Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24
Hearing of Evidence Probably
win Be Delayed Until In
quisitoriaI Body Is Sworn
in on October 6.
U. S. ATTORNEY WOULD
AVOID FURTHER DELAY
Justice Department 0ficials An.
noyed by Collapse Of Proceed
ings-Two New Jurors Selected
to Fill Vacancies Left by ousted
and Excused Members.

The rehearing by the grand
jury of third degree and other
cases voided by disqualification
yesterday Of juror viii be post
poned until a new grand jury liz
sworn in October 8, it was indi.
Gated today.
A definite decision in this con-.
nection is expected shortly from
the ONCE of United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover.
Possibility of postponement in
the representation OF invalidated
cases arose when a suggestion was
made in. court quarters that a re-
hearing BY the present grand jury
would be Illegal.
Rover said he was weighing
three or four angles9 before max
ing up his mind on the question.
It was apparent he intends to
leave no loophole whereby the
third-d degree inquiry might be in
corrupted again.
The District attorney is said TO have
conferred late yesterday with oficiaIs
az the Department OF Justice, who are
pialnly annoyed by the collapse Of the
grand Jury proceedings against the r(,-
ice. It Is understood he was advised
the problem Is one he must work out
New Jurors Sworn.
TUE new v,..,.-S.s..- !. . - 80. Z.
were sworn in with meticuIous caution
To-Day. They are Richard "A. Garrett.
S4Vs Forty-first street, and Robert u.
BRADSHAW, 1884 Harvard street. they
VIII MI vacancies created BY the sensa.
Ll0nal busting yesterdav ar Henry r,
Johnson, dfsquali3eG because he is q
penSloner, and BY the release Of RAM
oolpn NJ Scott &C his own request
Garrett and Bradshaw after Ienothw
and unprecedented questioning. Corr.
yfnced the court they positively have
no link, however remote. with the Fed-
eral or District governments. The pair
was chosen from group Of 10 pro-
spective jurors who were called before
Associate Justice Jesse @. Adkins. The
40 were Intercepted carefully IN open
court regarding pensions, Government
employment or other Federal connec-
tons. and one was excused when he
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of 10 was selected and taken into 4
private room, where Court Clerk VIII
liam Adkins continued the questioning
IN the presence Of Assistant Clerk Lee
Ashford
Plan New Procedure.
Garrett and Bradshaw were first on
the list Of Is, and finally were given
Official approval Ashford signed an
affidavit to the effect that he witnessed
the questioning and heard "ali ques-
tionS asked in full" Neither Juror was
required to sign a QUESTIONABLE, but
this procedure viii be instituted for the
new grand jury.
District Attorney Rover said there IS
no question as to the legality Of pre-
Senting new cases to the present grand
jury and was being done today
Jurors Sign Statement.
The members of the grand jury re-
naming after Johnson's removal today
issued a signed statement supporting
Clerk Adkins contention that ne asked
each of them, including johnson,
specific questions as to pensions and
Government pay when they were sworn
In last July.
The statement said that each Of the
jurors signing the report had been asked
these questions: DO you get pay or
pension of any kind from either the
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