Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28
INTERPRETATIONS
H|NTED IN CHARGE
TO THE GRAND Jury
Chief Justice Gummere De-
clares Special Charge
May Come Soon.

The magnitude OF the revelations
yet to be made In the criminal prose-
cution Of the men guilty of wrecking
the Roseville Trust Company was
implied in Chief Justice William s.
Gummere's charge to the new grand
jury today
There is another matter that
shall probably want to speak to YOU
about during your present service" !"
he said, ''snd that is the Roseville
Trust Company case.
THE Investigation. OF the public au-
thorities has not yet reached such a
point that the conrt would feel justi-
fed in calling your attention to the
facts which have by now been un-
covered. for it is not wise in the judg-
ment of the prosecutor or the judges
that the States hand should be ex-
posed until We have all the material
gathered together which shows Grim
inality on the part of anybody con-
nected with that institution
Expects Bank Charge soon.
$50 l say it seems best not to
charge you upon that case now, al
though I expect to be required TO do
so before your labors adjourn"
closed by the State banking depart
ment in the early part of August
after shortage of about half a mil
lion dollars was discovered. Raymond
E. Smith. the treasurer, is being held
in $4,000 bail for the grand jury. He
has always maintained that he did
not profit largely by the looting of
the bank. What has delayed the
prosecutors Office has been the effort
hn u
and to gather proof of criminality
against them.
Judge Harry V Osborne and Judge
William P. Martin were on the bench
with the chief justice when the MEM
bers of the grand inquest were sworn
in. Patrick keelan, one OF the twenty
four, was excused from serving and
John c. Eisele was appointed fore
man by Justice Gummere.
The instructions of the chief justice
TO the Jury were of unusual impor-
tance because of the fact that upon
the present inquest viii devoive the
Responsibility of a complete investi-
cation of the Roseville Trust case,
which is one of the most remarkable
in the history of banking
Besides referring to that matter,
Justice Gummere called the attention
of the jury to the death of Charles
Warringer, an eighty y-one-y edr-oIu N
mate of the almshouse. He brought
out for the first time the fact that
Thomas Layland. an orderly who IS
charged with manslaughter in con-
| nection with the case, Is alleged to
have taken Warrington into bath
room and beaten him.
Another matter referred to in the
charge was the alleged defalcation
of SO. 1850 on the part OF Arthur
Howard Osborne, former tax collector
of Belleville.
The chief justice, after outlining the
duties of the jurymen, said;
/ Speaks of "Leaks."
81 am sorry TO say that too often
what transpires in the Jury-room
/ leaks out People interested In what
i occurs in the jury-room attempt to
! discover what they can. II is very
easy for a grand juror, unless he
keeps his mouth securely locked. to
drop a word here and there TO give
persons outside an idea of what is
| going on. You cannot be too careful
! gentlemen, to keep secret everything
that transpires.
ANY man who tries TO find out
from a member of the grand jury
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