The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-01-20
Jim Falk Stops Some.

Starts produced an article from the
pen of James w. Falk, one of Sam
Fullerton's Mesaba satellites, touch
ing, presume bly,, upon the case of
the State of Minnesota vs.. Joseph
Karl, arrested upon complaint of
Mr.. Falk on the allegation of hav-
ing in his possession venison out
of season.
In Mr.. Falk's article, however, it
would appear that in the estimation
of the deputy game warden he was
the state of Minnesota, at least one
of the opening remarks of his
article AYERS that II was plaintiff in
a suit" But as to whether or not
Mr.. Falk has usurped the powers of
the state to such extent as to make
his construction of the matter cor
| rect we do not know, and care much
less, as that is not the bone of con-
tention either in his article or in
the reply we feel called upon to
make to man, or to state CON-
posed of one man as plaintiff, in
the TRADE found against jury of
six men composed of a half dozen
of Virginia's most prominent and
honorable citizens.
The jury in the case. as accepted
and sworn, was composed of Messrs.
H. J. Sigel, Capt. A. H. Stevens, John
Peterson, A. Hawkinson, Johd Me-.
Intosh and VIM. F. Donnelly, and
Mr.. Falk's judgment will be &C.
credited as faultless in his state
ment that he Cooked upon their
lovely faces with great respect and
really thought they were the per-
sonification of human perfection"
AT least the citizens of Virginia
who know the individual members
of the body have on various occa-
sions shown,themselveso of like mind
by the election of several of the
component parts of the body to
positions of highest honor in the
community. But Mr.. Falk would
later in his epistle to the law abid-
ing attempt to prove that his judg-
ment was in error, stating that "the
defendant did not put up any de-
Tense, he did not even testify in his
own behalf, nevertheless the jury
came to the conclusion that the de-
fendant never had any forbidden
fruit in his possession either in or
out of season but they unanimously
agreed that it must have been a
front quarter from the ass our Saw
ior rode when he went into Jericho"
Now if the state of Minnesota, in
the person of Mr.. Falk, had taken
proper precautions and lived up to
it's own laws there would have been
no testimony necessary on the part
of any-neither on the part Of the
state, in the person of Mr.. Falk, or
on the, part of the defendant, as the
Il meat al1egedly in the hands of the
defendant would have been in evil
dence, that the jury could have seen
for themselves whether it was the
"tront quarter of the ass our Saw
Jour rode" or whether it was simply
the front quarter of some ass
whom Sam Fullerton has seen fit to
raise to that point of self esteem
that he has apparently usurped the
position on the ma formerly occu.
pied by the commonwealth of Min
nesota.
AS to whether or not Mr.. Karl, the
defendant in the action, had for
hidden meats on his premises on a
certain date we do not know; and
from the evidence adduced the Jury
could not tell. The case, however,
will in all likelihood have benign
influence on Mr.. Falk's future
career as deputy game warden and
make him more sure of his posi-
ton and lead him to cOnfscate the
meats found to be produced in evi.
dence in future actions, if such may
be started. But in the meantime a
word of friendly advice to the state
of Minnesota, in the person of Mr..
Falk who represented it as plaintiff
in the suit in mind, would be to
Nquit throwing mud at men who are
honorable, as those tactics are not
destined to make friends either Tor
the game laws or the state of Min
nesota, in it's special envoy persona
fication.
Makes Big Sale of Lumber.
c. r. Ash, of the Ash mill in this