Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-16
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Judge Brashears Charges The
Grand Jury To Keep Its Do
ings Strictly Secret.
OCTOBER COURT MEETS.
David o. Parlett, OF Annapolis, The
Foreman OF The County's Grand
Inquest.

Avoiding any direct reference to
the recent arrest of two Republican
workers under Jail commitments made
out by the registration officials of
the Curtis Bay precinct of the Fifth
district, Judge James p. Brashears, in
the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel at
the converting of the regular October
term this morning, delivered a
charge to the grand jury that was
brief and unusual.
First stating that since the adjourn
ment of the last grand jury he had
had more complaints of violations of
the law than at any time in his career
on the bench, Judge Brashears avoided
stating these complaints publicly, say
ing 'If directed your attention to
these matters publicly, that would
give the parties time to cover up and
get away. But YOU, too, assume,
have heard of these violations. If
you have heard Of them you should
look into them, and summon persons
from the very localities where they
are alleged to have taken place. even
if you have to call before you
thousand witnesses"
He then called the attention of the
jurymen to their oath of secrecy,
and warned them particularly on
this point, and concluded this part of
his charge with calling the jury's at
tention to the opportunity to "care
for and clear the name of Anne Arun-
del county"
The present jury is considered an
unusually strong and substantial one,
with David o. Parlett, a prominent
lumber and general supply dealer of
Annapolis as its foreman. The other
members drawn to serve on the grand
inquest are: w. Beall Owens, Ran
dolph S. Cromwell, Robert P. Stevens.
j. Augustus Farrell, Nathaniel T.
Hatch. Charles D. Ridout, Thomas
A. Smith. Louis F. Stevens, John
H. Tydings, John F. Strange, J.
Wilson Shipley, John w. Disney,
Jr. John r. Sheckles, Reuben M.
Bouye, Charles M. Prout, Weems r.
Duvall. Hugh r. Wood, Cyrus N.
Joyce, Nathan Childs, Joseph C.
Colinson, Mahon Disney and Edward
G. Sutton.
Immediately after being charged
by the Court, the jury retired to
the jury room, accompanied by
States Attorney Nicholas H. Green,
and remained there during the rest
of the morning, organizing and pre-
pairing for its work.
As Judge Brashears urged the
jurors that if they had matters
NIB fah %hnVoca1xyno % ~,
vestigate to present Immediately a
list of witnesses to the Sheriff that
these persons might be brought be-
fore them by Thursday,it is thought
likely that there will be many sum.
monses issued during the next twen-
ty-four hours.
The docket of cases to be consider
ed by the present session includes
two murder trials and one case of an
shipmen from the Naval Academy.
The latter is that wherein William
Collins is charged with firing a load
of shot into the back and neck of
Midshipmen McReavy and Sowell, two
members of the Academy football
squad while the young men were canoe
ing near the shore of his fathers
property.
The murder cases are those of Katie
Weiger,a woman charged with smoth-
ering to death her new born babe in
shanty on the shore of Curtis Bay,
and that of William Thomas, colorod,
who cut David Butler, another col
ored man, with knife, inflicting
wounds from which Butler later
died.