, 1922-04-27
CALL PROBABLE
LATE IN May IF
IT IS GRANTED
Promise Of Judge Brown
Is Not Definite But
Holds Promise

III IS probable that Judge
G. o. Brown, presiding jurist
of the sixth judicial district,
will authorize a grand jury in
vestigation of alleged irregu-
lar conditions in Casper on his
return to Casper from Lander. MAJ
20.
7 am inclined to think that I will
call n grand jury on my return from
Lander" was the notice which Judge
Brown gave the committee composed
OF Dr.. J. NJ. Croner, w. o. Wilson. f
NJ oBrien, I. G. Mccain, and Mrs
L. T. Hall, recently appointed bv the
Republican Central committee for the
purpose Of requesting such a probe.
"If I decide to call the grand Jury
said Judge Brown. ct VIII mako the
necessary order May 20. 1 will have
no time TO devote to such an under
taking until that time"
Judge Brown tempered his decision
by stating that he was not in favor
Of a grand Jury but thai in view of
tho fact that the expense OF such an
undertaking would not be great he
was inclined to believe that he would
grant the request of the committee.
Stating that grand juries should only
be called in extreme emergencies, a
condition which he indicated did not
exist here Judge Brown said that there
was a possibility that some conditions
which existed should be investigated.
Judge Browns intention was an
nounced following a showing made by
tho committee Of conditions alleged to
exist here. The general expressions of
the committee Indicated that only sub
ordinate officers Or persons who Fad
no official connection were connected
with the alleged graft which has been
uncovered in semtofficial investiga-
lions.
w. o. Wilson, attorney for the G. o.
p. committee and n of its spokes-
men. indicated that he did not know
whether a grand jury investigation
would DO a good thing or not He
did state. however. hat he believed
certain conditions existed here which
could only DO brought to light by such
a probe
L G.. Mccann- another attorney
member Of tho committee stated that
one Of the facts that could be estab-
lished by a grand jury probe would
10 to determine definitely whether
mors Of graft were true facts or falsi-
f~ications against good and true men"
"A grand smy win be of immense
value in sitting out these riimors.
Weighing them and discarding the re-
ports IL they are worthless" he said.
G. r. Hagens. chairman Of the Re
publican County Central committee
was called upon to express his views.
He was questioned by Judge Brown,
who stated that he desired to know
why a request for a grand jury came
from a political organization.
MI. Hagens responded that the move
was political insofar as most of the
county officials were elected under
Republican banners nj that even the
central committee had been charged
with protecting vice conditions here.
Stating that he believed the taxpay-
ers of Natrona county were willing to
shoulder the burden of a grand jury
investigation to ferret out h charges
Mr.. Hagcns called the courts attention
to knowledge which has come to him
in which some individual presuming
TO act as a go-between OF law violators
and officials was in reality pocketing
the money himself and thus taking
advantage of the ignorance Of the
people upon whom he was preying.
In response to a request from M
W. Purcell, county attorney, Mr.,
Hagens stated the reasons why the
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