New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-28
THE DIXON INDICTMENT.
TANlMANY,s DISGRACEFUE HASTE
A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION THE GRAND
JURY FOREMAN WHO WOULD NOT LET
THE MINISTER SPEAK.


by Joseph Koch the Excise Commissioner, was rushed
through the Grand Jury and indictment found
against the minister within twenty Tour hours amer
The complaint reached the Dstrict-At'orneys Office,
has created much surprise among the masses Of law
abiding people who have not been accustomed TO
witnessing snch rapid work In melting out justice
In New-York. The spectacle Of the machinery OF
The courts being made to operate with such UMPIRE
ccdented celebrity vlndicate the character OF man
like Koch, while the against murderers thieVes
and lawbreakers Of all kinds are allowed 10 await
the pleasure of the criminals, is certainly enough
10 arouse the indignation Of the community ana 10
lead to inquiry why conscientious pastor snouid
be 50 Indignantly prosecuted for criticism OF th's
offensive Tanmnny politician, while the most guilty
and barefaccd voatos Of the statutes are every day
allowed 10 20 scot free. Tho very Grand Jury WHICH
indicted the Rev. Mr. Dixon had before II 13os rum
sellers charged with breaking the excise laws by seiihg
liquor on sundays after the prescribed hours. 10 the
habitually Incorporate and TO children. VI 'hcse
1905 cases only 34s Of the lawbrekcrs were indcted
while 900 of them discharged. Some OF these
GRIND jurors we're themselves Honor dealers. One OF
them James Trainor. keeps the place known as
TrsInor's" at Broadway and SiXthave., where nqn"r
has boon freqneNty sold after l a. IN. and on sun
days. In violation OF law Several cases OF discover
and assault have occurred IN Trainor's barroom.
Under the Consolidation Act grand Jurors aTe
selected by q board composed of the Msyor, the pre-
siding Judge OF the Supreme Cour IN the Ist judicial
District the Chief Justice Of the superior Court OF
the City Of NewYor, the first Judge OF the Conrt OF
Common Pleas the Recorder md the City Judge OF inc
City and County OF NewIerk. The choice Is hS'ue
from lists submitted the Board by the Commissioner
OF Jurors Four members Of the Board shall con-
stitutc quorum. II must meet ut the ONCE OF inc
Commissioner of Jurors and organize on the fist
Monday In September Of each year. and Wi'hln
fifteen days thereafter IT must select from the oom'
missioner Of Jurors list not less than GOO nor more
than 1000 persons qualified to serve as grand Jurors
In the Courts OF OYER and TerrAner and General
SESSIONS for the year until the next annual list IS
prepared. The list prepared must con-
tain the names, addresses and occupations
OF the persons 50 chosen. There were
present at the metirg Of the board 10 select grand
Jurors on September IS. 1891. Recorder Frederick
smyth acting chairman; Judge James Fitzgerald
of the Court Of General sessions; Chief Judge j. r.
DAILY, Of tive Court of Common Peas. and Judge
Rufus b. Cowtng City Judge. and they prepared
n list OF $50 persons 10 act as grand jurors for the
CITY And county OF New-Yor for the wear beginning
October /, 1891. This list *as filed with the County
Clerk on September 10. 1901, all the Judges
named signing the usual certificate. The names were
placed in the box provided for the purpose by the
County Clerk.
The Grand Jury which indicted the Rev. Mr.. Dixon
was drawn from this box on May 20, 1902. There
were present. rs the law requires, at the drawing
Judge Randolph b. MARITIME, of the General sessions
County Clerk william J. McKenna Under shcrh Jonn
B. Sexton and Commissioner Of Jurors b. F. Martin
All OF these four Democrats, and three OF them are
the bttercst and EXTREMIST Of Tammany partisan,
who would be glad to punish severely every clergy
man who tells the truth about Tammany Hall.
Fifty names were drawn for the General Sessions. As
the statute prescribe for the panel Of June g. They
were o. follows both the honse and business addresses
being given:
At0 West Forty TIL DIST,
No. SIS West Fifty Charles Gudet, contractor NO
Al psrk-aye, No 237 Broadway; Charles A. Du Vrver'
wines No. Il West Twenty ars st.. No. % Warren<t;
David Dows r. merchant No. East SStyninth'sb. No.
