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| jury to decide, , a basis of the testimony of witne sses summoned before it, whether or not there are sufficient grounds for indicting anyone in connection with the Williams lynching—either as leader of the mob or as a member of it. The Wicomico County Circuit Court is .in session, and if any indictments are returned, it is likely the trial may be held immediately. List of Witnesses Below is the complete list of witnesses called before the grand jury, who will be heard during the next three days: G. Murray Phillips, sheriff, Charles H. Pruitt and Donald A. Parks, deputy sheriffs Sergt. M. D. Brubaker and Patrolman £, C. Peroutka, state police. Miss Helen V. Wise, superintendent, Peninsula General Hospital, and Miss Florence S. Smith, Miss Helen E. Fisher, Miss Myrtle Wright and Miss Robinson, nurses. Dr. R. M Nook. Dr. J. McFadden Dick Dr. Creston Collins, Dr. 5. H. Hurdle, Dr. Hunter R. Mann, James Handy, Leah Brewington and John Easton, attaches at the hospital. Chief of Police N. H. Holland and City Patrolman Samuel C. Broughton, Carl W Wilson and John M. Goslee. Ira D. Turner, clerk of the Circuit Court. John H Farlow, former sheriff. N. James Gordy, garage man. P. E. Burroughs, member of the State legislature. Hooper S Miles, lawyer, banker and city Bolicitor. Lee Webster Selfe, executive vice president, bus and freight boat companies. David J. Ward, state senator. Judge E. Urie Ollphant, of the Orphans Court. William F. Calloway, manufacturer . L. Thomas Parker former mayor. John W. Downing, banker. Reese Gordy. garage man W. Arthur Kennerly, former mayor. Otho L. Byrd, manager of a telegraph effice. W. C. Thurston, author. Lee O. Harris, painter. A. B. Jacques, telephone company official. J, H. Schramm, merchant. H. B. Causey, farmer. Howard Campbell, merchant. Leon Sklar, photographer. Roger Bailey, clerk. Rufus Perry, merchant. William Maddox, clerk. Russell Dennis, pugilist. Norman Perdue, garage man. Marion Smith, contractor. Conrad O. Long, lumber man Alfred T. Truitt publisher. Charles J. Truitt, publisher. ' E. Sheldon Jones, editor. Wallace M. White, advertising manager. Kid Ritchie, pugilist. Mrs. Charles H. Truitt, wife of deputy •hcriff William O. Dolan, orchestra director. Elmer Heaster. J. Ralph Wimbrow. Alexander Pollitt. William Perry. Ralph Corbin. John Crockett. Fred Ruark. Talbot Larmore. Herman Townsend. Pat Kitchens. Martin Clarke. Sam Preston. Louis Smith. Elwood Waller. Henry Yowell. Lillian Serman. Patsy Johnson. Benjamin Parsons. Sid Church. Mrs. Mary Heath. Negroes from Wicomico County are: Marion Tally, Leandon Morris, Howard Leonard. Merle Friend, Walter Dashiell. .?acob T. Conquest, patient in hospital Ward from which Williams was taken; Dr Arihur D. Brown, James F. Stewart, Ned Roberts, John Williams, William Purnell and Henry Purnell. Worcester County witnesses: Severn W. Murray, Berlin. Beulah Smith, Snow Hill, Robert Allen, chief of police of Ocean City. z lUrfus Jernigan, Snow Hill, Negro, patient in hospital ward from which William was feaken. Somerset County witnesses: William Harrington. Mount Vernon. Maslin Pinkett, Princess Anne. J, R. Waters, Princess Anne. John J. Thompson, former state patrolman, Arbutus. Detective Sergeants Walter Martin and Graydon L. Ware, Baltimore City. IMPEACHMENT ASKED IN LYNCHING PROBE Impeachment of Judge Joseph L. Bailey, presiding jurist at Salisbury, where the grand jury is investigating the Matthew' Williams lynching, T;as demanded today by the Inter- |