The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-01
CITY LEGISLATION
NOW BEING PROBED
Terminal and Garbage Bills Said
to Be Under Investigation
by Grand Jury.
FINAL REPORT ON THURSDAY.
Five Members in House of Dele
gates Answer Questions Put
to Them by Circuit At
torney Folk.

! gates spent two minutes each in the Grand
| Jury room yesterday afternoon after
waiting two hours. Subpocnas were is
sued for thirteen members Of the House.
Seven appeared but six were not served
The members for whom subpocnas were
| issued were: Charles II. Witthoefft. Sec
ond Ward; Timothy McAulifre. Third
Ward; Isaac Conran. Fifth Ward; George
Rott. Seventh Ward: Thomas S. StOops,
Ninth Ward; Fred Wiedmer. Thirteenth
Ward; John b. Williams. Fourteenth
Ward: Andrew Gazzoio. Speaker. F'if-
tccnth Ward; Henry l.. Wceke, Seven
tcsnth Ward: William A. Block Eight
eenth Ward; George Il. Norp. Nineteenth
Ward; John Z. Mccarthy. Twenty-tnird
Ward ]. G. Tcschemacher, Twenty fourth
Ward
The five members who were called into
the Grand Jury room were Conran. Rott.
Weeke. Block and Mccarthy. Witthoefft
and McAuiffe were present, but not cx-
amined.
In making their returns on the sub
>poenas, Deputy Sheriffs reported that
Shops, Williams. Norp and Teschemachcr
are out of the city ana that Wiedmer
and Gazzolo are Ill.
The Grand jury, after hearing the wit
nesses reply TO a few questions put by
Circuit Attorney Felix. decided TO ad-
journ until Thursday afternoon, when il
Will make Il final report and then per-
nit the December Grand Jury TO resume
the investigation.
The witnesses who were called into the
room We're sworn and would not discuss
the matter after they We're excused. Be
fore entering the room. however. several
Of them declared That they had no idea
1t viii tax. me only a minute to ten
them AL l know said Weekc.
1t is stated that the Grand jury wishes
to know something about the Terminal
Railway bill legislation. The bill is now
in the hands of the Railroad Committee.
of which Wiedmer is chairman. From
another source 1t was stated that recent
sas saSse HoWevar. tSsisoh teeved f % ssat % no9h
ing definite will be known of the inquiry
until the December Grand Jury takes up
the investigation The December Crane
Jury will be iinpanelcd next Monday. 1t
is believed that it will not take up special
Gases at once, and it may be two or three
weeks before the investigation is re-
Sumed.
MAKES PARTIAL REPORT.
In its partial report to Judge Taylor
yesterday afternoon the Grand Jury re-
turned with other indictments eight
charging saloonkeepers with violating the
Sunday-closing law. Excise Commissioner
Seibert and President Hawes of the Po-
lice Board were witnesses before the
Grand Jury two weeks ago in connection
with the Investigation (which resulted i'll
these indictments.
The saloonkeepers indicted are: Chris
tian Eeef, T... Fourth street and Chou-
teau avenue. three indictments; IhomaS
+. Kilian and James Robinson. No. 10
Eugenia street. two: Christian Perrenouu:
No. iol South Fifteenth street. two. ana
Charles. alias Big Beef. Williams ana
Thomas Churchwell. Thirteenth and MOT
gan streets.
The names of witnesses on the Neef in
dictlnents are: Louis and Jacob Gass. No.
3i50 Shenandoah avenue: William CottreIi'
No. 6N Cncuteau avenue: Policemen j. T..
Murphy and J. ]. Mccarthy AS witnesses
against Kiilian and Robinson appear the
names Of John Murphy, No. 2l2o Eugenia
street; Frank Smith. No lii3 South seY-
Geyer avenue. Against Perrenoud tue wit
nesses are: William Walker and Waiter
Glenn, No. Iil3 Clark avenue: Fred FAR
mer thirteenth and Market streets: Po-
licemen Patrick Faivey and Doyle. ON
the Williams and Cnurchweil Indictment
the names Of Melrose smith. No. TS North
Sixteenth street. and Patrolmen Callahan
and McDermott appear.
Routine indictments We're returned in
several cases. The one against Hugh c.
Dennis is TO take the place OF one recent
ly found to be faulty OH the ground that
IL charged the larceny of money when
postal orders We're sent to him by Leslie
Perrine of Wheeler. Ill., the complaining
witness. The indictments follow:
Murder. first degree. Fred Williams;
second degree, Joseph krobel
grand larceny. Hugh c. Dennis two,
May Harrington and Pauline Klein: re-
celying stolen property: Alexander Xelin-
ger and Jacob Zeidel: robbery. first de-
gree. Christ Kerstick and John Watkins;
Adolph kuemmcl: estab-
fishing policy. Carston =. Johnson.
Amon.. the inforinatiors fled We're the
following: Murder. first degree. Emanuel
White: robbery. first degree. Fred Schind- !
ier and christopher Meier. William Jones, !
Ida stein James White, Harry Cation |
three. Herman Dickhorner. John Null and |
John HAYES: grand larceny. S"muel Pc |
terman. Fred Huber and John FuTmanack. !
August Griffin. Samuel MintZ and Joseph |
Mintz: burglary. Emanuel White Cwol, |
Charles Williams. Michael Mcdonald, |
Michael Memo: assault TO kill. Lanton II. |
Race William Gleason. Joseph Keenc. |
John I,awler, Robert Clay; embezzlenent. |
Sylvester Dankel: false preterses and for |
gerv Otto Thiermeck: receiving ernbeG- |
zled property. Samuel and Joseph Mintz.