The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-06
The Grand Jury8,Hlopesto to.
Complete Work lll Next \ ! d
Tuesday Evening
JURY ASKS STU RTHll|El:R
lNSTRUC LOTIONS
The Poll Of Voters Continued
Yesterday and Neatly Five
Hundred Deposed- First Clay
Precinct Up T Tomorrow
and Also secondrM Mon
roe-Forecast.

Hastings Court grand Jury has polIed
more than 5000 Of the 5000 voters Who
participated In the June municipal prl.
mary. 4s 58 s5S a. "a JSb ia u
Yesterdays session OF the Jury, last:
Ing nearly three hours, disposed Of near.
~ 500 voters, chiefly from Madison and
Monroe Wards. ri III
A statement from Judge Witt fyester.
day that he would give attentlon8at tho
proper time TO certain matters relating
to the Inquiry, as to which the Jury
had Inquired, caused some to think that
an Indictment had been prepared. II
was Instead probably request for more
specific Instructions as to some point.
The 900 voters Of First Clay precinct
VIII pass In review before the grand Jury
to- morrow. Many from Second Monroe
and Third Madison and some from Henry
may be called also.
The Jury viii resume double sessions
Tomorrow, 1880 a. M. to 1880 p. M. and
q to 6 an, and VIII continue to sit thus
until Friday. The pol! Of voters Is ex-
pected to be completed by adjournment
Tuesday.
The Hastings Court grand jury yester-
day pollcd about 40 voters, mostly from
first and second Madison Ward precincts,
and first and third Monroe. with quite
considerable number OF miscellaneous
voters from other wards and precincts.
The jury sat from 10 80 A. NJ. until about
30 p M. and kept busily examining vot-
crs during practically the entire sitting,
the voters consuming on the average
twenty seconds or fewer In stating for
whom they had voted for Common
wealths attorney and for city sergeant.
Tho dayawaa one OF placid chi m wilma
dearth OF sensational rumors and a
decided dIminutlon OF wild speculation as
to the outcome OF the inquiry. or course,
there was impatience on the part Of
many in the waiting line. for Saturday
is heavy day In business, and a short
day within which to dispose OF the vol
ume OF trade and the week end labor
and settlements. 1t was Il case OF recon-
Cling ones self to the Inevitable, how
ever, and those in the line had to set
their teeth and endure the delay.
81 The voters OF Ave precincts had been
summoned and large number appeared
and were sworn. Clerk Walter Christian,
administering the oath to them in blocks.
and thus expediting the swearing process
and constantly augmenting the line Of
waiting suffragans facing toward the
door of the jury room. There was no
halt no delay In the work OF polling. and
all during the sitting the work progressed
steadily,
Over Three Thousand Heard.
with the close OF the week approxl-
mately $500 or $500 voters have been
polled OF the $500 or more recorded as
voting In the primary. With 800 voters
from First Clay summoned for Monday
and probably 400 or 800 more from vari.
GUS wards and precincts to be called IN
the roundup Tuesday. 1t is expected that
in all 1850 voters will have been polled
when the poll is closed, Besides First
Clay. many voters from Second Monroe,
Second Henry and Third Madison, VINO
we're not poled yesterday and have not
been recorded on the preceding days OF
tho sitting will be called to come Tor
ward Monday afternoon or Tuesday morn
Ing. The jury will hold dou bie'haader
sessions Monday and Tuesday, sitting
from 1890 until I 80 P. NJ, and again from
about 4 until p. NJ. thus enabling them
to dispose of great volume 4of work.
with five hours nitting and three to -FOUR
voters per minute polled, the jury should
be able to take the evidence OF from