Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-03-05
lltDE 4 CONFESSION
Closing Scenes in tho Memorable
Prosecution Of the Minneapolis
Census Padders.
Stevens and Beaudet Plead Guilty to
the Countsof the Indictment
Charging Conspiracy.

M1nNEApoL1s. Special Telegram. March A.
The jig As all up with. Messrs. Steven4
Dickey ct al. the Minneapolis. census con-
stitatorss, For Dickcy. it IL y happy. ending
OF ! pretty unfortunate affair. III sin,tance
OF all 10 we'll that ends we'll, but .or the
foxy chief of ths1 annex'' and his able as S:
aistant. Beaudet, theie is quite different
state ofahsirs.
There were i've ihdictments against the
three men. Nolle were entered in all the
indictments against Thaddeus Dickey, the
prosecution being satisfied after long re-
search that he wnsinnocent aoffsany COM
plicity la the Underground method OF the
name maaufactbry. Noll~s5:were 7also en-
tered iii tfIea first, second third and Il til
tile fourth count they pleaded guilty. This
va done according to arrangement per-
fected previously.
This morning at103o'elock Messrs Ste
vens aud Beau'iet will appear for sentence.
The knowing ones say It will be $1,000 in
each case. In any event, whether it be
81 00Osor Is, 100 the '.solid Fcitizcns" will
pay the freight. The smiling and crafty
Stevens has nothing TO lose but his per-
sonal liberty, and supposedly that has been
as good as assured him.
The business was settled ins short ord err
United States Attorney Baxter and Attor-
ney JaMison made very brief statements
Eugene Hay wss present, but had nothing
10 do with tn. matter 1t issue. Frank
Davis was on hand but there was
no occasion tor his silver oratory.
An the rest OF, the gang were likewise
present. making With the sttpernumeraries
reprcse,,ted by the multitude . crowd 5uf-
ficie,lt to i'll the soutl, court room Q: the
federal building. With the initiated the
result was, Q. course. no surprise, but to the
majority 4f those present it was y ROo.l.lca:
ofOne. At the coaA:lu,ion vi the attorneys
statements Judge S!lirAs announced that Ii.
would pass upon, the cases this morning
aud with this announcement the seance
ended.
81 Regarding the cases of,he crumerator>
under indictment! nothing is absolutely Ger.
tain at this ti,nc. Mr.. Baxter said l,ss,
evening that nothing would te doue this
present term ui coutt-,nos, certainly they
would not be tried. It wasn't impossible
however, that the matter might come ny
to-dayin sd.ne s;e,rm. III any event lac in:
tin.sted that they would get off pretty easy
ich is to TO taken " the same thing that
Stevens and Beaudel viii serve, o. vicariou*
sacrifices tor the sins o. all. and The boys
be allowed; to, so Oh chou: their business
free men once more. This was the SAM.
opinion expressed by the, de cndsnts' at,
torneys, so the arrangement Is probably as
good a. already made briwee,lt!.c, counsel.
Tire o,,tcvl:e Of this. bad business was
matter Of considerable Siconl.nent in the
Minneapolis community yesterday alter
noon. Many hxd been expecting this re-
suit. while others held 10 the :ond delusion
to the last jthet Stevens would yet,live to
colsiound his enemies. With nearly ala.
however. the shameful position i.ae city
was l.rt III was = matter OF profound re-
grct they ;eel tile disgrace Aeenlv them
Sc. YES amt worse THAI, all this IS the feeling
tl.s. ut last Minneapolis has been forced to
avow to all the world her shame and her