The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-25
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~ Legality Of the 0rasA Jury Paasl
Attacked.

Attacked.
Notions to quash each and every one Of
Tie indictments found against Krug and
he co-defendants, /. d. Ross, Fred e.
Nader. ID. 4. Denny. l. II. Griffith and
Harry Thurman. we're filed In the sups-
I M court yesterday. The ground upon
Which they are bassd 10 that the grand
jkp was not legally drawn. for the reason
hat it was drawn from not the grand
hsy list of 1898, but from that of 1891.
The ma teriai portions Of the motions.
which are the. same In each Of the twenty.
N cases. are ~ follows:
THAT the county commissioners did not
On or before the first Monday in February.
i&6 or at any other time In 1893
essect from the persons In the county
qusli6ed 90 serve - grand jurors the
names Of 100 or any number Of persons 10
seTye as grand jurors for the ensuing year.
nor make any selection at oil for grand
siarofs, nor certify any list OF grand jurors
sur the year To the superior court.
That the panel of the so-called grand
inry was not drawn from the last Jury list
srrtified by the county commissioners or
Ram any list at all properly or legally
dawn or certified.
THAT the persons constituting the al
kyed grand jury were not legally or prop
efly drawn or impanelied.
That the venire issued for the persons
making up the grand jury, so cal led, was
Issued Illegally and without authority of
law
The afsidavits OF Auditor Twicheli. Chief
Clerk Whittemore, of tho county clerks
oihee, and of ID. q. Invcrarity, stating that
they have carefully examined the records
and find that the statements made in the
motions regarding the manner in which
tss jury was drawn, that Is, that 1t Was
Eom the list of 1891. and that no other
existed. are filed with the motions.
The statute on the subject of grand
lafes provides in so many words that the
county commissioners shall make out a
grand jury list on the first Monday in
February In each year, and that all grand
lafsss drawn in the ensuing year shall be
ifem that list. No grand jury list had
stsn made up since February. 1891. when
We grand jury was called 10 investigate
NE city treasury scandal in September
ask The fact was well known TO the
e1eaals making the drawing and was dis.
sassed by them before they made Il from
we last grand jury list made out BY the
eeaniy commissioners. An account of the
escussien was published in tho Posr-IS-
suilaxscEs NJ the time. II 10 supposed that
we motions viii be overruled today.
such q conclusion is nearly certain to be
es'Feet since Judge Humes said when
ss'raiing the motion of the attorneys tor
J. ID Ross 10 qussh the whole panel at the
ssae the grand jury was imnanellec. that
senld override all technical objections
esne grand jury for the res son that a
kes
Aras and the other defendants viii not
.Feear before Judge Humes today 90
ssaa ~ the motions intervene.
sAarles =. Fishhsck. one OF the attor-
fs making the motion. said last night
~A tney sers made not with much ex-
~essssoa that they will be granted. but
10y 'os the purpose OF compelling the
FsFsos court 20 pass upon the legality
sas grand Jury. and 30 giving the de-
a2snts an exception in case the ruling
sAvoraole 10 them and they appeal.
- fasaesck further said that unless the
a-~siens seFe granted BY Judge Humes Of
ssa accord. fer they will he suhn lifted
sVas argument. an attack uron the in
ssts ey demurrer would be made
- ..a"at delay, that the dsmurrers were
iaay drawn and would be flied at once.
saaI he grounds 81 demurrer would
CID not cay, only that they were
.aussls asw and OF ,Aa meet Formidable
sAarssser,