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Show Bad lor BlorieU Chicago, 1. In tho BicIytjlt in quiry, t-j-dny, A. L. Hose, expert ao counla-it, t(-t.ii!i"d that he bad examined ex-amined Kl'sUUt Ilibbird's accounts and found that the register bad un-dt-ratated hie receipts fur each ol three yean. The total amount ol lbu discrepancies dis-crepancies for this period was over $10,000. His figures were then taken from Ilibhard'a fee book. Witness bad testified to this c-fleet before the grand jury last full. Jt there was any relundiug in the year succeeding each drpoeit it w'juld uut appear iu tht-se liyim-M. Keith and Turnuy, members o( the , late federal grand jury, (canned about tho fdcta that other jurura related yesterday. yes-terday. United States District Attorney Batiks was summoned and testified that the grand jury thsmttlvta baJ taken up the Hi board cat-.u without his advice-Mr. advice-Mr. Knott Did tbe jury discuss tbe construction put upon the law iu the Hibbard matter? Answer I think it did. QuetUon Did y- u. r.s proecuting attorney for government, give any order to tho grand jury upon that im-poitaut im-poitaut flubjed '! vnawer I d d not, because I considered tbe law on tne subject ambiguous. Q. Please explain to ua wherein was the ambiguity of that law? Witness Wit-ness then pointtd out the matters he considered ambiguous, hut Mr. Knott cxprcsjid bimycil die atisfied with tbe explanation. Witncid cominued and stated that after drawing up the indictments in-dictments by instruction of the jury against Hibbard for the purpose of presenting them to that body, ho had a talk with Blodgett, who alluded to the perjury indictment. Ho could not remember exactly what occurred at that interview, hut remembered that alter it he changed liis mind as to presenting pre-senting the perjury iudicttueut to the jury. |