Show TELEGRAPHIC ate i HTAR ROUTES Qnet r r Lo ua3ta c tot Attorney iVorkbll1 Wnshfngtitn 16 District Attorney Cockblil has been severely criticized totr having dinj bstd the grand jury until October 3rd while r me star route cases were awaiting consideration Corkbills Excuse wa that ihe erases were not rtJody fir presentation and that tom ot the jurors had important business to att n ito i-to slId he gave them a recess to give thorn an oui > ortur < uy The Star to day has an interview I with n member of tae grand jury who says besides the foreman Lot over two jurors Wlfre ill favor ot a respite 1 know ot but one other We knew the foreman fore-man desired to go away and were under iho imprest that another would act in his absence and therefore maao ourselves our-selves QJ Keporter Than the assertion that the cases were not ready for presentation to the grand jury is not true Answer No sir Had there been another foreman fore-man selected wa could have examined exam-ined nearly all the jail cases without any special preparation in the diet ict aUorneya office and thus saved time We knew nothing about the adjournment adjourn-ment until we were dismissed ReporterDid the adjournment conflict wish the arraLgements of tho jurors Answer Yes with several of them One a mechanic dec ined to take a profitable prof-itable job of work because he was engaged en-gaged on the jury Another bad employed em-ployed a substitute to perform the work and now finds himself out of employment employ-ment Another declined an engagement engage-ment out of the city for the same reason and others complain that the adjournment adjourn-ment has inflicted great inconvenience upon them and in some ca < es the loss is in the disorganization of their plans Reporter What is the expense that is i saved by government by the adjournment adjourn-ment AnswerThe jury costs 49 per day when all aro present and I cannot see how government could lose by the jury being in cession The work has to be done and will cost as much at onetime one-time as another There may be some hardships to be committed on prisoner for their time in jail does not coant They are there at the expense of government I govern-ment and in cases where the grand jury find no bill government loses I the expense of board and maintenance while the grand jury are unemployed |