The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-07
GOVERNORS IN A
LITTLE QUARREL
AMENITIES BETWEEN ExECU-
TIvEs OF MINNESOTA AND
WASHINGTON.
Contention Arises Over the Matter Of
acquisitions for Women-Hearing
Called for the Johnson Case in
Seattle Hennepin County Put to a
Heavy Expense by the Tilt.

Governor Mead, of Washington, has
decided to give hearing to the Mime
sofa authorities who are seeking to
extradite Ida johnson, the alleged
Minneapolis "baby, farmer The case
will be taken up BY the executive next
WedpesdaX fha H nf RsP
probably Of hiring legal counsel.
woman was drawn in accordance with
the rules laid down by the United
States extradition conference said
County Attorney AL j. Smith today.
cit is based upon an Indictment, not
upon complaint, and a copy of the bill
is attached to the requisition. Why
Governor Mead is causing all this trou-
the story is true that he is trying to get
even for an imagined slight put upon
him by Governor johnson. ~
1t is believed in official circles here
that the hearing will be a farce and
that Governor Mead will manage to
pick some flaw in the Johnson requisi-
ton. If he does and refuses to honor it,
to more inconvenience and expense and
real interstate war may result.
The First Trouble.
The clash with Washington arose
over the case of bessie Allen, now a
resident of Otter Tail county, whom the
Washington authorities sought to take
back on a charge of infanticide, the
alleged crime being dated April "a, 1904
| The requisition Of Governor Mead was
referred by Governor johnson to Attor'
ion, as usual. On April 8, 1905, the
requisition was denied on the attor
ney generals advice, because not in
proper form. Governor Mead wired tc
learn the reasons, which were stated in
Governor Johnson g reply. In the alb
sence Of Attorney General Young, the
incident was explained today. by his
"The rule adopted by the extraditior
congress is that when application il
made on complaint alone, it must be &C
companied by an affidavit of the com
| planning witness, or of some competent
witnesses whose testimony will satisfy
the executive applied to that there i
reasonable ground to believe a crime
was committed. This rule is a wis'
one, and was adopteedt, to prevent. SO
person suspected is brought back to SCI
what the authorities can find out Wher
the requisition papers are accompanied
by an Indictment no affidavit is neces
sary, because the Indictment presume
that there has been an Investigation b.
the grand jury, which is satisfied tina
crime has been committed.
No Crime Shown. .. ..
"The papers in the Allen case Shove
that arrest was to be made on com
plant, and yet there was no affdavi
showing that a crime had been com
mitted, or any explanation Of the della
since the commission Of the allege
crime. For this reason Attorney Ger
eral Young advised the governor tina
} he was not satisfied a crime had bee
} committed. In refusing the extraditio
! he was fully warranted by the decisio
! Of the United States supreme court.
re Kelly. 20 Fed, 1852.
elm this, Hennepin, county case the1
) are no such circumstances. The defend
) ant, Ida johnson, has been indicted b
the grand jury, and copy of this il
3 dictment was sent with the application
No fortifying affdavits are needed.