The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
TWO CHARGES BY THE GRAND
JURY.
SIXTEEN TRUE BILLS FOUND.
NINE "NO BILLS" RETURNED, IN
GLIDING THE CASE OF SALOON
KEEPER BROWN.
CITIZENSHIP LEAGUE QUESTION
Transfer of Saloon License Not
Regarded as an IndictabIe
Offense.

The grand jury brought its present
investigation of crime to a close yester-
day afternoon by returning sixteen in
dictments and nine mo bills" Eight
of these indictments were made public,
the parties being under arrest. Of the
remaining eight, which are supposed
to be secret, two indictments were re-
turned against eX-DetectiYe Henry
Gruber. One of them charges Gruber
with the larceny of the $3.50 missing
out of the $500 in George Roebuck's s
belt. The other indictment, it is un-
Gerstood, charges the eX-detective with
receiving stolen money. A bench war
rant for Gruber's arrest was issued 70
the sheriff at p. m.
Another of the secret indictments is
against Harry Burns. who is charged
with having committed perjury. Burns
case is similar to that of Robert Bell
the county Jail prisoner, indicted the
day before. The perjury was commit
ted, it is alleged, in the trial of a civil
suit in the district court last June,
brought against the st. Paul & Duluth
railroad to recover damages for caus-
ing the death of Roman Kranc. Burns
is charged with having falsely sworn
that he witnessed the accident, which
occurred in Minneapolis, whereas, 50
the Indictment alleges, he was in Eau
Claire at the time the accident oc-
CURED. Burns is still at large.
After presenting it's report the grand
jury adjourned until 10 a. M. today,
when it will probably begin its inves-
tigation of the various county offices
and institutions, as is customary with
all grand juries. This work accom-
plished, the body will doubtless adjourn
until December, or perhaps to some
time next month, in the discretion Of
the court.
Following is a list of the eight in
dictments made public and the crimes
charged in each:
been committed by the defendant as a
witness in personal injury suit
against the st. Paul 81 Duluth Rail
road company.
Richard Gaha gan; indecent assault.
James Dougherty, indecent assault.
Daniel Burgoyne and John Corcoran,
burglary in the third degree-breaking
into the store of Bedding Bros. and Co.
Daniel Burgoyne and John Corcoran,
grand larceny in the second degree
stealing goods from Belding Bros. &
Co.
William Irving and Herbert Fari-
bault, grand larceny in the second de-
gree, stealing goods from workshop of
Mitsch Wagon and Carriage company.
John Coyne, grand larceny in the sec
ond degree-stealing goods from the
store of Henry O'Connor.
Mabel Werrick, grand larceny in the
first demonstrating $50 from the per-
son of Emil Fink.
No bills were returned in the follow
ing cases:
John P Brown, charged with selling
liquor without a license.
Fred Fischer, charged with criminal
assault.
Richard Leonard, charged with grand
larceny in the first degree.
Gottlieb Bunde, charged with malic-
ious destruction of property.
Grant Connors, grand larceny in the
second degree.
Nicholas Parks, assault in the second
degree.
Fred Delony, grand larceny in the
second degree, two cases.
Speaking of the case of John P.
Brown, whom the grand jury did not
indict on the charge of selling liquor
without a license, Assistant County At
tcrney Zollman said:
THE complaint in this case was
made by the Christian Citizenship
league. because Brown was selling
LIQUOR under a license transferred to
him by a party who formerly kept a
place on Mississippi street. Brown is
now conducting a saloon on East Sew
enth street and the grand jury was
satisfied that he could not be indicted
for selling liquor without license"