The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-23
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Grand Jury Finds True Bills Against
the Speak.Easy Detectives.
TRUE BILL AGAINST JENNINGS
lie Will Bc Tried for Perjury In Swearing
to Statements lIo Could Not Substnnti.
ate-ResOlutiOn Passed Thank.
ing District Attorney Jones.


Having finished its work and passed
upon 500 transcripts, which Is the larg-
est number of any term since the for
nation of the term. the September
grand jury made its final return of true
and ignored bills to court Saturday
morning. Judge Fl. NJ. Edwards was
on the bench. with Judge Archibald.
This was his first appearance in court
since his departure for Europe two
months ago. lie looked to be in vigor-
GUS health and greatly benefited from
his vacation. He shook hands with
each member Of the grand jury, and he
and Judge Archibald thanked them for
the faithful work they did.
True bills Were returned against De-
tectives John Tlerney, of this city; Ed
ward Mott, James Reynolds and NJ. J.
Mulvey, of Wilkes Barre, on the charge
of conspiracy. The essence of their
offense was published in The Tribune
Il few days ago. A true bill was re-
turned against John q. Jennings. of
Minooka. for perjury. in swearing TO
the charge that Deputy Prothonotary
Myron Kasson had packed the jury
which was to try his case of trespass
against the Lchigh Valley Railroad
company. He could not verify the
statements In his affidavit when called
upon to do SO by Judge Archibald who
Immediately then required him to furn-
ish $500 to await the action of the
grand jury.
The affidavit was made on May II,
the last day his suit against the Le-
high Valley was to have been called
for trial. The outcrop of the matter
was the libel suit against Attorney
Cornelius Smith and Mr.. Jennings by
Attorney /. II. Burns, arising from the
paper book filed of record in the SUI
preme court, making application of
mandamus to compel the lower court
to grant Mr. Jennings release on COM
mon bail.
The List Of True Bills.
The true bills that were returned Sat-
urday were as follows:
Larceny and Receiving-Thomas F..
Cummings, John Gallagher, pros.
Stephen Judge. Patrick Convey,
Charles Stone, pros: William Laugh
lin. Andrew Laughlin, James j.
Byrnes, pros.
Selling Liquor on Sunday-James
Boyle, Thomas Leyshon, pros; James
Corrigan, Jennie Horn, prox. Flora
johnson. Wolf Johnson, Annie Pash-
kuS, prOX.
Selling Liquor Without License
James Boyle, Thomas Leyshon, pros;
James Corrigan, Jennie Horn, prox
Kate Garvey Alice Carey, prox.
Larceny by Bailee-Arlington Lifts,
Thomas Kane, pros.
Conspiracy-John Tierney. Edward
Mott. NJ. J. Mulvey. James Reynolds,
Thomas Leyshon, pros.
Keeping Bawdy HouseLRobert Ike,
Thomas Leyshon, pros.
f,It nsa ;,c
nings, Lawrence Mcnamara, David p.
Roche. pros.
Felonious Attempt-Peter Aulbach.
August Bruel, pros.
Perjury--John G.. Jennings, Thomas
Leyshon. pros.
Misdemeanor in Office - William
Kuntz, Jacob Walz, pros.
Aggravated Assault and Battery
William Laughlin. Daniel Lynch. pros
Selling Liquor toMinors-James Cor
rlgan, Jennie Horn, proX.: Flora john
son. Wolf Johnson. ;Annie Pashkus.
proX.
Some OF the Ignored Bills.
Among the ignored bills are the fol-
lowing important ones: Selling liquor
without license-William McNicholas,
Timothy Jones. pros. county pay costs;
Mary Sheridan, Timothy Jones. pros,
county pay costs: Mary Sheridan, Tim
othy Murray. Timothy Jones, pros.
county pay costs: Mary McHugh. An
thony McHugh. Timothy Jones, pros,
county pay costs. The bill against the
men and women from Kelley's Patch
who were concerned in the alleged
abortion upon a young girl named
Edith McAfee. was ignored.
The following resolution was adopted
by the jury before it was discharged:
To John II. Jones:
The grand jury having received from
you. during its present session, valuable
assistance in giving us advice which
very materially assisted us In our duty.
we feel that an expression of our regard
for you for this courtesy shall not so
without mention. knowing as We do the
extra work you have done has been very
labor.ous. John T. Howe,
Foreman.
Moro Room Needed at Jail.
Friday afternoon was spent in ex-
amining and inspecting the property of
the county. The jury reported that
they visited the county prison and
found 1t in the best possible shape: the
prison fare of good quality and sufi-
Client quantity: the sheriff and wardens
conscientious and painstaking in the
care of the prisoners; the books of rec
ord and dockets kept in a systematic
manner but that the prison Is over
crowded and that more cells should be
furnished by the erection of additions
to the wings. or by placing those in the
basement in habitable shape. as to
proper heating, dryness, sewerage and
ventilation.
The district attorney was especially
commended for bringing before the jury
the matter of conspiracy on the part of
constables to levy blackmail. The
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