The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-16
THREE AND THREE.
The Jury Disagree In the Case of the
City vs.. Jenkins Filth uncorked.

The smut mill cases were brought up
or rather called up before Judge Fisher
yesterday. We have heard of cranky
old times when the devil himself. with
a black flag tied to his tail, would 90
wapsing around among the wigglety-
wagRlety mugwumps, seeking whom he
might bulldoze somebody. But a
"whoopee-np-helleen affair like that
would be a pretty turn out of a matter
compared to the general turmoil and
o~verturning of dry bones that &C.
CURED on the occasion yesterday
when the fair and youthful Helen
with her frail doves appeared at
the bar of justice to meekly and tear
fully submit ''their lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honor" to a jury of
their countrymen in order that their
characters might be vindicated.
We don't mean that there was a
general row and knock down, but we
do mean that it took Judge Fisher all
the time to preserve anything like or
der, and the testimony OF tue witnesses
wien they came to testify to the lang
uage claimed to have been used on the
occasion OF the pulling of the anti-Sun-
day school house on the corner Of Hill
and Eighteenth streets wa like un-
corking the walls of bottled-up essence
of hell. vulgarity and filth combined
and concentrated. But TO relate what
was done snd said Is the business of
our reporter, who ''took inn the whole
situation from the beginning to the
bitter end.
As stated yesterday, there were
two cases growing out of
this house pulling affair, one against
Mrs. jenkins herself for profane and
abusive language. said to have been
used to Marshal Schnitger on the night
Of the 18th, and one against the three
alleged soiled doves. for being inmates
Of the Jenkins tabernacle, which, If
our reporter was not 30 modest, he
would say means q house Of prostitu-
ton.
At ten O'Clock, both of these cases
were called by the court, the defend
ants being promptly on hand with their
attorneys, ]. G. Baird and Thomas M.
Fisher, a pretty, strong team, and the
city being represented by j.. A. Riner,
who was prepared for the emergency.
The diminishing commenced by the at
torneys for the defendant Helen pre-
senting an affidavit for a change of
venue to Some where they didn't know
where themselves. In other words
they wanted to go on a roundup to
find a court. ! Just what kind of a
court she wanted young Helen didn't
say in her affidavit, but che did say
therein that Judge Fisher and Judge
Lee were both prejudiced and biased
against her, and a gooi deal more OF
that sort of dap doodle. all of which
was perhaps 8 tribe thin. This motion
was asking something which the court
could not grant, namely to send the
case out in the swamps, polly-wog
pools and sage brush, where some JUS
tice of the peace could be found who
would assume Jurisdiction where none
existed by law. But the charter of the
city settles all this, although 1t was not
referred to in the argument. That
guarantee of municipal rights, or In
other words the Crow creek magma
charta confers exclusive jurisdiction on
the police justices of Cheyenne over all
offeuses committed against the ordi-
nances of the city.
You can't tack a case IN the tail OF
the devil and send him cruising around
out to Crazy Woman's fork or Sheep
mountain, hunting for a court.
Judge Fisher promptly overruled
this motion TO which ruling the de
PENDANTS counsel took and preserved
an exception.
WELL said Judge Fisher, "Well,
gentlemen, if you want an exception
saved, l want that affidavit"
The Judge evidently thought this af'
fdsvit was a curiosity. The affidavit
was therefore left in the hands of the
court. Then came some discussion a:
to which of the two cases should bt
taken up for trial FIRST aud it was finally
concluded to put the cases OF ''three
little wee ones all in q row. over unit
next Wednesday and take up Helen't
case. Then 1t was that Helen, aftel
consulting with her attorneys, Gale.
for a jury. Some wrangling took place
The defendant objected to having
Marshal Schnitger strike the jury OF
the ground that he was thu
omplaining witness. Riner, wit
was tribe crusty about
matters and things in general connect
ed with the case, insisted that the lis
must be struck and The venue seryet
by a regular pence officer of the city ant
the court, who took the same view o
the matter, called on Policeman Nolai
to perform that duty That officer a
once prepared the list and after q goo
deal of. conferencing between HeleI
and her attorneys as 10 who should b
stricken from the list, the six name
were finally selected out Of the twelve
the venire issued and Nolan sallie
to find bis victims, the court taking
recsas until ! O'Clock, at which tim
the vsnire had been mao ereturnabie.
When the court wns called. TO orde