The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-10-22
Publishers, Artists and Staff
Of the Reveille Before
Commissioners.
OBSCENE CARTOON WHICH
PASSED THROUGH MAILS
w. A. Brouse, p A. O'FarreII, w. D. Nc
Gill, J. D. WiImarth and r. A. Pclkey
Plead Not Guilty to the Charges Pre-
ferred-lnspector Beatty Tcstifies
That the Issue Containing the CARTOON
Was Kept From Him.

mat the issue Containing the CARTOON
Was Kept From Him.
| That the United States government
| shares the disgust of the people OF Mon
| tana and of the citizens of this country at
large, wherever the sheet has appeared,
| with the vile organ known as the kcveillc
| and the viler cartoons that are appearing i'm
it, was made evident today when the pub
fishers, artists and staff of the paper wef.
arraigncd before United States commits
| soner to answer TO a charge OF sending
improper matter through the mails.
he charge of sending obscene literature
was made against w. A. Brouse, +. A.
| Ofarell w. ID. McGill, ]. u. Nimarih,
| and K. a. Pelkcy by postolIicc Inspector
Beatty last Friday. These men appeared
| before United States Commissioner
| NatiRhtcn Saturday morning and they were
released on $3.50 bond TO appear this after
noon
Commissioner NauRhten called the court
| to order at : O'Clock and District Attorney
| Carl Rasch Of Helena read the warrant
mat mad been sworn out against the de.
lendanis and which appeared in the Inter
Mountain in full on Saturday.
his ease having attracted great deal
| OF atteniiona large audience was present
when the court was called 10 order.
In addition 10 the defendants. John
Maeeinnss and County Attorney Brecn
were present.
Plead Not Guilty.
When arraigned Attorney J. w. Cotter
entered an appearance for the defendants
and pleaded not guilty.
a. d. Beatty of Great Falls took the
stand and told the court that he was
United States postofcc inspector for the
district OF Montana Beatty said that w.
| ~ Bfoilse was the only one Of the defend
ants that he was acquainted with
Attorney toter objected 10 Bcatty's
evidence having any bearing on the de-
PENDANTS other than Brouse, because he,
beatty, was not acquainted with them.
ms objection was overruled by Commits
Sioner Naughicn.
beatty said that on October Is Brousc
had told him that he had complete control
over the mailing lists Of the Reveilc.
Wbile investigating the circulation OF the
paper in accordance with the poslolice re-
1uiremcnls, Inspector Beatty stated that
The files were incomplete. The issue of
October was missing. Brouse said that
the edition had been exhausted.
In the meantime Beatty secured COPY
which he produced in court. lie also
produced a bundle Of papers Of October 4
OF The Revcille, addressed to J. w. Stead
well Of Great Falls, secretary of the
clerks union. This bundle had been taken
IRON the postoiiice at Great Falls His
object IN taking the bundle from the mails
was that he had heard numerous remarks
concerning picture in the paper at Great
Falls and Helena.
What Beatty Thought.
Mr.. Beatty testified that on inycstipa-
ting the paper he found that the picture
could be taken TO give the impression that
had been inferred by the cartoon. Attor-
ncy Cotter objected; that this was a con-
clusion on Beaty's part and asked that it
be stricken out on that ground Commits
sioncr Naughtcn told Beatty to tell what
ne thought the picture meant. irrespective
OF what other persons said of it,
United States Attorney Rasch and J. M.
Cotter engaged in lively tilt as the right
OF the prosecution to introduce the is
sue OF October 4 as evidence. Cotter in
sisted that there had been no proof that
the defendants had mailed the papers.
'ohi'"losioncT NauRnten fulcu that the
papers could be regularly introduced as
evidence. Beatty then told the court what
he considered obscene in the cartoon enti-
tied, Il Am the Leader Of Democracy"
United States Attorney Rasch then
passed the postoffice inspector to Attorney
Cottcr who examined him for the defense
lie questioned the witness as to what he
considered an indecent picture and the
inspector said that it was one making an
improper exposure. Subsequent questions
asked by Attorney Cotter were ruled out.
He attempted to aggravate the witness and
Beatty took exceptions to the proceedings.
Cotter insisted it was necessary to dis
tort the picture in order to deduct the dou-
bic meaning.
Rule Out Cartoon.
Attorney Cotter attempted to introduce
an art magazine containing pictures of
nude models, said to pass through the mails,
but Commissioner Naughten ruled the pub
lication out. Then Attorney Cotter tried
to bring in yesterdays issue of the Inter
Mountain containing a cartoon referring to
the present trial of the Reyeilc. This was
also ruled out by Commissioner Naughten
on objection of District Attorney Rasct.
Beatty testified that Brouse had told him
on October IS that Heinze had money in
vested in the Revelle. Beatty used
memorandum to refresh his memory Cot