The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-29

be discharged for bias and new
Grand Jury drawn. The bias consist
ed in some of the members having
signed a petition demonstrating against
the Offering of a reward for the lynch
ers The Court then interrogated the
members of the Grand Jury and found
four who had signed the remonstrance.
They gave the following answers to his
questions:
H. c. Jepsen: Il signed the paper I'M
der a nliSapprehenSion. | supposed it
was to contradict the Courier's state
ment that the lynchers came from
GardnerVille.'
Mr.. Dressler: Il signed the paper and
knew what L was signing. 1 am not
qualified to serve on the Grand Jury,
and have no business here, as l feel
that l could not do justice by the
State"
Peter Jacobsen made substantially
the same reply
A. P. Squires: II signed the paper
when it was read hastily to me, and
when 1 learned more of it's contents 1
regretted signing it, as I am not in
sympathy with the contents of the pa
per, as l believe in law and order
The Court then appointed Attorney
D. w. Virgin to act until further no
Mr.. Virgin. how long will you re-
quire to present this case to the new
Grand Jury?" asked the judge.
What are the matters to come be-
fore the Grand Jury?" the lawyer in
terrogated.
In the first place, the lynching of
Uber will be up for consideration" re-
piled the court. 1T will be the duty
of the Grand Jury to probe it to the
bottom. very fragrant offense has
been committed and the offenders
should be brought to justice. and, if
the evidence can be obtained, they
should be indicted for murder. The
conduct of the sheriff should be in
quired into to see whether or not he
is fit man to longer hold office. AS [
understood it, he made no resistance
whatever to the mob, made no effort
to detect the lynchers, gave no alarm,
summoned no posse coInitatus, and, af-
ter the terrible affair was over, went
to bed. The office of sheriff is the sec
ond important office in the county, and
if the peace of the county cannot be
preserved and the lives of citizens pro-
tected by the sheriff, then the whole
system of county government would
become farce. His conduct on the
occasion of the lynching needs rigid
investigation.
THE County Commissioners were
also derelict in their duty in refusing
to offer a reward for the apprehension
of the men engaged in this crime, and
vestigation. These three matters which
I have enumerated cannot be ignored
or lightly treated. In the interest of
law and order they must all be fully
Investigated"
Il can be ready by the 18th of jan
uary, your Honor" said Virgin.
Il will set the meeting of the Grand
Jury for the 18th of January The
present Grand Jury is excused for the
term" announced the court.
The Grand Jury was drawn by the
court and the County Commissioners.
The court named ex-senator Haynes,
but he was informed that the gentle
man was lying very i'll at his home and
would be absolutely unable to attend
the session. The court drew twelve
names and the Commissioners twelve
names alternately. The following now
constitute the Grand Jury of Douglas:
John Raycroft, George Winter, the
James brothers, the Fulstone brothers,
George Adams, William Mccormack,
Hugh Park, Theodore Tillman, John
McCue, Warren Mott, 1. c. Bulla,
Walter Berry, Richard Cook Bert
Dake, Robert Wilkinson, Chris John
son, Adam LantZ, 1. II. Morton, H. S.
Rice, Chris Robe, James Vensickle,
Richard Woodhold.