l02 Produce Exchange Henry Thompson, president. NO
40 West Fiftyninth-st No. 7Gl Seventhsyc; Thomas
ngham contractor No 252 Avenue b. NO COZ East
Ffeenthst; J. Edward Simmons. president, No. % West
Fffty wali-st., No. IA Nassaust joel
T. Fischer Murray Hill Hotel. No. 45 Broadway Charles
Biggs broker No 235 West Fortythirtst. NO olo
Broadway; John H. Patrick president No 23 East Ffw'
nrstst.. No. 200 West Houston-s Jacob Pelsei iuf-n
ing goods No 172 Broadway. No. si1 Lex
ington.aye; Ascher T. Meyer. secretary, No
East Eighty. frst-st.. No. 525 West Ftfy'ninthst
Henry X Motley importer No 1o2 East Ffty'seVen'n'
st. No. b73 Broadway; Oliver II. p Archer real estate
No. "A West Fifty secondst, No East Fifty
J. Sinclair Armstrong publisher No. As Fast SNtynrst
st No. 81 Fast Toath-st. Charles H. Hssweh' ciNi
engineer No. 100 West Fortvffthst. No ~ Broaow'yi
Francis Higgins real estate No 10 East Thirty
No As cedar,st; Charles p. Allen. Insurance, No. loS
west Forty.Afth-st No II Broadway; Henry Holt
publisher No IA West Fiftyfourth-st.. No 70 west
Twenty.thrd-st George S. Edgel, No II East Thirty
e4ehth.st No 1902 Broadway William NJ Housr' mer'
chant No 1oo West Ninety -thrd-st, No. 1ol west
Twenty-nnthst John s. Mclean, president. No. East
S!xty.thrd.st, No. <02 Hudson-st B"nSmih ~ hisssm
paner ETC. No 14s West Fortyeighthst No 81 Beck
man-st: Luther c. VOORHEES, no business. No 81 west
Forty secondst; James NJ. Rcqua merchant NO 20
East Forty.fourthst Is Broadway; Cornelius ~ Bliss
merchant No. 1913 Msdison-sve., No. IA Nsssau-st
samuel A. Lewis No 81 West Eightyfourth-st;
hota1 NJ 1 BROADWAY:
Morgan shoes No 900 Lexington-avc, No. oo4 Third
ave Robert G. Gregg No 2.olo fifh'sve OharieS H.
Kerner hotel. Clarendon Hotel No 2l7 Fourth-aVe''
MAYNARD HOLSTER, linens, No. 80 West 1hirtysiNVh-''''
40 20 worth-st Thomas G. Lyman, brewer, NO East
Sixty Af,h-st No 16i West Forty-ninth-st Eugene W.
(uindon express No ia West Thirteenth'st, NO lo'
Westinghouse. Carroll St. John, cashier NO o'8 enoN
ave- No 27s West One-hundred-andtw enty-ffth'st;
yames O. K Lawrence, president, No. - East twenty
nfth.st. No. 17s Frftavc.; james Hsslin manager.
Seventy Arstst and Nipthave Robert T. hily, NO i4o
East Thrty.fourth.st John II. Latham, banker, NO ~
East iny-cishth-st, No. II Nsssaust.; Edward van
yslkenbureh merchant, No. 62 Worth-st !, Horace H.
Thurber. merchant No. LAG West Twehh'se, NO ~ oh'
yersity Place Leonard X Smith, woolens NO 2oz Casi'
az Abram Boehm builder, Ne. 90 Lexington ave
PANEL T. Hawxhurss CLERK no 8o2S Broadway, No 90
rrankiin-ss. Henry S. Iselin, banker NO IS |hhVon
Place No. as FNthave Alexander W. Hume Aiioi'
No. las Nnctysecondst. No III East Forty
IT. John J. Kavanagh real estate No. IL East E'ghty
Sourth.st No lO31 Msdison-sve Joseph Ieavy, agent
No. 147 Eighty second-st. No $50 Frontss VIII.
tam @. Church. editor. No. 81 Irving Place. NO. 2*o
broadway.
when the court convened on the first Monday In
June, Judge MARITIME appointed Francis Higgins fore
man, and excused all but those whose names are an
pexed:
Francis Higgins, foreman, real estate. No. 10 East
Thirty .fourthst. Francis Blessing No. s. East One
hundred and tenthst. Charles A. Du Vivier. wine
tmportee. No. Al West Twenty-Nrstst; Thomas Gun
bingham. contractor No. 2o2 Avenue b; Joel T.
Fisher. Murray Hill Hotel; Charles bges, broker,
No o35 West Forty third-st; John ii. Patrick prcsi-
dent, No. ga East Fifty -flrstst. Asher Mycr, sec
rotary, No. East Eghty-nrstst Henry X Motley,
importer no. l02 East Fftyscventh-st. Charles II.
Hssweu, civil engineer. No. 162 West Forty
nfth-st; Charles F. Allen, insurance, No
1853 West Forty nfth-st.; William NJ. House,