Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-19
IMPEACHED.
That is Pages Fate.
Finding Of Committee
Recommending Action.
Counts Nos. Il and Is
Are Points Sustained.
Report Being Up
TO Present To-Day.
Counts Nos. Il and Is
Are Points Sustained.
Report BeingDrawn Up
TO Present To-Day

The long agony of the secret investigation
in the Page matter is ended by the issue of
The GLOBE this morning. For nearly a
month the House Judiciary committee
has been considering whether the
charges made against Judge Sher-
man Page, of the Tenth Judicial District,
We're sufficiently serious to warrant recon-
mending his impeachment. There were
twenty counts or charges presented. Some
of them We're not sustained, and upon some
of them the committee will state their con-
illusions of fact but upon two
counts the committee has agreed
to recommend his impeachment, those voting
for impeachment being Messrs. Campbell,
Mead, West, Colvill, and Kinds, and against
impeachment, Mr.. Ladd, while the remain
ing member of the committee, Mr.. Hicks,
occupies somewhat neutral ground being
upon one of the two counts in favor of the
Judge, and opposed to him on the other.
The counts which were sustained by the
committee were as follows
Iwelfth-While sitting as judge in the trial
Of criminal action said Page wrote upon
scrap of paper, calling the attention of one of
the counsel employed in the case to certain
points, suggesting that he discuss them to the
jury, and he did the same with corrupt and
malicious motive, intending to prejudice the
rights of the party trial
Upon the coming into court of the grand
jury at the term holden in the fall of 1876
said Page presiding judge told the grand
jury that he had heard that there were irregu-
the county treasurer, and directed them to
make thorough examination of the facts
and to take such action to them should
seem best. After making an investigation as
they had been commanded to do, said grand
jury made the following commendatory report
of and concerning the said county treasurer
and the management Of his said office, to wit:
''This jury find in this investigation nothing
irregular, nor any appearance OF wrong-doing
in any of the affairs of the county treasurer.
Signed, sc. r. CAMPBELL,
CLERK of the Grand Jury"
Notwithstanding the action of the grand jury
above quoted, said Page at the March term fol-
lowing. upon empanneling the grand jury, de-
ivered to them a lengthy speech and charge, in
which he charged there corruption in the
office of the county treasurer, that said office
was being run in the interest of certain persons
for political purposes, and that the treasurer
guilty of gross violations of law, for which
he ought to be indicted; and, if they should
find the facts he had stated, it would be
their bounden duty to indict him.
Thereupon the said jury retired, and after
making an exhaustive investigation Of the
acts of said treasurer they. after the trans
action OF other business. notified the court that
there nothing further requiring their
notice. Said Page then asked whether or not
they had Investigated the of Ingmundson,
the county treasurer. They replied in the
affirmative Said Page then, in angry, ex-
cited and abusive manner, repeated the al
legged acts of said Ingmundson, and insisted
that they constituted an indictable offense, and
told said jury that it was their duty to
indict him, if they SO found the facts, and di-
rected further consideration of the case. After
they had again carefully investigated the case,
the jury came into court and again told the
court that they had completed their business,
and as before, he delivered to them another
charge. denunciatory and abusive in it's char
acter and ordered them back to their rooms.
This repeated no less than four or five
times and at each temperance he became
more angry and abusive.
After he had held said jury five days, with
the purpose of compelling the Indictment of
said Ingmundson, he gave them lecture, tell
ing them that they had violated their oaths,
that they were guilty of perjury that they had
attempted to put themselves between crimi-
nal and his punishment, that they had con-
nived at the commission of crime, and they
were unworthy to be the guardians of public
interests, and then and there he told them that
they would not be permitted to thwart the
purposes for which grand juries were created,
and, turning to tine county attorney, in open
court, ordered him to make complaint before
him (Page) against said Ingmundson and
prosecute him the matters investigated by
said grand jury. The said complaint wat
made in accordance with the order of said
Page, and upon it Page caused warrant to be
issued and lngmundson arrested and brought
before Page for examination, after which he
held him for his appearance in the sum Of
81 ,OO0 All of which was done for the pur
pose of gratifying his spite and malice toward
said Ingmundson.
Fifteenth-The conduct of said Page as judg,
having been brought to the notice Of the gen
eral public, through the circulation of petit
tions asking him to resign his Office, ant
through the newspapers of the State, contain
ing severe criticisms upon his official conduct
said Page sought to prevent further circula
ton of said petitions, and the facts therein Sc
forth; he made complaint and issued his war
rant, and caused the arrest of one ID. HI. Slim
son. deputy sheriff, charging him with con
tempt of court, and that he had circulated one
of the aforesaid petitions. asking the said Pag
to resign. his Office as judge Upon tn
examination of said Stimson, before himself a
judge, said Page summoned large number o
witnesses, whom in spite of their own protests
and of the urgent objections Of counsel for sal,
Stimson, said Page compelled to tell not onl
what they knew about Stimson's connection
with said petition, but what each had himsel
done in relation thereto. After continuing thi
inquisition during two days. said Page arb
trarily adjourned the further hearing for tn
period of two weeks, and in the interim re
qu~ I'd said Stimson to give a bond in tn
sum If $1,000, for his appearance on the ad
journment day.
At the expiration of the two weeks said Page
on his own motion, adjourned the case for th
further period of one week, still keeping Stim
son under bonds. The next day set for tris
having arrived said Page ordered a third &C
journment at which time said Stimson wa
discharged. That after said Page had conclue
ed the examination of witnesses, for upward
of an hour, in an angry and excited name
he denounced affant, used toward him insul
ing language, and then and there state
that the persons who got U
said petition were no better than tt
Younger brothers; that they should be lool
ing through bars in their cell; that he woul