The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-25
JURY LET Co..
As Anticipated. They Failed
to Indict Bob Davis and
the Policy Dealers.
TREATED WITH DESERVED CONTEMPT
Judge Lippineott Said Public JUS
lice Would Be Benefited by
Their Discharge.
TREATED WITH DESERVED CONTEMPT

I.sr.F.
The Grand Jury for the April term OF
court went OUT Of existsncs yesterday, as
was told exclusively iu THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS last night. This body OF mon re-
tire from public life as Grand Jurors
with . profound knowledge that never
In the history of the county has a Grand
Jury been treated with such open aud
unconcealed contempt by court officials
and private citizens.
BOB DAVIS o INHIBITED.
For several days many %diffsrent ru-
mors were strife as to what course the
Grand Jury would puraue concerning the
policy dealers In this city. Some rumors
declared that the Grand Jury would not
dare to refuse TO indict Bob Davis and
the other persons interested in pslIcy
a bling. while others, which as results
Indicate, were well founded. emphatically
declared that tho Grand Jury would not
interfere In the nefarions gambling busi-
ness notwithstanding the scathing lee
lures administered by Judge Lippincott.
Al " O'Clock yesterday Judge
LdpDincott did not know whether
the Grand Jury would ask to be
discharged. He was 10 court and
Was willing to walt the pleasure of the
Grand ludnest. and did walt for an hour
later, when he was notified that the
Grand Jurors would present themselves
10 receive the expressions of disgust that
the Court delivered. sTbe speech was a
short one, but IL was pointed enough.
The Judge evidently believed that the
dignity Of the Court could best be sus
tanned sy treating with these Grand
Jurors In as brief q time as possible.
SHERIFF STANTON ABSENT.
When the Grand Jury marched into
Cour those present noticed with surprise
that Sheriff Stanton was not with them
and that The members followed a clerk in
the sherif's Office. 1t was Instantly
rumored that the sheriff took this method
of indicating his displsakure with the
Grand Jurors. whom he had drawn TO
perform duty. This rnmor received sup
port when it wal learned five minutes
after the Grand Jury were discharged
that Sheriff Stanton was at the Court
House attending TO his duties. Judge
Lippfncott gazed in u thoughtful manner
at the seventeen man who had refused
with the absent six members TO do their
duty. and then he said:--
BRIEF BUT POINTED.
THE Cou mad hopes and q strong de-
sire that with inch q long session a more
complete enforcement OF the laws would
be made IN a certain class of licenses
than appears from the indictments you
AdtV tC0. AC9A1b Va IOuE
work is not such as TO give entire salts
faction to the Court. but the Court feels
that public justice would not be bene-
fitted by Keeping you In session any
logger. Tn Court perceives, by the in
dictine nrs presented at the present time.
that you have taken action In some of the
cases. The Court thanks you for your
attendance, and now discharges You for
the rerm."-.
The disgraced Grand Jurors gravely
Withdrew from the courtroom aud hast
n from the building.
During ihe long term the Grand
Jurors found It's indictments, nearly all
being for petty ~offenses.
THE INDICTMENTS.
OF the eight indictments handed the
Court yesterday Ave were against policy
dealers. and Two against -leltery agents,
and one was for grand larceny. The
policy dealers indicted ware:-Charies
Webber, William Conway, Ernest Struck,
Arnold Longwell Ii '1sd" Hughes.
Two Of tneso men were also indicted for
selling Lottery tickets. None or them has
yet been arrested. 1t Is now known for
absolute certainty that Bob Davis.
Whelan. Thomas Kinds. Alexander Nc
Garan and other alleged hackers Of policy
have mol been iudicted.