The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05
JURY INDICTED GAMBLERS.
POLICY AND KENO ROOM PROPRI-
ETORs HELD FOR TRIAL.

The Names of Those who Are to Be
Fined at the Present SessiOn-Poi-
icy and Keno VIII Bear the Brunt,
Other Forms of Gambling Not Be-
ing MoIested This Time-Private
James II. Arnold of the Third Ken
lucky Released Upon the Jury's
Failure to Find a True BiII-Other
Indictments Found by the Grand
Jury.
Charles O'Dell, MAZE Henderson, George
F. King, Frank Fulton, j. D. Hirsch
and George Jones, the last named
cOlored, were indicted yesterday by
the grand jury of the Superior Court Tor
running gambling houses. Against Hen
derson TWO indictments were found, the
first for conducting the enucing game
known as keno and the second for Wooing
the guileless coons and their equally guile
less white brethren with the mystic fasci-
nations of policy
IL is the managers of the rooms where
keno and policy are played that are to be
hauled up before the bar of justice.
The gamblers will be arrested to-day
and will of course, immedia tely give bond
for their appearance before the court.
When the criminal cases are heard next
week they will be arraigned.
The grand jury also had before it an
Indictment against Private james H. Ar
mold OF the Third Kentucky for the kill
ing of Herman Hunt, a comrade in the
same command. As has peen predicted in
the Morning News, return of no true
bill was found. None of the witnesses
against Arnold appeared and testified be-
fore the grand jury and the course that
it followed was the only one either pracu-
cable or right under the circumstances.
Arnold was released in the afternoon ana
received the news that the grand jury
had not found the indictment against him
with every indication of pleasure and sat
| isfaction.
The boy has always protested that the
| killing was purely an accident, that he
harbored no malice against the man who
/ was killed and that no one regretted the
! unfortunate occurrence more than he. The
| finding of the grand jury is also in COM
| p!ete accordance with the version of the
| story that was given out al the time Hunt
! was killed, May 8, while the regiment was
encamped near Savannah.
The solicitor general was averse to the
| jury finding a true bill against Arnold
unless the evidence was particularly con-
! elusive, which il by no means was, for
/ the reason that it would put the county
/ to a needless expense in conducting the
! trial, that ought to have been borne by
| the general government. Mr.. Osborne did
not think that the county should bear the
| burden of a trial, the result of which was
| more than doubtful, when both the man
who was killed and his slayer were in the
service of the United States when the
! homicide was committed.
The grand jury found also a number OF
! other indictments. True bills were founC
! against Willie jackson, for burg airy; Johr
! Warner, for larceny and carrying con
| cealod weapons; Joseph Taylor for larceny
| after trust; Robert Blue, for burglary; Ber
| Leacy, for burg AIRY; Henry Smith for lar
ceny from The house; Berrien wilkins fol
burglary, and William jackson, for rob
berry.
1t is expected that several of these will
| plead gu l.y and that in this manner the
| cases may be disposed of at the coming
session of the court for the transaction OF
! criminal business. If there are other of the
cas- s in which there a bat few witness
! and which can conveniently he given at
/ tentiOn. they also VIII be tried at that
me. Ii s rropo-ed o clear the jail and he
docket of as many OF the cases as the
limited time OF the disposal eff the court
and the solicitor general VIII permit The
! pctt jury has been summoned for Mon
day and On that day the dispatch of bus.
ness Of this character will begin. 1t VIII
| be continued throughout the week.
The grand jury viii meet again Thurs
day afternoon, when it viii consider tax
| matter of its general presen, ments. 1t i!
! within the probabilities that t will lie dis
| charged after that day, unless Judge Fal
| hgant needs il for some purpose othe
than he now has in mind. In the absenc'
Of the sol c!tor MIR. David c. Barrow, so
licitor general pro tenn. has acted in hi
stead aud has presented the Indictments Il
the grand jury. MIR. Barrow viii prosecute
for the state IN the coming erin nal IT al
/ Of next week.
PLACED ON TIE DOCKET.