The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-05-28
TURNED LOOSE.

TIE Orand Jury negase 10 lndict she ueye
~ shsrl0 VIE Took Part 10 the Cnh"sse
Hsridgs Mnssnrre. snd They are Releases
~ Ordos - the Court-An ~gnA
Mse(iae-Approva1 ~ conservative cssa-
sens
DsIIxvrLIR, H.. May 2o.-ThS sensa'
don Of the day AZ Belleville yesterday
was the discharge q the Louisville >
Nashville special deputies, BY order o.
Judge Snyder, 20 whom the grand jury
made a report refusing 70 nnd a bill o. 10
dictment against them. Judge Watts ar
rived from Nashville on the morning
train for the purpose Of hearing the h.
beas corpus proceedings which had been
instituted In their behalf, but tool
no action in the matter. as he was IN
formed what action the grand Jury
had taken. During the afternoon and
| bills were circulated on the streets CALI
Ing for an Indignation meeting at the
| courthouse for eight o'clock last night,
| at which addresses were 10 be made py
| Alexander Flanagan, Of East 81. Louis,
| and others. The action Of the grand jury
4 generally approved. and q number OF
| promInent citizens called on the mayor
10 request him to forbid the holding ~
the Indignation meeting. lie decided
not 10 interfere. but took steps 70 pre-
vent anv d~isordcrly or riotous proceed
ings. The released deputies LETT fof
their homes last evening. ...
About three hundred men u.
front OF the Courthouse and were called
: "a order BY Charles Nesbit, who intro
duced Mr.. Flanagan as the orator OF inc
evening. He commenced his address by
stating that he had consented 10 speak
upon condition that the meetin. was q
he an ORDERLY one, and he counseled thu
laboring men never TO resort Y
the winchester rife In defending
their rights or rcdressing their griev
ances. but 10 do 30 by means O
their ballots. He then stated the objec'
Of the meeting 20 be 10 denounce ths
action OF the grand jury which had sc.
murderers free, and in effect had told
them to do II again. He said ne DID no
desire to direct the vengeance of ~
audience against any man or men, u NJ
hoped that no lawlessness would char
acterize the meeting His address
which lasted an hour. was ~
rected mainly 20 a d~enunciation Q
the railroad CNTpuIAtlDu>. ttAthtn< -.
they controlled st. Clair County, and al
though they might conspirc AGAINST IN
Iaboring man. yet they could not 2
reached by indictment, while the laboreI
who went 10 his fellow laborer and ~
duced him Ia desist from work, wa
liable 10 Indictment He claimed ina
no need existed for militia In East y
Louis until the Louisville & Nashvill
road brought their special detective
there and. arming them with Wi
chesferS. brought on the collision vii
the people at the trcstle. He wound u
his address BY referring 70 the fact tn
he was h only speaker present, and I'M
he had been advised not 70 speak, %
that he had no axe "a grind and ma
determined to speak his sentiments eve
IL he should be condemned for IL.
Other speakers we're called Tor, on
. none responding. the meeting ~adJourne
at nine O'Clock
= The gathering was a very orderly on
and was composed mainly OF workin
. men, who frequently applaudcd the sent
ments expressed by the speaker. )
n resolutions were adopted. No unusu
: excitement was occasioned by the :
= lease OF the deputies. for they rampi'
! around the city unmolested until time J
them to depart for their homes.