, 1879-03-28
PETE STEVENS.

IO5Tt0SED ~ lf1pHuAA HEEht
In the Crtniual Court yesterday morning
there was considerable Interest nanlfcsted In
tlc case OF Pete Stevens, llIe wife-killcr, which
was to bc called up about tho first thing, nj
though the court room was not crowded. Mrs.
Young, tile mother Of the unfortunate Minnie
steyeus, was present, accompanied by ono or
Two friends. pcto Stevens wua ,,si,ered In by
Deputy, and ilc nodded pleasantly to acquaint-
a,Iccs whom he recognized in the audience.
At the opening OF tho court. State's-Attorney
Mills stated that In the case Of Peter E. stevens.
charged with the murder Of Mamie Bteyens, his
wife, the State was ready 10 Proceed with tie
4. s. Tru,e, attorney for thu prisoner asked
lcaro mud retired will hts client 10 ,he lury-
room, where to rcaA to him cersa!1, atlldayits
which had been prepared, 10 s,,bstaat!ato au ap-
plfeatton for . ......
CHANCE or VENUE.
III short time they returned 10 the courtroom,
md M1. TruAe read arotit!on tgon1 Stevens ask-
Booth, md Farwcll, of tho Circuit Court. aud
Judges Gary, Moore, and Jansson, ot tho Supc-
yior Court. Thls petition was backed up hy ass
affidavit to tho effect tl!at tho prIso1lcF believed
he could not obtain q fur md impartial trfa1.
Hesldes the affidavit Of Stevens, there ware thrce
otllers,-oue fron, JAmcs Warl, QUO from William
Mitchell. ulHl o,le from J. Il. Actlac, I'LL scttlis
forth tlc same argument IN tsie same LANGUAGE
zcns Of Chicago,
States Attorney Mills stated that he could
say Of his 0wn personal knowledge that tho
matter coCta!uel in them atlldayits
WAS FALSE.
knowing, ns he did, ull the Judges sworn to a.
being prcJutllrIal; but yet, as the defense had
c0nformctl with MI tls Iarns of tfc law. as pre-:
srrlbstl by thu ssatutes for the PURPOSE OF
changes Of venue Of this kind, OF course he
WAS pOwcrlcss 10 resist t!lrn,.
Mr: Trus!c said That the n'atter contained 10
the allldayls wus conscieat!ul.sly Gelioyel to be
true BY The prisoner who had sworn 10 them !;
ihat Whl!e llu believed himself TINT tho Judges
named III The a1lIdaYits wcro tAcil Ut Integrity,
sss|S,y @ rrow uI,on on 1,,aa. ill., client ad kcpt
lii mouth scaicsl III reuar,l to thu facts Of the
murder 1,ntll within few days. ttu bud been
! narrowed md hunted by lnclnbtEa VI the press
with pontAae upon tl,rtr locks haA sat about tbs
COURTROOM uni lad boasted OF having uebaueil-
cd hts wtfu; nnl II ever there was an excuse for
ayaling oneself Of tbs statutory privilege of ub'
taiunE change Of venue It certainly was In
! this ease.
The state's Attorney denied that the prisoner
| had kept his mouth sealed Us to tue facls g0ll'
hcctcl with this inur1fr, but, on the contrary.
within tweuty-four hours alter Killing his w1lu
BoAsrap or Ills ACHIEVEMENT
u twenty different persons ut hla acquaintance,
However, l,u didn't prop,so to argue tho case
ans lid no, ,tcstro To aiayu tho record present
any error, and, therefore, he would not oppose
the motion for change Of venue.
TlW Court said tint, as judges sonletimes re
t Murked, tlle atllLavits Were drawn with ltlt
slrewdncss Of lawyer, mud were sworli to Iiks
KcntlcHlell BY Their clients. tlo should ulrce
the Clerk to enter tile necessary order, NM
would consult with JullGcs logers uIil htcA!lts
teT, who were the only Judges OF the Ctrcui
ana Superior Courts not mentioned 10 the aiiida
Wits as being projudlced aEalnst thu defendant
| Etuie'6-Attorney Mills then asked that th
rass be set lpr tbs frat day Of the noxt term o
Tho Criminal Court, which Waa
| MONDAY, APRlL1.
Dir. Trude objected to the setting Of the cas-
at that tine. liz thought that the matte
coulA 10 settled between ths Stats's Attorne
and the tounaei Tor tie pstsonet.
Mr.. Mills salu there Gtd already been delaS