The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-21
ROSE EXAMINED THE RECORDS
ATTORNEY ron GREENE AND GAY
NoRs N SAVANNAH.

NnHN N NAt ANNAh.
Admitted That He Was Here, Partly
az Least, tn the Interests Of the
Defendants in the Hearing uefore
Commissioncr shieids-sntd II Was
the Purpose OF she Defense TO
show the Excellence Of che work
Done an savannah HHrhor ~ the
Men who Did It-LooLed Through
Court Records Referring 10 Draw
ing of the Grand Jurs.
Abram Rose OF The firm OF Kellogg
Rose & Smith. counsel for Greene and the
Gaynors 10 the hearing now In progress
before Comm ssiouer Shields. in New
York spent yesterday in Savannah. pre-
parang evidence and locating Witnesses 10
substanuatc the contentious Of the do
Tense
Mr. Rose was seen at the Central sta
don last night. when he was preparing 20
take the train for Atlanta. lie nantes
81 a very evident indispositlon 90 he IN
tcrviswcd and was exceedingly chary
about giving out any informatlon con-
nected with his visit TO savannah After
.ndulg4ng IN some verbal 81 mnzstlcs. how
over. he consented to say thai he was
here. in part al least. FOR the purpose of
collecting evidence for use by he defense
50 the hearing before Comm ssionsr
Shields.
we are going 20 show tho excellence
OF The work done IN the harbor OF savan-
nah b. the men who did g." said Mr..
Rose. and my purpose in coming 10 this
section Is 20 see these men and have them
come on TO New York and appear before
che commissioner We have already In
troduced some evidence Of this KIND and
We shall introduce more before We rest
our case"
That che purpose Of Mr. Rose In coming
40 Savannah was inclusive OF more than
che narrow range which he admitted,
could easily be- gathered from his move
Enents during tho day. Early IN the morn
Ing ~ was az the ONCE OF the clerk OF
she United Statca court. where he spent
come time IN examining the grand ana
potit jury lists and IN investigating the
manner ia which jures are drawn ia this
district
II will be remembered that ore OF the
contentious OF the defendants IN the hear
ing before Commissioner Shields Is that
the grand jury which found the indict-
ment against Greene the Gaynors ana
others. was improperly drawn and sum
moned This objection r based 10 part az
least. on the fact that the jury was drawn
from the counties OF the district other
than Chatham and Glynn. Mr. Rose
wanted TO see and was shown the motion
Of the district attorney and the order oi
Judge Spcer passed In accordance win
this motion. and directing that the Jurors
should be so drawn.
In Chatham and Glyun are located the
cities Of Savannah and Brunswick, where.
a. Is alleged the frauds with which the
defendants are charged were committed
The motion and order recite that because
Of the publicity given the case IN these
cities and the feeling that had been gen
Grated no jurors should be drawn from
the counties in which they are situated.
The purpose and intent Of the order was
20 assure the defendants that their case
would be Investigated by a jury, unsWay-
cd by partizan bias.
District Attorney Erwin must have been
apprised OF the purpose 81 Mr. Rose. for
hy yesterday mail there came direc-
zion 20 the clerk Of the court here 20 send
20 the district attorney iu New York GER
tined copies OF his motion and Judge
Speer's order on the subject Of the Grand
Jury These were sent him hy last nights
mail and ought 90 reach New York IN time
for use before the commissioner, when
che hearing Is resumed tomorrow morn
ing
During the morning MIR Rose also had
n conference with MIR W. W Mackall,
who was OF counsel with him during the
court martial OF Capt. Carter Il Is very
evident that the opposition Of the defend
ants 10 being removed TO Savannah for
trial b. yet in its inclpiency, and that the
removal will b. bitterly and stubbornly
fought for ns long q time as 81 can he
~ g.
that "a II tho purpose Of the defense TO
so into the character OF the work done
here affords good evidence OF this fact
n any additional evidence were needed.
Apropos OF which and Of the visit Of
AR. Rose 10 Savannah. good story has
found its way from New York. The story
has q that a few days ago Col. John "
Gaynor. one OF theSprincipal defcndante
was standing in the lobby OF the Holman
House. in New York The Colonel had
just dined-and wined-and was feeling
comfortably az peace with an the world
There approached him former resi-
dent OF savannah. who Offering his hand
hade the Colonel good evening
Col. Gaynor surveyed the Savannah
man with "A roying eye. Pardon me sir
ne SAID. but YOU have just a trine the
advantage Of me. ] don't remember hav-
ing met you before
''Oh. yes colonel" was the response Il
had the pleasure 81 meeting you In sa-
vannah. three or four years ago"
'-r1en. by ---. sir" exclaimed the ex-
contractor "you'll never have that pleas
ure again"
All Of which IS very typical Of the way
in which the defendants usually regard
the prospect or coming back to Savannah
and standing trial on the Indictment which
has been found against them. Mr. Rose
got away on tho train that LEFT FOR At
iants last night stating that his destina-
ton was that city.