New-York tribune., 1902-09-25
DISBROW MAY Re INDICTED
TT Is TtIt, GENERAL BELIEF At RIVER
HEAD THAT THE GRAND 'th
HAS SO DECIDED.

Ri,.erhead Long Island Sept. 2i-While 1t Is very
generally believed that the grand jury al noon 20
dav voted to indct Louis Disbro" for the d'Iesed
murder of clarence Foster and Miss Sarah Law
- :. &C. NOT VET known that such is the case
n Is reported here however. that Dshrow has been
indicted 1t is certain that the jury mas vote" o"
the question after d debate lasting almost three
hours but no statement OF the result has been
given out nor will there be- according to the Dis
trjct Attorneys plans. until the grand jury has
finished its work and comes into court with ali
the indictments. This course may be changed to-
morrow. as Justice Maddox will be asked TO request
the District Attorney to have the grand jury report
its finding.
Rowland Miles, Disbrow's counsel, is here, and
wants 20 get away quickly possible, as he
has other important cases he wishes to attend to-
He does not wish to leave here until the Disbrow
case has been reported upon. however He and
others will request Justice Maddox TO ask the Dis
trict Attorney to have the grand jury return its
finding at once.
This afternoon after the jury had taken the vote
on the case Mr. Miles was about the courthouse
for a time and made q quiet investigation Of the
conflicting rumors relative to the result of the bal
lot. Afterward he went to the jail and saw Dis
brow. He did not seem any too we'll pleased and
from his manner it is thought he decided that MS
client had been indicted.
In the course of the long debate this morning in
the grand jury room there were times when the
argument must have been heated, as the SOUND OF
the mems voices could be heard In the corridor on
parentlv a considerable difference of opinion be-
tween three or four of the members of the grand
Jury and they appeared to be waxing eloquent in
arguing for against Indictment 1t is believed
that the vote indict to dismiss, as the case
may be. close.
Besides the conflicting stories that there has been
an indictment and that there has not been one
there is third which says that the case has been
hung up for the present and that the grand jury
has ordered District Attorney Smith to bring be-
fore il more witnesses. This story is discredited
by the fact all the important witnesses have
been produced before the grand jury, and the long
debate this morning is also taken as an indication
that the affair went to finish. No other case is
recalled here where q grand jury spent long Il
time considering it after the evidence in.
District Attorney Smith says there will be re-
turn OF until the jury is prepared to dis
band for the term. and that then the will be
handed with the rest of the cases to be consd-
cred later by the grand jury The suggestion that
there would doubtless be leak on the part OF some
Of the iurymen IS denied by the District Attorney
who seems think the entire body refrain
from talking. Thus far his faith in the secretive-
ness of the jurymen appears well founded. Not
one Of them has Yet any manner indicated
what has been done.
IT has been said that the Indictment, If found,
may in lesser degree than the first, but this
idea is secuted by ali connected with the The
lawyers agree that it must he first degree or
NO