East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-16
While Not Including Police in In
dictments, Grand Jury citicises
Them for Alleged Laxity.
SHOULD EXERCISE vIeIlnCe
Chief kearney Makes statement In
Which He Says He Is Glad that
Grand Jury Has investigated
Charges-Did Not Worry Over the
Observation-Disclosures Served.

Returning eighteen indictments In
connection with its probe OF the
gambling vice In this city. the grand
jury Saturday evening concluded It's
labors after spending almost the
whole of last week in investigating the
charges which have been made broad
cast of alleged immoral and unlaw-
full conditions here.
The jury in its final report declares
it found evidence to show that a
great deal of gambling vas be,ns
done in Pendleton .a.. fall and that
tier. were many professional gam
oleis here at that time. Many OF
these have departed. it rs rela.,d In
the report, and subsequent grand !u-
-ies are recommends! to conduc. y
cearcfing Investigation to earn
whether they have reformed. Al. of
the eighteen indictments are ageinst
areeed gamblers Or keepers cs houses
therein gambling IS alleged To- have
been conducted.
None were returuei against the
police and. IL the srs1i jury had had
~; Nay, the charges maze publicly
tha. the police have b2en pr"tA-:sng
cri ne would have te,n oron bunos.i
wit. cut foundation IT, evidence. A
p:.sriaph to this e..a,t was contain
ed =. is report but Judge Phelps or
ar"d !; stricken ou 50 that II s MT
6 .a-. of the publ: record. White
tel tel to allow Il ID r..,, in .::t *
,t,s,i'. 20 the jurs. Julie Phc!.s ae-'
"a ed the paragraph wis contrary H.
Law c,.1 his instruct rs. ",.e Law"
said !dC'ge Phelps. ''-el, - ,ha: he
Jury shall return a true bill or not
true bill In any Gaze which has beel
h-'t ~ the jury by :, ;ustice cnurt tui
srecifies that in matre,s of criginsI
irves:'sr; tion. no report shall be
m'j" 'irless an ihiict,nrr. IS return
ei Nn indictments have boon .c-
t,rr.' N this matter and. while the
ter'r.a';on is stroag Tor me T.. a.. "
tn. "a agraph to renaIr In t1stice &c.
th' jrry the law is paa::i II will
ticiaf6 re. strike 1t pIt ana direct thns
IL SHAH not become Il part Of the rab-
Ii, i.-t.c."
f'ANess&Ph va QtNoN'SIl 'sft ' ".
TREY exonerate the pc.icc fer IL
he'll u::t they sh,ui ~, .evere.v
Criticized. 1t read rs f..,i"ws ;.e
fc-,hcr report that We have carcfu,,S
c'rs'cc' ed the charges tl,ot have '..p
r'.c;'si g.: broadcast rec.ntly resrccr.
ing office corruption and municipal
graft in the town of Pendleton and
that we have failed TO find proof OF
any such corruption or OF misconduct
on the part of the police. except that
We feel that the police officers ought
to be severely criticized for not exer-
cising greater vigilance In the pre-
vention OF Law violations OF the kind
referred to above"
Chief Kearney. when Informed Sat
urday evening. that he had not been
indicted. remarked that he had not
been worried a bit over the situation.
when mans conscience Is clear,
he has no cause for worry" he said.
Il am glad the grand jury met and In
vestigated these charges. I did all
could to help them. I personally had
subpoenaed several men who had
been telling on the streets that they
had seen me take graft money"
1t is said that fully half OF the men
indicted have left the city. Sheriff
Taylor was given warrants to serve
immediately after the grand jury re-
port and Is Withholding the names OF
those indicted from the public until
the warrants are served. Two inIict-
ments are for perjury against per-
sons alleged TO have given false tes-
timony to the grand jury.
The report of the grand jury came
In shortly after o'clock Saturday as
predicted and. upon being received by
Judge Phelps. the jury was dLscharg-
ed. In dismissing them. the tudga
raid them high compliment. declar-
ing they had worked conscientiousiy
and had been as faithful 10 their du-
ties as any grand jury in the history
OF the county.
The report In full reads:
We. the grand jury duly impansled
upon the first day OF the term OF
court now pending respectfully sub
NIT the following report.
We were In session days irnnedi-
ately after being drawn as grand tu.