The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-11-16
CHARGES THE GRAND JURY.
Judge Weber Asks That Body to
Investigate County Attorney
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District court convened last Tues
day morning, with Hon. B. F. Webber
on the bench. The morning was spent.
in reviewing the cases, and in the af-
ternoon the Judge delivered the charge
to the grand jury. H. F. Buechner
was first appointed foreman. Then
the Judge moved along in the usual
strain of charge until nearly the
close when he opened up on the
charges against County Attorney
Madigan. eff any officers in this
county, should commit crime,' said
he, sit is your duty to investigate it.
I understand at the present tine that
there have been charges made against
your county attorney, in which he is
alleged to have sacrificed the rights of
the county. If this is SO it is your
duty to indict him. He is charged
with compromising a felony. This is
proper matter for you to investigate
and have him answer Public office
is public trust, and if public officers
sacrifice their duty they owe to tae
people they should be brought to just
ice. Nj. Madigan is not to direct you
in this matter in the grand jury room.
I expect the attorney general here, or
S. L. Pierce, who has been employed
by the county commissioners to prose-
cute the case, land if either one of these
two do not arrive l will appoint some
attorney to direct youth the morning"
The Jury then retired, and took up
the case of the State VS.. Robidoux
charged with assaulting McGinnis
while in discharge of his duties as
marshal of Morgan village.
Attorney Pierce arrived from St.
Paul on the afternoons st. Louis
train, and was made attorney to the
grand jury in the Madigan case yes
terday morning.
H e. Barnes, Jr., one of the bright
est young attorneys in Minneapolis,
whose practice extends all over the
State, is attending court here.
Attorneys present from abroad are
Geo. w. Somerville, Sleepy Eye, Chas.
w. Main, Tracy, Jos. A. Eckstein New
Ulm, Frank w. Clague,of Lamberton,
and others.
The divorce case of Whitemore VS.
Whitemore is on the grounds Of adult
cry. The plaintiff is 80 years old and
the defendant wife is p years. They
have one child, girl two years old
now with her father in Springdale.
All of the w. & St. Peter tax cases
were again continued by consent.
The case of Oliver and Jennie De-
VALID VS.. NJ. G. Foley has been set
tied; the case of the County Commits
sioners VS. Till Tibbetts will be heard
in chambers on ten days notice from
either the county attorney or Judge
Bowers, attorney for Tibbettss the
case of VIM. Hubbard and John Lar
son VS.. Louis Holknagel has been set
tied; the appeal Of James McGinnis
from the judgment of Justice Kinman
of Morgan, fning him $40 and costs
for a misdemeanor, was dismissed:
the case of the State VS.. J. B. Moore,
an action to recover personal property
tax, was dismissed; writ of certiorari
was ordered in the case of J r. Thomp-
son VS.. the New Avon board of super
visors.
4 Upon the opening of court Wednes-
dav morning Judge Weber appoint
ed S. L. Pierce, of st. Paul, as county
attorney to assist the grand jury to in
quire into the conduct of Mr.. Madigan.
Mr.. Pierce at once took the oath of of
fee and the grand jury commenced
the investigation, examining Phillip
Goodman, Fayette Marsh, j. A.
Schmahl, the Dittbeners and others.
The inquiry was still on when this pa
per went to press.
| The case of Albert Radel VS.. Albert
Dahms was on trial yesterday fore
noon.