St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-11
TO-DAY WILL END Ii.
The Grand Jury Doodle In
vestigation Approaching
the Finale.
One or More Indictments
Found, or Rumop Is in
Error.
City Physician Chase Appar-
emily Has Things His
Own Way.
The Petrole Fuel Company
Litigation--Rabbie Marks
Sermon.

There will be probably but one more
day of grand jury grind and then the
anxious hearts of several city officials,
including aldermen ct al. will find rest
in sense of absolute certainty of what
lies before them. There is no longer
any question as to whether any lndicU-
ments have been found, the only doubt
now being in regard to the number of
true bills found. The grand jury will
be very likely to finish and report this
afternoon. They adjourned last night
until o'clock this afternoon, and it is
thought that but few more witnesses
will be called. There is said to be one
man who will appear to-day and who
knows something in regard to the
peculiar performances" now under
consideration by the grand jury. There
are several persons who know him and
know what he knows, and they all agree
that he can tell something which will
cause the jurymen to wake up.
The spirit-it at least looked like a
spirit-of City Clerk Haney wandered
through the corridors of the court house
yesterday like Banquo's ghost in Mac
beth's banquet hall. 1t was whispered
about that the slowly-moving and pom
dering figure was Haney in the flesh,
but it wore such troubled mien that
no one dared speak to 1t. Despite
his frequent assertions that he knows
nothing of the transactions that have
been connected with his name, Haney
seems to be nightly worried over the
result of the grand jury's cogitations.
Moreover, wherever the Doodle bust
ness is under discussion, Haney's
name can always be heard, and
it seems to be the concenSus
of opinion among those interested in
the case. that the smooth-looking city
clerks name will adorn writ of in
dictment
IF Any Are Found.
Aid. Sterling was under consideration
yesterday. Just what Sterling has done
is not clearly known. but it is believed
TO be in connection with paving matters,
as several paving contractors were wit
nesses during the day. 1t is believed
that the putting down of patent curbing
and cutters in front OF some OF the
alderman's property is what has caused
the weathercock of grand jury sus-
picion to be pointed at the Eighth
ward representative. There was, TOO,
it is understood, an attempt made to
connect the name of Aid. Reeves with
certain off-colOr paving matterSl In North
Minneapolis, while one witness was In
the jury room, but that particular wit
ness knew nothing about any crooked
work. How far the investigation of
Reeves has gone with other witnesses is
not known, or even guessed at.
G. q. Goodrich, manager of the street
railway system, again app cared at the
court house yesterday morning, but
whether he was called to testify is not
known. Mr.. Goodrich was there
Wednesday afternoon, too, but he did
not then cross the threshold leading to-
the inquisitiOn chamber. He did, how
ever, call Twelfth ward alderman to
one side and, under cover of an angle of
WALL whisper in his ear some very con-
fdential communication, which ap-
peared very like instruction..
The first witness yesterday morning
was c. A. Alther, the clerk in Huhn'S
drug store. 1t took but little time to
find out that he knew nothing, so he
was excused, and E. FL. Barrett, of the
Asbestine Stone company. was called.
He was waited Interference to the state
ment that several aldermen have had
free pavements laid in front of their
houses in consideration of voting the
right way in the council. He remarked,
as he left the court house, that the grand
jury had evidently got bold of the
wrong member of his firm. No more
witnesses could be found about the
court house Just then, and the grand
iury adjourned until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon.
At 2 o'clock G. A. NimOckS went be-
fore the grand jury, and he stayed there
until after o'clock. A. q. ParkhurSt,
proprietor of a patent curling and gut
ter establishment, then took turn
with the jury, and when he reappeared
! F. E. Barrett, of the ASbeStine Stone
company, took his place. Barrett was
not gone long. and his place was filled
by A. B. Merriam. also of the ASbeStine
Stone company. l.. p. Crevier and F.
G. Penny. both real estate men, were
the next and the last witnesses for the
day. The rest of the time until adj
journment was occupied by the jury IN
talking over what they had found out,
and the possibility Of securing an adj
| jOurnment before tonight.
The street railway business has not
been looked into quite as fully as the
grand jury seems to have intended
| doing. Anderson and Douglass are not
| in the city; in fact they left as soon as
it became whispered about, few days
ago, that the awarding of street railway
privileges and franchises would be
| taken. Aid. Ingenhutt appeared at the
court house yesterday afternoon, but he
| has not yet been called as witness be-
| fore the jury.
The paving business has contributed
a large share of the witnesses before the
grand jury, and it is on this subject that
several aldermen will be caught, il
caught at all. Several aldermen have
had elegant new walks put down in
front of their houses which are believed
to have cost but little in dollars and
cents. 1t is alleged that, in considera-
ton of their voting the right way on
bids in the council, the aldermen have
had their property beautified without
the expenditure of cent. Aid. Reeves
is chairman of the paving committee in
the city council, and is also supposed to
be interested in the Parkhurst CURLING
and Gutter company. 1t is i'll this con-
nection that Reeves comes to the notice
of the grand jury.