The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-18
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the conversation with Lehman. as it was
not what is known privileged COM
munication'' of n client to his attorney.
Judge Harvey for Defense.
Judge Harvey spoke an hour for the de-
fense. He reviewed the public indignation
against the crime of bribery and the dis
closures of the recent investigation. He
shared in that Indignation. but asked why
a sacrifice should lie made OF julius Leh-
mann He said he had not been connected
with the bribery plot. and If the State
needed victims upon which TO lay the mat
ter 5whv should not they select the men
who did the bribing. They had come for
ward willingly TO tell what they had done.
he said and one of them had even done
the bribing without any pay and hope of
reward.
why not convict the men who signed
the notes to do the bribing?' asked Judge
Harvey.
Judge Harvey next took up the bribery
charge He said lehman was charged
with denying certain things which he was
said to know HIS asked how was any one
to know what a man knew except by what
he said? He said 1t was case Of Relss
versus Lehman and asked which shouid
he believed Lehman was corrobocated oy
Gastorf; Reiss was not. The attorney iai1
particular stress on the statement of Cas-
tori. who was present when Lehman gave
Reiss the Sidgcheck; that nothing was
said about the $4,000 in the safe deposit
box at the Lincoln Trust Company.
Judge Harvey declared his belief there
was no combine, and then entered at some
length upon a defense of the organization
in the House of Delegates.
Folk Closes Arguments.
Circuit Attorney Folk closed the argument
in an appeal for the jurors to do their. duty
nj ba ntInlir He Sail
the defendant was entitled to a fair trial
and so was the State. He declared there
was no prejudice against Lehman person.
ally but against the crime of boodllng. He
viewed the Municipal Assembly and pic
tured Lehman and Murrell sitting side by
side He told of the debauchery in the body,
and then came down TO the Suburban bill.
He told how Murrell demanded the $4,000,
not for himself but for "the boys Of the
House.
He told how the money was actually
placed In the safe-deposit box and remarked
that II was the first time the actual bribe
money was ever produced in court. Then
he passed to Judge Harvey's arguments
about not having the right persons. He
said Stock and Turner were not on trial He
said he did not apologize for them, now
ever He said he appreciated the enormty
of their offense in giving the bribe, but they
should be given credit for coming forward
and telling the truth instead of perjuring
themselves as Julius Lehman had done
Stock and Turner were not public officials
While their offense might be grievous, 1t
was not to be compared with that of pub
lie officials who eNtorted and accepted
bribes.
Lehman. he said, was a member of the
combine. a staunch friend of Murrelrs, and
could not be ignorant of the $4,000 In es-
crow. To corroborate this evidence OF his
knowledge was the statement OF Paul Reiss,
who testified that Lehman came TO him
and asked him TO get the key from Stock.
Mr.. Folk said it was question of veracity
between Holtcamp, Meilert and Reiss or
Julius Lehman. Who should be believed?
They had no motive to testify falsely; Leh-
mann was on trial for his liberty.
In conclusion, he asked the jurors to vim
dicate the law and uphold the arms of the
Grand Jury.