Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1911 — GRAND JURY IS QUIZZING [ARTICLE]

GRAND JURY IS QUIZZING

About 200 Witnesses Summoned Before that Body NO INDICTMENTS RETURNED To Date, But Several Will Follow—“ Blind Tigers” Run to Lair, and Poker Players are Quaking In Their Boots— Greatest General Shake-Up County Has Had In Years.

,« Sheriff Hoover has certainly been a busy man this week, and with Al Robinson as riding bailiff and Horatio Ropp and J. W. Childers as assistant riding bailiffs a part of the time, nearly two hundred subpoenas have been served, bringing in witnesses from all parts of the county. Alleged “blind tigers” are being hunted and the poker playing fraternity is said to be looked into somewhat. For the honor of the newspaper profession it is hoped that the latter is not pryed into too far. Up to yesterday noon no bills had been signed up by the members of the jury, but it is generally thought several indictments will be returned, and it is rumored that some will be against parties at Parr where one blind tiger lair is said to be located. It was expected that the grand jury would finish up its investigations either last evening or today, and a full report of its work will appear in Wednesday’s Democrat.