The Washington times., 1924-03-27
125 CASES FACE
MONTGOMERY
COURT
4.
Grand Jury Thinks Conduit
Road Conditions Are
Exaggerated.

muCh exaggerated or the VlolatOfS
are so efficient in their operations
as to render detection wen-nigh
impossible, was what the grand
jury, which adjourned here yes
terday afternoon after being in SEES
sion eight days, reported to Judge
Robert B. Peter
CATION of every report coming to
nothing new to report" declared
the report. I'VE believe the off,
GERS are particularly watchful in
that section and are doing all in
their power to break up any disor
der that may exist"
The grand jury, SO the report
showed, returned 107 indictments
and ignored fourteen cases because
Of insufficient evidence. No other
similar body in this county in the
last twenty or more years has found
as many true bills. Forty-eight of
those returned charge violations Of
the local option law and three
charge violations of the gambling
laws. All but a very few are
against residents of Rockville and
vicinity, which seems to indicate
tnat States Attorney John A. Gar
ret knew what he was talking
about when he declared that the
county seat was much in need OF
being cleaned up.
The number Of charges Of other
kinds preferred are as follows:
Larceny a.; desertion and non.
support, 3; receiving stolen goods,
g. burglary and larceny, g. assault
with intent to kill. Q: perjury, 2;
arson. 2; bigamy. assault with in
tent to rape. assault with a deadly
weapon, assault and battery,
bastardy. embezzlement and obtain
ing money under false pretenses.
each.
In addition to the indictments
found at this term, eighteen cases
were brought over from the Novem-
Der term, making total Of 1875
| criminal cases docketed for trial at
the terIp which began today.
The grand jury found, so the re-
port stated. that friction exists be-
tween the chief of police and the
sheriff Of the county, and that it
seems to be an unsettled question
as to which has the higher au-
thority.
I'VE recommend that the court
use at once any means within it's
power to right such conditions, as
we are convinced that they are not
the best for maintaining law and
order in the county"
In addition to recommending that
the courthouse be given a general
| renovation. as 1.-The walls. windows
and lighting fixtures are all I'M
clean and unsightly," the report
calls attention to the crowded con-
ditions in the office Of the clerk
OF the circuit court.
1.-THE filing spaces are nearly all
filled with records and the growing
business of the county requires that
more space be provided and we
recommend that an addition be built
to the courthouse, of fireproof con,
struction, suitable for housing and
safekeeping all permanent records
Of the county"
The report declares that the jury
found the county home to be in
excellent condition and commends
County Commissioner Lacey Shaw
for his efficient management Of the
building and farm.
1.-THE living quarters are clean and
sanitary and the inmates-eight
males and three females-comfort
aDIe ana We'll cared IOr.
The county jail also was found
sanitary and clean and containing
twenty prisoners-sixteen colored
males, one colored female and three
white males-so the report stated.
Repairs to the courthouse and the
construction of a cement walk in
front of the jail were recommended.
In discharging the jurors from
further attendance at this time,
Judge Peter thanked them for the
thorough and expeditions manner
in which they had performed their
duties. John r. Lewis, formerly
president Of the board of county
commissioners, was foreman Of the
body.
According to the dead mans wife,
who is guest Of friends in the
lower section of the county, the
John A. Simpson, who was killed
on the Seventh street pike, near
Silver Spring, this county, few
days ago, when an automobile in
which he was riding and which was
being operated by Ian. Mcfarland,
of Alta Vista, collided with q motor
truck, was in reality John d. Sui.
Ivan.
The young widow, who Is a
daughter OF Henry H. Jennings, Of
Hartford, Conn.,, was unable to tell
Sheriff Clay Plummer why her
husband represented his name as
| Simpson. She was married to him
on January 3, last, and was told
by him that his family lived in
| Newton, Conn. At the request Of
| the young woman's father, Sheriff
| Plummer will accompany her to
| her home in Hartford.
A delegation Of we'll known farm.
ers and dairymen, headed by Frank
C.. Hutton and Herbert L. Diamond,
appeared before the county com.
missioners here yesterday and
urged that one and one.haH miles
of the road leading from the
| Gaithersbtrg.Da Jamestown pike to
| Germantown, known as the Chopper
Mill road, be piked, beginning at
| the Gaithersburg- DarnestoWn road.
| The commissioners were unable to
give the delegation much encotir-
aRement further than to promise
| to keep the thoroughfare in good
repair until funds are available for
| the construction of cement or
macadam pike.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk Of the circuit court here for
the marriage Of Norman o. Prather
and Miss Julia M. Spearburg. both
Of Washington; Eugene w. Loman
and Miss Isabel Magraduer. both
Of this county. and Charles H.