The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-04
JUDGE HAZEL INSTRUCTS
GRAND JURY TO PURGE
MISSOURI OF CRIMINALS.
Continued From Page One.

weeks ago that II was for writing painph
let on sugar during the Cuban tariff war II
| Congress. He also averred to qrestioner:
that he was not concerned in the least
about the candy bill. which Senator Jewel
introduced. This bill forbade the use OF
glucose. flour and other ''de!eterious'' sub
stances in CONNECTIONS of all sorts.
This story Is directly opposite to that
| which Senators Stubs and Kinealy can tell.
Both of these Senators were members of
I the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee and
were asked to vote for the bill by Lee. he
| calling them out of the commi:tee-room
to make the request. The question natural-
| " arises WHAT was Lees interest In the
| bill? Stubs Is supposed to have told the
| Grand Jury his experience with Lee. K-
| nealy has been subpoenaed on this same
| matter, and may be here some time this
week.
Fred W. Jennings connection with this
feature of legislation is not known. During
| the session Lee told some OF his friends
that Fleming had requested JEWELS ap-
pointment on the Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee. and, IL this were done. Leo
| could control his vote on all measures. In
view Of tho candy-bill legislation. Jennings
testimony on this point is thought to have
been interesting. He was before the Grand
Jury about three-quarters of an hour.
JEWELL IN KANSAS.
Fleming is considered well posted. and a.
result Of his testimony It is probable that
other witnesses will be subpoenaed. A sub
poena which was issued for Senator Jesse
L. Jewell was not served upon him Friday.
though he was in Kansas City at the time.
He has been spending a good deal Of the
summer in Arcadia, Kas. He Is said to
have left for there shortly after Fleming
was served.
Representative r. J. Collins Of St. Louis
was also a witness. He Is considered an
authority on race-track legislation and was
before the Grand Jury about three quarters
OF an hour. 1t is not thought that he knew
anything Of value beyond the fact that Rep
resentatives Leonard. Lyman and Farley
and Senator Nelson had obtained jobs ut the
race track this summer. They may be
asked to come hero and testify before the
Grand Jury.
the names Of the witnesses who have been
subpoenaed. He, himself, at the request Of
Judge HAZEL, was ordered to assist Prose-
cutting Attorney Stone in the Grand Jury
room. Stone was In court this morning,
slightly the worse for repairs after a per-
sonal encounter last week. but able to at
tend to his part of the programme.
STREET RAILWAY COMBINE.
1t is probable that the Attorney General
will 60 into the legislation on the street rail-
way consolidation Of four years ago There
are few men who were members Of the
session Of 1899 who are not now living in
the State, and therefore are indictable. as
the statute Of limitations does not apply to
nonresidents.
Word was received to-day that Colonel
William n. Phelps would be before the Cole
County Grand Jury Thursday. and before
the st. Louis Grand Jury Friday. He was
served with the Cole County subpoena this
morning in Carthage
Attorney General Grow has subpoenas for
Colonel John II. Carroll at st. Louis and
Unionville. Letters to these places. rs well
as to Chicago, ask him to be hero Friday.
Both Of these railroad attorneys arc wanted
in connection with legislation during the
last two sessions.
INSTRUCTIONS TO GRAND JURY.
The full text of Judge Haxelrs instruc-
tons to the Grand Jury follows:
Gentlemen Of the Grand Jury: conference
brought about the Investigation In the House ana
that resulted in calling the first Grand Jury.
This Is the second time that Grand Jury has
been summoned in special session this year.
The first can was made in March last for the
purpose Of investigating charges Of bribery. and
OF other official corruption OF the last General
Assembly and others. That call naturally pro-
voked more less criticism OF the court On
account Of the gravity OF the charges made. the
exalted station IN life Of those whose conduct was
the subject OF Investigation. and the expense
AH,~ IA fva
where every inch Of ground would
be stubbornly resisted.
From rumors THE Investigation IN the Legisla-
ture grew into tangible facts: confessions and
other evidence followed in the courts till those
who opposed the Investigation ceased their oppo-
etion. and the whole State stood as unit in
hands Of a band Of organised criminals. with
their headquarters in Jefferson City.
At the last special session the bribers and
the bribed were comparatively secure under q /
perfect organization. hrst effected to carry out
their nefarious schemes to rob tho State in the L
interest OF the great corporations and after. |
wards to protect each other from prosecution and
the Penitentiary.
As long as they remained at the state capital l
there WINS sense OF security that characterixes |
forces well disciplined and generated The State
was partially foed IN its efforts to successfully
storm citadel intrenched by constitutional priv
ilege. mutual interest and defended BY undi-
yided forces The conscience stricken, who might
find relief In full confession. were sustained
and buoyed up by their more hardened asso-
ciateS but when they adjourned to all sections
Of the State each felt that The way of the /
transgressor IL hard; some may have confessed /
to save themselves; some may not have known Il
how to handle large sums of money without Gre
ating suspicion: some may have concluded to
take I'D their abode in the Penitentiary and
begin an expiation Of their ohepse
BETTER OPPORTUNITY.
Gentlemen. the special session last March had
the organized opposition Of the enemy against
which to contend. This panel has the advantage
Of meeting a disorEanized condition where EVIL
dence can be more easily obtained. and that
evidence of a more satisfactory character.
The people OF the State of Missouri are as |
and honest as the people Of any State
In the Union. When large number Of the
legislative assembly organize In the interest Of
sturdy masses of this Kreat Commonwealth have
lost that moral stamina which must exist in q
Tree country. but It does srnphaaze the truth that
eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty"
The State OF Missouri has been held mp to
scorn and has been the tarKst for the shafts sof
ridicule ever since the session Of our last Cen
Pral Assembly. That longing which q certain
element of the press has for something rotten in
the State with which to MI its coiumns has
been satiated by the last Legislature to un-
degree. All the sectional. political
and financial enemies Of the State have been in
clover UP to their necks. The air has been
illed with the noise OF demagogues Of various
ltsrnps crying their remedies for poor old Mis-
souri,. Just II nalfeasancs IN office, bribery.
larceny. or any other crime IL more likely to
freak out in section OF tho Union than an
OF one political party than IN.
,ther.
II the vigilance OF the courts OF Missouri can
ferret. out crime in high places and set An ex-