The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-07
WHISKY MAKERS INDICTED.
MOST OF THE TRUE BILLS FOR IN
TERNAL REVENUE VIOLATIONS.

TIE United states Court Grand Jury
Finds Fifty-three IndIetments-I..
H. ToOmer, W. l.. POOre and =. W.
Rushing Prominent Among the
Number-The Grand Jury Dis
charged - Witnesses Discount
Their Scrip and Leave for Home.
An Important order for Defendants
in Criminal Cases-Sherin Wei
come Canady of Emanuel Ruled for
Contempt of Court, hut Sentence
Suspended.
The grand jury in the United States
court was discharged about o'clock yes
terday afternoon after quite a hard weeks
work. II has held sessions every afternoon
since Tuesday, and sometimes in mornings
too.
Maj. W. T. Gary. the United States dis
trict attorney, has had perhaps the hard
est weeks work he has had for many a
day, and he has gone thoroughly into each
case He presented about 50 indictments to
the grand jury. and on them were some
thing like 100 names True bills were found
against fifty-three of the parties, all of
which are expected TO come up for trial
during the present term.
In order to avoid In future the banking
OF cases I'm the United States court, Judge
Speer has passed an important order which
Will be Of interest TO all attorney, defend
ants and witnesses in these cases. 1t Is as
follows:
Ordered by the court that whenever
criminal cases are set for trial at any
term, all parties defendant to such cases
shall appear on a day to be fixed by the
court at which time counsel shall be APP
pointed for pauper defendants, and all
pleas, demurrers or other defenses shall
be filed and all applications for witnesses
at the expense of the government be made;
and at which time the district attorney in
open court, and under the direction of the
court, shall proceed to assign such causes
for trial, and shall assign only so many
cases for each day as can probably be dis
posed of on the day of assignment. Or
dered, further, that the witnesses for the
prosecution and for the defense shall be
summoned for the day of the assignment,
and not earlier"
This order Will be the means of saving
considerable expense to the government,
as witnesses do not remain here now on
government pay, but are discharged until
the day on which the cases in which they
are interested are assigned for trial.
Next Tuesday has been fixed in accord
ance with this order as the appearance
day for all defendants In criminal cases.
At that time their cases will all be as
signed, attorneys will be appointed for
pauper criminals and all pleas demurrers,
etc, Will be filed.
About 100 or 1926 witnesses in these cases.
who have been here since Monday We're
discharged yesterday afternoon, and they
made stralghtway for home last night,
because their pay ceases until they are
against summoned to appear as witnesses
before the court.
The clerk, marshal, deputy clerks. dep
uty marshals and district attorney were
all as busy as bees for three hours or
more getting in shape the scrip of the
witnesses who wanted to get away. They
sold the scrip to Spectators at 2, 5, 10 ana
10 per cent. discount, anything TO get
their money and catch their train, because
they could not wait over until next week
when the marshal will be in funds. with
had good thing of IT,. Each witness trav-
eled an average of 100 miles each way
which means $40 added to his $3.50 per
day for five days attendance. There
was, therefore, something like $1,000 wit
ness scrip on the market last night. The
marshal Will be in funds next week, but
| IL is expensive to remain In Savannah,
! and the witnesses preferred to discount
| their scrip and go home.
| In discharging the grand jury Judge
! Speer thanked the Jurors for their efforts
! in behalf of justice, and the facility with
which they had dispatched the large
| amount of business before them.
The grand jury found three true bills
| against L. B. TOomer, charged with pen
sion frauds. One of them charged him with
| having forged the name of Reuben Glib
! bons to a pension check for SIS, another
! with having used the name of John Trap
pier on a similar check, and another with
| having forged the name of Daniel Hay
| wood to a check for 1856.
The case of VIM. L. Poore will be well
remembered; He is the deputy marshal,
! charged with having secured money from
| Hugh X. Salter, on the representation that
| the prosecution against him would be
hushed up. p. W. Rushing is the man
charged with using the mails in order to
| further a scheme by which he disposed OF
| bogus receipts for making various kinds
of liquors. The indictments found by the
nd {tYFH wifi 70 af
| ers mentioned above, are given herewith.
1t will be noticed that more than rs per
| cent. Of them are for violations OF the in
ternal revenue laws; They are as follows:
Matthew II. Lamb, Emanuel, retailing
| liquor without q license.
George Washington Bird, Emanuel, re-
| failing liquor without a United States Ii
| cense
Edward L. Warren, Brooks. larceny
from United States postoffice.
West johnson, Chatham, larceny of per-
sonal property of the United States from
George r. Monkey and Jno. A. Monkey of
Emanuel county, Illicit distilling.
Bee Hughes Of Emanuel county, Illicit
Lawson wigg of Emanuel retail dealer
in malt liquors without United States IL
Allen Phillips of Emanuel, retailing IL
| quor without a license.
| Bennett Fort of Emanuel, Illicit distill-
VIM. Byner and VIM. Barnes. larceny Of
| personal property of the United States
| from Fort Oglethorpe.
]. M. Hegwood of Colquitt, Illicit distill-
ing.
| Ing liquor without a license.
Houston Cason of Charlton retailing IL
| quor without license.
| George w. Jones, alias Jim Jones, re-
| failing liquor without a license.
Leander j. Thompson of Bryan, post
! master at Clyde, violation of the postal
| laws, using postage stamps to purchase
| merchandise.
Essie Petersen Of Coffee, retailing
| liquor without United States license.
! H. ]. Wilson of Chatham, obstr1cting
1 the passage of United States mails.
! Mrs. ]. r. Cooper of Charlton, retailing
| liquor without a license.
! b. F. Haywood of Mitchell, Illicit dis
| tilling and working in a. still.
| Tom Island of Mitchell, Illicit distilling
and working in a still.
| tilling and working in a still.
Mary Brown, alias Mamie Brown OF
Chatham, mailing obscene letters.
Alexander James of Decatur, retailing
1 liquor without a license.
Il i EhealW of Emanuel. Illicit digtiiI-