The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-10-17
Citizens Asked o Come
.Befor Grand Jury Monday

Citizens of Holmes county are
urged to come before the Grand
Jury Monday morning at nine
o'clock to report violations of the
prohibition and gambling laws In
this county.
In a singing indictment of Sheriff
W. l.. Murtagh, the Grand Jury said
found shat the Sheriff has wholly
failed and neglected. to perform
his sworn duty"
1t further declared: I'VE are salts
fled that should the Sheriff perform
faithfully the duties of his office
that there now and always has re-
sided in him sufficient authority to
combat these evils"
The Grand Jury requested Judge
Davis to let it be recessed until Mon
day October 21st, at which time it
desired to be recalled and urged the
people of Holmes county to come
before the Grand Jury and give
information $50 that we might re-
turn indictments for the violution
of prohibition and gumbling lows
of our county. believing where the
Sheriff of Holmes County hua
wholly fuiled to perform his duty.
that the people of Holmes county.
through their Grond Jury. will bring
to justice those who ~flogrontlY.
openly. VIGOROUSLY. and with uppw.
ent immunity flout the lows of our
state in the fuce Of the people in
this county"
The Grand Jury further said in
its report:
"It has come to the attention Of
your Grand Jury that the preceding
Grand Jury of six months ago made
a thorough investigation of alleged
violation of the prohibition and
gambling laws of this County, ret
urning at said term of court fifty
two indictments for violation of the
prohibition and gambling laws. We
have been advised that at said term
of Court, Sheriff Walter L. Murtagh
appeared before the aforesaid Grand
Jury, at which time he stated that
in the future he intended to exercise
all Of the lawful authority vested in
him to rigidly enforce the prohibit
ion and gambling laws of the State,
| and that in the future the people OF
Holmes County would have no conn
plants. We find six months later
that the Sheriff has wholly failed
and neglected to perform his sworn
duty in that there now flourishes
and has continued to flourish In
Holmes county throughout the ten
ure of the present Sheriff open.
notorious, fragrant, violation of the
prohibition and gambling laws. We
are satisfied that should the Sheriff
perform faithfully the duties of his
office that there now and then and
always has resided in him sufficient
authority to combat these evils.
We have been advised that before
this body can return an Indictment
sufficient information must be pre-
sented to this Grand Jury before
such an indictment can be returned.
We have been in session two days
and have had only three persons
from the entire county of Holmes
to come before this body and make
any complaint about violation OF
prohibition laws and gambling laws
in our County. We, therefore, are
requesting your Honor, to allow
this Grand Jury to recess until eco
o'clock A. M. on the third Mondsy
of this term, which is October 21st
1916, at which time we wish to. now
urge the law abiding people of Hol.
mes county to come before our body
and that at such time give us suffic-
lent information so that we might
return indictments for violation at
the prohibition and gambling lews
Of our County, believing that whera
the Sheriff of Holmes County haa
wholly failed to perform his duty.
that the people Of Holmes county,
through their Grand Jury, win
bring to justice those who so flag
rantly, openly, VIGOROUSLY and with
apparent immunity flout the laws
of our State in the face of the people
of this County"
Jurors Listed
Members of the Grand Jury were.
j. G. Herbert, TT foreman: j. N.
Hearn, Clerk; J. A. Cade, Fred P.
Leslie, W. D. Killebrew, Alton Fer
rell, Charles w. Duggan, c. v, Bal
ley, J. J. Browning, c. w. Younger.
p. J. Heinrich, z. H. Skinner, Edward
v. Hodges, Roy Gelston, Q. S. Pettus,
John Jenkins, Vernon Hathcock, J.
H. Dickerson, W. o. Criswell, c. I.
Cobb.
Jury No. l
H. ". Brock, Wade Ray, Rob Roy
Truitt, M. E. Grace, r. F. Austin, !.
w. Ware, J. B. Yeager, George Mt
chell, ]. W. Roberts, Rogers Nc
Bride, Joe Harthcock, w. Q. Har-~
thcock.
Jury No.
John Liberto, Jesse Riddle, Oscar
Rogers, Otis Stephenson, Ed Powell,
BOYD Moss, Alfred Hearn, James
Hester, B. S. Parkinson, n. B. Simon