The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-26
WANTS 1T HEARD IN PUBLIC.
CHAIRMAN DALE COURTS A THOR
OUCH INYESTIC ALTON,

Special Committee From the Grand
Jury summons the CO&hty Com
mfssiOners Before It-WH Look
Into the Charges Preferred by Mr..
xehoe-BOOks and Papers Asked
for-To Meet This Afternoon.
Chairman Dale Wants Mr. hehoe
There. and Wants the Meeting
Ope1.
The County Commissioners viii appear
before special committee from the grand
jury this afternoon in answer TO rather
Interesting summons, the result of the
charges preferred in connection with coun-
ty matters by exc Commissioner William
KehOe.
This special committee was appointed by
the grand jury for the purpose Of inves-
tigaung these charges, and has been look
ing into county matters for day or two.
The committee held a meeting at the court
house yesterday afternoon, and as result
the following letter was sent to Chairman
J. J. Dale of The County Commissioners;
Savannah Ga, July %. lS9s-Hon. J. j.
Dale, Chairman, Commissioners, Chatham
mlttee appointed by the grand jury TO i'll
vestigate the charges made by Mr. VII
liam Kehoe relative to the management OF
the county affairs by your board, Will hold
q session tomorrow at 4 o clock p, M, ana
request that you and your board viii De
present We also request that you bring
all books 8nd data showing accounts Tor
paving material on Estil, avenue and Wa
tiers road and cost thereof-the minute
books showing the record of your board
meetings-the records showing your meth
DDS for purchasing gravel used on all ROADS
paved since the Ogeechee rOad-the records
showing how the county poor fund was
and is distributed, and the pay rolls for the
county chain-gang for the year 1897.
Please have present superintendent
Chaplin, Assistant Superintendent Brown,
the clerk of the Board of County Com
missioners, and also the county attorney.
By order of G. W Tiedeman, chairman
special committee grand jury.
f. G. Ben, Secretary.
This letter was sent to the office of the
County Commissioners and placed in the
hands Of Chairman Dale shortly thereafter
1t was not a surprise 70 the chairman, nor
TO the other commissioners in the city. In
fact they We're rather expecting that
something of the kind would be done.
Chairman Dale was seen last night with
regard 70 the matter He and the other
members of the board in the city will go
before the grand jurys committee this
afternoon, and present the books and pa
pers called for.
Il can only say that I court the fullest
and most public Investigation of these
matters" Chairman Dale said. Il hope
the committee to which the matter has
been left will have Mr.. Kehoe at the meet
ing tomorrow and have him make his
charges in the presence of the commits
sioners so that they may have opportuni-
~ TO fully refute them, if they amount to
anything. trust the investigation Will be
thorough, and I want it to be a public
one; the board has nothing to conceal
from the public"
Chairman Dale is very anxious that the
investigation by the committee should be
a public one. He expressed his desire in
this respect TO the chairman, Mr.. George
w. Tedeman, but did not receive any
definite reply at that time. One side of
the case has been given fun publicity,
Chairman Dale says and he wants The
other side brought out
The letter from the grand jury commit
tee indicates pretty well what the charges
are. Considerable stress Is laid on the
claim of careless management in making
the gravel purchases, and it is alleged thai
the terms of the contract as to measure
ment were never carried out. Chairman
Dale says he is confident that this and
every other charge made can be fully re-
futed, and he wants the meeting open, so
that a statement of the case can be made
at once.