The evening times., 1896-12-07

The sensation which has been expected
around the City Hall for week or more.
| developed today, when Judge Cole, of
Criminal Court, No. 1, discharged from
| further service OH the grand Jury Messrs.
| George Deavis and George T. Blair.
his Is result Of the consultation or the
| Judges OF the District supreme court, an
| account OF which was published eNclu
siyely III The Evening Times Saturday.
The meeting of the Judges was at the in
stance of Judge Cole. He had been in
formed of difriculty among the jurors
over an alleged leak among their number.
1t was learned that the indictment Of
certain party FOR forgery had become known
| on the outside, and the jurors began an ill.,
quiry to disclose the guilty parties.
The result OF their investigation on spc-
cial oath was a consultation with the dis
trict attorneys office as to what should
be done with the parties, for it had been
learned that there was more than one.
JUDGES DECIDED.
District Attorney Birney was not quite
sure what punishment could be meted out
to the guilty members, and Judge Cole was
inform, OF the affair. The other Judges
Were next let into the secret. and they
began to deliberate as to the best course
to pursue.
To discharge the entire jury would be
W Iisltt upbh tiit iHhtttht. ith
the blame rested only on u few. Finally
ii was decided to make an example, and
Saturday Afternoon il was all arranged.
Judge Cole asked the District attorney
for the names of the parties to be excused,
and just before noon Assistant District At
tOrney Harvey Given handed Judge Cole
slip ofpapeI containing thenames OfDeavies
and Blair.
TWO JURORS DISCHARGE ED.
The jury filed into the room with Fore
man Stott at their head. The roll call re-
vealed no absentees. Then Judge Cole
began:
''pcntlemen of the grand jury: For suf-
fiCient reasons appearing to the court, it
is ordered that George Deavis and George
Z. Blair. members OF the present grand
jury, he, aud each OF them IS, hereby ex-
cused aud discharged from further attend
ance on the court rs such grand jurors dur
ing this term"
WHERE THE LEAK OCCURRED.
District Attorney Birney this Afternoon
made "a statement to The Times reporter.
In which he said that the leak occurred
in the case of Wilbur W. Marmaduke, q
ticket broker. charged with forgery.
information came to my attention."
said Mr.. lirney, that Jurors mad been ap-
preached before the case came before them
1t was about November 20 that the grand
Jury TOOK Iuiu OF the MdrIildluhe f%tsc,
and acted upon 1t.
II learned that on that same afternoon,
within an hour after the jury dispersed,
the knowledge OF their action and OF wit
nesses before them was in the possession
of outside parties The same AFTERNOON
Marmaiuke went TO a railroad man and told
him he knew the action Of the Jury. and
what had been testified about him
Mr.. Hrney went on 20 state that he be-
gan an Investigation and examined each OF
the jurors upder cath. The statements of
all were laid before the judges, together
with those of DeaviS and Blair
The action this morning." said he was
the result of the consultation OF the judges
over the matter. or course this viii be no
reflection on the other jurors" concluded
the District attorney.
1t Will be remembered that Marmaduke
was charged in the police court with hav-
ing filled in punched tickets and sold them
at his office. He was held for the action Of
the grand jury in ST 900 bail.
Two more names will now be drawn 20
fill the jury.