The sun., 1901-12-17

LYNN TRIAL
President Of the Levy Court to be
Arraigned.
GREAT LEGAL BATTLE
Attorney General Ward Will Combat
ANY Attempt to Have the Trial
Postponed. List of In
| dictments.

General interest will be aroused by the
trial of John Lynn, president of the
Levy Court, which will begin tomorrow
in the Court of General Sessions The
belief seems to be that it will be the
hardest fought legal battle that mas
ever taken place i'll the county, and 1t Is
altogether probable that the court room
will be crowded with spectators daily
during the trial.
That the contest will be a hard one
and highly interesting is evident from
the array Of legal talent that will figure
| in it, Attorney General Herbert III. Ward
l. and Deputy Attorney-General Robert II.
Richards for the State and Levi q. Bird
ana Walter III. Hayes representing Mt.
| Lynn.
| Mr.. Lynn is under eleven indictments
iof having obtained money from the colili-
Nv hy false prptense and is under $1,000
Ihaii. The bills returned against him by
tho grand jury are as follows:
True hill No. 3s, the first of the batch
lnllrres that LINN designed and intended
jto cheat and defraud County Treasurer
Horace q. Rettew by pretending that
Robert Barnett had repaired bridges IN
The First district at Il cost Of $lSl.2o.
1.-THE bil is dated May /, 1900. The charge
lSets forth that it was not presented bS
Barnett. who had done no work for the
lcounty, but that it WAS presented anu
TO. K'd" by Lynn, who obtained the
lamount Of the bill and converted II to
his own use. Other bills alleged to have
Ihern presented by President Lynn, the
names of the persons in which they were
presented, and the amounts Lynn ls ai-
legged 10 have obtained by false preten-
ces. are summarized from the lndict'
lments as follows.
No. 39-Bill Of October 80, 1900, Firsi
district. rebuilding Marshallton bridge
$3.50, bll in name Of Robert Barnett.
81. 4o-Rill Of November, 1900, Mar
>halton bridge, $685. bill in name O
Barnett.
II No. 4l-Bill OF December 4, 1900. Mar
shallton bridge, $147, bill in name of bar
nett.
30. 42-Bill OF November 27. 1900, Mar
sballton bridge, $401, bill in name OF Bal
+ nett.
30. 43-Bill of December 81. 1900. Mar
! .hallton bridge. $114, bill in name OF bar
inett.
NJ. 44-Bn of March 5, 1900. First dis
!. trict. for repairs TO bridges, slS7.5o, pl
Lin name Of Caleb Johnson.
/ No. 45-Ril Of April 4. 1899. material
land labor in First district, $2l0, bill !
!. name of William Moore.
! NJ. 47-Bill Of September l9, 1899, llh
her and labor s4S7.50, bill in name 9
j. William Moore.
!. No. 4s-Bill Of March c. 1900, planklns
stone and labor. s2S65o. bill in name z
n Isaac S. Weldin.
!, Bill of October 2. 1900, repairing bridge
\ s56. hill in the name of Lawrence
i Whiteman. !,
j There is much interest as to who ~
Z, iurors in the case will he and the
! lnameS when called, will he listened I.
= Iattentively. II is likely that there vi
he some challenging before the Jury que
,s ton is finally settled.
President Lynn yesterday afternoon q
reared in court and gave additional b'
in the sum Of $1,000 to meet the new !
iictmcnt, his bondSmen being Charles !
Smith and former Sheriff John =. ia
Il lor. :,
~ orncy-General Ward will comb
any attempt to have the trial postpone
rs he il desirous Of disposlng of q
:. charges as soon MS possible.
'n The grand Jury had no session yestt
day afternoon.