New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-02-24

of man as principal of the schools who
was being continually charged with be-
ing an atheist, Mr.. Lind said:
II was satisfied, as am today, of his
qualifications. Even the school boar d
was satisfied"
Mum also tried to bring in POLITICS
and asked Mr.. Lind if he believed in the
principles of the democratic party. Mr..
Pierce objected, but Mr.. Lind insisted on
answering, and said that, with the excep-
ton of the portion referring to the Chi
cago riot, he approved Of the Chicago
platform and advocated Mr.. Bryan's
principles. He believed in reasonable
protection. -..
! Asked if he did not, III a speech at
New Ulm, claim that Mr.. Lawler was
not fit man for governor because he
was a Roman Catholic and a Democrat,
Mr.. Lind replied emphatically that he
did not.
| H. L. Henry was the first witness for
the defense and claimed that the main
issue in the New Ulm school fight was
whether atheistie doctrines were to be
taught in the schools either directly or
by implication. He also said that Mr..
Lind's reputation was that of being an
atheist, but he could not name man
who had ever said 50.
| Pierce asked him who paid his expen-
ses at the trial. He replied that he
paid his own expenses. aThen you are
here voluntarily" suggested Pierce.
"Yes, sir" said Henry. ..
"Well, you can go home again." was
attorneys retort.
| H. G. Hays, the Sleepy Eye editor, al.
50 came to the assistance of the libelous
Dispatch. BE had heard so many per
sons speak of Mr.. Lind as an agnostie
that he could not recall the names of al
of them, but Mr. Mullen was ore O,
them. Mr.. Lind was advertised to ap
pear as orator of the day at Turnfes
and Mr.. Mullen in speaking of the fac
said that Lind was an infdel. Chas.L
Roos had told him that Lind was {
Turner and therefore he concluded tha
he must be an infdel.
G. H. Hornburg testified that the is
sue upon which the school contest wa
based was religion. He also said tina
Lind had the reputation Of being an in
fdel, from the fact that he did not at
tend church. He did not think it wa
merely because he was Turner. Late
on he admitted that he had seen Line
in church and had never heard him bro
claim views against Christianity.
John Schaller of the Lutheran Semi
nary was another witness. He had beer
active in the school contest for the rea
son that he believed un- Christian doc
trines were being taught in the schools
He had never heard it said that MIR. Linz
was an agnostic or even an unbeliever
but it was understood that he was
l Turner and IN New Ulln that would sig
nifty as much as an infdel. Asked wha
, he meant by un- Christian doctrine, Prof
} Schaller replied that he had heard thu
, theory of evolution was taught by a
; least one of the teachers.
, Prof. Adolph Rein gave testimon,
, similar to that of Schaller and said i
, was generally understood IN New Uln
l that Lind was Turner and it was there
? fore believed that he was also an infidel
: Lewis B. Krook claimed to know of hi
own personal experience that Prof. Nj,
had advocated the principles of evolu
tion and had heard him express hi
views to pupils. He also said Mr.. Line
was believed to be an infidel because b
e was Turner. s:.. = p ..>4 Z
= J. S. Vandiver, the reporter of th
e Dispatch, who wrote the ibelous a1ticle
l was next placed on the stand. He stat
a ed that he had visited New Ulm express
ly for the purpose of inquiring into MI
:. Lind's beliefs and had interviewed a do7
e en- or fifteen gentlemen. Among ther
t were Mullen, Silverson, Krook. Peterso
}. and Hays. He was informed that MI
t Lind was Turner and had participate
y in the school fight, He had also bee
+ informed that Mr.. Lind had scoffed .
e religion and professed unbelief.
y Managing Editor Black Of the Dispatc
e stated, in reply to q question, that b
sent Vandiver to New Ulm because ma
d. tiers concerning Mr.. Lind had bee
+ brought to his attention by Mr.. Muller
). the New Ulm banker. &
); This concluded the testimony FOR II
III