Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-10-17
OCTOBER COURT TO
Be RECORD SESSION
Docket to Date Contains Unusual
Number Of Cases.
GRAND JURY WILL BE BUSY.
BROOKLYN Lynching, Liquor Law Viola
ton, Assaults to Murder, Among
Cases for Investigation.

With a docket containing an un-
usually large number of cases, be-
sides the multitude of criminal end
miscellaneous offenses to be present
ed for the consideration OF the grand
inquest, the October term of the Cir
cult Court, which begins on Monday,
bids fair to be one of the longest
sessions in the history o. that tri-
bunal.
Docketed to date are a total of 2I9
cases. These are apportioned among
the several classes, as follows: Civil
appeals, &; trials, s5; removed cases.
for trial. 8; appearances, 6S: crimi-
nal appearances, Is; criminal contin-
uances, 10; criminal appeals, 25.
Several more cases. it is expected,
will be added in the next two days.
Probably the greatest interest,
however, will center in the investi-
cations by the grand jury. The coun-
ty officials have since the close of the
April term of Court, made a rigid
crusade against the illegal sale of
liquor in the outlying districts of the
county, particularly in the Fifth and
Third districts of the county, near
Baltimore city. Violations of the
liquor laws, as well as other offenses,
have been notorious in those sections
for years. And, as a result of the
vigilance of the authorities, it is
stated that between so and 100 cases
of violating the liquor laws, and
gambling in different forms, are
slated for inquiry by the grand jury.
A few of the alleged offenders are
now confined in the Baltimore city
Jail, where all local prisoners will be
harbored during the next few months,
pending completion of the new coun-
ty jail, work upon which has been
started, while many of the liquor law
vioators are out on bail. Most of the
accused men were arraigned before
Police Justice Dennis Claude, by
whom bail was fixed, after prelimi-
nary hearings were waived. The mag
nitude of the situation may be better
appreciated by the fact that bail to
the amount of approximately $50, 900
has been assessed by Justice Claude.
A slot machine confiscated by the
police officials, and now in the Sher-
ifs Office at the Court House. bears
mute evidence of one of the cases.
1t is said the authorities have "dead
wood" in practically all of the cases.
There is much speculation as to what
will be the outcome of the cases of
Thomas and John Gleason, who are
charged with being implicated in the
lynching of King Johnson colored, at
Brooklyn, last Christmas morning.
The Burns detectives will go before
the inquest and give their evidence.
1t was claimed at the hearing before
Justice Claude that rhe detectives
have more evidence than was produced
at that time.
Members Of the Civic League OF
Brooklyn are anxiously awaiting the
result of the investigation of the de-
tectives employed by the County Com.
msssioners concerning liquor law vic
lations. Commissioner James Smith
said several weeks ago that the de-
tectives had secured evidence of vio
lations, and that this would be turned
over to the grand jury.
Mr.. Nevett Steele, well-knowr
resident of Murray Hill, will be fore
man of the grand jury, having beer
designated by Judge Brashears, as il
customary when tha first drawing ot
jurors is made. The other members
of the inquest will be segregated from
the list on the opening day Of Court