The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-05
WILL NOT BE BALKED
O. S. DERINGER PROPOSES TO
CLOSE UP THE ELEVEN
RESORTS
DESPITE ALL HINDRANCE

City and County officials Play Foot
ball With the CompIaints-Judg
Orr Says He Will Issue the War
rants Where the City and County
Attorneys Refused to Do So
Talk of Grand Jury.
III the understanding between o. S.
Deringer and Judge Orr yesterday,
relative to the issuance of warrants
Tor the arrest of the eleven keepers
OF alleged disreputable resorts,
against whom information was
legged Saturday, is carried out,
the women will be arrested today
Judge Orr yesterday refused to issue
the warrants under the complaints fill
ed Saturday, as the information is
paseo upon a city ordinance. but he
says II Mr.. Derdnger will make COM
PANT under the state law that the
court Will order warrants issued re-
SaIdleSS OF whoever may enter protest
lhls MIR. Deringer says he will do to-
day.
The above final adjustment Of the
dlHerences between Mr.. Deringer and
tne authorities was not accomplished
Wltnout q great deal of hedging and
pickering upon the part of the latter.
corporation. Attorney Markham refus-
ed TO nave anything to do with the
matter as to causing warrants to be
issued or In prosecuting the cases,
Whlle Judge Orr held this position to
De rightly taken, and when as a mat
ter OF formal1ty Mr.. Deringer demand
ed warrants of County ATTORNEY Big
Glow, the county attorney fatlv re-
FUSED to order warrants to be issued.
linen Mr.. Deringer fell back upon the
promise of Judge Orr, who said If the
county attorney refused to cause war
rants to issue when complaint was
properly made under the state law.
ne would himself receive the COM
plants and issue the warrants.
The first proceedings in the case yes-
terday were before Judge Orr. After
considering the letter he received from
corporation Attorney Markham. Judge
UT concluded that the corporation at
tcrney's stand was we'll founded. Con
sequently he sent for Mr. Deringer's
attorney, 70. j. Darragh, and announc
gu from the bench that no warrants
Muaiu oe issued under the complaints
iHeu saturday. The court said that
under the law the corporation attor-
hey mad charge Of all cases under the
Guy ordinances, and as Mr. Markham
l.au refused to prosecute the cases In
polnt. nothing could be done in the
matter, except under the state law
LIZ, ne court could not force the corpora
1ion attorney to take up the cases.
JudSe Orr said, as the court was in
no sense a prosecutor If Cornora tion
attorney Markham saw fit to assume
the responsibility Of refusing to pros
ecute the cases, then the court under
the law, could not cause the warrants
ID pe issued, as the law did not n,o-
VIoe Tor the appointment of any other
city ordinances. '1e
The state law. however, so,s
Judge Orr, sis different, and. If apnli-
cation Tor warrants in these cases is
niaue under this law to the county at
torhey and the county attorney refuses
10 grant the request, this court will
issue the warrants, regardless of any
ones protests Under the state law
any person may lodge complaint
AGAINST an alleged violator of the law.
ana, II reasonable cause Is shown the
warrants must be issued The county
attorney nor any one else is not to he
consulted in the matter If the COUNTY
attorney sees fit to give his sanction
TO the issuance Of warrants, all well
ana good. His refusal to do so. how
ever, is OF no consequence and war
rants applied for to this court, under
the conditions which 1 have pointed
out, will be granted. No option is
given the county attorney He must
take charge of the prosecution
Attorney Darragh Informed the
court that 1t would be quite agreea BILE
10 his client to begin proceedings un-
oef the state law, and said this course
would be followed.
Judge Orr informed Attorney OAR
faSh that the court would hear anv
argument that Mr.. Darragh might de-
sire to make on the ruling of the court
relative to the issuance Of warrants
under the city ordinance. ATTORNEY
Darragh replied that he did not de-
sire TO argue the matter, but would
simply proceed under the state law.
Immediately after the hearing in
lhe municipal court, Attorney Darragh,
accompanied by Mr.. Deringer. visited
County Attorney Bigelow. County
Attorney Bigelow was asked to issue
warrants for the eleven women. He
asked for time in which to consider
the matter. Mr.. Deringer and his at
torney withdrew while County Attor-
ney B1gelow reflected. Mr.. Bigelow's
reflections consisted in his hurriedIy
consulting Corporation ATTORNEY Mark
ham and a hasty interview with .Iudge
orr. Mr. Deringer was notified by tel
ephone to call at the county attorneys
ONCE at o'clock. He did so. and
was informed that the county attorney
would not issue the warrants. He was
told that the charges against the Wom-
en- involved would be presented to the
grand jury, if this course was desired
MI. Der1nger declined to proceed as
suggested by the county attorney.
when Mr.. Bigelow informed him that
he could do nothing further in the
matter, as issuing of warrants was
entirely out of the question. Seen i'm
mediately upon leaving the county at
torney's office, Mr.. Deringer said:
did not expect that the county at
torney would receive the complaints
| and issue the warrants Consulting him
was but a Formally anyhow. Judge
Orr promised to issue the warrants. if
the county attorney refused. and the
demand will now be made of him. OF
course, new complaints will have to be
filed under the state law, but this will
be done the first thing tomorrow morn
ing. when the warrants, according to
Judge Orr's promise. will be placed in
| the hands of the police for service. III
! is OF no consequence to ME under what
law we proceed whether city ordi-
nance or state law. so long as the
desired result is obtained The lodging
Of the officials who have so far been
brought into this matter is, to be sure,
! annoying, but will not effect my at
| tltude. L propose to go through with
this matter in an open above boaRl
manner and no schemes or obstacles
will serve for any good, except possible
| delay. for this matter is going through
| to the end.
"The position of Corporation Attor-
ney Markham. as set forth In his let
ter to Judge Orr, is only a subterfuge
I have been Informed by several at
| torneys that Markham's action is a
breach of law and I have been urged
| to lay the matter before the grand
| jury What course I shall follow in
! this respect I do not yet know I,
may be. however. that CORPORATION At.