The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-09
IN CHUMLEY
CASE NOT DIVULGED
BY GRAND JURORS
Testimony of Witnesses Was
From File of the United
States Commissioner
CASE TO COME UP
FOR TRIAL TODAY
Birmingham Man Is Charged With
Failure to Register as Re
quired Under the New
Draft Law

The federal grand jury adjourned yes
terday, having completed its lapors anu
having returned a number OF important
indictments, one of the chief OF wnich
was that against Harry Chumley on
charge of resisting the draft law.
Representatives of The Age-Herald
were summoned before the jury yester-
day to make an explanation of the ac-
count of the testimony against Chumley'
which appeared in The Age-Herald yes
terday morning 1t had been wrongly
stated in yesterdays account that the
testimony was that which had been given
before the grand jury. The excerpts
published yesterday were from the state
ments made by witnesses in the file or
the United States commissioner and not
before the grand jury.
A grand jury's proceedings are abso-
lutely secret and when each grand juror
takes his oath he swears he will d.
vulge nothing which occurs in the grand
Jury room. The jurors felt yesterday
that The Age-Heralds account put some
one of their number in the attitude OF
having violated his oath. Explanation
was made to the Jurors, however, that
the information came from none of them
and regret was expressed that the refer
ence to them had been made in the ac-
count of the case against Chumley
PUBLIC RECORD
The indictment of Chumley, which IS
recorded among the public records of the
clerk office charges a violation of the
act of May Is, 1917, which required every
male between 81 and 80 years of age to
register for selection for duty in the
United States army.
Chumley's case is set for hearing be-
fore the federal court this morning at
8 o'clock. The defendant will be repre-
sented by Beddow & Beddow.
Mr.. Poqueu of Dewberry & Montgou-
cry Stationary company, in statement
to The Age-Herald in regard to the
case yesterday said that his statements
about Mr.. Chumley had to do with Chum-
leys attitude toward prohibition and
woman's suffrage, and that he considered
Chumley erratic in these matters.
During the week the federal grand
jury investigated II cases. From this
number 40 true bills have been returned,
six continued and the remainder no bills.
A partial report was made yesterday
afternoon to Judge w. I. Grubb and con-
tanned % indictments, including charges
of violation of the bone-dry laws, vio-
lation of the Mann white slave act, slack
er act and Others
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
The indictments returned were as fol-
lows: ]. j. Evans, violation of the Mann
white slave act Washington Davis, forg-
ling money order; Jesse Joseph, viola
ton bone-dry law; NJ Jacobson, dis
posing of army rifle; Horace Duncan,
Clarence jackson, Charles ". Dorse,
William A. Dent, George Cohen, c. w.
Sawyer, Charles Startley, d. West, Fos-
ter Wilson and Chester Rush, breaking
into a railway car containing interstate
commerce consignments; James c. Crow
der violation of bone-dry law; Arnold
Jacob Uhl, violation of Presidents proc
lamation; Antonio Rata, attempted black
mail; w w. Watson, Henry Sanford,
and Bunk Rowe, Illicit distilling; Wal
ter and Daniel irwin violation of the
Stacker act; HewlettesDeane, using mails
to defraud, and L. r. Payne, imperso-
Mating government employe.