The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
JURY INDICTS'
COLE FOR MURDER
Recommends Need of Cleaning and
Repairing County Jail and
Cells Reprinted.

The grand jury for the fall term
of the Circuit Court returned one true
bill in its presentment yesterday, that
of Edmore Cole. negro, charged with
the murder of Bebe Johnson. negress.
Cole in a family quarrel shot the
Johnson woman who was, a niece of
his wife, through the lower part of
her body. death resulting a few days
later His wife. who was shot
through the right lung is recovering
at the Pensacola hospital.
The grand jury, on investigation,
alsS found the county Jail TO be in
need of cleaning and paint, repairing
of the electric lighting system, of the
padded cell and of the Improvement
in ventilation on the south side of the
Jail.
Among cases that came before the
grand jury for investigation and in
which no true bills were found was
that of the State VS.. E. r. Swaine.
Charlie BNVilIams, George Brent and
Sidney Bell, the group of young men
charged with Strengthening" w. c.
Lawson, and that of Richard Morris
charged with forgery.
Following the final report of the
grand jury court recessed until Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. The grand
jury made the following presentment
10 the court:
To the Honorable A. G. Campbell.
Judge:
We. the grand jurors of the State
Of Florida. lawfully selected, impan-
elled and sworn, at the fall term OF
the Circuit Court, in the yea< of Our
Lord, 1920, have inquired into all mat
tiers brought to our attention and such
other matters as we have knowledge
of and beg leave to make this our
final presentment.
j. A committee of our body visited
the Poor Farm and found everything
in first class condition. with one or
two exceptions. The farm needs q
new heater to be used for the purpose
of heating water for the shower bath.
The farm is also in need OF coal for
fuel purposes and there is a necessity
for two chairs.
2. A committee OF our body visited
the county Jail and found there was
need of paint on the iron cells. that
the electric lighting system was out
of order and that there was lack of
globes. that the padded cells have
been badly torn and that all the ven
tilation windows ON the south side
are out of order.
8. A committee from our body
made an inspection of the court house
and found it generally in need of re-
pair, and also that the sanitary condi-
ton is very bad. We found the
court house annex also in bad repair
We recommend that. all the. above
matters be called TO the
attention of the county commissioners
repairs and look out for such matters
as have been called to their attention.
Our body has made such efforts as
were in our power to locate evidence
on the parties who were guilty of
blowing up Dipping watts but have
been unable to find so far any evil
dence along this line. We wish to
this destruction of the coun-
~ property and to say that we would
have been glad to punish such par
ties as were guilty of blowing up the
watts.
We have made an investigation on
the manner of present handling the
old restricted district and find the
much better condition than they were
before the district was closed.
There being no further business be-
fore our body we wish to thank the
Judge for his able charge and ask
that we now be discharged.
Respectfully,
o. j. SEMMES.
Foreman