The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-27
GRAND JURY FINDS
 MANY TRUE BILLS Jail Found to be in an UnSani-
 tary Condition ALSO CONSIDERED UNSAFE Fountaine and Warren Are Indicted for Forgery and Attempt to Swim
 de Selma Merchants
 Last Saturday.
ALSO CONSIDERED UNSAFE

Selma, January 26-(Special)-T grand jury this afternoon made it's final report to the city court, Judge J. w. Mabry, presiding. The body had been in session since Monday January 16 and found S4 true bills at an expense of $239 to the county.
 The report calls attention to the un- sanitary condition of the jail owing to improper sewerage and recommends it's being remedied. In the matter of the escape of prisoners the jail Is declared to be sufficiently secure within the cells but that prisoners allowed in the corridors can effect their escape through the sky lights and 1t is recommended that bars be put in to remedy this condition.
 This was the first appearance of solici- tor J. F. Thompson in Dallas county and the following concluding paragraph of the report Is quite complimentary to him:
 We wish especially to record our ap- proval of the able and conscientious man. ner in which MT. J. F. Thompson, the newly elected solicitor of this district has discharged the duties of his office in con nection with this body. His skllful and searching examination of witnesses and the fearless and impartial manner in which he has investigated all offences against law and order which have been brought to our notice have impressed us with the belief that the people of this district have made a wise selection and that In his hands crime and disorder in our midst will be sternly and fearlessly suppressed.
 Gossip In Red Men Circles.
 Selma has a fiourishing tribe of Red Men and it is expected that on the occa- sion of the session of the great council in Birmingham this May that many of the prominent members of the order will attend from this hunting ground. Con siderable interest is being manifested all over the state in the race for officers of the great council. The fight every year comes over the office of junior sag amore, it being pretty we'll understood that the present great senior sagamore who lives in Eufaula will be advanced and that Junior Sagamore Jones of Mont gomery will also be advanced. Already two candidates have announced for the office of great junior sagamore, B. F. Barlow of the Mobile tribe and George H. Todd, Jr., of the Montgomery tribe The latter has adopted rather novel announcement card. It consists of two pieces of thin manila card board tied to the end of which is a leaden bullet. Preceding the address on the back are these words printed in red ink: My First Shot at Mir. -"
 Whether or not Selma will have a can didate for junior sagamore Is not known. but the members of the great council who live in Selma are enthusiastic Red Men and one of the number of this hunt ing ground may enter the race
 It is pointed out that Montgomery will have the great senior sagamore and the great chief of records and a great rep resentative and therefore, the honors should be divided around The Birmng- ham district will have the great prophet and 1t will be claimed no doubt that either Mobile or Selma should have the junior sagamore.
 Fountaine and Warren Indicted.
 The grand jury having returned true bile against Fountaine and Warren, the two white men charged with forgery, and attempting to swindle Selma mer- chants last Saturday, no preliminary trial was held by Mayor Atkins this morning The two men have been sent to the county jail and their trials will come up in a week or so Chief of Police has SIT 50 taken from the persons of the men when they were arrested and he has been garnisheed in two places' as he puts it, by merchants who were defrauded by the men. He says the courts will have to determine to whom he shall turn over the money