The Washington times., 1902-09-29
DISTRICT GRAND JURY
TO WIND UP ITS LAB0RS
Makes Final Presentment
Next Monday, October 6.
SUPREME COURT TO RESUME
First Work of Term Will Be the Or
ganization of the Grand
and Petit Juries.

The grand jury of the District, aftel
q recess of several weeks. will resume
its work today preparatory to making
final presentment Monday, October 6
the last day of the present term of tho
Supreme Court of the District. On the
day following the fall term of the Su-
preme Court will begin and a new grand
jury and petit juries will be organized
for the work of the court
During the next week the grand jury
will be very busy. there being several
cases on which District Attorney Gould
desires a report before the jury is re-
tired from service. One of these is the
shooting of Capt. Nelson Shipman by his
daughter. Miss Nellie Shipman. week
or SO ago at the Stanhope Flats. Cap
tain Shipman has nearly recovered from
his wound and is able to appear before
the Jury If he has any inclination to do
go. Whether he does or not District
Attorney Gould will offer all other evi-
dence he has at hand relative to the
shooting. This will consist of such tes-
timony as the police have been able to
gather concerning the affair.
Busy Term Ahead.
The coming term of court will be a
very busy one in the criminal branches
cf the court. Besides five or six muir
der cases that will demand the attention
Of the court there are several other i'm
portant criminal cases which will occu
py the attention of the court for many
weeks. OF these may be mentioned the
trials of Mrs. Helene Sterne and Harriet
Douglass, held to be responsible for the
death of two young women because of
unprofessional operations alleged to
have been committed by the accused:
the O'Brien perjury case. the Arnes
johnson assault with intent to kill, and
others.
In reference to the last named case it
is proper to say that the evidence in
connection with the matter has not yet
teen presented to the grand jury. tits
also expected that the Rev. Liston D.
Bass. who about two years ago was con-
victed in the District courts on an in
dictnent charging him with the unlaw
ful use of the United States mails and
who was granted a new trial, will again
be called to trial during this term OF
court.
w ueu DdSS was COutiCttu uc WdS
sentenced to two and one-half years
Imprisonment In the penitcntiary. His
counsel, Messrs. Lock & Fulton and
Douglass & Douglass, took an appeal
and the Court of Appeals for the Dis
trict reversed the judgment of the lower
court in an opinion announced last sum-
mer by Justice Shepherd. The trial of
this case occupied the attention of the
Supreme Court of the District for sew
eral weeks, and 1t is expected that re-
hearing will take up very near as much
OF the time of the court as did the ini-
tial proceedings.
There is every probability that ex-
Corporal Richard 0'Brien, who is in
dicted for perjury on account of testi-
mony he gave concerning the conduct OF
certain officers and enlisted men of the
American army in the Philippines. Will
be called to trial early during the term.
So far as is known, the accused has
not yet retained any member of the To-
cal bar IS counsel. 1t is rumored, how
ever, that it is the intention of his rela-
tives to secure the services. of two of the
best criminal lawyers of the District for
his defense to assist counsel employed
IN Boston, Mass. where he was arrested
about a month ago.
In the equity divisions of the court the
Rebecca J. Taylor case. the Indian land
cases and what are known as the Sec
ond-class mail matter cases" will take
I'D great deal of the time.