St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-01
TO IMPEkCH IVES.
Sensational Charges Formu-
lated Against a District
Judge.
He is A CRAZY P0PULIST
According to the Long List Of
Charges Sent to the Rep
pesentatives.
CROOKSTOM MEN SIGN THEM
The House Takes Steps to In
vestigate Before Taking
Action.
He is A CRAZY P0PULIST
CROOKSTOM MEN SIGN THEM

Impeachment of Judge Frank Ives,
of Crookston, is the object of sensa-
tional charges made in the house
yesterday.
Ives is a Popuiist, and last fall was
elected to the district bench in the
Fourteenth judicial district. From
the day he first opened court Judge
Ives has been in hot water, and the
effort at impeachment is the Gull
mination of proceedings that have
paralyzed the lawyers and left the
judges opponents speechless with
wrath.
Mr.. Feig introduced the petition,
of which a synopsis is here given:
The petition reciteS that Judge
Ives has shown traits of charac-
ter incompatible with the dignity
and sacredness of the high office of
Judge" Among the acts which he
has committed and which are al
legged to be improper, disreputa BILE
and Illegal are these:
That Neil Comgis, a grain buyer,
was allowed to escape punishment
after conviction, and also to escape
trial on several indictments found
against him.
That he arbitrarily and without
justification ordered a reduction of
a verdict against the city of Crooks
ton from S275 to $3.50.
That his conduct during the trial
of the case of Netzer VS.. the City of
Crookston was arbitrary and unjust.
That at the general November
QS9D term of the district court in
Norman county, in the case of the
State VS.. English, the judge acted in
an extremely partisan and unfair
manner toward the defendant, and
by charging the jury in a manner
prejudicial to defendant and in VIOLA
ton of law, and indicated clearly to
the jury that he desired the de-
PENDANTS conviction, and defendant
was so convicted.
TIPPED OFF AN INDICTMENT.
That in February, 1895, the grand
jury of Polk county made a pre-
d,
of said county, and said presentment
was fled with the clerk of the court
of said county; that in violation of
the law, the said Frank Ives, as
judge, procured a copy to be made
of said presentment and personally
handed said copy to said Louis Con-
yea, thereby disclosing to said Con-
yea that such presentment had been
made, and the nature and contents
of the same.
That in the case Of The State VS..
Tom Hanson, charged with an in
decent assault on one Mabel Clau-
sen, tried at the January, 1895, ad-
journed term of said court in Polk
county, the said Frank Ives, while
presiding as judge at said trial, suf-
fered and allowed the said Mabel
Clausen to testify before the jury
on the trial of said case without
being sworn, against defendants
protest and objection.
That in the case of The State VS.,
Russell, Quigley and Dryer, on pro-
ceedingS to punish them for con-
tempt of court, on Jan. 80, 1895, they
were brought under arrest before
the said Frank Ives, as judge at
Crookston, Mimi, and such Judge
questioned Russell relative to said
offense, and, on a statement by
Russell, Ives, in the absence of de-
PENDANTS attorney, r. J. Montague.
W1llfully and maliciouSly, and with
out any cause, stated to Russell
and to numerous attorneys and other
persons, in open court, st will not
permit Mr.. Montague to appear as
your attorney in these cases, nor to
practice in this court until he has
purged himself of contempt in this
matter" That said Montague had
been retained by Russell. OuigIev
and Dwyer as their attorney in mat
tiers then pending before said Judge.
and said statement of the Judge
was made for the purpose and with
the intent to injure Montague and
deprive him of business, and did
have the effect of greatly injurine
and discrediting him, and depriving
him of business before said court.
PARTICULARLY TOUGH.
That on Jan. %, 1895, the said Ives
as judge, in an arbitrary and tyran
meal manner, wilfully and malicious
ly ordered the sheriff to arrest and
bring before him w. D. Russell, Hugh
Qulgley and j. S. DWyer to be pun
ished for pretended contempt of said
court, and the said Quigley was on
Feb. l., 1895, without any right or au-
thoritya whatever, and without any
proofs or evidence, and without any
opportunity for defense. sentenced
to pay a fine of $100, and to be
committed to the county Jail for thirty
days unless said sum of 500 should be
paid and Quigley was thereby com
PEELED to pay into said court the sum
of 500; and on the same day the said
judge in cruel, arbitrary, tyrannical
and vindictive manner and through
malice, sentenced Russell to pay a
the county Jail for the term of six
months if such fine was not paid;
and further to stand committed to
Jail for thirty days; and Immediately
committed said Russell to the county
Jail and refused defendants request
to stay the proceedings, or to admit
him to bail; that such commitment
was SO issued and Russell was there
under imprisoned in the county Jail of