Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-01

is there are only four of you, that you re-
tire to the inner room and we remain here.
Thereupon Messrs. Winspsar, Miller, Red.
field and Emmons retired to the inner room
for consultation, and after about twenty
minutes returned and announced, by MIR.
Redfeld, The executive board Is ready for
trial. and the board have appointed a com
mittee. consisting Of Messrs. Redfeld, En-
mons and Miller. to conduct the trial, and
L they desm best will send the evidence to
the other members of the board. Winspcar
is not going to sit"
Mr.. Winspear-I move that this body be
made a secret session without any out
siders.
The faithful stenographer details at length
the squabble as to who should be tried and
what the order Of the trial was to be, and
as to whether the five accused should be
tried together or separately, each and all
denying their guilt Of the charges preferred
by Winnpear. Mr.. Redfeld said: w have
decided, upon consultation. that the PROSE-
cutor and accused alone remain"
Mr.. Currier demanded the right to name
counsel who were members Of the order, and
he named Cov3ll and Winter as such counsel.
Mr.. Winspear said he had never heard of
such a plan, and he was a member Of sew
eral secret organizations. He insisted that
only the accuaer and the accused should be
present.
Mr.. Covell-I belong to nine different Sc
cret organizations. l have been present on
several trials In those secret organizations,
and never in my life bsfOre have heard of
such a rule made or such an attempt made
to exclude counsel. This Is an attempt OF the
prosecuting witness In this case to get con-
troll OF the testimony. | protest against any
such thing.
Mr.. Emmons moved that the room be
cleared Of all except Mr.. Currier and the
prosecuting witness. Mr.. Winspsar.
Mr.. Currier-f insist upon having counsel
TO represent me. / am not a lawyer, jug.
a plain, common business man.
Mr.. Winspear-This cannot be; ! supposed
that when this board adopted a rule they
intended to live up to 1t. When this rule
was adopted, when we consulted a little
while ago, / did moi suppose II was adopted
to be broken. Who is this stenographer
here? 1t is absolutely absurd, and abs)-
iutely outrageous these parties bringing in
a stenographer here. i won't open my
mouth until the stenographer goes out.
Then MI. Potter reiigiOusly tells how the
board and the accused wrangled for a long
time as to whether he would be allowed to
take the evidence. The accused would not
be satisfied with the evidence taken in long
hand by Redfeld or Emmons, and wanted
a loyal member t.of pthe order to take a
Topographic report OF the testimony. Mr..
Winter was violently opposed to taking En-
mons or RedneHS- version Of the testi-
mony. He said, In the course OF a long
speech: Mr.. Emmons is the state secre-
tary under ]. II, uWinspesr, and his per
quisites in the office are as Winspear Axes
lheHl. Air. htuIelu ls tue printer Wit sels
from Mr., Winspeag AL, the A. p. A. printing
10 do without other'h. p. A. printers having
an opportunity to bid on 1t, as provided by
the constitution" HE protested against
allowing the charges made against him to
be heard by Winspear'S serfs. and the testi-
mony fixed up to salt Winspear.
Mr.. Cathers-Th0ss are my sentiments.
Mr.. Houok-So say 4.
Mr.. Currier-So rs8g we all.
Mr.. Covell made an earnest appeal for the
presence of the stepnggapher.
Mr.. Redfeld-We Ishall have to stand by
the rules adopted. ~
Then the accused all talked awhile and de-
nanded a fair trial and Mr.. Covell, a time
honored member OF the star chamber order.
arose and protested against star chamber
methods. He said 1t was his right to have
testimony taken down In full for the benefit
OF the other members Of the board, and con-
cluded: 1T Is a right which We have under
the laws OF the land, and under the consti-
tuition of the supreme council and 1t Is a
right that We have under the subordinate
council to which We belong and II il a right
which we have under the constitution OF the
state council II any exists. II Is a right
and can not be abridged. and II abridged by
this board 1t will be illegally done; 1t will
be an unheard of proceeding. one that has
never been known anywhere except In the
star chamber proceedings OF the Romanist9
In their palmy days in the old world. 1t
is unameriean and illegal and one TO which |,
as an American citizen, will never submit.
Unless my trial takes plses under the rec