Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1899-02-09
GRAND JURY REPORT
HER Work is C~or1rIimentad b,
the Court

tiiC >Cd|I
yesterday at . O'Clock the Grand jury
'haHe their final ReporttO he Court. I:
was the most exhaustive Grand Jury re
port ever made III this county and cover
ed type written pages. 1t spared no
department of the city and county
government, the members having made
d most minute and searching investiga-
t1on INTO every avenue of receipt and ex-
pendlture connected with city and county
affairs.
Ihelr v~estigafion occupied the widest
T possible field OF inquiry and when the
reading was finished the Court in a
speech OF considerable length commit
mented the members upon the efficiency
OF their work, its imparliaIity and
th" '"nghn-ss and said n IT woris could
not nifty express his appreciation of the
great services they had rendered the tax
payers.
II IS Impossible to print its full text in
today's APPEAL. The opening of the
report Is here given and the reports O f
the Committee from dayto day will follow
10 Judge Mack, sitting as the HOnora-
bic Judge Of the District Court of the
FIRST Judicial district, in the county of
ormsby:
The Grand Jury OF the county, of
'r'fsny negs leave to report as follows:
me first matter which claimed ont
official consideration was the charo4
made by the editor of the News of thi. !
city, that by reason of ~ntorInaltirs IN
me drawing, we did not constitute a legal
body.
The points raised by him consisting
OF Iniornlalities in the Thing of the names,
Oh me jurors with the clerk, and DELAY in
the certItication, were submitted to the
District Attorney who read numer,r.
authorities, showing that lIore clerical
errors III no way affected the VALIDITY orI
the drawing Of the jury.
D1NmlSsing this feature of the COM
plant and fully satisfied from rllinUs of
the Supreme Court, we proceeded to in
NeStlgate another charge made hv the
News to-Wlt: That the jury had been
packed by the Court and the C.urtv
commissioners with a view Of SbiaI1rrr
parties IN this city, charged with crimes
against the elective franchise and the
- ''NE VII erection t3E-
Mr., LenImen. the editor of 1ha \.v.
was summoned as a witness and asked
10 give such evidence Is might tie i'm his +
possession regarding these charocs -
ms GRAND jury was Of the opinion that i
II these charges were true neither thu ,
oahty commissioners nor YOUR Unnor-
able Court should be allowed to e~>c,na
punishment.
Mr.. Lennon. on being >ur,mora1 |
anne before the Grand Jury and when -
asked TO present his proofs. stated fbat <
ne article IN question had been rniscon-
'trued ana that he had never Intended to .
De understood at retlecting upon anvono ;
lie had no evidence Whatever to nresant
ana stated that he did not consider thar y
ne 'o"rt or the commissioners. nor any q
''htf officer OF the county, had in any {
way eideaVored to pack the Grand jury p
HIS testimony WAS a complete exonar-
-tlon Of the honorable Court and tho y,
county commissioners in the dra vino If y
he Grand Jury
tie called the attention of the Grand ~
ufy TO the fact that Richard kir,,an
lectcd as a member of the Legislature
rom TINS county. and s.. 2. Davis elected al
tate Controller at the same election. he at
onsldered improper persons to remain Iii
II the Grand Jury by reason OF the tacr u
NAT had there been any vote purchasing.
| the election, they had protited TO the
Ntent Of the additional votes. which waro W
LEGGED to have been purchased for their 81
cket. FRI
MS nDJnf bati,to I,,,, -:
the two jurors alluded to. Of Ii
'red 10 resign as Grand Jurors, but their co
7signsuonS were not accented. &.
lie case Of Edmund james. CHARGED
I'm bribery, was taken up, and all the
illnesses that your Grand jury WAS able hl'
secure, We're examined. OF
Flhdlhg no evidence to sustain the liz
iafges, The case was dismissed bv the |
luminous vote ofth Grand jury. COM o'c
'sed OF men of all political comDlexions %
y sample of these methods is ountad in .
e case Of Timothy O'Connor, an indus
'"uS ana hard working citizen of this ~
uh'y' lie was charged in a complaint y
"fh 10 10y James >purgeon. Of This J
y, WITH having received a brihe from, yes
'hluhd James. The complaint set forth ,
{ I''le and place ofthe alleged purchase i, !
d F"te' III the most positive and spe-
ic terms. {
Spurgeon, the person swear bon
20 Tie allegation OF the complaint, was G
Ut Tor ana when he appeared to testify.
the Grand Jury that he knew +
thing OF the charges alleged in the at r