The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-11
GRAND JURY WILL
MEET ON MONDAY
Common Council Chamber in City Hall
to Be Used by II.
OVER FIVE HUNDRED TRANSCRIPTS
A Greater Number Of Cases Will BE
Presented to the Coming Grand
Jury Than Ever Before in the His.
tory of the COunty-.Equity Court
Will Also Begin ON Monday.

Court VIII resume next Monday after
the summer vacation. The grand jury
will meet al 10 o'clock that morning in
common council chamber, city hall, and
Will be charged by Judge Edwards. 1t
Is not settled where equity court will
be held: the county commissioners have
made application for the use of the
Federal court room until the court house
is fitted up for occupancy.
The court house will not be in shape
for use until. probably, the end Of Octo-
Der. Postmaster Vandling has written
to Washington and filed the request of
the commissioners for the Federal
room. He has not received a reply and
If he does not by tomorrow it will be
necessary to seek some other place for
equity court. There is not a great de-
sire on the part of the Judges or attor-
neys to meet in the arbitration ROOM
That place, at any time, has not been
comfortable for court purposes, and now
with the building operations in progress
and stationary engine putting close to
the windows, it is less desirable. Pro-
viding no answer comes from Wash
iHgton before Monday, the select coun-
ell chamber in city hall will likely be
used.
A RECORD BROKEN.
District Attorney John X. Jones is
busy handling the transcripts sent in
by the various aldermen and justices
of the peace of the county. The COM
ing grand jury will be a record breaker.
Already more transcripts have been
sent in than in any other term hereto
fore. Last September's grand jury was
a record breaker, too. Not only were
more cases passed upon by it than any
jury before, but the number was far in
excess of what had been disposed of at
one term.
Then they passed upon 500 cases. So
far this term 521 transcripts have been
sent in. and that number will be in
creased to at least $50 before the jury
adjourns. This list cannot be passed
upon in one week, and it will require
possibly two weeks. There are two
murder eases. but the murderers are at
large. Joseph Kolar who split Michael
Kadzina's head with an AK at Jessup
two months ago, has not been cap
tured; nor has George Van Horn, Mrs.
Wescott's murderer.
1t is not necessary that they be in
custody for the grand jury to indict
them. Evidence can be brought to sat
isfy the jury that they ought to be held
for court, and then a true bill can be
returned against them, on which they
can be tried whenever they are caught.
District Attorney Jones has not made
up his mind to bring the murder cases
before the jury. There is so much to
do that the two cases may be put over
to the November session, or postponed
altogether until the murderers are
caught.
REPAIRS ON COURT HOUSE.
The repairs at the court house will
tend to throw criminal business back,
50 that there Is very little doubt but
that a special term of court will have
to be held later on when the repairs
are completed. Work is progressing
very satisfactorily with the iron con-
tractors. They will have it finished in
fifteen days. exclusive of the tiling on
the roof. That cannot be started until
the masonry is done. 1t will be Janu-
ary /, 1897, before the sound of the
hammer and saw and the stroke of the
painters brush will have disappeared.
Next Tuesday. the 18th, at Il o'clock
noon, the commissioners will close the
time for sending in sealed proposals for
the sale of $4,000 of bonds. Letters
have been received from bankers and
fnanciers as far west as Chicago ask