The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-03
TH|RTY-a|uE TRUE
BILLS RETURNED
Violators Of Prohibition Law Come II
for Large Share Of Grand
Jury's Attention.
ADJouRNs UNTIL JULY %
When Business and Professional Men
Who Shall Have Failed to ~
Their Licenses win BE Indicted I'm
Mnsse.

After returning thirty nine indict.
ments in hustings court yesterday, the
bulk of them being for violation OF
the prohibition laws. the July grand
jury adjourned till July %, at which
time, II was stated. it will take up
the cases of business and professions
men who have failed to pay the H.
Icense taxes for the current year.
1t was also announced that the in
quisitors would look into the SOCIAL
ed paving contract slush fund
scandal, provided sufficient evidence
could be got together to warrant such
a probe. II was stated by Common
wealth's Attorney Wise yesterday
afternoon after the grand Jurors had
left for the day that inquiry into this
matter might be made as early as
July 7. Request that this probe be
conducted came from the city ad
mnistrative board following the pub
LEGATION of an article in an afternoon
paper relative to the alleged slush
fund. The grand jury Is headed by
Edgar II. Ferguson.
In addition to returning true bills
against John r. Lord, former saloon
keeper, charged in two instances with
storing ardent spirits in his residence,
also in his club in the East End, the
grand jury also indicted j. B. Wrenn,
,C. c. Owens, w. c. Hicks, A. J. Reid
and W W. Sirrich. charged with aid
ing and abetting him in storing and
keeping liquor in the clubhouse In
police court. complaint against these
Ave was dismissed More than nrdi-
nary interest is attached to this case
because of the so-called corpus deficit
consisted of a bucket full of liquid
which the police scooped up from a
NC
when the police rushed some one
emptied a quantity of liquor into the
bathtub and that some OF 1t ran out
on the floor through a hole in the bot
tom. 1t was testified in police court
that the contents of the bucket had
been found by analysis to contain only
1.4T per cent alcohol IT Ia understood
that Lord. contends that the liquor
found in his home was what was left
over from his saloon stock and was
placed in his homo before prohibition
went into effect. Nearly ninety gal
Ions altogether were seized by the
police.
Another indictment was returned
against Sophia Malloy. also charged
with keeping and storing ardent spir-
its in her home in the East End. Her
case when called IN police court
few days ago was continued after
partial hearing Of the evidence. Lord
went on her bond. Still another In
dicted for violation of the prohibition
Laws was John Henderson, who was
scheduled to appear in police court
yesterday. for storing liquo- in his
home at 430 Baker street. In this
case, he failed to show up and an
attst hment was .ssued for him. lie
resisted the police when they entered,
and according to Detective-Sergeant
John Wiley, he tried to shoot him
with shotgun before being over
powered.
Another case in which the grand
Jurors failed to wait upon police
court action was that of Salvatore
Cassatta, barber, of 800 East Broad
street. whose shop as we'll as his
residence at Gil East Marshall stree,
was raided a few nights ago by the
police. He is charged with storing
ardent spirits in both places with in.
tent to sell
Those indicted in other liquor cases