The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-16

cult court yesterday was the repor
d of the grand jury which turned in
5 large batch Of true bills accompaaie
Z BY report calling attention to tn
! evils OF gambling, liquor selling t
minors etc, The report was offeret
! TO Judge Butler by Foreman P J
: Thistlewood, and the Judge thanked
the jury cordially for their good work
expressing the belief that the people
would feel grateful to them FOR the
excellent manner in which they had
discharged their duty.
The Jury's Report.
To His Honor, Inc Presiding Judge,
Of the Circuit Court in Session, at
Cairo. Alexander County, Illinois
"Sir:-In concluding our labor, we
the duly selected Grand Jury Of this
term Of court beg leave to make re-
port on matters brought 70 our atten-
ton in accordance with the custom
OF such bodies at the completion Of
their work
The main part of our report neces-
sarily consists of the bills. true and
otherwise, presented to the court and
which we desire 70 supplement- with
the following:
County Jail.
we have inspected the county Jail
and taking into consideration its
crowded condition and necessarily
poor ventilation we find the jail in
probably as good sanitary condition a.
is possible under existing circumstan.
ces. A defect in plumbing or sewerage.
reported to us has been we under /
stand, ordered corrected, The need Of I
a separate jail building ii. of course, |
apparent.
Gaming
"This Grand Jury feels that IT,
could only be considered remiss in its
duty and false to its oath If specific
reference was NOS made to the matter
Of gaming which has we find. been
practiced in this county and particu-
Iarly in the city Of Cairo for some
years past We have limited our In
yestigations in this respect to the
eighteen months past ana we have TO |
report thar from the evidence placed
before rs We are forced to conclude
and ii ID our duty to report to you
hat The situation, a. we find it. moH
reflects upon those officials
If Alexander county directly responsi-
Die for the enforcement of the laws Z
md ordinances governing such prac-
ice. We have endeayorcd 50 far as Is
possible 10 fix the responsibility for J
he condition Of affairs that has eX-
sted
Ii is probably unnecessary to adj
rise you that we find reluctance on Q
he part Of many Ia give proper testi- 9
nony before the grand Jury. This is
more true of officials whose
Iuty il Is to correct the practice re-
erred 10 than any one class of Wit
Iesses, excepting only those directly
party to such practice. But from the
many witnesses examined and from
mple testimony we find that gaming
as been practiced extensively within
he corporate limits OF the city of
afro up to within few weeks if not
few days of the present time. We
nd that The State Laws in this re-
pect have been repeatedly disre
arded aud thar City Ordinances Nos
Is keeping Gaming Houses, SIC
Gaming) and 547 Saloon
wners Not 10 Allow Gaming in Their
Iaces Of Businessl have been ignored
ld dehed
I'm addition TO many reputable citi-
ms. some of high standing. we have
.dmiucd the .heriH of this county
ld several OF his deputies. the city
arshall. sergeant of police and The
aiorigy Of The police coustables of
10 city OF Cairo We find that little az
rorJ has been made 10 abolish io
inning in the country precincts and u
proportion to the extent the prac Ct
&c has existed. still less in the city 10
Cairo SO far as the city is con-
rned VIC are rather reluc antly OF
reed to conclude and with much ca
,rsonal regret to report to YOU that er
e police force of the city Of Cairo Is da
q body. either grossly incompetent IN
stop gaming OF wholly Indifferent be
the provisions of those ordinances dc
yerning such matters or through Al
mistaken sense Of resi- possibility 10 co
perior authority. knowingly derelict Sc
duty In the contradiction of evi- an
nee presented by Witnesses of this
IS. il is difficult matter TO Judge m
81 how much those in highest au- Dir
GRITTY in the city arr responsible for m'
e existence of wholesale gaming in ar
p city of Cairo but that it has SO
istcd from Fourth street 10 Fortierh m
: have proved without doubt and i5i
find the police caustabl IS aud -
Pr superior officers. on their posi- IN;
O testimony. very largely ignorant iol
their testimony for the most part is
be believed, of the local condition ar
affairs in THIS respect. co
We regret that In the mass of testi-i
my taken il has been impossible To NJ
urn more true bills on gaming than Co
Ivory From Various Sources.