Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1892-07-29
THE GRAND JURY
1t Holds a Session Yesterday and
JaiIs the "AppeaP' Editor.

DO substantially>as follows:
Gentlemen of the Grand jury
You have been called together to in
vestigate charges made against thu
officials of this county. Some o
Il these charges, if true, are serious
g and amount to an malfeasence in of
: fee. If you find them true it i:
al your duty to report indictments.
> If they are not true, the officers
I charged with the ofense. should re.
$ ceive from your hands the full bene-
$ fit of an exoneratlon.
= The charges made in the news
papers against the Commissioners
if true, amount only to G misdemean-
: or and should be attended to by the
! legal officers Of the county.
> DR.. Guinan has publicly addressed
; letter to me in public newspaper.
} J In this letter, is an inslnuation that
the Grand Jury has been improperly
drawn. | will state that the law
provides that the Judge Of the Dis
trict Court shall draw the Grand Jury
assisted by one Commissioner. Each
selects twenty-four names and from
these names the jurors are drawn.
II the Judge is absent the law pro
vides that he shall delegate the
County Clerk, to assist the Commits
sioner in the drawing.
As have been absent most of the
time on official duties in other por-
tions of the district, | have delegat-
ed this duty to the County Clerk
| make this statement to show you
that the drawings of the Grand Jury
have been strictly in accordance with
the law.
| have every confidence in the in
tegrity of the County Clerk and shall
continue t. reposo such confidence
in him until it is shaken.
The editor Of the APPEAL made
statements to me regarding the re
ceiving Of commissions by county
officers, but says that the party
making the statement to him refuses
to testify before the Grand Jury, and
that he cannot prove these charges I
without this witness. It rests with S
you to say whether or not he shall t
reveal the name Of his informant. t
The Grand Jury thea returned
and the editor Of the APPEAL was t
questioned relating to the failure of il
the Commissioners to advertise the 0
bills allowed and the fact that Com h
nissioners we're interested in con b
tracts in violation of the law. a,
He was then asked the name of "
lis informant in the matter of "greas-
ng" county officials, and stated that it "
vas told him in confidence as a news I
'aper man, and he could not violate %
t. His refusal was reported to the r.
court and the witness was eited to il
ppear. r.
He stated to the Court that he ac- 50
uired this knowledge in his pro- III
capacity as journalist, and dc
e regarded it as confidential com. a.
He also cited the case of when Di
Ion. William Woodburn had been la
'lled to answer question by the an
lme Grand Jury, and after declin- all
g was excused. ste
This was held by the Court to have lor
> bearing on this case, 50 the witness ha
as given until 1:30 to produce his apl
formant or be adjudged guilty of rel
oh,
At the time appointed the witness
as again called on to give the name ne,
his informant, but again declined, clio
atlng that to answer the question we
ould be violation of an unwritten
Y OF the newspaper profession and is {
ing witness into contempt and dis anc
ace among members of his profess
4.
The Court replied that the law
on the point recognized no such 'lu
ason, and the witness was remand yoN
to the custody of the Sheriff and Jay
Ken to the County Jail. OH
After being about twenty minutes -
custody, the gentleman who had ~
'en the APPEAL the information 49,.
5arding the county officials, called ~,
the Grand Jury room to testify, -
was refused admittarce. He
N called at the County Jail and N
eved the witness of the injunction -
secrecy, requesting him to 90 to