Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-16
WEBER BOTHERED.

Short Session of the impeachment Court
b. f. Weber, the Numerous Witness
From New UIm, Submitted to q Searching
Cross-Examination by Counsellor Arc
lander.
Upon the opening of court yesterday morn
ing the cross.examination of B. F. Weber
was resumed upon article Is, charging habit-
ual drunkenness.
The examination commenced as to Mr..
Webber's brief in the case in which he was
counsel, when witness said the charge Of
Judge Cox was of such character as TO
satisfy him, witness, he, Cox, was drunk, the
purport being to show from the brief that
the point upon which he made his claim, that
the Judge was drunk, was not raised by him,
witness, at all.
To VI. Arctander- points made on the
motion for new trial were contained In the
brief. (The brief was read by the clerk. J
Judge Cox rul ed against both counsel in the
trial of the case. thought he showed par
TALLY in one case, and I thought 1t came
from drink.
at every term of court, except the terms
mentioned, Judge Cox was perfectly sober.
Have seen him drunk often, but cannot fix the
times. Cannot fix the number OF times. Not
far from this time he decided the Picket case;
I thought him drunk from his appearance.
DID not see him drink. The Judge has his
peculiarities, little eccentric, peculiar in his
language. Have not noticed any inebriety IN
him during the last year, except at the May
term. I think it was in January, 1880, that
saw him DRINK in Redwood; county court was
in session. He got drunk in his room.
jury was out in the Hawks case.
The jury came in for instructions.
Court had taken recess until next
day. Had seen him drunk In his room. There
were six or seven others in the room. No at
torneys except myself. he drank from a
bottle, suppose it was whisky. Might have
been wine or water for aught I know. The
bottle went round. The Judge was playing
cards. Should say 1t was quart bottle. The
fudge drank often. Can't say how many times.
Think hs drank more than four times, but
can't swear he did though. When called the
Judge went to see what the jury wanted. He
walked straight. he gave his Instructions TO
the jury in good shape as far as l recollect.
There was melodson in the COURTROOM. and
while the Judge sat waiting for the jury, the
Judge Shutdown and began to play, and the way
he acted thought he was drunk. Oh, ! don't
know how to decrIbs it, but he was DRINK.
CALL OF THE SENATE.
At this point count of noses showed only
the senate was had. resulting in securing just
twenty -one senator's in short time. The
The ca II dispensed with, the cross examira-
ton was resumed upon the charge of drunk
enness at New Ulm, where it is alleged he was
drunk and heard motion in his coat sleeves
on the court house steps. 1t was
u very hot day. 1t was no term
Of court. There was no clerk
in attendance. The judge was perfectly sober
as he is now; Judge said to Mr.. Castle you
ought to treat; Castle said he had no money,
and the Judge took fifty cents out OF his peck
ct and sent for some beer. This was before
any business had been attempted. he did not
drink enough to make him drunk, but was
drunk when he got there; know 80 from his
appearance; can't describe how he looked, only
that he looked drunk; think him sober now,
painfully so; Judge listened to my reading the
affidavit, but frequently interrupted me; don't
know what the records show; don't know
whether the Judge was asked to make an or.
der; think he was rather more intoxicated than
in the trial of the Wilde; he was more unoer
the influence of liquor at the jury case in the
Howard case than ever saw before.
Article b.
Charging Judge Cox with being drunk at
ct. Peter Oct. 10, 1879, was then taken up.
s.w. LONG, SHERIFF, SWORN.
Reside at Waseca; was deputy sheriff Oct.
1879; went to St. Peter to secure the signature
Of Judge Cox to paper; found him on the
stoop Of hotel, drunk; told him what my
business was, and showed him the paper; he
refused to sign it.; said he would be ID if
he'd sign anything that day; parleyed with
him half an hour; finally got him to
sign. Through influence of Mr..
Lamberton, Judge Cox signed it,,
Mr.. Lamberton writing the rest Of the papsr.
Judge asked Lamberton if it was all rig 1T.
Took it as if to sign, and then threw it dow n,
saying he would be id if he would sign.
Lamberton said he'd be id ii he shouldn't
sign, and he then put his name down.
At this point Senator Crooks called the At
tention of the chair to the fact there was no
quorum present
Manager Hicks announced that on Monica
he should move to strike out all the answers
Of the defense, except that of not
guilty, for reasons which he would then
state. he gave notice now, 50 that counsel
for defense might be prepared to meet the
proposition.
The court then adjourned to $50 p. M. on
Monday.
Collision ut Elkhart, Ind.
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