The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-14
NEWS OF NORTHWEST
Sachs, the Faro Judge, Must
Resign or Be Tried.
DEATH or MRS. $. c. HYDE.
Puyallup Commlsslonefs Bid lndfans
Privilege, Judge Hsnford Dseidss-

PoxT TowssExp, Feb laIspeciaI 1-Thefo
seems 70 be IA almost universal feeling OF salts
faction here over the report d the sachs fnves-
tigafing committee, and the opinfon - ex-
pyessed on every hand that he should resign At
once and save the state the expense Of . trial.
Few persons can be found who openly defend
the Judge, and the members Of the Bar Assocfar
ton who have been pressing tbs matter are
clsted over the committees report.
A. T. Coleman, chief counsel Tor Judge Sachs
says. 4The talk of his resignation Is unauthoF-
lied. Sachs win hold the ONCE until his term
II out, or until the senate conviets him, and We
viii demand . full investigation By the legiala-
furc Ibid NOT expect the committee 70 report
- II did, bat am confident the senate win
never convict in this case. The prosecution had
full swing before the committee, and when any
supply II. Il win be good deal different with
some Of these witnesses when they 90 before the
Sen ate and subrniq TO cross-examination."
thougks that sachs Win send in i1is resignation
before Tuesday. II il known that Collector
Bradshaw, close friend OF Judge Sachs, re-
marked Yesterday that be would NOT sdvise him
TO resign until the committee reported. The
statement in the committee report that Judge
Sachs and his counsel were allowed TO send wit
nesses before the committee indicates also that
Attorney Coieman's complaint on that score is
not well founded. +. Robertson. member OF
the Bar Association. thinks there II little doubt
OF the adoption OF the committees report II
"and one that viii stand any test Sachs IL con-
v5csed ont Of his own mouth Considerable
testimony was introduced in other charges, but
the three charges that the committee make are
AMPLY iucontrovertible. To the frat one,
gambling, Judge Sachs pleads guilty. To the
other two be Uuss plead guilty, because fae
records OF his own court Prove them 70 Be true
There Is not particle OF doubt, 1t seems TO me,
that he will be convicted"
where il there any grounds for Sachs assef-
tion that these charges are inspired b. personal
spite or maliceg' said Attorney T. W. Jennings.
hiss been VIGOROUSLY corrupt, and the report OF
the investigating committee proves II, WOW We
believe that this legislature VIII give u relief.
That is all we ask
The committee report and the apparent feel
ing of approval At Olympia L. awakening great
ruption that ought not longer be ignored. A
number who were formerly partisans OF Sachs
now admit that the charges are O: too serious 4
character 20 be ignored. Colonel Oliver Wood,
one of the attorneys who expressed confidence
IN Judge Sachs after the charges had been pre-
not have been expected to report In his favor on
the evidence. Judge yaraes 6. Swan, who also
signed the femons.rEuce, says the charges
proven are OF too serious q nature 70 be con-
dcned. I'll he does not resign he ought to be-
removed" said Judge Swan this evening. "His
admission OF gambling alone Is sufficient cause
for summary action Wherever this 10 known
in the United states Port Townsend will be
stained By IL in the eyes Of the people While
have nothing personally against Judge Sacks,
think he ought 10 resign at once
Del Cary smith, another attorney who signed
the renonstrance, has likewise changed his
mind. He said the report OF the investigating
committee settles it with him, and he thinks
that such evidence as was produced demands
Sachs resignation, at least