Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1930, Page 10

EDITORS OF PAPER PLAN GOURT FIGHT Board of Direstors of Inde- pendent Meet at Rockville This Afternoon. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 9.—With the return of the nine indictments alleging the publication of libelous articles against county and State officials by the present editor and three former editors of the Rockville Independent, a county weekly, published here, the litical forces today settled down in eir separate camps to take stock of the situation. ‘The board of directors of the Inde- pendent will meet here this afternoon, according to E. Barrett Prettyman, ruldtnt of the company which pub- ishes the paper, and will discuss the procedure to be followed in meeting the charges contained in the indictments. At that time counsel will be determined upon, after which the latter will decide upon the legal moves to be made. Three Months' Trial. Mr. Prettyman pointed out that at least one of the indictments against W. J. Casey, managing editor of the Independent, would require a trial of at least three months, involving as it does the presentation of records of the expenditure of county funds since 1921. He also indicated that the case would be tried in Montgomery County, and that a change of venue would not be sought. After the first skirmish, which covered the presentation of the demand to the grand jury and the return of the in- dictments, there is a strong indication that the case will produce one of the most interesting if not the bitterest, political legal fights which the county at any time in its history has passed through. It is charged that back of the whole move may be seen a political maneuver by invoking the judicial ma- chinery of the State to set at rest alle- gations of malfeasance and misfeasance in office of the present administration, which has the support of the regular Democratic organization. Soon after they were reported they were examined in the office of the clerk of the court by Albert Bouic, Rockville attorney, and an anti-leader. Officials of the Independent and goun- sel later held a lengthy conferente in the office of Edward Peter. Very shortly after it became public in the county seat that the indictments had been returned, Walter S. Casey, the present managing editor of the Inde- endent, appeared in court with a ndsman, and put up $500 on each of the three indictments returned against him. A short while later Harrison B. French. a former editor, who was joint- 1y indicted with Walter W. Liggett, a former editor, appeared in the office of the clerk of the court accompanied by Barrett Prettyman, president of the In- dependent, and Edward Peter, attorney, and gave a bond of $500 for his appear- ance in court for trial. Paper Backs Editor. Mr. Prettyman and Mr. Peter said that the paper would stand firmly and strongly behind Casey, Liggett and Prench in the ensuing legal battle over the' charges of maladministration. ‘These three editors have gotten out the paper at various times since it was taken over by the new company. The present company had nothing to do with the paper at the time that Mor- ris A. Bealle, also indicted, was publish- ing it. The grand jury which returned the indictments, it will be. remembered, was attdcked in a petition filed in the court shortly after the county commissioners and E. Brooke Lee appeared and de- manded the Investigation which result- ed In the indictments today. At that time it was charged in the petition that the inquisitorial body as composed could not make a fair investigation, and this was accompanied by allega- tions that in its make-up was a nephew of one of the county commissioners and certian employes of the county who depended for their positions on the officials who sought the investigation. ‘These allegations, it is said, may form the basis of one of the moves in the legal attack on the indictments, should that course be decided upon by the counsel for the defendants, instead of immediately going into court for trial on the merits cf the cases. However, there is little doubt but what the mat- ter will be pushed with a view to hav- ing a decision prior to the primaries which are not many months away. A trial on the merits of the charges first real opportunity of proving the truth of th&?.nenmu ‘The indict- ments, like all indictments, merely show that the Government has made out & prima facie case. Although it was reported -t the time the matter was presented to the grand jury that copies of the Independent covering 18' months, which wculd be approximately 72 issues, were presented as exhibits, the grand jury only singled out 9 of the : “:les to form the basis of indictments. FEach of the indictments yesterday sets out in full the particular articles which form the basis of each indict- ment and gives the date of publication. One of the last acts of the grand jury was its appearance in court to announce that it had concluded its labors, and, at that time, the foreman presented a report, a large part of which was made up of a statement giving a clean bill to the county officials, couched in the following language: “We have investigated a number of alleged unequal real estate assessments that have been called to our attention, and in every case we find that these assessments are fair, proportional and in line with the general plan cf assess- ment in the county. We have aso in- vestigated several cases where the county pensions have been alleged to be pald after the death of persons named as being beneficiaries, and found that in every case payment of county pensions ended with the death of the beneficiary. “We have also investigated the tax status of several pieces of privately owned property which were alleged not to be upon the county tax books, and find that these properties are on the county tax books at the same ratio of assessments as adjacent properties. “With reference to a number of new roads that have been built or are being built in the county from proceeds of re- cent county bond issues, and which roads are alleged to unduly and im- properly increase the value of privately owned property of various owners, we find that the roads that have been called to our attention in Montgomery County have. in our opinion, been properly lo- cated and built for the general benefit of the sections of the county in which they are located and to widely serve local and through traffic. ““We have further investigated a num- ber of charges of illegal and improper acts on the part of the county officials and do not find any such charges sup- ported by fact. “‘Our investigations have convinced us that all county expenditures were for the best interests of the people of Mont- gomery County.” o WATER CONTRACT LET Cumberland Line to Be Built at Cost of $115,213.80. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 9 (Spe- cial).—The Cumberland City Counecil awarded the contract for building the water line from Ridgeville Reservoir to the gates of the plant of the Celanese Corporation of America, at Amcelle, to the Tri-State Engineering Co. of this city, at $115,213.80, being the lowest bid. The line will parallel the McMullen boulevard most of the distance. Clai- borne M. James of the Tri-State Co. told the city council that local men would be employed in the work as far as_possible, The introduction of city water at the Celanese plant will aid in its extensive program of expansion, and the new line will give service to the rapidly growing suburbs between Cumberland and Cre- saptown, including Bowling Green, Fairgo and other points. ECKENER LEAVES AKRON AKRON, Ohto, April 8 (#).—Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zep- pelin, who has been visiting here sin Saturday, prepared yesterday to depart on the first lap of his long journey home. . Dr. Eckener will be joined here by Dr. Karl Maybach, German engineer and designer, today and will "eave with him for Cleveland _this afternoon. ~From Cleveland the Zeppelin commander will go to Buffalo and New York. Dr. May- bach expects to continue to Detroit to attend the airshow. o Placque Demonstration Arranged. BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., April 9.—Prac- tical work in placque making will be shown during a demonstration on “Pic- tures in the Home,” to be given by Miss Ethei M. Regan, home demonstration agent, in her office Friday, at 2 p.m. . k' 'Medieat Glassse Fittea 'z Eyes Examined DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone_ N he will, of course, give the defendants their Don't foo | yourself! Since halitosis never announces itself to the victim, you simply cannot know when you have it. et rid o f halitosis — it may get you fired What kind of people do em- ployers like to have around them? 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