The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-25
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EDITOR SENT TO JAIL
Mr.. Rosewater, Of the Omaha Bee,
Charged with Contempt.
Arrested, Fined $500 and Sentenced to
Thirty Days Because One of His Re-
porters Angered a Judge.

OMAHA, Neb., April 24-Edward Rose
water, editor of the Bee was to-day SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for thirty days and
TO pay fine of $500 for alleged contempt
of court Without being given an oppor-
tunity to appeal, Mr. Rosewater was
dered taken to jail at once, and for six
hours he was behind the bars of the Doug
lass county Jail. At 6 o'clock the State Su-
preme Court granted a supersedeas, and
Mr.. Rosewater was released until the case
can be reviewed by the higher court. The
alleged offense committed by Mr. Rose
water was in allowing to be printed in the
Bee local article. in which it was stated
that there evidently some partiality
shown to certain criminals in the District
Court, as of two men caught robbing
railroad depot, the poor man was sentenced
to prison and the son of wealthy parents
was given his liberty without the case COM
ing TO trial. The facts in the case were not
denied. but the judge. c. r. Scott. who had
dismissed the case in question, felt ag-
grieved at the word pull" used in the ar
ticle, and had the reporter who wrote the
matter brought before him for contempt
After disgraceful scene in court the re-
porter was sent up for thirty days, and
then Judge Scott concluded TO arraign the
editor of the paper on the same charge.
The case was called for hearing to-day
and nearly the whole bar of Douglass coun-
ty and hundreds of citizens were present i'm
court to listen to the pleas. Evidence was
introduced to show that Mr.. 2osewater
knew nothing of the article complained Of;
that he not in the office the date
of its publication that he had not directed
the preparation of the matter and in fact,
was entirely ignorant that article OF any
SUCH nature was about to appear. In spite
defendant guilty after giving him severe
tongue lashing that provoked some demon
Strat1on from the audience The judge
then started 10 impose sentence without
be heard. But the editor proposed to have
his rights and interrupted the court with
demand that he be heard. This the court
at first refused to grant but Mr.. Rose
ne said: If men who own property, who
run corporations. who employ men in
various walks of life. If these men were
held responsible for the criminal condIct
or al their employees there would not be
Jails enough In America to accommodate
them. 1t is monStrouS doctrine. / had
rather rot In forty jailS and prisons than
10 surrender what has been fought for by
the liberty of the press TO criticise public
SerVantS-and the courts are public servants
as much as any class: L shall cheerfuIly
submit 10 this ordeal. IL will not hurt me
II there Is anything that | am guilty OF.
If have been guilty of any contempt at
all IL was the contempt of my fellow Citi-
Zens for helping this late Colonel Scott TO
become judge Of this court"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Rosewater's s
talk Judge Scott ordered the sheriff 10 hur-
ry the prisoner TO the county jail TO serve
out the sentence of thirty days. The SEN
tence was the chief topic of discussion in
the CitV to-day