The Washington times., 1894-07-04
NEWSPAPER MEN INDICTED
: Grand Jury Acts on the Cases Of Ed
wards and Shriyer.
TRIAL POSTPONED TILL FALL
Probability that the Senate Committee Will
Submit Three Reports-Allen Has 0pin-
ions Of His 0wn-Lodge's Sweeping De-
nial Of Sugar Stocks Story.

The grand jury at O'Clock yesterday after
noon came into criminal court No. 2, Judge
Cole, and through its foreman, Louis Hill
bourn, presented indictments against news
paper correspondents John S. Shriver, OF the
New York Mail and Express, and E, J. Ed
wards, OF the Philadelphia Press.
The newspaper men were in court when the
grand jury came in.
The indictments were worded like those re-
turned against Messrs. Mccartney and Chap
man, the recalcitrant brokers. After District
reference to the indictments and the amount
Of bail to be given Messrs. Shriver and Ed
wards were permitted to give bonds In = 900
each. Robert ]. Wynne. of the Cincinnati
Tribune, signed for John S. Shriver, and
George W. Rouzer. OF the New York Herald,
gave bail on behalf Of Z. J. Edwards,
Judge Cole stated that the counsel for the
defendants could appear in court about the
middle of August and enter demurrer. Judge
pittenderfer, counsel for Shriver and Ed
wards, was not present, but it was stated that
he would be in court at the time designated
Tor the trial Of the cases.
INDICTMENTS ARE SIMILAR.
The indictments set out, as in the cases
of the other indicted witnesses, by
giving the history of the tariff
bill. the formation of the Senate
sugar investigating committee, aad the
causes which led to the committees action.
Clippinps from newspapers bearing on the
sucar trust scandal are shown. as also the
letters sent by the indicted correspondents TO
their respective papers. The questions asked
both Messrs. Shriver and Edwards are also
printed, and the refusals noted OF the ques-
fions which they declined to answer.
Mr. Shriyer refused to make known the
name of The Congressman who had given him
Information concerning the sugar trust at
the Arlington hotel conference. Mr.. Il l.
wards refused to answer certain questions
which would have caused him to betray the
sources from which he also received informa-
tion that led TO the publication OF the articles
ON the sugar trust in his paper.
The cases against Messrs. Hayemeyer and
Treasurer Seares will go over. as the grand
Jury were excused by Judge Cole Immediately
after the Indictments were presented and
will not meet again until September next.
The trials will probably not occur before the
Fall of the year The lawyers on both / les
will have preliminary skirmish over the
questions of the jurisdiction of the Senate
an the constitutional right OF any congress
sional committee to demand answers to ques-
tions of witnesses. tile replies TO when, IL
given, might imperil their business or per-
sonal rights.
The Senate sugar trust investigating COM
mittee held brief meeting yesterday and
agreed under certain contingencies to ad-
journ until next week.
Senator Gray, chairman of the committee
said that it had latterly been found impos-
sible for the committee to transact any busi-
ness while the Senate was considering the
tariff bill. 1.-The report to be made to the
Senate he said. lis now prepared and prob
ably will be ready for presentation as soon as
the full committee can pass upon it. the re-
port, when made. will be brief. The testimony
is the best report. and that has already been
given to the public"
No STARTLING FEATURES.
He further stated that outside of the refusal
of witnesses to answer questions the testi-
mony in his opinion developed no especially
Interesting CT startling features. and inti-
mated thar the report would do little more
than call attention TO the fact.
The prospects now are that there will be
three reports, one by Senators Gray and Lind
saw. the Democratic members of the commit
tee: another by Senators Davis and Lodge.
and the third by Senator Alien, the Populist
member.
Senator Allen did rot sit with the commit
tee Yesterday on account of the business In
the Senate and he said in reply TO q question
tina. he could not say definitely whether he
could Join with the other Senators in a report.
1t is known however. that he entertains opin-
ions upon the questions involved which he
will doubtless desire 10 have expressed in a
report. and in which the other members do
not share.
The other four members OF the committee
discussed the subject matter OF the prospective
reports for an hour or more yesterday, and
while the question has not progressed so far
that the Republican Senators have decided
definitely to present a separate report there IS
little room or doubt that they will do SO.
Senator Lodge denied in sweeping terms