Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-08
u. S. DISTRICT COURT.


lof Virginia, Judge EdmurN Wadtlill
.Jr., presiding, al 1890 this morning
the grand jury began its second days
work, and before noon brought in The
following indictments.
U. S. VS.. F. W. Harper, for carrying
on the business of a distiller with in
tent to defraud by not paying the
!spcial tax.
J. T. Harper, for removing spirits
Ion which the internal revenue taN
'.had not been paid.
Eugene Meyers and Henry McDan-
Iiels, for removing spirits on which
the internal revenue tax had not been
paid.
H. Barton, for permitting an op-
portunity to occur to defraud the
United States while acting as store
keeper and guager.
Yesterday at A p. nl., the grand
jury went into session for few min-
utes for the purpose of clearing up
its records of the days work. They
returned three additional indictments
as follows:
John Jones, placing together differ
ent parts of two or more notes so as
to prG5uce one instrument with intent
to defraud the government; John
Jones, passing forged obligations OF
the United States; Chesterfield Jen-
kins and others, aiding prisoners 10
escape from Occoquan, and Harvey
Williams, violating the white slave
laws.
The petit jury selected and sworn in
at noon today was composed of the
following: w. H. P. Kelly, George
H. Robinson, and B. Drew, of Alex
andma; w. S. Hit, of Fredericksburg,
]. Samuel Burke, Horace F. Girls
mond, C. C. Ho:aister, and S. W. Sis
son, of Fairfax; VIM. Berry, of Ar
lington; a. H. Bailey, of Arlington;
A. f. Bagby, and A. j. Porter, OF
Clarendon.
After The swearing in of the jurors
Judge Waddill excused all witnesses
in the case of the U. S. VS.. Young
until tomorrow at 1G.SG;sa. M, and
excused all petit jurors who were not
sworn in on the Shanks case which
was the first case to come up To-Day.
On request of counsei on both sides,
Judge WaGiill ordered the court
room CLEARED of all persons not IN
rectly connected with the trying of
the case of Arthur Shanks, alas Ar
thur West, accused of improper con-
duet on the government reservation
at Rosslyn.
After clearing the court room, the
Judge ordered that the trial of the
case be conducted under closed doors,
no one being allowed in the COURT
room except those directly concerned
in the trial of the case.
AS there are a harge number OF
witnesses to testify for both sides
in the case, it is probable that the
trial will be a prolonged one.
The grand jury was discharged
al. 2:3O today after being compli-
mented by Judge Wiaddill for being
unusually industrious. The following
were the indictments returned by the
gn7snd jury:
VIM. T. Reed, for carrying on the
business of a retail liquor dealer,
VIM. f. Jones, C. NJ. Lilies, Ellis
Brewer and VIM. T. Graves, the same
offense.
Davis w. Arlington, for unlawfully
opening letters and removing their
contents.
Joseph H. Barton, for permitting
violations of the internal revenue
laws while acting as a storekeeper
and guager.
w. P. Rudasill, for unlawfully US
ing postage stamps belonging 70 the
United States.
The court also disposed of the fol-
lowing cases that were brought up
for consideration at this term:
w. f. Truslcs charged with un-
lawfully opening a letter he was
fined 500 and discharged.
The case of Minnie Hahn, alas
Minnie Smith, charged with viola
tons of the white slave act, was set
for the next term of court and she
was released on her own recognl-
zance.
In the case Of C. P. Dean, charged
with unlawfully shipping game, the
court assessed a fine of 500 and
costs upon the defendant he pleading
guilty to the charge.
In the case of VIM. L. Young, col
-, IL, r,.onor nleaded guilty to q