Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-10-09

nothing. Impatient at the neglect, Mr..
Levy went to him again and he demand
ed $40 more, and being refused. he de-
clined to do anything towards making
the collection, and never has done any
thing whatever in the case, but he kept
the $25 which he obtained from Mr..
Levy upon false representations.
He, together with E. o. Wheeler, were
counsel tor NJ. Grcgson in a matter where
parties claimed Of Grcgson large sum of
money for mill machinery which did
not meet the terms under which it was
purchased, and as such attorneys, became
possessed of all the points upon which
Mr. Gregson relied for his defense. After
Page was elected Judge, Wheeler aband-
oned GregsoD, became counsel fer the
other party, brought an action against
Grcgson and before Page sitting as Judge,
obtained judgment tor the plaintiff tor
the sum of several hundred dollars
DURING the last term that Allan Molli-
son held the office Of Sheriff of Mower
County, Herman Warner was appoint.
ed dep. Coroner. Toprevent MolIison from
having the emOluments of his office,
davit in each case under his control, land
the business at that time) charging the
sheriff with prejudice and Partially
so as to put the processes into the corO.
ner's hands for execution, which atfidav.
its were, as he we'll knew, false in each
and every particular.
THIRD-ACTs AS A JUDGE.
We now approach the period of his Ju
dicial career, and however broad the
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may feel disposed to cover his personal
peccadilloes, and with whatever degree
of lcnity they may look upon his profes
sional crookedness, they may not, either in
justice to themselves or to pos!erity, seek
for or invent any means whereby to ex'
cuse him for his gross violations OF the
| sacred trust confided to his keeping, his
wilful prostitution of the judicial power
to the accomplishment of base and un
| manly purposes.
The predominant traits of his personal
career characterize his official acts. II
two attorneys representing opposite sides
of case are respectively, one friend and
| the other an enemy Of his, he shows a
bias in favor Of one and against the 9th er
by the character and manner Of his in
structions, rulings and charges.
WHEN Davidson & Basf0rd and D. s. B
| Moll,son were arraigned upon IN indict.
ment for alleged libel upon Page, G. NJ
Cameron appeared as their Attorney, and
the Judge fixed the bail uf each at $500.
Afterwards the cases against D. & b. were
dismissed by consent Of Page and by his
! order, and Mollison was tried and acquit.
ted. In all these cases Page made the
complaint, under oath, charging the de.
PENDANT with crimes, Of which, he by his
subsequent acts, admitted that they were
innocent.
To SHOW the contrast between his treat.
ment of innocent men defended by D. B
johnson Jr. and G. NJ. Cameron, Attor-
neys whom he did not like, and his action
in the case of notorious criminal defend.
ed by Wheeler, man whom he did like,
we state the case of A. NJ. Pugh, who was
guilty, kno,on to be 50 by Page, Of
having forged deeds for several hundred
acres of land, some of it being in Mower
and some in Freedom county, Pugh was
arrested, the evidences of his guilt found
upon his person. His case was presented
to the Grand Jury, he was indicted, and
his bail fixed by Page at the sum of $500.
or one third that required Of men prose
cuted maliciously. Pugh was arrested,
admitted to bail by Page, with E o.
Wheeler as his surety, and by the aid of
deputy appointed at the special request oil
Wheeler, and with full knowledge of Page,
the criminal was run OFT Of the country to
evade arrest upon another process which
was then known to be in the hands Of the
officer for that purpose. Pugh is now in
the Penitentiary at Joliet, Ill, under d
sentence of Is years, for q crime just like
the one for Which Page admitted him to
bail in the sum Of $500.
The one case exhibits Judge dealing
with friends, while the other shows him
dealing with his enemies, and both are
truthful representations.
AT the time of the whisky disturbance in
Austin, Page was on the street exasperat-
ing the crowd by his presence, and his in.
reference. Assuming that there was a
mob, he usurped the authority and func.
tons of the Mayor who was present, and
ordered several bystanders to aid in arrest.
ing certain persons whom he named. Re.
fusing to obey him, he thereafter, on his
own complaint, had 1--WE of them arrested,
and brought before HIMSELF for examlna-
ton. -Four of them he held to bail in the
sum OF $500, and the other he discharged.
At that time he had more influence with
Grand Juries than he does now, and when
court convened, he got the four men whom,
he had held to bail, indicted. After.
wards they were all dismissed for alleged
defects in the papers, but really because
they had committed no offense. Page
had disgraced them, and made large bill
of expenses for each to pay-all that
he sought to accomplish.
IN konton, hop 1919 ha ohswro1 ~, a
grand jury that I. Ingmundson, county
treasurer, was guilty Of an indictable at.
Tense for corruption in his office. The
jury examined oil the proofs, and found
the charge false. In March, 1877, he re.
peated his former statements and told the
grand jury 1t was their duty to indict the
county treasurer. Again the jury declin.
ed, and c0mplimented the accused party.
Page told them they had violated their
0aths and put themselves between Grim.
inal aud the punishment of his crime,
and after otherw Use abusing, discharged
them. He then had Mr.. Ingmundson ar.
rested upon his own order, brought him
before himself, examined him from time
to time for the period of month, keeping
him all the time under 81 900 bonds, and
finally held him to await the action of
oAO"AASA 6A"o~ JuAyS "ACA SOu1t SuOulu
convene.
In the following September, 1877, he
discharged the grand jury unt er the pre-
text that there was no prosecuting attor
ney to do the public business, hut really
because he knew that he could not pet
Mr.. Ingmundson aud others whom he had
complained against indicted, and he pre-.
ferred to keep him and them under the
imputation OF having committed crimes
and thus dlsparage them before the
people. 49,.
In March, 1878, while Page was sus-
pended by impeachment, Judge II. r.
Brill, Of St. Paul, held term Of court in
Austin, and the grand jury then examined
fully the charges on which MIR. Ingmund-
son was held to bail. and ex0nerated
him fully. In March, 1876, Page renewed
his attack before the grand jury upon MIR.
Ingmundson, and did all in his power to
compel them to indict-and that, too, not.
withstanding he had been approved BY
three grand jurles, and been twice reel.
ected, the last time Is q re6uks to Page by