Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-07
SEEK TO GET zE|GLER
Spicy Wrangle Of Attorneys
on Both Sides.
AIM TO PROVE AN ALIBI
DEFENSE CLAIMS WARRANT AN
ATRocIoUs CRIME.
Gov. Odell Maintains for Sufficient
Basis Of Fact Before Extradi-
ton is Granted.

ALBANY, N. Y, December THE reauis-
ition of Governor Dockery of Missouri upon
Governor Odell for the extradition to that
state of William Zeigler of New York city,
upon an indictment IN Cole county Mo-,
on the charge of furnishing funds for the
bribery of Missouri legislators, in connec-
ton with baking powder legislation, was
the subject Of hearing before the gov
ernor today.
The Missouri authorities were represented
by Attorney General Grow and Judge T. Il.
Harvey of Missouri and Sheriff Smith of
Cole county. Mr.. Ziegler was present in
person and his counsel, John M. Bowers
Delaney Nicoll, Edward Lauterbach, Will
lam ]. Underwood and John d. Lindsay.
Mr.. Bowers first demanded 10 know upon
what dates the Missouri authorities alleged
Mr.. Ze.gler was in the state of Missouri
and committing the alleged crime. Upon
blank dates in March, 1901" replied Attor
ney General Crow.
Gov. 0dell Takes Hand.
There followed a spicy wrangle between
Mr.. Bowers and General Crow, which Gov
ernor Odell interrupted, saying:
Come now, gentlemen, let us come down
to the meat of the matter. 1t seems to me
now that the papers in this case are not
regular in that they do not allege the date
when the defendant was in the state of
Missouri committing this crime. 1 think
that If the defendant was not in the state
of Missouri at the time Of the committing
Of this crime, then 1t is my duty to defend
him. very bad precedent might be es-
tablished by permitting a citizen to be
taken from this state an insufficient
basis Of fact
Burden of Proof on Defense.
Mr.. Crow maintained that If the acts and
contentious of the state of Missouri were
not to be given full faith. but were to be
disputed, the burden of proof was upon
those attacking them.
He said that the dates concerned covered
considerable period of time, Sin early
January about the 10Th of March and from
1st to 3d of April, 1901, covering suhstan-
TALLY the entire period of the session of our
general assembly in that year."
Mr.. Bowers said the attack was not upon
"the entire administration of justice in the
present gubernatorial race" in Missouri,
nor upon the suff1cfency of the charge, burt
upon this Indictment. He then turned upon
Judge Harvey and demanded to know whom
he represented.
Business Destroyed by Legislation.
II am a practical attorney of the city of
st. Louis replied Judge Harvey, II ap-
pear here to assist General Grow. with his
consent. 1 am here also in the interest of
CluZenS OF the state OF MISSOURI, whose
business has been practically destroyed by
the legislation whose repeal this bribery
prevented"
I'VE couldn't improve upon that, re-
marked Mr. Lauterbach.
'It appears to me-" said Gov. Odell that
II any crime was committed, it was in the
preventing by bribery the passage of this
legislation"
Certainly cried Mr.. Bowers, "and that
shuts them up to the date of March 49,
Mr.. Bowers then read the affidavit of
District Attorney Brown of Cole county
asserting that Mr.. Ziegler was in that
county on blank date in March, 1901.
Never Was in the County.
1--WE propose to show" said Mr.. Bowers,
that Mr.. Ziegler never was in that county
in his life, and the swearing out of this
warrant was an atrocious crime against
the liberty of citizen, an attempt to use
the sovereign power of two states to bring
this man into the state of Missouri, where
they can try him on any charge they
please"
Attorney General Crow then arose and re-
PEELED Indignantly what he called an in
suit to sovereign state, it's chief execu-
tive and it's prosecuting officers
II do not know the gentleman who makes
this charge" he said, but I deem it my
duty to my state and to myself to declare
his statement as false as h
Are you ready to try out the date Of the
18th of March, retorted Mr.. Bowers