Of substantially The same hubjcet matter. Thus
Walkers original Indictment will be mol. proH'd.
ahl a new one has f'ccn prepared which will
cover what was alleged I'll the old Unc, antl
Which Will adj to It's yartotis other counts. 1t
indictment. anil 10 add to the charge about de-
etroytnE the letters the one about secrctlng Ills
checks and chcck-atubs. Whether the tndct-
Rsnts 1stu5nsd In, ] ssaa..t caEpenteF FS,.yth
not known, but It ts not unlikely, the
probability being TINT Pertolat viii have four
indictments 70 htaEEet under, and that he will
have 70 and bail 10 the amount Of $4,000 or
TIE sU1L1vAN JUnr
matter appears to haze led TO nothing. Il was
runiored Yesterday morning that Mr.. Dooley
had been Indicted, but the Grand Jarr does not
seem TO hagc done anything about It up to date.
Whether II will Tomorrow morning, Is IT
course unknown. It was also suggested,
ut one time, TINT indictments would Be
found against certain parties for
lobbying At Springfield to klll the bin 1cglslat-
tng out OF office the present board Of County
Commissioners, but. after thinking 1t over, It
was suggested Tint conf: :tion wou1d be hnrsl
to procure and. therefore, that Was abandoned.
An indictment WIS aiso drawn agatnst Mr.
Feency, Burkharlt's purtncr, for perjury, but
that, too, the Jury has Toted not to present,
and 10 he will doubtless CONS oil unscathcd.
Thesc results mar accm yery elfgnt, In Yicw Ok
tho ttmo occupied by tho Grand Jury In the In
vestigationk. It Ia to be regretted that 10 lew
have been indicted IT.. addition TO those against
whom bills were returned last year. auil that
aoma Of these men, such 10 O'Donne! md
Bweetscr, should hare escaped. But Il was In
evltab1e. The luck of fimc was tatal, and It
would l,e useless to return A tnass Ut lndtct-
mcnts on which conviction could not be secured.
II il to be hoped that in future time another
Jury nav tako up the matter where this one
abandoned 1t, and prosecute the Investigation to
\ successful conclusion.