The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-08
NOW FOR THE FRAY
BOTH SIDES READY FOR THE GREAT
TRIAL TODAY.

the Witnesses to Sign-Court VIII Prob
ably not Grant the Request-Immense
Crowd Expected to be Preseut-some
Talk of Postponing the Case, but that is
not Probable - What a Lawyer Says
About the Case.
This morning at o'clock the disbar-
nnent proceedings against Judge Camp
bell VIII come I'D in the district court
The committee Of lawyers who have
the prosecution in charge held a meet
Ing at O'clock yesterday and are very
reticent about what was done except
that some slight additional evidence
bearing on the case was procured. A
reporter for the Eagle applied the pump
to a few Of them but was unable to
get any informant upon which to
base a forecast Of the result
"'We think we have enough evidence
against him. said one Of the commit
tee "but you must understand that We
have heard only one side of the case
3r rather Of the evidence. Witnesses
would naturally tell us more than what
they would be willing to tell in the
open court We must allow great
deal for this So far as ! am per
sonal,y concerned have no idea what
the result viii be- Our duty viii be
to do the best We oan with the evidence
we shall have and after that the case
win rest with Judge Dale altogether"
One Of the first issues that will come
up when the trial Is called is the ques-
ton Of taking evidence The defense
viii ask that a type writer be engaged,
tina The evidence be taken down as it
Is uttered and that each witness be
compelled 10 sign IL at the conclusion
Of his evidence. Their object in ask
ing this to be done is 10 have the wit
ness verify his own testimony SO that
he cannot go back on or deny It in the
future. 1t is in accordance with the
rule that universally prevails In in
vestigations before d coroner. The
prosecution Will probably resist this
request Of the defense. The law on
the subject, If any concerns it, rs very
dense and the court viii probably de-
eide 81 more from a standpoint of COM
mon sense than from a standpoint Of
law. He will probably say that if
short hand report is sufficient in a muir
der case, where life and death are in
volved- il Is good enough in :, diSbar-
ment case. The defense, evidently,
want the testimony signed by the wit
ness for future reference in case the
said witness would intimate bribery,
There is one officer OF the court who is
IN favor OF the typewriter and he is
Frank Dean, the stenOgrapher, who
wants 10 set back and hear the evil
dence. It is not generally known that
although a stenogrspher takes down
evidence word for word he really never
knows what Il IS He gives attention
only 20 the sound Of the voice Of a
witness and not 10 the Srend Of what
he Is saying He IS Ike a proof reader
who after reading an article letter for
letter is scarcely able 10 tell its sub
ject when he is done.
There was some talk last night Of
postponing the trial for a week or two
In hopes that things might look bright
er all around, but there IS little hope
thai any poEtponenlent viii take place
The defense wants no postponement
and as for The prosecution delay would
help the Tigers cause before the pub
lie
Ii IS probable that Judge Dale viii
give his decision Immediately after the
case IS submitted TO him His policy
Is 10 never delay a decision and this.
doubtless, viii be no exception
An Immense crowd is expected TO be
present at the trial Nearly every
body thu reporter saw yesterday said
they were going and 81 the trial was
held in the auditorium it would be
filed 10 its utmost capacity The IL
side of the railing viii be reserved ex-
clusively for ladies', lawyers and the
court officers
Judge Campbell was seen last night
and he did not seem 70 be much dis
turbed over a matter of such great
to him He was standing
on South Main street before one of the
opera house bin boards intently gaz-
ing on the pictures Of SvengaIi hypnO-
thing TT;i5y. he laughed like pr
rate when he was hailed as the future
chief Of police and was SO tickled that
he leaned up against the telegraph
pole. He denied that he had any idea
Of being chief of police but thought IL
the pay was sufficient he would as soon
WELD the baton Of the Peerless Prin-
oess army as not He said he want
ed 20 practice law and in regard to
the charges against him he simply re-it
Grated what he has said before. He
did not deny that he may be chief of
police.
WHAT 4 LAWYER SAYS.
a prominent lawyer and one who as
pires to the supreme court bench, said
last night:
1T IS a very serious matter and the
prosecution should be careful not to let
prejudice interfere with their inveStiga-
ton. ifTiser Bill is guilty of the charg-
es now On file IN the clerks office. there
Will be no doubt but what he will be
disbarreI.
This however, is a very severe pun
ishment. II not only prohibits him from
practicing his profession but disquali-
fies him from holding any Office of trust
under the government. No other pro-
feSsiOn IN the world has so severe a re-
suit for the violation OF an oath. All
means Of gaining living by his chosen
vocation Viii be absolutely taken away.
and 10 a man OF Tigers age this means
much.
ut Is impossible 10 give in advance
the outcome of the trial today. Taking
the affidayitS as true he is guilty but
l understand that ne win introduce ties
timony showing a very different state
Of affairs than is generally known. His
statement that he was authorized by
Attorney General Dawes TO settle the
cases may he true and in all likelihood
are true. but Dawes is not the law max
ing power u this state and our statute
only provides for a fee in case of
conviction Now n the cases settled,
there was no trial or conviction and
aooore-nS 20 law the fee SO paid is
lhesaL There has been some talk Of