, 1889-11-13
THE GRAND JURY.
Several Indictments Returned
Against Offenders.
Prosecutor StoII I'll and Mr.. A. C.
Campbell Acting.
The Remarkable Letter Written the
Sheriff by a Guest.
WITH DILIGENCE.


Court was in recess a greater portion Of
yesterday, but the grand jury, following
the injunction of Judge VanD evanter,
diligently lahored. A big crowd Of wit
nesses loitered about the court house the
entire day awaiting the pleasure Of the in
vestigators.
The jury examined witnesses with de-
spatch and it was early evident that their
session will be a short one.
Prosecutor Stoll is confined to his room.
having had an operation performed on
his throat. His partner, United States
Attorney Campbell, appeared before the
grand jury for the territory and kept
Sheriff Martin and his deputies r%ustling
for witnesses.
INDICTMENTS.
Two reports were presented to the court
by Foreman Draper on behalf of the
grand Jury. These were the persons in
dicted and their offenses:
Louis j. Soathof. assault with intent
to kill. Ho is supposed to be the man
who stabbed Mike Clannan in Klett's sa-
loon three weeks ago. Clannan is still at
the county hospital and his recovery is ex-
tremely doubtful as blood poisoning has
complicated what was already a serious
case.
John Drew will be required to answer
to the charge of grand larceny. He bur-
glarized rooms in the Tilden block several
months ago. Drew was about to slide
down a veranda post after crawling
through a window when a lodger fred a
dornicker at him with such effective aim
that Drew fell To the ground and was con-
siderably bruised.
Chas. Berry and Harry L. Miller were
trusted employees of Sam Wilcox, the res
taurant man. until they cleaned oat his
safe one night and hid the plumber in a
c~ulvert, where it was found by an officer.
Miller is a nero boy.
Assault with intent to kill is the charge
carried in the true bill returned against
Robert Smith. the section hand who made
a murderous attack on Foreman Pat
Lyons at a station a few miles east of
Cheyenne last August. Smith was mildly
reproved by LYONS for wasting food and
the assault which was as sudden as seri-
Gus, followed.
VIM. Morris, a boy who came here
with a gang OF tramps last summer, stole
some articles from the residence portion
Of Ell. Kimme's Western hotel and will
be required to show cause why he should
not be adjudged guilty of grand larceny.
James and George Perry, father and
son, are indicted for cattle stealing on two
counts. They were ~cleverly captured by
Horse creek ranchmen led by Billy Ly-
kins and Joe Guerney.
A CONTENTIOUS OFFICER.
John Drew, the Tilden block sneak,
has written Sheriff Martin q confidential
and humbly polite begging note which is
more or less of a literary daisy. He rep
resents to the high sheriff that he is
sadly in need of a coat, that the protec-
ton which might be afforded by the gar
ment would allay his sufferings from
asthma. Of the ravages OF his all
ment he says: "My agony during fire.
quent attacks Is intense. My lungs aud
heart and liver are thrown out of plumb
by the fits and a superabundance of
melancholia invariably follow the violent
visitations. A coat | once had, but the
apparel was withheld by the officer who
I'M
of the law was somewhat contentious and
disarranged all of my clothing" Drew
subscribes himself the sherif's most
obedient servant"
The missive is even more amusing
when 1t is known that Drew was so badly
injured by his fall from the Tilden block
veranda that it was necessary to haul him
to Jail in a hack.
Alert Rail.