The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-14
Defendants Counsel Seeks to Have
Indictment Against Client
Declared Invalid.
GRAND JURY RESUMES INQUIRY.
Partial Report Expected To-Day.
Including Indictments Against
Persons Implicated in Gar
bage Contract Scandal.

Counsel for the defense IN the case o.
| John X. Murrell played their last card fol
| a continuance yesterday. Chester II. Kruu
| has been ca led into the case to take the
| place of Attorney Thomas B. Harvey. WHO
| owing TO Illness. has withdrawn. Murrel
| is now represented by Attorneys Krum
! Rowe and Gsrnez. Yesterday they filed a
motion TO qUash the indictment asa'ns
Murrell. alleging five counts In support o'
l the motion.
| The first count attack the Indictment OF
the ground that il AYERS the defendant wa=
! asked to vote impartia!iy ol measure.
which had. in fact. a!ready been passed
The other counts raisa purely technical OBJ
jeciions to the Indictment.
Mr. Folk said last night that he had III
tie fear Of the motion to cuash being su y
tained. 1t is the last resort Of counsel
seeking a delay or continuance" n said,
and is purely tscAnicai motion. used In
important cases. wSen all oiker means OF
obtaining continuance have been ex-
hausted. The first count assumes a condi-
tion. which 10 not borne out by the allsga-
tions In the indictment. and l ami .irate no
trouble In having the motion overru:ed."
Grand Jury's Work Rcxumcd.
The Grand Jury adjourned at 1 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon after a morning ses-
sion. without returning a partial report Be
sides routine cases. municipal, corruption
was considered At the morning session The
body viii be in session again to-day. and
this afternoon Will resume the bribery in
vestigat.on. 1t is confidently expected that
n partial report will be made to-day unless
the developments are of sufficient i'm
pOTtanCp n reurrtre anpfhar
row. In any event. 1; is the general in
preston that the Grand Jury Will return
partial report before IL adjourns for the
week. whether adjournment be taken to-
day or to- morrow In the report besides
the Indictments returned In routine cases.
may be found one or two in the bribery in
ves'igation. duplicating persons connected
with the garbage contract and other scan
dals
Whether the Grand Jury makes a partial
report or not before the end Of the week. il
Is certain that the bribery investigation
will be discontinued for another week. be-
cause the trial OF the bribery case of John
k Nurrell. which will be called next Tues
day. will take up the attention OF the court
for at least week. and require the service;
Of the Circuit Attorney and his assistant. Z.
orrick Bishop. for that period.
Prominent Persons Witnesses.
Among the witnesses examined yesterday
we-e: II. g. Priest. attorney for the st.
Louis Transit Company: Robert f. McMath,
former president of the Board OF Public
improvements: Attorney wsliam L. F,sse.
John +. Boland. Charles Virgins, ID. p.
Dyer. United States District Attorney; Pro-
fessor Halsey g. Ives. Joseph l. Penney.
commercial agent Terminal Association:
Hugh ]. Brady. Henry Zumstag of the
Charles F. Kelley Printing Company: Coun-
cilInen Joseph Boyce and jeremiah Shee-
han. Charles Virgins, Charles L. Gibson
and John II. Meyer.
Only two weeks will remain to the Grand
Jury after tomorrow in which to complete
its investigation of the charges of munic
ipal corruption left as n legacy by the De-
cember Grand Jury. As the trial of Murrell
and others indicted In connection with ;he
bribery scandal will occupy ali of next
lowing week. II Is evident tnat the Grand |
Jury will have little time at Its disposal I,
during the remainder Of its term for the |
further investigation of the bribery charges. !
II bench warrants or Indictments are TO be |
Issued for the apprehension of any persons |
accused of participation in the garbage con- |
tract scandal. which has occupied ths at
ention of the body most of the present ses- |
sion. they will have to be issued very short
y. II they are not included in partial re- |
almost a certainty that they will not be is |
sued until the Grand Jury makes Its final |
.eport week from next Monday. IL at ali. |
From now until the expiration of the term 4
y the Grand Jury. March 81. the time of |
he Circuit Attorney and his assistants is |
fkely to be so occupied with the dIsnosal |
II the prosecution of the cases Of bribery
lSainst Murrell and Meysenburg that those
officials will have scant time to direct the
york of investigating bribery charses be-
ore the Grand Jnrv