, 1891-09-18
4 TWO sIDED STORY.
Some Further Facts Concerning
conway's Trial at Casper.
Mr.. Campbell Takes Occasion to
Tell Exactly What He Did,
And Makes No Apologies for Serv-
Ing His Clients Interests.


CHEYENNE, Sept. II.
Patience and gravity of bearing Is an
essential part of justice; An o~ver-spesklne
Judge b no we'll tuned cymbel-odeo"'
Nv name having bsso ussd bv Judge
Blake in . not highly complimentary man
per 10 his istervsws In the Ssa OF Sun.
d.y and tho Laramie Republican
of Monday. giving n account Of the pro-
ceedinss IN the Conway case, l will be
oblised.if you will give space to my side
of the "6ontroversy."
fifth not beneath the dignity OF a
judge to make charges and to attempt to
cast reflections through the medium of a
newspaper on an attorney who practices
before him it certainly cannot be repre-
hensible department. for the attorney to
defend himself through the same channel.
l had supposed, until l read Judge
Blake's interview in Sundays Sun, that
the proper tribunal in which to arraiRn
an attorney Tor ''reprehensible ceport-
ment'' in the conduct of . case was in a
court.of Justice; but it seems that l have
been CROPPING in impenetrable darkness.
On reading Judge Blake's interview in
the Sxn OF Sunday. 1 addressed him the
folio wing letter.
CHxYKNN., Sept. Is, ls9l.-Hon. j.
w. Blake,\ Laramie. Wyo. DEAR SIR:
In an article Of the Sun of this morning
entitled, WAS Trying to His Honor"
etc., oosurs the following.
Accounts OF Mr.. Stoll's spreeing dur
log the trial have been published in
Omaha, and his conduct has been com
mented upon here. but his behavior was
exemplary in comparison to the actions OF
others. Judge Blake says he had to
lock up witnesses to keep the attorneys
from getting them out of the country"
And again:
Judge Davidson and Mr.. Butler, who
prosecuted, are alone omitted from charges
Of reprehensihle department
The article reads as though the state
ments we're obtained from yourself and l
have been informed that the reporter of
the paper did have an interview with
you last evening IN relation to the term of
court just closed at Casper.
As i was, by no voluntary action OF my
own. oonoerued in one of the cases tried
At the recent term at Casper. the article
seriously reflects On me. ! would respect
fully inquire whether or not you did fur
nish the statements to the reporter of the
Sun. upou which said article Is based and
whether or not it Is . faithful reflex Of
your statements2
Again. whether or not you approve Of
the article 30 far as the same refers tC
myself. Very respectfully yours,
1SIoNKD. A. G. CAMPBELL.
On Monday l saw the Judge in Laramie
and asked him Whist 'reprehensible de-
pertinent l had been guilty of in the
Conway case. Towhich he replied thai
he found no fault Whatever with me, save
and accept that l had made an affidavit
in the case and therein had stated that ]
had not been Conway's counsel. l hac
not remembered having made any such
allegation; but knowing that at the TIM
the affidavit was drawn 1 wa
distressed by a telegram from home, an
nouncing the dangerous illness of ny
youngest child. and that the affidavit va
hurriedly prepared, it occurred to me tina
perhaps some statement had crept into thu
affidavit Which would bear the construc
ton placed upon it by the Judge, and if SO
this controversy, so far SIS I am concerned.
would nave ended by another application
ON my part, to correct the affidavit in THU
particular. l Immediately wired for
copy of the affidavit. which l received
last eveninR.
On Tuesday evening | was shown
copy OF the Laramie Republican contain
ing another interview with Judge Blak'
on the sane subject.
In this last interview Judge Blak'
ured the following language. which ais
appeared in the Cheyenne Sun o
Wednesday:
After CHS and before sentence motion
was made to correct the record of the cour
to show thatthe defendant had not pleade,
guilty. This motion was supported b,
several afiady itss including those of tws
of the attorneys in the case, which, if
had permitted being fled, would hav'
misrepresented the facts. [ would no
permit any such afidavits to be filed, o
allow exceptions. The only fault / hav,
to find with Campbell is that he made oil,
OF the ~affidavits, having been an attorney
in the case. Otherwise his conduct il
connection with the case is just wha
might have been expected OF him."
may be p~rejpdiced, but it seems Il