Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-04-26
WORK Is DONE
Final Report of Grand Jury Presented
Yesterday.

The grand jury after eleven days OF
constant service submitted its final re-
port yesterday afternoon and was dis
charged. report was presented ear
lier in the day in which an indictment
was found against the Arizona Water
Works and Sewerage company fl
maintaining nuisance in the shape of
a sewer farm south of the city. 1t is
described as a disease breeding section
which ought to be abated. Under the
report the court directed a summons
to the officers of the company to APP
pear on April 30 and answer the COM
plant made against them. The pro-
ceeding is quasi criminal and it is said
to be the first OF it's kind in the history
of the court of this district. In the
same report William Clune. charged
with an assault With intent to commit
murder. and John Wisdom. against
whom n complaint charging him with
an aggravated assault had been made
were discharged.
When the jury entered the court
room Judge Kent looked a Foreman
Messenger with a smile and said that
| he had observed in the papers that he
had been nominated for candidate for
the council and he concluded that the
position of foreman of the grand jury
had been a stepping stone TO political
preferment.
| 1t was the later report that was
awaited with the greater interest for
it was expected that it would bring out
the result of the grand jury's investi-
cation of the short comings of the city
adminstra ton. 1t was known that
two things had been under investiga-
ton: The re-esta blishment of the
block and the mulctng of the en-
ployes of the city of five per cent of
their salaries for the use and benefit of
| political organization. The report
contained no reference to the latter
matter but on the former subject it con-
tanned the following resolution. I'VE
| desire TO call the attention of the hon
orable mayor and comon council of the
city of Phoenix to the fact that houses
of prostitution are openly conducted
in the vicinity of the passenger depot
of the NJ. & P. railroad company: that
we consider the presence of that class
! of occupants within the city limits a
disgrace to our city and we recon-
mend that the honora bic mayor and
council take immediate steps for the
removal of the occupants of the said
houses and to see that the orders of the
| city council are carried out by the city
/ marshal and the police officers of the
| city and that the ordna noes of the city
be strictly enforced
| The report concludes as follows:
I'VE hereby extend our thanks to the
| Honorable Edward Kent, judge of the
| third district of the territory OF Ari-
iona in and for Maricopa county; to
the district attorney and his assistant
and also to Mr.. Messenger, foreman of
the grand jury, for their universal
| kindness and courtesy and valuable as
| sistance rendered during our investiga-
ton" The court in turn thanked them
for the promptness with which they had
gone through a great volume of work
1t is shown in the report that &c cases
were Investigated. 10 indictments were
found, cases were dismissed. and (
were referred to the next grand jury
In the course of the investigation LAG
witnesses were examined.
John Maber, who had been indicted
fer aggravated battery in inhumanly
beating his wife, withdrew a plea of
not guilty and pleaded guilty. He will
be sentenced today William Ellis
worth and Eugene Daily, under indict-
ment for forgery, also pleaded guilty
and will receive their sentences this
morning. The trial of Charles Sloan
fer forgery and Frank Cline for a con-
spiracy to break jail were set for April
80. Thomas Grady for burglary will be
tried the day before. Mort Hackney's
trial fer burglary was set for May l.
OF the thirteen persons indicted six
have pleaded guilty and two more will
probably do so, SO that the criminal
/ trial docket is made up of three defend
ants, two of the persons indicted not
being in custody. In the case of Frank
Cline who had been held to the grand
jury on the charges of embezzlement
and obtaining money by false pretens-
eS, both accusations were dismissed.