The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-21
BREWER AT BILOXI ATTENDING
ENcAMPMENT-eRAND JURY
MEETS WEDNESDAY.
ABANDON HOPE GETTING BOOKS
Governor Reiterates Designation that
5oyce 6 Co Dare Not Show Records
To An Honest Man--col. Montgom-
ery's Trial Tuesday.
Special TO The Netos.

Jackson, Miss, July 2t.-There was
lull today in Mississippi's war on
graft which has held the center of the
stage for the past two months. 1t may
be the calm that precedes a storm.
and the next forty eight hours will de-
termine whether this is true. The in
formation comes from reliable sources
that indictments fully as sensational
as those hitherto returned may be ex-
pected from the grand jury on Wed
nesday.
Today's quietness is due chiefly to
the fact that Gov Brewer is down at
Biloxi attending the annual encamp-
ment of the Miss. National Guard. 1t
is not likely, however, that he will stay
with the soldier boys more than two
or three days. While no date has been
fixed for his return, it is expected he
will be back at the capital by Wednes-
day night to resume the work of prob
ing the penitentiary scandal.
Pagan On Mysterious Mission.
Fl. A. Pagan. of the Burns Detective
bureau, who has been the Governors
right hand man in the investigation.
has been absent from the city for sew.
eral days on a mysterious mission of
some sort. 1t is generally believed that
he is collecting fresh evidence relative
to sales of state cotton to Boyce G Co,
the Memphis cotton buyers.
Gov. Brewer has abandoned hope of
getting the books of Boyce & Company
brought to Jackson in response to
grand jury process. He reiterates his
declaration that the firm dares not
show its books to any honest man, for
they would disclose what he has repeat
eddy charged concerning the machina-
tons of the company in the purchase
of cotton at the Parchman farm.
II Boyce gets within the jurisdic-
ton of the Kinds county circuit court
he will be nabbed by Sheriff Middleton
and cited to appear before Judge Henry
for contempt, because of his failure to
comply with the subpoena duces tecum.
and the assurance personally given.
through his attorney, that the books
would be put before the grand jury
last Wednesday.
Col. Montsomery's Trial Tuesday.
Unless he can offer good reasons for
continuance, and 1t is understood
that he does not desire to do SO Col.
W. A. Montgomery member of the
prison board of trustees, will be placed
on trial Tuesday morning for mis-
feasance in office. The trial promises
to attract even more attention than
that of C. G. Smith, his colleague on
the board, although it is not believed
that the result will be SO serious, inso |
far as character of sentences is con-
cerned
Col. Montgomery has been a promi-
nent figure in public life of Mississippi
since the Civil War He has a gallant
record as Confederate soldier, was
conspicuous in the overthrow of the
carpetbagger government during the re-
construction era, was believed to have
been one of the foremost leaders in the
Ku-Klux Khan, commanded the second
Mississippi regiment in the Spanish
American war, and served two terms
as maior-generai commanding the Mis-
sissippi division of the United Confed-
crate veterans. 4
Old Comrades Are Loyal.
Friends of Col Montgomery, especi-
ally his old war comrades, assert with
much vehemence that. while he may
have been careless and negligent. he
has not been criminal and they. there Z
fore, bitterly resent the indictments {
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