The evening times., 1900-10-13
4 GRAND JURY enquiry
Harvard Instructor Summoned to
Appear for Examination.
New Evidence Said to Have Been
Discovered Regarding the killing
OF III. H. GroSan, Jr.. by Prof.
Charles R. Enstman-I-E,e Case Dis
missed Mt Il Preliminary Hearing.

BOSTON, Oct 13.-Prof Charles R.
Eastman, of Harvard, has been served
with a summons to appear before the
grand jury at Lowell next Monday, uhen
an enquiry into the circumstances of the
shooting Of Richard H Grogan, jr, on
July 4, 1899, will commence
Eastman and Grogan had been shooting
at a targe. in the back yard of the house
they occupied. Eastman told several
stories. He said in court that he was
fixing his Colt pistol on his knee when it
went off Grogan, when dying, cried out
TO servant that he had been murdered.
He, it is said, fred three shots at East
man, the bullets grazing the professor
This gaVu rise TO a duel story. because
both men were alleged to be after Alvin
Clarke's money, both men being sons-in-
law OF the famous leus-maker.
Judge Almy refused to admit the state
ment Grogan made when dying and the
evidence of the cartridge experts, but the
grand jury viii hear Them. Newly dis
covered evidence relating TO the course of
the bullet will show that the same had
a downward course in its passage East
man was a taller man than Grogan and
Eastman story that he had the revolver
on his knee would be inconsistent with
this newly acquired evidence
Prof. Eastman, who is an instructor in
zoology a. Harvard, mas been in the West
for several months, in the interest of the
Agassiz Museum Considerable surprise
was manifested when Judge AIuy, of the
District Court of Cambridge, discharged
Eastman at the hearing last July. Tes-
timony was introduced at the time 10
snow that there had been friction between
the two men, and, after the shooting
which took place while the men were at
target practice. Grogan stated, with his
last words, that Eastman had murdered
him.
The contention of Eastman was that the
shooting was an accident. There were no
eyewitnesses to the firing OF the shot
that killed Grogan, but several persons
testified 10 his dying accusation. Judge
Almy thought the shooting an accident
and refused TO held Eastman for the grand
jury.
When the judge announced MS decision
Eastman turned tc a reporter, who sat
near him in the court, and said:
Would you have bet that this thing
would have turned out so?" The reporter
replied in the negative and Eastman
laughed.
Directly the hearing was over. Harvard
sent Eastman to the Far West His wife
remained in Cambridge, and, according TO
these in position 10 know, she and Mrs.
Grogan have been on very friendly terms.
Mr.. Grogan, senior, father OF the young
man who lost his life, is said to have as
serted recently that testimony would be
presented when the proper time came that
would make it imperative that the grand
jury should indct Eastman.
The police officials of Cambridge. who
have been working On the case. are conf
dent that Eastman will be held for trial. A
singular coincidence in connection with
this case was noted by Mr. Grogan, of
Brooklina.
Il was in Mount Auburn the other
day" he said, Ito see my boys grave and
was startled on noticing that it was within
three or four steps of Parkman's. the vic
tim OF Harvard professor of half a CEN
tury ago."