The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-12-02
GOVERNOR INFECTED.
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St Louis, Dec Ia special to the Re
public from cariinsville, MS. says.
The virden riot grand jury made its
formal report to Judge r. n. Shirley at
$50 this evenng. Judge Shirley came
down from Springfield, where he was hold
ing court, and held a short haif hour ses-
sion TO receive Il IS report
The grand jury dealt perunenuy with
the AFFAIR. as far as It was able TO ascer-
tain, and returned true bills against the
principal participants In the tragedy Of
October II at virden. Ten indictments
involving four persons were returned.
Against John b. Tanner. governor OF IL
llnols. there are three counts Tor palpable
omission Of duty and malfeosence In Of
fee. Fred w. Lukens general manager
Of the Chicago Virdeu Coal company, is
cl arged with manslaughtcr ON two counts
with Lukens, his deputies, Frank Wilder,
J. Il. sickles ant J 4. Smith are indlc;-
Cd for ,he killing e Joseph Gitterele a
Mount olive miner.
sixteen Thiel su,'ds are held for rios.
In the indictments against Governor
Tanner, the complaining witnesses are
John Graham, VIII Mitchell, william WI
son, Clarence Ross and Charles Stewart,
employees OF the Chicago-Virden Coal com
pany. They testified that they were in
tlmidated and prevented from following
their legitimate employment boy an armed
body of men, numbering 100 which un-
lawfully and feloniously We're assembled
in Virden; that the governor mad been
notified by the sheriff OF Macoupn coun-
~ that no protection was to be had from
the county and was earnestly Emporium
ed for state assistance.
Judge Shirley fixed Governor Tanners
bond at $500
A. j. Roberts the foreman OF the grad
jury. was also foreman OF the coroner's
jury. is Virden police magistrate. lie
was strongly opposed to indicting Gov
ernor Tanner
In each of the indictments against Gov
ernor Tanner the omission of duty was
Identical: Failure and refusal to respond
to the call Of shcrin Davenport of this
county, for military aid in suppressing tn
rotous demonstrations of Virden coal
miners.
The indictments were in brief as fol-
lows:
Failure and refusal to send troops 10
aid the sheriff In checking the actions OF !
a thousand or more men who were pre-
certain persons from entering
upon their duties in the service Of the
Chicago-Virden Coal mining company.
2.-Failure and refusal to send troops |
On the call OF the sheriff to prevent the !
same men from doing bodily Violence to
the same would-be employees.
3.-Failure and refusal to send troops
to the aid Of the sheriff In preventing the
same rioters from conspiracy and COM
oining to do injury to the would-be em-
ployes
TANNER DON'T CARE.
Springfield, his, Dee ! When Cover
nor Tanner was informed this evening Of
he action Of the grand Jury at Carlin-
,ille, he received the news with indiffer-
ence and manifested no interest in the
particulars.
Governor Tanner said re did not con-
iider It worth while to discuss the sub
ect
Attorney General Adkln was aslc>a to
give his opinion, IN which he said that
ne had not previously heard OF the action
aiken by the grand jury and was not
lware that such action was contemplated.
This is not the first time governor OF
Illinois has been indicted. II IS but a few
years since Ex-Governor Altgeld was in
ilcted as one OF the trustees OF tho Uni
,erslty of Illinois. ex-ofricio, because tho
io-called flag law" was not observed at
he university, but nothing ever came OF
he indictment, which was soon afterward
dismissed,