The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-06
HAS SOME one APULL?
o. $. DERINGER STILL UNABLE TO
SECURE WARRANTS FOR
THOSE RESORTS
EVERY MOVE is OPPOSED

Between City Attorney rkhnm,
County Attorney BigeIow and
Judge Orr Every Effort to Cause
the Arrest of Eleven Women Has
Resulted In FsiIure-A Social
Scandal Promised
o. S. Deringer and Attorney Darragh
spent another day trying to get war
rants for the eleven resorts, which he
| ard others whom he represents, desired
| closed. Judge Orr, however, put them
of again. Judge Orr apparently re-
ceded from his second position in the
case yesterday and practically passed
| the matter back up to the county at
torney. Notwithstanding that the coun-
ty attorney openly stated in court that
| ne would not grant the request for
warrants. In the meantime the county
| attorney is trying to secure the names
or Derlnger's witnesses. Deringer, how
| ever, and his attorney, e. ]. Darragh,
say they are next" that they are in
! a position to beat the game and will
take some decided action today, if any
| further obstacles are thrown in the
way of what they insist is proper legal
| procedure.
| When Judge Orr decided, Tuesday,
| thdt Corporation Attorney Markham
was justified in refusing to prosecute
the cases under the city ordinance he
informed Mr.. Deringer that if proper
appi1cat1on was made under the state
| law ne would himself issue he war
rants. If this We're done Judge Orr
SAID, neither the county attorney nor
any one else could have any voice in
the matter, or in any way interfere
| Of y,nI ~,
thermore, Judge Orr said upon an or
| Ger OF the court, the county attorney
| would be compelled to prosecute the
| cases.
with this understanding and in or
| DER TO avoid any further hitch, Mr.
| Deflnger called upon the county at
| torney with a formal demand for the
warrants, under the state law. The
| demand was refused and according
10 Judge OFFS own enunciation of the
| law, the next step was for Mr. Deringer
! to apply to him. The case was now.
according to Judge Orr's position, en-
| tfrely beyond the interference of the
county attorney.
AT 80 O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
! MI. DerInger and Attorney Darragh
| appeared before Judge Orr to file com
| plants against the resorts under the
state law. There was case on trial.
! ana though Mr.. Deringer and Attorney
Judge Orr during the next two hours
no opportunity was given to file the
complaints. Thinking the court would
! quickly be ready to hear the matter
Attorney Darragh drew up only one
complaint against Emma Brown. keep
ing on East Ninth street Then he sat
about the court room for two hours
When the case that was first on was
fipally disposed of another case was
called. Half past came and still At
tcrney Darragh could get no hearing.
Al last the complaint was handed TO
Judge Orr. Judge Orr scanned it over
and wanted to know if all of the allee-
"a oIlendefs could not be included in
the ore complaint Then another at
torney came in with some other case
and the complaint was laid aside
again.
Later County Attorney Bigelow en-
tered the court room, and then judge
Or turned his attention to the matter
He administered an oath to Mr. Darin.
| ger for the purpose of examining tha
complaining witness as to probabJe
cause Tor issuing the warrant. Then
LotWlthstanding that the law saws the
prcpaple cause must be shown TO the
court ana that Judge Orr had previous
~ ueclafed the county attorney out Of
one ease Ne turned Mr. Deringers ex-
smlnauon over to Mr. BigeioW
In answer to questions, Mr.. Derineer
states mat he had personal knowledge
VI the Ninth street resort and told of
me reputation of the place. He told of
the character of people whom he
canned to have seen about the house
and visiting the place. Mr. Riaeloyv
tried to pin him down
III you want Names" said the wifi
ness, and social scandal, if that is
what you are after, you can certainly
| nave 1t, Tor l have the names and
evidence that has been collected for a
| year back" ~ g
Mr. Bigelow hastily Informed Mr..
| Deringer that no names We're wanted
| Then the county attorney inforn,ed
| Judge Orr that he objected to the is
| suahce OF the warrants because the
slanu jury was now in session and
| expense would be saved the county
| by taking the cases directly before
the grand jury. He wanted Mr.. Der
| niger TO submit a list of witnesses so
they could be summoned before the
| grand jury
Attorney Darragh objected on the
ground that subpoenas could not be
served on witnesses until the case was
called In court, and insisted that the
grand jury had no Jurisdiction.
II the grand jury should subpoena
MI Derlnger tomorrow" Significantly
remarked Judge Orr. then the grand
jury would have jurisdiction"
But no one can force US to begin
TINS action before the grand jury" re-
pied Attorney Darragh. I'VE are ap-
! plying to this court, under the direc
tlon or the court, exercising the rights
| OF c1tlZenS, for warrants and are not
| presenting any case. to the grand
| jury
Then Judge Orr ruled that the coun-
ty attorney had right to know the
names of Mr.. Deringer's witnesses.
rms seemed unusually strange in
| view of the courts statement the pre-
| VlouS day that neither county attor-
! ney nor any one else could interfere
with the Issuance Of the warrants, if
application were properly made under
| the state law. Mr.. Darragh objected
| to this ruling on the ground that it
| placed the case right back where it
| was the day before, namely, in the
nands OF the county attorney. Judge
| OFT, however, did not seem to see that
he had switched from the stand of
the previous day, and it was finally
| agreed that the list of witnesses should
be submitted to the county attorney.
Judge Orr stated that he had not ruled
| on the point as to whether or not he
| would issue the warrants, saying that
| the establishment of probable cause
rested with the matter of witnesses
! to be submitted to the county attorney,
| and continuing the examination until
today. After the hearing, Mr.. Der
| niger said: sS
This whole business seems to in
| dictate an effort to take this matter out
! of the hands where it started and to
have it presented to the grand jury
by the county attorney We are en-
titled to those warrants and intend to
| have them. The idea of Judge Orr
referring this matter to the county
| attorney when this official declared in
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