Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1922-11-24
Report OF The Grand jury,
The Honorable the Judges of the Circui

AhS iAOuotdUio the Judges OF the Circuit
Court for Montgomery county, Md.
The grand jury for the November Term
OF Court respectfully submits the following
report:
We have examined eighty.six persons,
including such county officials required by
law to make appearance, as were in at
tendance, some of these latter more than
once.
Twenty-three indictments were found
and in five cases examined the evidence
was insufficient to return indictments.
The Court House we found in good re-
pair and good condition with the following
exceptions: The gutter in a number of
places has rusted through and is leaking
badly. The linoleum in the room of the
Orphans Court is badly worn. We recon-
mend that these be put in good condition
or replaced
we found conditions at the Jail in good
shape, and have no recommendation for
any immediate Improvements. At the
time of our visit there was a total of 10
prisoners-3 white males, 8 colored males
and colored female.
At the Aims House we found conditions
satisfactory with the following exceptions
One chimney is in such bad repair as to
be menace; the kitchen sink leaks badly,
threatening an unsanitary condition. We
recommend the prompt repair of the Chin
ney and the replacement of the sink, also
a new roof on the porch and repair of the
harness. One unhinged door. we under
stand. was the work of an inmate who
wanted pair of hinges for box.
We further recommend that the house
be furnished with the following: Six extra
cots. rubber sheets, 6 rocking chairs and
washing machine.
FollOwingis an approximate inventory of
the supplies at the house; Two hundred
and fifty quarts of preserves and jellies,
800 quarts canned goods. rs bushels of
potatoes, barrel of flour. is pounds of
sugar. half bushel of corn meal. 2 hams, 2
middlings, half barrel of salt fish, 20 tons
of coal, and on the farm $50 chickens, S
horses. s killing hogs. 1 SOW and 8 pigs.
1875 barrels of corn, 20 tons of hay. lot of
fodder and rs acres of growing wheat.
There are s inmates in the house,
white males. white female. colored
males and 2 colored females.
Regarding conditions in some of the So
called clubs on the Conduit Road and
elsewhere. TO which your Honor referred
in your charge. we desire to report as
follows:
We listened to your Hoaors remar ks in
regard to the violation of the liquor laws
and the gambling laws in the county. We
have gone into these matters very care
fully and as fully as our time would permit.
We are perfectly satisfied from the infor-
nation which we have received that these
violations existed and that the places
named were conducted for the purpose o
gambling and liquor selling.
We believe that the States Attorney,
The Sheriff and the Chief of Police have
made and are still making every reason
able effort to break up these places and to
bring the violators to justice. but we realize
that they have to cope with professional
evasion of the law. 5000 d" the
In regard to your charge that information
or "a tip-off was given certain places in
advance of a raid by the officers. and
probably by one of them. we believe to be
true, and while suspicion points very
strongly towards one or two of the officers
as being the ones who gave the "tip-Of."
the evidence is not strong and direct
enough to justify action at this time.
We would urge the Sheriff and Chief Of
Police in planning any future raids on
such places to use even greater care than
in the past to prevent information going
out before they are ready to strike. We
would further urge the Sheriff TO be very
careful as TO the character of the deputies
whom he appoints. TO look after their be-
havior while on the force. and to promptly
dismiss any one of them who proves to
be unfit for the duties which devOlVe upon
him.
We ha reason to believe that the
Prosecuting Attorney and the Sheriff are
hampsred in their work in not being able
at their discretion to bring in outside help
not known to be connected with this coun-
ty to work up cases against these estab-
lshments. and we recommend that they
be granted more liberty in this respect and
that a reasonable appropriation be made
for this purpose.
Having completed all the business com
ing to our attention. and having no further
TO make, we ask TO be
discharged.
ClAGETT C. HILTON,
Foreman
Rockville. Md, Nov. 90 1922.