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Show TIIE CIIICO ULUMXS. Five ludieted Ior JlurUeruud A'lue lor Arsou. San Francisco, 5. A press dispatch , from Oroville, says: The grand jury to-day presented a report alter a brief session of three and a half tUys. They find indictments against E. R. Rob-! erts, John and Charles Slaughter, T.I W Stainbrrtnk and F. K. Cnnwav Inr ! tho murder each of four Chinamrm killed atLerom'a ranche near Chico; for arson, against Wright, Jones, Fay, the three Slaughter boys, Roberts Rob-erts and Conway, and for attempt to commit arson against Roberts, John and Charlea Slaughter and Holder-baum. Holder-baum. Those charged with arson will probably be arraigned on Saturday Satur-day and tho trials will commence on the 16th instant. The report of the urand jury closes as follows: We find there has been in existence in our midst an organized band of incendiaries incendi-aries and assassins whose crimes may be compared to those of the worst criminals ever brought to justice, and we believe that some of them are still at large. We urgo upon those whose duty it is to pursue with relentless relent-less vigor every clue to their identity and punishment. A great deal of dissatisfaction in expressed at what is considered the hasty and superficial manner in which the jury haa conducted its inquiry. in-quiry. Very littly effort having been made to secure the indictment of a number of prisoners, inr!tnJin several members of the Council ot Nine, who have been ect at liberty aud have returned to Chico. A correspondent cor-respondent hinU that by virtue of their presence there additional items of interest may poon be expected. |