New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-05-18
In DEFENSE oF A TRAMP.
Charles Heideman Creates Sensation in
Justice Court.
He Takes Occasion to Roast the Officers
and Ohas Stengle in Particular

He Takes Occasion to Roast the Officers
and Ohas. Stengle in Particular.
Monday morning the court room of
EJustice Blanchard presented an interest
ing appearance. An old tramp had been
arrested, very peculiarly it seems, on a,
charge Of drunkenness and G. w. Al.
Heideman was there as attorney for the
culprit and also to express his feelings
against a certain method employed with
impunity by certain man to eradicate
these travelling pedestrians.
The. case openedby the reading of the
complaint, made by Marshal Zieher
against the said tramp who gave the
name of Chas. Reed Zieher was then
summoned as a witness and testified that
he arrested the man Sunday morning be-
cause he was drunk. He staggered, he
said, and his breath smelled. This the
prisoner denied and stated that he had
been abused Here Mr.. Heideman arose
and, with all the eloquence that the case
permitted, tried to tell how the mans.
staggering was the result of blows from
"a club in the hands of Chas Stenele and
how the latter had followed the stranger
across the street into the depot in order
to give him enough. He had witnessed
the scene of abuse himself, he continued
and while he had no defense to offer for
the tramp's condition of drunkenness, if
he really was drunk, still he wanted to
know if it was to be allowed in the city
of New Ulm for man to beat and pound
another numerically without receiving
rebuke from the guardians of the law.
known TO occur before, without coming
to the notice of the authorities of the
law, but the moment stranger was
found to be little intoxicated and was
pointed out by someone who desired his
arrest he was Jailed and then the courts
capped the climax by socking it to them
to the full extent of the law. He con-
cluded by expressing his disgust over the
sudden change in the aspect Of the case.
He had expected that the warrant would
be such as to bring out the true facts of
the affair, whereas he was disappointed
in finding that they had been cleverly
avoided by contining the charge solely
to that of drunkenness. The court, how
ever, would not listen to his plea, term
ing it nonsense and deciding that it was
incompetent, irrelevant and not pertain
ing to the case in question. Accordingly
the prisoner was convicted by prepon-
derance of testimony Of being drunk and
ushered off to jail to while away six
| days with bruises on his arms and leg as
the result of a terrible and uncalled-for
clubbing, as he says and as dozen 9th
er disinterested witnesses were ready on
Monday to testify.
This is the case as it tappeared in court
1 Monday morning and if it has any other
4 aspect, it was not permitted to appear.
Mn. Heideman did not accomplish what
he set. out to do, but his talk developed
one thing that the police Of this city
! are not doing their duty. There is nc
reason in the world, to be sure, if a man
is drunk, why he shouldn't be arrested
and fined, but there is gross injustice in
{. picking out one once a month and let.
ting twenty or thirty others go. Again
an officer should not always wait fol
someone to show up witha complaint
i If he reads his instructions carefully, he
! will find it his duty to be on the alert al
4 all times to ferret out offenses against
the rights of the city and of every person
within that city, be he ever so poor Oh
ever so rich. Distinctly does his cate
chism say that an officer of the law should
be no respector Of persons. He is pai6
!. to maintain order and not to nab one
and overlook another in act equally Of
fensive. The Review pleads for equa
4 Justice to all. tdoes not believe in wink
ing at any violation Of the law no matter
who may be the offender.
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WILL, EN- IARsGH THEIR MILL