The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-02
WON LET GRAND
JURORS LEAVE
JUDGE BLAIR FEARS HE CAN GET
NO OTHER ELIGiRLE JURORS IN
ADAMS COUNTY.
BIG Tossing up TO-DAY
SIX MEN ARRESTED CHARGED
WITH THREATENING TO KILL
JUDGE AND DYNAMITE COURT
HOT SE-REsIDESTs ON RUN.
BIG 'FESSlNG up TO-DAY

WEST UNION, OHIO, Jan. BE
lieTfnS that SO many voters have been
disfranchised In Adams county and
thus rendered ineligible for fury SER
vice that It would be impossible to get
together another grand jury to COM
pleta his probe into the vote selling.
Judge Blair to-day refuEed to permit
the Adjournment OF the grand jury that
has beer in session now for more than
two weeks and that has returned more
than Zoo indictments
The situation Il causing Judge Blair
considerable concern. Several mem
bers Of the jury have notified the court
that IL VIII be impossible for them TO
serve after next Saturday because OF
the necessity OF getting back TO busi-
ness and TO their farms. Coupled with
the probability that he could not get
another grand fury from the few quail
fed voters left, ii ts doubtful IL even
a petit jury can be secured to try the
voters who are refusing to confess, as
wei as the other criminal cases NOM
pending.
Adams County Residents on Run.
To oomplicate the situation further
no less than 500 Adams county rest
dents are declared to have to-day
crossed into Kentucky and TO have
announced their intention OF remaining
there unless the bribery probe is stop
ped. Some OF these men have been
indicted and some have not AS yet
Judge Blair has not announced what
he Win do about them.
The investigation was late In being
resumed to-day because Of delay In
trains. which made Judge Blair late
Not to lose time. however, he held cour,
IN a hotel lobby at PEBBLES at day
break, when fifteen vote sellers met
him at the train, after waiting hours
In the drszzling raie- and told aim thes
wished to plead guilty.
Judge Blair requested them TO wait
until he had eaten breakfast. Then
he held An impromptu court around
rough table in the hotel office, dis
franchising the fifteen men and Inn
Losing the minimum fines and sus-
pended workhouse sentences.
walked sialf Night 20 Plead Guilty
Their action In awaiting Judge Blair
AT the train not only saved them ad-
a't$@aal sourt cost and time for the
court but showed what effect the fin
ing of 1--WE men who had failed to come
TO court promptly has had upon~other
vote-sellers. The five in question Were
fined 5000 sno costs each and SEN
fenced to eight months in the Gin
cirnati ~orkhouse. The men whs
from Fl years TO 10 years. and soms
Of them had walked in the rain hall
the night TO be on hand.
Although it was expected from Sat.
| urday's action that several hundred
indicted men who had failed to come
IN and plead guilty would be deal
with severely. Judge Blair is still Will
ing to extend leniency to those whS
now come promptly before him. be
lievlng the heavy penalties imposed
saturday will be effective in bringing
a more prompt response.
Six Threaten To XIII Judge.
With the arrest yesterday of 81,
men charged with making threats t
I'LL Judge Blair and dynamite tn,
courthouse and jail. it developed tina
an attempt to steal or destroy the rec
ords in the vote-selling investigation
was feared ana the more than 20t
indictments already on record wer,
placed in a bank vault over Sunday
Judge Blair refuses TO discuss tn,
threats against him. :a.. s.g..as..s.. a4as..s-.
Long before daylight this morn
ing, hundreds Of voters from all oyel
the country were flocking into Yves
Union and to-day was expected Il
Trove the biggest s''confessionar' da,
since Juge Blair started the election
rrobe.