The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-10-05

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QUIT was the goal Of many footstep n
,eeterday morning. Long before the - =.
lour OF II Il was crowded with inhu- :,
,ntial men. an unusually large assem-. =
Ila4e OF the members Of tho bar ana ,s
an complement Of the curious. :,
JUDGE MARI .
lscended the bench promptly on time, Il
District Attorney Luxenburg was also
q court and Attorney General Rogers d
lrriyed shortly after. The grand jury b
vas not 30 prompt. They were called 1
or II q. M, but only the foreman's r.
.halr and . few others were occupied a. 5
that hour. III. s9l
called to testify before the jury COM !.
cerning the bond fraud were nearly
I'LL inside the inner rail Of the court
room. Messrs. Marshail Stoddart,
Alfred Jardet, Jsmss Campbell, W.
3. Sfansbury, ]. III. Mccormick, T. Il.
Roach. Bernard Hans, A. X. Mclean,
r, Peudhomme and Stephen Chalaron
were present, while Messrs. Maurice
]. Hart, p. F. Herwig and others were
absent. Most of the witnesses were
armed with bundles OF books and doc
umeuts. Broker Jartlet, who had LETT |
his ct his ofice, by request of Attorney
General Rogers went for them, and
came back with an ominously large
package.
A trial Of q petty jury case diverted
the attention and seemed to relieve the
severe tension of ss
EXPECTANCY AND UNCERTAINTY
which nearly all In the courtroom felt.
The grand Jurors chairs filled slowly.
There was only an unlucky bakers
dozen at half-past IL. The court
seemed unwilling to send the grand
Hurry to Its room with only one more
than the bare tweive, which constitute
the legal quorum.
Ten minutes later fifteen of the six
|teen men impaneled as grand jury
on the I'd inst. were present. They
were:
THE GRAND JURY.
, Thos. J, Woodward, of the chip
} chandlery firm of Woodward, Wight
4 Co., foreman.
Benjamin o. Olivier, bookkeeper
Louisiaua National Bank.
James +. johnson, cooperage.
Geo. w. Young, secretary Pelican
: Insurance Company. R
@. Hirsch, of the wholesale grocery
1 arm Of Hirsch, Adler & Co.
Il John g. Baker, clerk St. Louis ane
Mississippi Valley Railroad.
Samuel D. Fearing, -four dealer.
VIM. q. Bres, bookkeeper shattucf
}, & Hoffman.
Ia Henry B. Carroll, secretary Plat
:, Reina de Sonora Mining Company.
John 8. Anderson, sewing machtn
'' agent.
y Michael Bowling, salesman Phil
ut Thompson.
nj CASTOR Villars, bookkeeper Lehman
20 Stern Il 90.
70 Walter H. Ellis, sheet iron worke
III Chas. w. Notion, clerk F. F. Hal
OF cell & Bro.
go John @. Roper, bookkeeper Strau
& Go. s.- go
The absent member was Peter
Raymond, bookkeeper OF Robe
Carey 4 Co., who is out of the cit,
C. AFTER THE ROLL CALL
IT. Jude MARI moved along the benz
~ toward the left until he was immed
~ stely above and before the grand jur,
~ Attorney General Rogers aad Distri
" Attorney Gutenberg assumed goo
listening pOSAtAVuo3 tuo AASAAAooAs VI ~
ne bar leaned forward that not wo
of might be missed, aud Judge MARI b
No gan to speak. He rebuked the graz
Jury Tor it's delay in assembling. I
Ia. regretted very much their want
cd punctuality. The law provides pc
of atty for tardiness, but he begged to
in spared the duty of inflicttng punis
=. ment. Contrary to his custom,
specially charged the jury, aud did
ate only for the reasons embraced in t
Tor charge.
lar He read his charge as follows:
de. CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY
ks, Gentlemen of the Grand Jury-T
vas charge which gave you at the
ginning of your term Of Office, althou
It was necessarily very much CO
nd densed, sufiiced to direct your attenti
The to all violations of the penal laws
ost the state within the parish of Orlear
,,u and 1t was broad enough TO cover eve
crime and misdemeanor known to
os' calendar.
Your oath of Office, which hal
ere couspicuously upon tbs wall 10
Ian grand jury-room, Is a concise expo
~. ton Of the duties and obligati'
70" which devolve upon you az gre
an- Jurors. You, Mr.. Foreman, and y
vii, gentleman grand jurors, have, each 9
,ds. all of you, solemuly sworn, and cal