East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-01-23
THOROUGH PROBE
ASKED FOR BY
JUDGE PHELPS
Attorney Generals Special
Deputy Here, at Request
Of the District Attorney.
MANY WITNESSES WILL
Be CALLED BEFORE JURY
Sheriff Aouser One Of First
Witnesses Called; No Guess
Made on Length Of inquiry,

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To investigate charges that public
officials In Umatilla county have fol-
lowed illegal methods IN office and 70
consider any other matters which m4y
be brought before them. the fcgsiltt
grand jury. called Saturday. January
81, In circuit court. this morning start "
ed It's official probe. s,'Is' 4. \ w,
Z, Not than 4 dozen peruonn were
present In the court room when J0dtt
Gilbert ". Phelps started giving his
instructions to the seven men who afe
to conduct the probe. The instiiae.
tions and the points Of law which the
court read as well as. hiss iufornia / rS
marks required about one hour to de-
liver. and It was 10 o'clock whom tllo
jurors retired to the grand jpry room.
The legal phase, of IN. e.iAv4stt1 lloli
will bo III the hands of. ~ "A Ill5oqviS,
special assistant to the attorney gens
eral OF the state. He arrived Ia PeIi-
dleton. this morning just before (f8
time for the convening Of the grand
Jury and will remain until the work 'of
making the investigation III completed.
His home Is In Portland. He has been
ia district attorney and has taken care
OF several special matters for. the sakv''
torney general. Mr.. I.iljccvist sald
this morning that he was instructed
to come here by Attorney General Van
Wrinkle who In turn had been request.
cd to conduct the investigation by ri.
!, Keator, district attorney or umatilr
Ia county. M sssss1 \.
All County Men WYE
All the members Of the grand jury
have their residences outside OF Pom
dlcton, ard they como from every
point Of the compass. Following u
the list Of names: Dan J. Kirk, Unu-
pine; William Steen, Milton: Kyle
Guerant. Holdman: T. NJ. johnson,
Echo; Ben Simonton, Adams; Leltoy
Wachter, Pilot Rock, and George
Woodward. Athena.
No one In touch with the situation
this morning would venture eiie&<
| as TO the time that would be required
for the probe. 1t is known that marry
witnesses have been subpoonaed to
appear before the body. and under the
courts instructions Il Is considered
likely that no stone will be left Nii-
turned To get 70 the bottom OF charges
which have been made. 1
| la Sheriff II Called
| This morning when the grand Jury
retired after Judge Phelps had conf
| pleted giving his instructions, several
mcmbers}of the grand jury which MAJ
recently discharged were in the corr.
ders. They had been subpoenaed to
iappearJbefore the new body.
L Sheriff zoeth Houser was one oflthe
I first Witnesses called by the court ball.
Yin, y r. Hutchinson. to appear before
the 6rand jury. Harry Kuck was hi
IAotber prospective witness. He had d
4 number Of papers In his hand a. hs
I, ctmc into tho office OF thr 81
| fore going upstairs to the room occu'
l5pied by the Investigating body. 4
x Five Must Concur Il
In his remarks 10 the grand Juror
as he read the laws covering the Fnrl
OF such an Investigating body. Jsia&'
II Iucips Sstiiuu Ht%Sttt44tt W ft&tc lev y *
evidence and informed the Jurors thu
they were to permit Witnesses TO gpeal
only OF what they know and hav'
secn and not about what they hav
heard indirectly or have sut1miRed.
4 Five Of the seven grand Jurors mus
concur In finding a true bill. accord
, / Ing to a point Of law brought out b
|, the.court. IA "
II Judge Phelps called the attention .
, the jurors TO the difference that exist
! in making reports TO the court In ith
case Of men who have been arraigne
and bound over and In reporting 3
I other matters which may be u1knoyy
= to the public. In the former case,
{ Is the law to report either q true bI
!. or Il not true bill, be said. but oraif
: arily, when the actions Of . man I
y officer who has not been formally Al
rligned are considered by 9 srsat
e fury, it Is the law to return either
e true bill. II the findings warrant Il. /
Ie to make no report and TO destroy a
. evidence offered II i does not xeFfal
= the return of d true bill. Ihat \
is sometimes permissible and a6ylsah
% tps sdeviate from this rule. x'as iaalf'lfI
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