Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-10-06
That Indictment.


Grand Jury IN hand for finding an indlct
ment against Sherman Page. The arti
Gle in the Mercury, apparently an editor
ial, bears the impress Of Page himself
badly worried, and there is little doubt
as to the authorship of the article. 1t is
Sherman Page, "tooting his own horn, "
and instead of attempting to show that
he ought not to have been indicted, he
proceeds, in his usual style, to slur the
Grand Jurors, and ,mpugn the motives OF
the parties whom he imagines brought
tho ma,ter before the Grand Jury.
Sherman Page has been resident Of
Mower county about fourteen years; he
has been on the bench seven years: he is
we'll known, and, according t. himself,
is a heightened lawyer and gentleman.
Notwithstanding this, he 1cos indicted
by the Grand Jury of Mower county, all
of whom, for ought we know, are respec-
table and honorable men. Now, why was
he indicted: Because the evidence be-
fore the jury, which consisted of the false
affidavit made by Page, and the evidence
cfhs own witnesses in case tried at
fhe last March te rm Of the District court,
was such, that, upon their aths, the Jury
was compelled to indict him, and ia do
ing 50, did their duty.
Page, to excuse himself, don't now
e., S.,1 ri
the indictment was founded, was true,
but instead, falsely voc;ferstes that every
attorney in the state does the same as he
did, and seeks to exoneratc himself by
falsely stating that the clerk of the court
made up the false bill CT costs which he
swore to as being just and true.
Ii is fact, We believe, tina: no man has
right to swear TO that only which he,
of his own knowledge, knows to be
true. If Page had adhered TO the
truth, or had any regard for what was
just and right, he would never have
sworn TO and taxed up against party
some 81 witness fees more than the wit.
nesses themselves swear TO.
The action In which this false affidavit
was made was dismissed on the morning
of the 14th day the court was in session.
J. VI. Greenman was subpoenaed as wit
ness on the part Of Pages client, and
Page in his bill of costs, taxed up Is days
attendance for Green man.
Now, Greenman was an attorney Of the
court, and was present in court on bust
ness of his own, and himself swears that
he only attended as witness one day
Greenman resides in Austin, and certainly
could not have attended court more than
1Adaya allowing he was entitled to fees
for the 14th day, Notwithstanding thu
case was dismissed st the opening Of
court on the morning Of the 14th day
that the court sat. In this same bill ht
taxed up costs for 16 days attendance o.
&C. Thatcher as witness, when, in fact
Thatcher was not in attendance at court a
ALA fact well known to Pages client.
The results Of Pages false affidavit
were, that he taxed up about 81 .sgains
Brown which was illegal and unjust, and
Brown was compelled to be to the ex
pense of appealing from the decision o
the clerk in taxing costs, and made II
necessary for him to obtain the affidavits
of the witnesses who were subpoenaed
against him.
But this is not the first time that Sher
man Page has been charged with perjury
before Grand Jury of Mower county
At the time he swore to a lie before Jus
tlce Of the Peace TO obtain judgmen
against E. B. Crane, Crane took the mat
ter before the Grand Jury, and it is sale
he would then have been indicted, hae
il not been for the opposition Of E. c
Dorr and V. P. Lewis, who, for reason
best known to themselves, prevented it
they being Grand Jurors.
Page, we are informed, boosted a shor
time since that We would have "circus'
at this term Of court, and we have had
but he hasn't exactly been master Of tn
ring; at least stranger would not have
thought 80, to have seen him rave wher
arranged by "Mrs. K,nsman."
He evidently does not like the medicin
he administers SO freely to others. Whe1
he vas trying 10 indict Sylvester Smith
Solomon Snow, I. 1ngmundson, D. 8. B
II. O. Basford, Richards Of Pioneer Press
R. o. Hall, and others, all of them good
citizens, honorable men, guiltless ol
crime, he was well satisfied, and seemed
to be in his happiest element, aud hi.
friends chuckled, and it was all right, bu
now when the "beast," - Judge Wilson
styles him, Is bearded in his own den
and made to take his own medicine, b.
whines, growls, and howls like a whip
ped spaniel, and the cory few friends h
has left, With faces as long as Wagon
track, echo the cry. And his present OF
gan, which is himself, slurs tn
Grand Jury, the county attorney an
the other persons alluded TO in the pre-
tended editorial, because he was indicted
and throws slop to the judge, whom,
year ago, he was charging with corruE
ton aud with being the confederate q
criminals and conspirators, and candi
date to carry out their consDiracies.
The best way to avoid being ,ndicte
for perjury, is TO tell the truth, for a ne,
son can't always escape thr ough the Il
formally of false affidavit.
THE Post.office Department at Wasl
ington has captured nine mail bags ful
of political documents sent out by tn
Democratic National Committee, whic
were fraudulent]y franked bycongressme'
to evade the payment of postage. Tn
Congressman who committed this frau
were Senators Wallace 0: Pennsylvanl'
and Gall of Florida each one hav. Renr