The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-04
ELECTIVES WERE ATTACHED.
.. show Cause Why They shouic
MT Re Held in Contempt.

i,vestigation of the connection Oh
ives Wetherhorn. Sdully Barrett
s5ea with the Ocilla safe blowers,
.+ whom indictments were returned
10y resulted in the United states
s,s,,d Jury making a special presentment
nudge speer on the subject As re-
+bsv have been attached for contempt
Of court A. ,r,.,,,a
shortly before the foreman of the grand
made the presentment in the con-
~ case. this matter came up. 1t had
+bought by those who were aware
he examination of witnesses on this
otiset. bv the grand jury thai some such
80, 9s that embodied in the special pre-
a|r+rnent would be taken, and it was no
S,rrrise 1t was read by the foreman as
i0 .T5e grand jury deem it their duty,
,,5er their oaths, to respect
sn, submit this, special pre-
-antnent. for such action as
yonr honor may deem proper. During the
;ryestigation by the jury of the case of
h United States VS.. Harry Belmont,
Harry Nelson and John Perry, in which
no nave returned a true bill for the bur
rlarv of the postoffice at DELLA, Ga, it
vas brought out in the testimony that
tuo of the prisoners, Belmont and Nell
can we're taken after their arrest, with
onr authority either of the state or Unit
cd States authorities, to various places
IN savannah where intoxicating drinks
n,era furnished them and they were in
duced TO give up four pistols and pack
aga Ghe contents of which the jury is
nnabIe to ascertain) to the parties who
scoompanied them. The jury finds, fur
thar. that no return or report of the de-
livery of either the pistols or
naokaee was ever made, either to the
United States or municipal authorities by
me parties who received said pistols and
nacIlage from Belmont and Nelson. Your
ilry further finds and presents that said
Belmont and Nelson have. since their con-
dnement been and are now being fed from
a restaurant regularly and at the expense
of TWO of the parties who received said
packages. While your jury cannot find
rom the evidence that any crime has been
committed against the United States by
those parties we report 10 your honor the
apoarent iudiscreet and improper conduct
a above mentioned. of the following nam
"a Darties: Henry Wetherhorn, j. j. Shea,
Martin Scully, J. ]. Barrett"
After the indictment had been read
Judge Speer asked Foreman McDonough
if ne understood that these acts Of the de-
receives mentioned in the presentment
were in custody by direction of the Unit
ed States. and Mr.. McDonough replied
that at the time they were not under
warrant, but We're detained at the in
stance of Assistant District Attorney
Leaken.
MI Clerk" said, Judge Speer issue
attachments against the persons named
in the presentment, requiring the mar
shall to bring them before the court, to
hTu yt-bU thew ShoIIl6 "a
ished for contempt"
In accordance with this mandate the at
tachments were issued and served. The
detectives all appeared and gave bond
with security, in the sum of 500. condi-
toned to answer for their appearance be-
fore the Court of Ordinary NH m hm hm
On the bond of Detectives Witherhorn
and Shea, julius D. Hirsch appears as
surety, while on those of Detectives Bar
rett and Scu,iy, James McGrath performs
the same Office. The hearing will be had
before Judge Speer this morning.