New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-04-14
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Paul on Wednesday. The Dispatch un.
dertook to secure continuance on the
ground that Attorney Mum was i'll, hut
the Judge evidently took but little stock
in the plea for he consented to postpone
the case only until the following day.
All of Thursday was consumed IN Sc
curing jury and in listening to the tes-
timony of Rev. Seeger, who presented
practically the same evidence as on the
occasion of the original trial.
Mr.. Lind was the next witness and
occupied the stand all of Friday morn
ing, most of the time being taken up
with cross-examination. He denied the
truth of the statements contained in the
Dispatch, article. alleged to have been
ibelous, and in reply to questions by Mr..
Mum admitted that he was member of
the Turner society in New Ulm. He
said that when he first came to the town
there were very few citizens who spoke
English and he Joined the societyin order
TO get acquainted with the people.
He said that the society was not in any
sense of the word religious society and
that it's only object was sociability and
physical culture. He denied that he
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as r. led in the article complained Of.
~. DIS testimony closed the plain
tiff's case.
Mr.. Mum opened to the jury for the
defendant. He said that the defense
would be justification, and be claimed
that the paper was justified in printing
the article complained Of for the reason
that the statements made in it were true.
The first witness called was H. G.
Hayes, editor of the Sleepy Eye Dis
patch. He said that Mr.. lind had gen.
eral reputation of being an unbeliever in
God.
DR.. O, G. Stricken Of New Ulm testi-
fed that he was a member of the school
board of the city during the school cam
paign of 1898. He said that Mr.. Lind
supported Prof. Nix, who was considered
an atheist, for the position of superin-
tendent of schools. He said that the
members of the Turner Society of New
Ulm were considered there as atheists.
He also testified that MIR. Lind had
reputation for being an atheist.
Rev. John Schaller, professor in the
Lutheran seminary at New Ulm, testified
substantially to the same facts.
Prof. A. F. REIN. Of the same semi
nary, said that Mr.. Lind's reputation was
that he was an atheist. He said that the
principal issue in the campaign of 1898
was whether inhdellty should be taught
in the public schools. When asked II
he knew that Prof, Nix taught intidelity
he said that he had heard him do so. 1t
was in 1875, when Prof. REIN was at
school in New Ulm. On cross-examina-
ton be said that Prof. Nix taught evolu
ton, and that he considered that this
was DENYING the existence of supreme
being. The witness believed that God
created Adam out of dust.
Io I>o11 in 70
old theory that the world was made in
six days.
Lewis B. Krook testified that Mr..
Lind was considered an atheist. He
said that the Turner'S were always con-
sidered unbelievers and that they had
ALWAYS had control of the school board.
He told of attending school meeting
in Turner hall where resolution was
passed to the effect that no one should
be elected to the school board unless he
was favorable to the Turner's and their
doctrines, He said that in the school
campaign of 1898 the churches were ar
rayed on one side and the Turner'S, Mr..
Lind among them, on the other. He
told of the teachings of Prof. Nix years
ago, when the witness was a school boy,
and said that he taught infdelity. His
testimony, on what infdelity was, was
not Very strong, and the effect of his
statements was changed on cross-exami-
nation. -
H. L. Henry of Mankatc was sworn in
behalf of the defendant. He had form
erly published tine New Ulm News and
admitted it had only 400 paying sub
scribers. He was boycotted, he claimed,
and therefore left the town. He testi-
fled that he had taken part in the cele-
brated school contest; that the issue was
whether teachers who taught atheism
were to be discharged or retained; that
he was familiar with Limbs reputation; !.