Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-09
Grand Jury Sworn in and
= Instructed to Return lndict-
ments Against Members OF
Mob Who Lynched Negro.
HOTELS AND HOSPITAL
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
John W. TowIe Appointed
Foreman - Ex-Police Chief
a Member Judge Redick
Reads Special Instructions.

Reads Special Instructions
John w. Towle was appointed
foreman of the special grand jury
10 return indictments in the cour'
house rioting and 1ynching cases
after the l6 grand jurymen had beer
selected yesterday.
Mr.. Towle is president Of the
Omaha Structural Steel works and
has other large business interests
He was one of the q men drawn
for grand Jury duty by Election
Commissioner Moorhead on order
of the district judges on Tuesday
OF last week.
Among the other men on the
grand jury are Henry w. Dump
former chief of police of Omaha
who retired about two years ago.
Nineteen Report for Duty. 4
Nineteen of the % men sum.
raoned reported in court room No
8 yesterday morning.
B. S. Phelps, 2718 North Sixty
fifth avenue. was reported dead.
S. A. Barstow, 808 South Nine.
teenth street, sent a doctors certi.
ficate, stating that he is too i'll tc
attend. Oliver D. Bellies, 6338 Bin
rey street, also sent word that hi
is i'll.
: Henry L. Ottemeier,. 217 North
Thirtieth street, manager of the
Acme Harvester company, was out
of the, city and could not be sum.
moned.
OF the 10 men who reported four
were excused, leaving only IS men
Judge Redick ordered Sheriff Clark
to bring in another and the sheriff
brought in Mr.. Dunn, who duly
qualified to sit as juror.
Those On Jury.
The grand jury as finally COM
pleted and sworn in at noon is as
follows:
John w. Towle, foreman of grand
jury, 1902 Pacific street, president
Omaha Structural Steel works.
Clarence J. Anderson. 2o07 Bristol
street, printer, Beacon Press.
Adolph Benson, 2570 Pratt street
carpenter.
Harry Davis, 1908 Potter street
farmer.
Henry w. Dunn, 3ol1 Mason
street, former chief Of police.
William F. Gray. 1920 North
Eighteenth street, city employe.
Charles E. Hall. 1919 Harvey
street, department manager, Ne
braska Telephone company.
William F. Hoch, 4506 Ames ave.
nue., farming and teaming.
William c. Hughes, 4016 Grand
avenue, clerk Union Pacific rail-
road.
Olaf Johnson, 1872 North Thirty
seventh street, car repairer, Union
Pacific railroad.
Robert Leckey, 42l1 Crown Point
avenue, chauffeur, Loose-Wiles Bis
cult Co.
David L. Morgan, 1909 Sherman
avenue, automobile broker.
Claire R. Nelson, AIS North Thir-
tieth street, real estate, Payne-Sla-
ter Co.
Hiland B. Noyes, 2021 Writ street.
president Noyes-Killy Motor Co.
J. ]. Smith, R. F. D.. Florence,
farmer.
Jake Williams, sso5 Erskine
street, gardener for A. L. Reed.
Promptly at the appointed hour,
II yesterday morning, District
Judges Redick, Troup, Sears, Day
Leslie, Wakeley and Estelle took
their places on the bench in court
room No. 3.
Sheriff Clark, County Attorney
Shotwell,, Deputy County Attorney
Slabaugh, Clerk of the Court Robert
Smith, court reporter, the jurymen
and spectators were present.
Mr.. Smith called the names of the
men summoned. Nineteen were
present.
No Colored Jurors.
There were no colored men among
them. The jurymen were sworn to
answer questions truly and Presid-
ing Judge Redick then inquired as to
their qualifications to serve.
Judges of the supreme and dis
trict courts, men under rs and over
IS years old, ministers. practicine
physicians, probate judges, county
commissioners, postmasters, mail
carriers. cx-convicts, men who have
lived in the state less than a year
or the county less than six months
and men who have served on a jury
within a year are exempt from duty
on the grand jury.
Several Are Excused.
OF the lo men who reported, the
following were excused.
Donald A. Tracy, Benson. because
of illness.
Arthrr J. Rothschild, Ardmore