Weekly journal-miner., 1913-08-13
(From Fridays Daily)

l Terminating its five day inquISl-
 torial session in whirlwind fashion,
 the grand jury last night sprung a
 neat surprise by handing down the
 major portion of its findings. con-
 trary to general opinion, and to the
 dismay of those directly affected by
 this sweeping action.
 Promptly at 7 o'clock last night
 the probers, together with County
 Attorney O'Sullivan. Assistant County
 Attorney Morgan and court attaches
 filed into the room. Foreman of
 the Grand Jury Gardner then un-
 covered a batch of indictments which
 apparently startled all eyes. The
 bundle contained true bills, bringing
 up the total number issued during
 the term of investigation to forty.
 According to the grand jury re-
 port. there were thirty-one cases in
 vestigated True bills were found
 in twenty-four of these and the other
 seven were thrown out because of
 lack of evidence. In several of the
 true bills found, more than one in
 dictment was returned. Forty bench
 warrants for the arrest of the
 indicted were issued during the last
 two days of the session, twenty of
 these being issued too late last night
 to permit action by the Sheriff's of
 flee until this morning. According ly. those affected by the final batch
 will not know their "fates"-that is officially-until this morning. when
 representatives from the Sheriff's of
 flee will call around with the author rlT Of ,a The last day of the five days ses- sion was fraught with surprises but it remained for the final report to cap the climax. During the first two days of the session, practically no true bills were returned although one killing and two other shooting cases were inquired into. With the horizon bearing little hope for a tinge of excitement, the situation suddenly shifted. On Tuesday morn ing, in a partial report. the probers returned nine indictments impli- eating the Birch Brothers establish ment. Yesterday morning the num- Der was increased when eleven more indictments were handed town. and then came the final shower of twenty documents. The l,>t scenes in the first act of thest judicial dramas will probably be enacted dur ing today when the Sheriifs office becomes busy serving the hatch of twenty warrants.
 The grand jury adjourned until 5 o'clock, naming the hour of seven for the final report. In the mean while the reports were prepared.
 Promptly at the minute the grand jury filed in, a mere handful of spectators was in evidence, but the | scene was worthy the description of an artists pen as Judge Smith | queried:
 "Has the grand jury a partial or final report to deliver?"
 The electric lights about the court room were twinkling low Outside | the shades of night were gathering. adding a touch of solemn repose to the scene. With every ear in the court room on the alert. the foreman of the grand jury arose. and walking over to Judge Smiths desk declared. 'We have, your honor, as he laid down the batch of twenty indict- ments.
 Have twelve or more of your number coincided in these indict- asked the Judge. They have. your honor. replied the fore man.
 The Judge then turned the docu- ments over to Court Clerk Farley for his endorsement While the lat ter was affixing his signature, the Judge was glancing over the copy of the report handed him.
 Suddenly his gaze encountered the for new court house. His face wreathed in smiles, he Judge commented upon the rec He said that the was the pet hobby of many past grand juries, adding that 10 doubt every county official was heartily in favor of the idea.
 In discharging the jurymen. Judge Smith sounded his keynote as re- yards the calling of grand juries in he future. In short, he declared hat as long as he was in office he would call a grand jury at least once year He emphasized the fact that ! grand jury session was not an eX- ,ensive proposition. declaring that he total expense incurred by the present session did not exceed $50, .dding that invariably the work of uch a body is well worth the ex- C ,ense attached thereto.
 For five minutes after the con q fusion of these remarks. the silence 2 vas broken only by the scribbling ' # the Court Clerks pen on the ? documents. Then in a burst of | -lory. the Prescott band which was c -iving a concert in the plaza. sent V orth its harmony The strains of O II Travatore" rent the room for a drawing smiles to the olemn faces of the grand juryInen. d