The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-28
ITS DUTY ENDED GRAND JURY =
WAS DISCHARGED.
Many Indictments

Many Indictments For Grimes
Against Uncle Sam Were Returned.
All business submitted to the United
States District Court grand jury hav-
ing been finally disposed of, the jurors
reported to the court. and were dis
charged yesterday. Twelve indictments
resulted from the investigation.
In taking leave of the court, the jul
rors, through their foreman, Mr.. Ed
ward Karow. rendered their sincere
thanks for the charge delivered to
them and for the valuable services of
the assistant district attorney. In re-
Spouse Judge Speer said that the fact
that no member of their body had APP
piled to the court to be excused from
HIM the highest evidence of what man
ner of men the body was composed.
The able and expeditions way in which
they had performed their duties, but
served to verify this conclusion.
The thanks of the jurors, which had
been reduced to writing was presented
to the court. It's text was:
I'm taking leave of his honor, Judge
Emory Speer, we herewith most sin
cerely express, in a slight degree, our
appreciation of the very concise, able,
instructive and eloquent charge deliv-
cred to us.
ITO the Honorable Assistant District
Attorney Alexander Alderman we de-
sire to extend our thanks for the court
eOus and effective aid rendered this
body in despatching the business which
has been brought before US"
One Savannah man. George Young,
was indicted. His crime, the theft of
packages from the United States mail,
was accomplished on Christmas day.
Young, who was employed at the I'm
ion Station, took the packages, four
teen in number. from the office in the
depot and breaking them open rihed
them of their contents. These were eX-
hibited to the grand jury yesterday.
The contents of the packages consisted
of numerous Christmas gifts, some of
which were being sent as far away as
the Philippines.
w. A. Bowman was presented for the
serious crime of counterfeiting. 1t
was shown that Bowman, who oper-
ated in Thomas county, passed two
spurious nickels, and when arrested
had in his possession a counterfeit
dollar. The arrest was made last
October at Coolidge. Bowman is out
under bond.
For opening a letter not his own,
extracting therefrom a money order
for $40, forging the name of the ad-
dress and attempting to pass it, jack
son Gibbons will be forced to appear
for trial. He was apprehended on
Oct, 10, last at Register, Bullock
county, where he ATTEMPTED to fool
Uncle Sam, and, son commitment trial,
was held for the action of the grand
jury.
BY stealing six copper coins, which,
in the language of the indictment, are
of the value of one cent each, Charles
Willis an Echols county negro, set the
machinery of the law in operation. He
Was indicted by the grand jury on
several counts, with all the formality
incident to an indictment for embezzle-
ment of a million dollars, or other like
amount The postmas ter at Haylow
was a witness before the grand Jury
and told of the riiing of his cash
drawer.
Solomon Lynn, who is charged with
stealing a letter from the mail and
taking from it a check for $26. will
have to face jury of his peers. The
letter was stolen from the postoffice
at Atkinson, Wayne county, and was
addressed to N. H. Mcdonald, at that
place.
Several indictments for Illicit distill-
ing were returned, the defendants hail
ing from four different counties. CAL
vim G. Jones and Charles A. Lamb
were the reluctant representatives of
Emanuel county; Chesley- Scruggs and
Richard Gilbert Nichols, hailed from
Worth county; John Williamson rep
resented Appling county and Alonzo
Thomas Peak from Bullock. Nearly
all of the accused are white men.