The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-21
CONTEMPT FOR TIE COURT
MRS. NATION EVIDENTLY HAD
LARGE QUANTITIES OF THAT
COMMODITY
CALLED HIM YOUR D1sHoNoRv
Case OF Mrs. Nation and Her Fellow
Female Raiders Continued to
the April Term of wichita
District Court.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb 2O.-Judge Hazen,
Oh the district court, continued the case
Oh MRS. carrie Nations charged with
smashing Murphy's joint. until the April
term of court. The cases against Eva
Harding Mrs. Rose Crist, Miss Madeline
Southland, Mrs. c. C. Chadwick and G..
II; mcdowell. were also continued
MIS-. Natlon enlivened the proceedings
In her characteristic way: displaying
more strongly than ever the fact that
the dignity hedging around the judicial
pench has no more terrors for her than
the commonest Joint"
Mrs Nation arose several times to ad-
dress the court, each time calling the
judge your dishonor."
When asked if size were ready for
trial, Mrs. Nation, who acts as her own
attorney, said:
Your d1shonor, l am incapable of try.
ing my case this afternoon, as I have
been poisoned by cigarette smoke in the
county jail. 1 want. to see how the
other cases are tried any way"
Judge Hazen looked at the Joint
smasher' in hopeless sort of way, and
then recognized Capt ]. G. Waters one
of the attorneys for the defense. Capt
Waters said:
IT tried to, find out yesterday which
of these cases were to come up, and
could not. 1 find that none of these cases
have been placed upon the trial docket
There Is no necessity for this swift ven
geance. This Is fair demand that the
case be- Continued. The ordinary placid
procedure of court would be advanc ed
by the giving of proper time.
STARK CASE MONDAY
"It IS the province of the court to see
that all have a, fair trial. said Judge
HaZen. ut is not proper to railroad cases
through l see that If the cases go
over until the next term of court it will
be difficult to get Jury. It will be bet
ter to settle the point of law. 1 shall
call the case of Stark on Monday morn
ing. Gtark assisted instthe raid on Sun
day. Mr.. Stark's lawyers requested that
his clients case also go over for TINS
term
Il would prefer to try man on this
charge, rather than woman, said
Judge Hazen. am
You may call special venire If you
wish and 1 think it VIII be necessary.
expect to try only this one case"
Then Mrs. Nation said:
your dishonor, please, I think it would
be better to defer the decision as long
as possible.
NO, 1 think it will be better to settle
1t at once and let the people know what
the law u.s. said Judge Hazen.t -
1--WE know the law" said Mrs. Ma
ton.
TT seems that some do not" replied
Judge HaZen.
Some judges do not know the law"
retorted Mrs. Nation.
Miss Madeline Southland and Mrs. Crist
Who have been with Mrs. Nation In the
county Jail, gave bonds for $500. each
and were released. One of the signers
of the bonds was Edward Wilder treas
llre1, of the Atchison Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad.
Mrs Nation and the others were re-
turned to jail The indieatiohS are that
there will be a bitter legal battle over
the trials. The attorneys for the de-
PENDANTS will insist that they be grant
ed a change of venue on account of the
alleged prejudice of Judge sHazen-