The evening world., 1894-06-04
HERE'S A NEW GRAND JURY.
hut Col. Fellows Says No Action
VII lie Tnken-"That IL, Just

A new Grand Jury was sworn to-day
before Judge MARITIME, in Part l. OF the
Court of General Sessions.
The question of whether the new
Grand Jury would AXE up the matters
revealed, or at least broadly suggested.
by the witnesses before the Lexow
Committee. WAS uppermost in the mind
of every one who gathered In the old
brown-stone Court-House.
District-Attorney Fellows. when asked
by an Evening World" reporter II he
proposed to lay the charges OF corrup-
ton, blackmail. protection and bribery
gains police captains, ward men, in
spectors of police and AT least one Com:
missioner OF Police before the Grand
Jury, replied:
"We-ell, there's nothing to do yet that
! see. Perhaps | shall later, but moi
now. None OF the witnesses who have
appeared before the Senate Committee
have as yet been subpoenasd to appear
before the Grand Jury, cannot tell
what may happen later"
Forty-four out Of fifty citizens re-
spondcd to roll call. and from these
twenty-three citizens were drawn for
Here are the names OF the twenty-three
composing the Grand Jury:
Edward -. Farrell. James @. Jenkins.
Max MaWar ESrdbn ai1er. TGh sargs n VISA NeiGlart hS:
ward n. Taylor, James q. Wallace, Al
bert II; Brown, Albert, i. Hilton. Solo
mon p: Solomon, John H.. Latham,
Hiram 8. Armstrong, August Field
heimar, Louis S Brush. John w, Aiken.
A%dolphus II Bass. Henry s, Strauss.
William /. Brewer. George s. Baxter. J,
Judge MARITIME charged the Grand
Jury regarding their duties, having first
selected Thomas NJ. Mccarthy. to be its
foreman Foreman Mccarthy is a mem,
Der of the wholesale grocery house OF
Austin. Nichols q Co, Jay and Hudson
streets, and resides at 900 West Fifty
sixth street.
charges made against police officials 10y
the witnesses before the LeNow Com.
mittee. ON the contrary, ne said:
Il have no special matter to which
desire to call your especial attention
There Is no special abuse to which | an
advised by the District-Attorney to cal,
your attention. Should there occur any
abuse to which | feel II my duty to cal
to your attention, ] shall do so.
There are now 262 cases that may re-
quire your attention, but 100 OF these
that have not yet taken all the prelimi'
nary steps az yet, and may never re,
quire your attention" D
Judge MARITIME told the Grand Jury
that ordinarily all cases were sent tc
trates, and ordinarily, no case should b,
laid before the Grand Jury In the first
instance without first going before q
magistrate. The District Attorney wa
their legal adviser, and presented cases
to their notice, but the jury itself haC
the right. and II was their duty, to lool
into cases they know OF themselves Il
the Dlstrict-Attorney did not act.
He cautioned them not to be LED
astray by cranks and ill-advised per
sons, who are chronic prosecutors Of
some n or other for supposed wronl
doing, M to he suspicious Of any cas-,
that has not been first brought before
police magistrata.
I'VE have police officers and polio,
courts, charged with the performance o
their preliminary duties said Judg,
MARITIME, but u it should happen tina
there has been any apparent abuse q,
failure Of justice, IL is the duty OF tn,
Grand Jury TO act.