Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-19
UNITED STATES oouRn
The Grand jury Considering the Eiectio
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of yesterday afternoon week under locked
doors.
1t is understood that they took mp
the Smyrna bank case of Teller Noshell.
Witnesses including the bank officers,
Bank Examiner George w. Stone, expert
accountants Adam A. Ross and Robert II.
Montgomery Of Philadelphia, and score
or SO of other witnesses, we're closeted
with District Attorney Beniah Watson all
the early part of the afternoon.
Up to i.l5 no true bills had been re-
turned for the day, neither in the election
cases nor any others that may have been
under consideration. 1t looked as If the
down State grand jurymen would have to
stay in town all night
AT 4.JO the grand jury returned to court
Foreman Richardson replied to Judge
Wales in answer to the courts question
that no true bill had been found. Court
was then adjourned to 10 a. III. Thursday.
The grand jury appeared in the United
states court room at 4.l0 Thursday after
noon and handed in two true bills and
three indictments ignored. The true bills
were against William Halle, Fourth dis.
triCt, Ninth ward, and Thomas Pancoast
Second district Ninth ward. The bills
Ignored were us follows John r. McClen-
Afghan, Fourth district, Ninth ward
Michael Mckenny First district, Ninth
ward; Lewis Miller, Fourth district Ninth
ward. Court adjourned to 10 O'Clock Fri
day morning
in the L. S. district court on Friday
morning the grand jury found true bills as
follows: Against samuel Walls, charged
with illegally registering i'll the Second
Election district of the Ninth ward, and
against William Redding, charged with
Illegally registering i'll the Fourth Election
district OF the Ninth ward. The offence
with which they are charged comes under
section 5,Jl2. The following indictments
were ignored: In the case OF w. r. Stlrkey
and Ebenezer w. Warren, charged with
registering illegally in Broadkiln hundred,
Sussex county, and in the case Of samuel
Hannum, charged with illegally register
ing in the Second Election district of the
Ninth ward. At l.20 p. m, the grand jury
took a recess for an hour.
The United States grand jury arrived
here on time Monday and went I'm.
mediately to work on the election in
dictmGnts. At lis p. IN. the jury re-
turned to the court room and handed in
IL true bills. That was the total of the
indictments sent in by the district attor-
ney. None were ignored.
All the true bills were based on the
charge of refusing to show the tax re-
ceipts to the supervisor.
Those against whom true bills are
found are as follows:
Michael German, I'd district, 10th
ward.
Howard o. Moore, 7th district, nth
ward
John B. Ginder, list district, 18th ward.
William r. McCloskey, cd district, 9th
ward.
Nathan b. Hill, 4th district 9th ward.
William IQuinn, list district, I'd ward.
Harry Ahrens, Sd district, LIST ward.
John Doran, 9th district, 7th ward.
Frank j. Niedermaier, 4th district 4th
ward.
William Gosnell, LIST district, 7th ward.
John II. Ayers, 9TH district, 9th ward.
s. P. Knee, 4th district, 9Th ward
| Simon +. Moran, 9th district, I'd ward.
The grand jury took recess at l p.
m. TO 2 p. IN.
The United States grand jury concluded
its work on the election cases Monday af-
ternoon in the report OF four more true
bills. One was returned Ignored. The
election cases will now come Oh for trial
| Monday next, when the petit Jury, dis
charged to that date, will be in attendance,
1t is understood that District Attorney
| Watson has withheld several Of the cleo
| ton indictments for presentation to the
grand jury at the April term.
The four true bills returned yesterday
afternoon were: Clayton T. Harrison, 4th
district, 10th ward; James Jackson, 9Th
district, I'd ward; John 4. llama. 4th
district, 18th ward; John w. Crossley, 4th
district. 4th ward.
The indictment ignored was that against
franklin S. Hyland, Second election dis
| trict, Fourth ward
The district attorney requested the dis
charge of the following indictments: ]
AtNH Fail
lIbenezer Warren, William 7. Starkey
George G. Louder, William T. Green
Charles Mullen, Edmund b. Frazer
William A. Mahoney, Neal Dougherty
James W. Gillespie, Samuel c. Faulkner
George a. Schenck.
There are several indictments in election
cases that District Attorney Watson ha,
not presented to the grand jury. Thert
are nine of these. and they Will he brought
up at the April term OF United State.
court. In all these cases the bondsmGr
should have appeared at the United state!
court Monday ami renewed their bonds
At this moment the surety can be movet
against, and the district attorney SAYS thai
ii the bOndsmen do not appear the surety
will be forfeited.
These nine cases are entirely independ
eut Of those already acted upon whether
by true bill, or by being ignored, o.
whether dismissed. They represent all o
the remainder of the election cases We
outstanding, and are as follows; Michae
Mcdonnell LIST district, 9th ward Alser
non S. Daft, "a district, 9TH ward; HewsuI
II. Lannan, ith district, 10th ward; join
II. Young, colored, 5th district, 9th ward
Daniel Sawdon, colored, 9TH district Oh
ward; Joseph Smith, 18th district, 1Otl
ward; George e. Hall, Ith district, 1Utl
ward; Patrick MCGrory and James b
Ioman, both of New Castle.