The morning call., 1893-11-18
A MILD DOCUMENT
Report of the Alameda
Grand Jury.
Offers of Cheap Water for Oakland.
Mrs. Trub Will Sue the OiSenS.
To Save His Wife.

handed in to Judge Henshaw at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. and is in substance
as follows:
The report begins by calling the atten-
tion of the police authorities to the alarm
ing increase of Chinese lotteries in Oak
land, and the demOralZng tendency they
have upon the youth of the city. The
jury directed the attention of the Mayor
and Chief of Police to this state of affairs.
and were assured that steps would be al
once taken looking TO their suppression.
The evils and abuses arising from the
present system of payment of fees to Con-
stables and Justices of the Peace in the
judgment OF the jury demands radical
change in the law as to the method OF COM
pensatIng these officials. The report asks
that fixed salaries be established to do
away with the abuse
The County Jail was examined and
found in general good condition. but it was
recommended that number of necessary
improvements be made. Principal among
these is that padded cell be put in the
porariiy incarceTated.
The Receiving Hospital under Steward
Larsen was highly comm ended.
OF the Cou nty InfrmaTy the jury said
that it was Ia UGH overcrowded. and it sug-
gested that a number of improvements be
made in it. One thousand feet of hose is
asked for, also $4,000 gallon reservoir.
change Ia the waloT-pipe system and that
more land IN the Immediate neighborho cd
be purchased.
Indictments were found against f. r.
Porter, as has been already published. The
indictment against j. NJ. Canty for per-
it.r h.a a..
ciency of evidence, while the Grim nal
charge against {. X. Bennett was tacted
uDon because OF non Jurisdiction of this
jury. The jury reports finding two in
dlctments Tor forgery, but withhold the
name OF party or parties at present. These
indictments are supposed 10 be against one
Scnwed. fellow who forged the name of
Captain 1. b. Rogers TO two checks and
drew $500 of Rogers money out of the
First National Bank, for which sum
Rogers recently sued the bank a. nd Won.
Schwed is now supposed TO be at the East
Ia the Matheny jury bribery case most
searching investigation was made. The
report states that while the jury believes
that efforts were made TO corrupt the
Matheny jury IN the interests of the prs-
Oner, still the evidence presented was
hardly sufficient to Justify finding an ill.,
dictment against any particular individual.
The jury concludes this portion of its re-
port with the following 10 Judge Henshaw
regarding Juror McVey:
We desire to call your Honor's attention TO
the conduct OF w. a. McNey. one OF The Jurors
In the case OF the people against Louis Matbeny,
heretofore tried In your honOrs department of
our Superior Court. Upon careful 1nvesliga-
lion of The demeanor and conduct OF some of
the jurors In this case we aScertained that Mr.
McNey, during the time The jury were DELHI
eralng upon their verdict IN their iury-room
communicated with a person other Than ali Off
Ger oil tie court by writing upon a cigarette
box a state ent showing the result OF The bal
lOllng of The jury, and by throwing this message
10 one of the Courthouse ga deners, who al the
time was standing in the Courthouse garden
just underneath The window OF the jury room,
aud who received this message and communi-
Gated the contents thereof To John +. league
one OF the private detectives EN- pl0yed in This
case. We II the attention of the court TO this
matter In order that hcVey may be proceeded
against for contempt of court, If your Honor
deems such course proper ana advisable.
The attendance of boys and youths at
criminal trials and the evil Influences
thereof Is depIOred, and the attention of
the Judges OF the various courts called to
the fact, and they are asked to exclude
such persons from their cnurtrooms in
future.
The account of County Expert Nc
George, who assisted the Grand Jury, is
commended, and the jury goes on to say
that no lrregularlty whatever was found
ia any of the county departments, ana ii
feels confident that the affairs of the
Judges Eenshaw, Greene, Ellsworth and
Ogden are thanked for courtesies shown
the jury in the performance of its duty and
In It's nvest cations
The report is signed by Peter Baker as
foreman, c. A. Sessions, secretary, and S.
NJ. Bsbbitt. George L. Lafleshe. Don f.
Miller, Z. SchIeIoer, d. + Brunt, J. S.
Derby, William +. Kent, Ii. Ii. Worley,
Joseph Wilkinson, A. Lozier. NJ. Dnody,
L. A. Cox, Ii. +. Mannion. Il. Cllnes, E. z.
Flint. NJ. Scheeline, j. l.. Champlain.
Step Toward Cheap Water.
The Special Water Committee of the
City Council opened three bids received
yesterday from parties whose names are
withheld for the present, who are DESTROYS
of furnishing the city of Oakland with
water. The proposals are made for a rate
on quantities varying from 100000 to
10. 100000 gallons.
The water Is To be delivered at the city
limits under fifty pounds pressure per
square inch. The bids were as follows:
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