Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-10-13

mans NATURALIZATION papers" were
read at the close o. the case to deter.
mine whether or not he was
citizen there WAS 4quite sensation, 2
and that ''of course Mr.. Gorman had
these papers in his possession all tile
while. but chose to have some fun by
letting his enemies work the case for
what they could find in it."
There was not even ripple of
sensation, and the papers read were
not claimed to be his naturalization
papers, but transcripts Of the records
OF some New York City court. Ii
German had his papers ssall the
while why did he go to the expense
OF employing an attorney to carry the
case, and why did said attorney scoot
off to New York after the case had
hung fire on small technicality?
Before this there was a great effort
made to have the trial of the case
postponed, and that effort was not a
failure. After the documents were
obtained, and how they were obtain
ed no one knows, except two or three,
to q certainty, the case was fought
on little technicalities, as before, for
the purpose, apparently, of MAX
ing the part played after they were
obtained, appear consistent with
the first part of the play, entitled.
Shaving some Fun with His Enemies. !"
German swore before the Regist ar
last fall that he got out his papers in
New York City in 1852 and became
o citizen in 1852. Mr.. Kingsley, at
torney for McClintock, who aIlegea.
that German was not citizen, found
that one John O'Gorman declared his
intention, in 1852, to become citizen
got out his first papers that
year. There is just as much reason
to believe that said John O'Gorman
is the John German, now sheriff of
this county, as it is to suppose the
John German naturalized in 1851 is
this John German, sheriff-and lit
tie more for the reason that he swore
he got out his papers in 1852 On
landing in America the O. of this
and other names is often dropped.
His 'little fuu" was costly fun, and
his manner of fighting the case was
not very convincing. If he was a
citizen he could have ''shown up at
once without expense, and left no
doubt. John German or John
IO'Gorman is a very common name,
and OF course there have been MANY
men Of this name naturalized in New
York City. In his affidavit before the
Register he did not state the court in
which he was naturalized. If he had
stat ed, and obtained his evidence from
that court even if the year was
not the one stated, some doubt would
have been cleared away. With al
affidavit as vague as that was, it is
very difficult to prove that man i.
not citizen, even if he is not. Cor.
man claims that he came to America
under age, i'll 1917 if we are not
mistaken, and became citizen wher
he was of age, without getting out
two sets of papers. His age, given te
the Register last fall was 53 years
making him now 81. Say he became
citizen in 1851, and that he wa,
then twenty one, he is now So. L
he is now tiftv-four he must have
been twenty when naturalized. Blu
to do the fair thing we must admit
that he might have been close to fifty
four at that time, and of course would
consider his age fiftythree ever
though he might lack only one da,
of being 6fty-four. This is the way
things Stand in the German case be-
tore the people. The fact that h
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