Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-11
In.peacLn,ent Yel Non.

The House judiciary committee again held
two protracted sessions yesterday, and are
evidently getting to like the fun Judging
from the intense energy and sustained cour-
age with which they tackle the knotty ques-
ton. At the morning session several wit
nesses were examined-the first of whom
was o. w. Shaw, President of the First Ma
tional Bank of Austin. The gist of his tes-
timony was, and in this he is represented as
having been very emphatic, to the effect that
Judge Page did not instruct the grand jury
to indict county officers or call any county or
other officer by name. On this point wit
ness, who was member of the grand jury,
it is represented, was closely and rigidly
cross examined, without, however, breaking
the force Of OF causing him to vary from his
original statement.
Andrew Knox, merchant of Austin, was
the second witness. He corroborated
the evidence of Shaw as to what
was said before the grand jury
and i'll addition thereto, testified
that the grand jury did not report that they
had no further business, until on the day
they were discharged; that Judge Page at
no time told the grand jury, either that they
should indict the county officers, or that the
members of the grand jury had violated
their oaths, or that Judge Page, at any time,
was angry at, or obstinate, or used violent
language to the grand jury.
The third witness was F. A. Engle, flour
manufacturer at Austin, and also member
of the same grand jury. His evidence, as far
as HE GLOBE man could dive into it,
was merely corroborative of the statement
of Mr.. Knox in all essential particulars.
Another witness was Attorney A. j. Hunt,
of Mower county, who testified to the uni
formly fair and courteous treatment of the
members of the bar by Judge Page, both at
home and in the other counties of the
district.
Still another witness was D. B. Smith, ex-
mayor of Austin. The pith of his
testimony, SO far as it could
be gathered. was to the effect that
the whisky riots had assumed large
proportions, and that he (witness, being then
Mayor of the city, and the sheriff had at
tempted to dispense the crowd, and had made
arrests prior to Judge Pages arrival on the
scene of action.
The sixth witness was ex-Alderman X. N
. Paden, who testified that he went to the
scene of the whisky riot about o'clock Al
night; that at that time there was presen
crowd of about six hundred per
sons; that the Mayor and himsel
ordered the crowd to dispense and go home
> that he afterwards got out of the crowd ant
1 started up the street when he met Judge
e Page who was just going upon the scene o
t action, and who shortly afterwards ordered
y the crowd to disperse.
t Several more witnesses, among them D. B
Coleman, O. B. Morse and j. D. Rugg, al
three of whom were members of that mucl
3 talked-of grand jury, were called, but wheth
: er the committee got through with their test
- mony the reporter failed to ascertain.
e About five o'clock the committee, who ha
/ been assidious in their attention to bushes
} during the day, became thoroughly tired on
% and adjourned to Monday morning at
) o'clock
- So far, it is claimed by the friends c
Al Judge Page, the testimony does not and wi
~ ~ not show any malice or i'll feeling on hi
u part, and that all the venom and bad bloc
out-cropping in the case comes from tt
other side. How this claim gibes with tt
lie actual facts of the case, the GLOBE leaves
IF its readers to determine each for himself