The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-22
PANAMA LIBEL CASE
THE GRAND sURY ADsouRNs UNTIL
Distxiet AttsYsey Jerome And n~rsuey Nicsi5 Oeahs<f Ter The New l rerk worfa Hold Lear

AVEk sSAn., kl--AfLef exdUluiuE q number Of witnesses subpoenaed to appear before them, in the ease of the United States against the Press Pub lishinE Company" the Federal grand jury which has been inqoiring into the lcharBes Of criminal libel brouRht against The New York World, for pub liication of articles criticisinE the gov Iernmefit In its purchase of the Panama canal propsrtg adjourned today untii
 me witnesses esamlasa today in- cluded Edward F. Fragin. a one time srdent advocate of the Nicaragua canal project: A. e. Ryan. a .WashinEton |pewspaper oarrespondentg subpoenaed nnder the nom de plume Of Rowsey;
 William J. Dempsey. foreman of the mailing room of The. woftd, and three employee of The World mailing room
 WiiMam 0uIt and Daniel and Thomas Cochran. IF tg se
 Charles n :Tsft. brother Of the |Pfesidsnt-elect who was expected to appear before the Federal and also the county srand juries. did not put in an
 Owing to the seerecy enjoined upon ell the witnesses. Tt could not be learn ed what connection If any, existed be-
 tween the testinony given by The World employees examined and that oi Messrs CrAGfn and Ryan who are moi known sto have hRd any relations oj any sort with that paper.
 The assumption by the attorneys fo, The World that the actions instituted
 against itg before the Federal erans jury by the sDistrict Of coIurnbis. th.
 New York Federal grand jury and tho
 grand jury of the county of New York were based upon the United States
 statute of 1895, which oonfers upon the Federal authorities the right to prose. Eeute under the state laws for offenses committed upon land ceded to the gov.
 ernment by the state. was not dis. puted today by either United State, District Attorney Stimson, or District
 Attorney Jerome. Mir. Jerome was ir consultation with Delaney Nicoll, coun.
 sel for The World, for the better part of the afternoon. but beyond admittine that the Panama case had been amona
 the eubjects discussed neither would divufke what steps the county authori-
 ties had decided to take in the mat. ter. es 'p- s--sas=e l.--ts : -' The special grand jury Sof the county
 was in session. but no witnesses ap.
 peared before ft In -ccnrection i. with
 The World case. Prominent Mem Sum anaoned.
 
 stood that subpoenas were issued late today for the appehrance toinoFrow oi Secretary of State Root, Senator Knos of Pennsylvania and Assistant Attor. they General Russell before the grand Jury to testify relative to the govern
 ment's connection with the Panams canal purchase. although officials a
 the office of the District. Attorney de
 cline to Confirm the rumor. -' | sAttorneyr General Bonaparte an lnounced at, the conclusion of a confer
 ence with the. president today that h,
 would postpone tntif nextsG week thu
 statement which he was to have sivel
 out concerning the investigation b!
 District Attorney McNama who will to morrow read before the grand jury tn full text of the alleged libelous state lments which, lit is claimed. were pub llished in The New york world and Th'
 Indianapolis News concerning the con Inection of Charles r. Taft, pougia Robinson and William, Nelson crom ] well with the purchase of the Panam' lcanai E. sk 5- .-.g