Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-27
HAPGCCD FOUND NOT GUILTY.
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proposition, his reply will be why,
didn't you scr that IA. Of 50 ana 49,?
These papers haven't yet reached
the condition :hat this vile sheet has
reached. / am not here to Justify
Town Topics"
Justification of the editorial denounc-
ing Justice deuel.. Mr. Jerome said,
means that Deuel. was part owner OF
the paper, censor and rcviscr of proof
and that the paper which h. edited in
part EFFORTS money and prints scandal.
1t is alleged that he threatened TO make
public life the family skeletons OF
society people unless given money"
The district attorney asserted that
Judge Deuel. did not violate the statute
which forbade him to practice law in
court, but said he. lin my opinion he
violated the statute in carrying on nuSi-
ness. 1t cannot be said that in carry
ing on business he neglected his judi
cial duties. AS n justice VIII say frr
him that he conducted his judicial Gu-
ties honestly. fairly and well. Mr..
shepard has admitted that a great iur-
list did violate the statue but deuel. was
not drawing n salary of $1,000 a year
One rules 4 banking house from the
supreme court bench as others have
from the bench. Growing gray and
with his back to the wall, Deuel. y.o-
lates the city charter in an endcavor
to provide for himself in his old age
lie does what a great judge who took
position from a trust company did
before him. Don't say that he il a
vampire or a blackmailcr because he
violates the city charter There is not
scintlla of evidence to show that
Justice Deuel. knew about the borrow
ing of thousands Of dollars by Col.
Mann.
There is not 4 scintiIa Of evidence
to show that +. Clarence Jones was
blackmaicd. He made loan On col
lateral. If YOU gentlemen happen t.
know Thomas =. Ryan. don't believe
that yon would think that much pro
gress could be made with him along tn"
lines of hlaI lenail. He has been abused
and villiiiad in the papcrs for yenrs
and he is rot very sensitive. He has
cealt with commercial grcrllas ana
would rot he shaken down ly Col
Mann. This old man had been i mower
in railroad affairs and had been driven
to the wall His money had been ia
ken from him and he was forced tn
make his living il this way. 1t is
reasonable To suppose that those great
iin2nciers had a soft spot i'm their
hearts for Il man driven to HE walt
and that 1t wasn't very hard for them
t" give him an accommodation.
90. II. p. Belmont did not say on tho
witness stand that he was blackmailed
He was pounded before ana after he ~
fused to loan to Mann and yet he gave
10 Col. Mann. the man who poundci
| him. an interview
NOW take Perry Belmont. This ris
inc son got stuck on the horizon. You
| would think that Mr.. Osborne thnl1-bt
| Perry was shaken down Was heo H.,
got shares of Carbon Steel.
! James Z. kecne is 4 rough-and-t,,,,,-
bic hShter in the field of finance ana
yet We are told that $4,000 was taken
from him by Col. Mann over night
1 felt that Col. Mann ought to he ar
rested as soon as he left the stand
| Think Of Keene being p,unlcred over
night. What really happened. Col
Mann tells Won. is that he gave secu-
| rites on properties for the loon.
! IRVINE lr0r0a he'd E,,~l.., h.,t ho
cid ~: ':!,,-'n2j!. E,rn-:..,.. -.-.;,-,.>
: ana irving Went beyond tht,ir a.,,:,,r-
ity. Wooster too:l blood money. Thcv