The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-24
WILL TOLERATE
NO BLASPHEMY
Judge Kelly, in Weinholzer
Disorderly House Case,
Reprimands Attorney.

In the criminal division of the dis
| trict court yesterday afternoon Judge
Kelly roundly scored Attorney Stan J.
Donnelly for using language in his ex-
ANIMATION Of witnesses in the Vein
holzer disorderly house case which the
court considered blasphemous.
The witness under examination at
the time the incident occurred was
Cora Smith, who boldly admitted to
Attorney Donnelly that she was in the
hablt OF frequenting the Empire the
alter, and told what her purpose was.
DO you mean to say that was your
sole object in going there?' asked Mr..
Donnelly
Yes, sir; that is what I went there
for" answered Miss Smith.
las a matter of fact" said Mr.. Dom
nelly, you have reached that stage
where you would as soon visit a church
for this purpose as the Empire the
At this point Judge Kelly interrupt
ed the attorney.
You need not answer that question"
said Judge. Kelly to the witness; then
turning to Mr.. DOnnelly and pointing
his finger direct at the attorney, he
said
Il want it understood that such com
parsons as you have just made will
not be countenanced by this court
Sucn language is blaSphemOuS, and
will not be tolerated"
Mr.. Donnelly asked that an exception
be made Of the courts ruling.
You can take exceptions as long as
you please" said the court, "but
blasphemy will not be tolerated here.
A reference to the church in the man
ner in which it was made is nothing
short of blasphemy. You will proceed
with the case"
The Smith Iyo11,oY vovo,,o,5
cellent witness for the state. She had
for some time past been in the habit of
visiting the Empire theater. She said
there were generally twenty-five or
thirty women about the theater in the
evening and a fewer number during
the afternoon. She knew most of the
women who freQuented the place and
their reputation, she admitted, was
bad. Intoxicated persons, both men
and women, she said, were to be seen
at the resort almost any evening, and
1t was not an uncommon thing for a
light to occur there. Miss Smith was
one of the party Of men and women
who were arrested during a raid on
the Empire several weeks ago, and her
willingness to testify in behalf of the
state is attributed to the fact that she
was allowed to pay her own fine upon
that occasion.
The case will probably go to the jury
late this afternoon or tomorrow, al
though there are a large number Of
witnesses to be called yet The state
alone had more than twenty witnesses
subpoenaed, half Of which have been
calledJ5The case is being harder fought
by both sides than any of the preced-
ing disorderly house cases.
When the hearing of the case was
resumed at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon, after recess of two days, the
1rf he 4oI0
court house was crowded to it's DOORS
and the crowd was not entirely made
up OF the ordinary court room hangers
on. Attaches Of the court house and
city hall offices, young attorneys, and
many others who are not usually no.
ticed about such places, crowded their
way into the court room and remained
during the trial Of the case. The mass
of human beings extended almost to
the bench occupied by the trial judge
and several times during the examina-
ton of witnesses the spectators be-
came so demonstrative that Judge
Kelly threatened to have the sheriff
clear the room unless quiet was re-
stored.
Anton Weinholzer, the defendant.
sat behind his attorneys, with his body
bent forward, and took In every word
and gesture Of the witnesses. A man
on trial for his life could not evince a
greater interest in the evidence being
given against him.
Frequent clashes between the attor-
neys occurred during the trial of the
case yesterday, and more than once did
the court find it necessary to intervene
and order the trial to be proceeded
with.
The case will be taken up again
at o'clock this morning, at which
time more witnesses for the state will
be placed on the stand. The last wit
ness to testify yesterday was Detective
Frank Fraser.