The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-23
KANSAS NEWS.
WyandOtte Grand Jury Has Ad-
jOurned Until Monday.
One Juror Too Ill to Appear at
the Hearing.
NO INDICTMENTS YET.
The Investigation Is Now Prac-
ticaIly Over.
Attorney General Leaves - Not
NO INDICTMENTS YET.
Attorney General Leaves Not
Much Expected.

The Wyandotte county grand jury ad-
tourned at O'Clock yesterday after
noon without voting on any of the IN
dictments. The jury will meet again
Monday morning at o'clock. when II
win probably take q vote.
Shortly after the jury met at
o'clock. A. G. Dengel. a member of the
Jury. sent word to c. w. Green, fore
man of the Jury. that he was too sick
20 reEoxt for duty. Sheriff H A Men
danhaK was sent to inquire now Sc
rfous was Mr.. DengePs Illness On ms
return hi. reported that Mr.. Dengel mao
n severe chill shortly after noon and
Thought best to remain at nome Iof d
dav or two Last night he was con
sfdera bly, better and he said he thought
ne would be able to attend the sitting
~ the frrv Monday The members OF
the Jury present yesterday AFTERNOON
decided to delay action on all the m
dictments until the absent juror couAo
attend. --.,4,.-
cut Mr. Dengel, as the votes OF only
twelve members are required to return
q true bill,' and there were IouFteSli
Jurors present. Such proceedings WouIu
have been legal However. those pres
ent decided that all should be present
when the indictments are voted on
r. w. Otternan, another member OF
the Jury, became i'll just before the jury
adjourned. He was affected IN the saII1e
Vrav as Mr.. Dengel and he, too, THINKS
he will be able to report for duty Mon
day morning. The sessions OF the jury
have been held in a room in the base
ment of the court house II IS poorly
ventilated and all the jurors nave peen
complaining of it and have several
times asked for better quarters, but
there was no other convenient place to
be had.
Il oh 6iffpTnnPG
Of opinion developed among the Jurors
as to the returning of certain 1ndiet-
ments. The desire of some of them was
not to disturb certain accused boodlers
Others wanted to return all the seven
teen indictments submitted by Attorney
General Coleman and have the Offenders
prosecuted in the courts
When asked by a reporter what he
thought the results of the jury's pro-
ceedfngs would be, Mr.. Coleman re-
IF there are twelve honest men among
the fifteen grand jurors the people Of
Kansas City, Kan, and Wyandotte
county will have no cause to complain
of the results
Mr.. Coleman said he would go to
Clay Center, his home, last spring in
order to be present at the meeting
there today of the county Republican
central committee. He said he woule
not return to Kansas City, Kan, I'M
less asked to do so by the grand jury
When the grand jury returns it's in
dictmentS next week, the prosecutor
of the indicted boodle1s will be placed
in the hands of c. F. Hutchings ant
r. S. McAnany, the local attorneys en-
pIoyed by the citizens committee. The
selection of those attorneys has beer
erninently satisfactory to the pubic
and insures an earnest and vigorous
prosecution of the boodlers indicted
1t also insures that some of the
boodIers which Attorney General Cole
man allowed to slip through his hand;
will be exposed in the testimony pro
duced in the trial courts It is expect
ed that the testimony in the trials O.
those indicted by the grand jury will
reveal. such a corrupt condition of at
fairs as will clearly show that someone
mas succeeded in suppressing fact: