The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-26
RUM0R BUsY WITH THE NAMES OF
THREE MORE GENTLEMEN
YESTERDAY.
TEMPLE BEFORE THE BODY.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT EMPLOYED
ny THE LEGISLATURE CLOsETED
FOR TWO HOURS.
ANDERsoN's PLEA FOR MORE TIME.
Judge Lewis Decides That All Crtmt-
nal Cases Shall Be Continued
for the Present.

The grand jury remained in session
,, for two hours and a half yesterday al
tern,on. but made no report They got
along without the assistance OF the
county attorney, who was indisposed.
The only witness exaI1lnaed ny tie
grand jury was H. M. Temple. tne eA-
pert accountant employed by the lesie>
lative committee appointed to lnVestl-
gate the causes which led to the sus-
pension of banks in the Twin Cities.
The air was again full of rumofs yes
terday, but nothing that was regarded
as particularly authentic was fioating
around. 1t was said that the grand
Jury had voted to 1ndlct three more
gentlemen whose names have not hlth-
erto been mentioned in connection Win
the grand jury proceedings. Inc per-
sons mentioned may be stockhofaers III
some of the banks, but nothing more.
If such indictments are found, theJ
will probably not be returned for Gay
or two, as the county attorney was GER
tainly not engaged in drawing indict-
ments yesterday afternoon. The grand
Jury will resume it's work again today.
All the pending criminal cases Eave
been put over until the June term, oW-
ing to County Attorney AndersCn's
physical condition. Mr.. Anderson ap-
peared before Judge Lewis in the GRIM
inal court yesterday forenoon, and
when the case of Joseph Hogan, indlct-
ed on the charge Of highway robbery,
was called the county attorney arose
to a question Of special privilege and
announced that his physical condition
would not permit of his proceeding with
the trial of any more cases for the
present. In support of his declaration
County Attorney Anderson Informed
the court that his physician had ad-
vised him to drop his work for few
days and not to proceed with any more
trials at present.
Judge Lewis accordingly announced
that all criminal cases would be con-
tinued for the present. This means
that the case against F. G. Stevens
will not be brought to trial on Friday,
and that the trial Of William F. Bickal
on the Lucius Indictment, if he is ever
tried on that indictment, will not be-
gin next Monday.
Congressman Stevens attorneys, as
well as Mr.. BickePs, are considerably
exercised over the matter. They are
much opposed to any delay or contin-
uance of the trials of their clients, but,
inasmuch as Assistant County AttOr-
ney Zollman will be engaged for the re-
mainder CT the month in trying real
property tax cases, the indicted parties
will probably be obliged to wait until
the county attorney arecoyers from his
nervous attack. 'azr,',.f *
It was ~rumored about in the court
house yesterday that, in case Attorney
Anderson's physical condition did not
improve soon, that Attorney General
Childs would be called upon to prose
cute the cases against Mr.. Stevens and
Mr.. Bickel.
William F. Bickel was ar
raigned yesterday afternoon on
the Indictment found Monday.
charging him with an over
draft Of $1,000 in January 1895. There
was halt in the proceedings, how
ever, due to the absence Of Mr.. Lamp
rey, one Of Mr.. BickePs bondsmen, who
expected to be present Patrick Conley
was on hand, but Mr.. Lamprey could
not be found, although the rest of the
afternoon was devoted to searching
for him. In view Of the fact that Mr..
Bickel is already under bonds aggre-
eating $500, he was allowed to go on
his own recognizance until 10 a. m.
today.