The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-07
INDICTED MEN IN BIG LUCK
Efforts TO Bring Iron Hall "Supremers"
TO Justice Have Been Very Slight.
Kuhn Also Having an Easy Time Prosecu-
tors Reasons-McClure Jury Disagrees
Other Court Matters.
WILL THEY EVER BE TRIED?

Iron Hall officials Not in Any Apparent
Danger-Kuhn's Case.
About the only effect the indictment of
the supreme officers of the Iron Hall has
had thus far was to give Prosecutor Holtz-
man q very enjoyable trip to Baltimore at
the States expense. The indictments arv
still standing. yet it seems that there Is
little probability OF their ever accomplish
ing anything. The crime Of ENLIGHTENMENT
was committed by some one and all OF them
were indicted, yet so far as results 60 there
might as well have been no notice
taken of the very peculiar %financier-
ing of the supreme officers OF
indicted officers, resides In the city and has
remained here ever since the Indictment
was returned. and no steps have been taken
TO have the case against him set down for
trial. Prosecutor Hoffman was asked
why this case was not disposed OF, either by
trying or dismissing it. He excused his
Iaxity by saying that the case against
Davis was not forced TO trial because he
was waiting to get the other indicted ot1-
GERS and try them ali at the same time.
why were not the other officers indicted
and arrested when they were here as wit
nesses in the receIvership suit" he was
asked.
Because at that time we did not have the
eVlO0Dco upon w ulCn % pEOccous
If the prosecutor did not know at the
time of that trial that the supreme officers
were amenable to the law for their acts 1t
was simply because he did not read the
newspapers containing Somerby's testi-
mony, upon which the indictments are
based. Since the indicted men have left
the State great ostensible efforts have
been made to bring them back. but none or
those residing outside OF the State have
since boon apprehended and the only one
~hn raaiAnu hara hoo naVar ham mann
venienced by the fact that an Indictment
stands against him. Mr.. Hoffman said
the Governor of Maryland refused TO SUR
render the indicted officers OF that State be-
cause he held that under the Constitution.
they were not 81 blect to eXtradition. The
position taken by the prosecutor was that
they were constructlvely present in this
State when the money was taken and were
therefore liable. He says that the Gov
ernor refused to entertain this view and
held that the persons must be- actually pres
ent. Mr.. Holtzmsn was asked IT he had
made any effort to obtain extraditIon from
the State of Pennsylvania for the indicted
officers in that State, and replied that be
had not. When asked why he had not, he
said that he read In the papers that indict-
ments had been returned against them in
that State, and ii that was the case. he pre-
sumed that it would be useless to ATTEMPT
to induce the Governor to surrender them
for trial In this State.
Mr.. Holtzman's attention was also called
to the fact that George Kuhn. the ex-dep-
uty city clerk who had been indicted for
embezzlement and released on bond, had
not yet been tried, although be was in the
city. The prosecutor said that the reason
Kuhn had not been cried was that there
were so many other cases In the Criminal
Court that trial of this one had simply
been deferred for the time being. He said
that Kuhn would soon be tried. Several of
Kuhn's friends. he said. had asked him to
enter q nolle in the case. but he hat re-
fused To do 40.