The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-07
GRAND JURY EXPECTED TO COMPLETE IT'S WORK TO-DAY.

| He offered his services to owners of other
sites according to witnesses other than
Judge Gum.
Included among the witnesses who tes-
tihsd regarding the Louisiana case were
J. d. Bowman and Clarence May. liquor
| men; W. G. Tinsley. cashier of the Me.
the Louisiana Bank; John Fritz, alb
stracter Of titles: E. E. Campbell. attor-
ney; j. r. Lynott. hardware merchant.
and George b. Lynott, assistant cashier OF
the Louisiana Bank.
Vernon was cheaper in Moberly, accord
Ing 10 the witnesses from there. The site
Ryan and brought him $500. The Gov
ernment appropriation was only 5000 and
interested citizens put up the extra S."oo
s,sItaa e Ia1her se,a Ryan M and 500 for Vernon
IL p. Jennings. president of the Mer-
chants Bank. and j. T. Fry, a dentist of
Moberly, testified before the Grand Jury
to-day.
KANSAS MAN
VISITS TOWNS.
According TO several witnesses the Kan
sas brother visited Columbia. Kirksville.
Moberly and Louisiana since the adjourn
ment Of the December Grand Jury in Han
nibal in an effort to get assistance for
Doctor Vernon
One witness said to-day that the Paola
Vernon asserted that the local men should
put up money in self-protection. This they
all refused to do. In KirkSville it IS
claimed by one witness that the PaoIa
Vernon represented himself to be n Gov
erEment agent.
L don't know where my brother is to-
day. said t G. Vernon. 4 did rot see
him for about two years until last night
He was in town for short time / had
some business with him about three weeks
ago. and so went around to these towns TO
see If I could find him. This stuff is all
rews TO me I did not try to raise any.
very well. understand she was a Miss
McGarry of Fayette. l do, not know the
man Blanton.''
ing much praise for the effective work
that has been done by Inspectors Bunsen
and Reid. In Columbia the disclosures
started through the feeling between Post
Louisiana disappointed purveyors of site
told Colonel Dyer when he was on a visit
TO his old home.
To-day. when the Grand Jury took up
the work. Messrs. Bunsen and Reid had
not only prepared memoranda Of the Co
lumbia and Louisiana cases. but had gone
further and found that Vernon had left
trail in Kirksville and Moberly. They took
with them into the Grand Jury room to-
day hotel registers, showing the move
slept together and where they acted as,
strangers. Bank books showing bank
drafts bought in the transactions were
also presented. The inspectors work had
been so effectively done that no time was
wasted by Colonel Dyer in presenting the.
necessary facts to the Grand Jury.
Colonel Dyer has sole charge OF the in
vestigation and Is being assisted by his
son. Assistant United States District At,
torney Horace G. Dyer. Colonel Dyer
knows every man on the jury and most
of the witnesses, as this part of Missouri
has been his political stamping ground for;
years.
Judge Elmer B. Adams. who is holding
the special term of court, went to St ]
Louis this morning. but will be back to-.
morrow noon. when 1t is probable that a
report will be made and the. Grand Jury.
discharged. Any indictments which mays
be found probably Will cause the defend
ants to be tried at the April term of
court. 81
The Hannibal Grand Jury has nothing
to do with the alleged work of Vernon
and Blanton in Joplin and Nevada, as
they are in the jurisdiction of the West.
ern District. 1t is said that Major War
ner of Kansas City will take up this
phase of the investigation as soon as posi-
sible. 4
p. z. BURTON.