Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-31

Mitchell and Park Garwood, all honored
citizens, who after hearing all the evil
dence, scrutin!zing the demeanor OF each
witness and carefully examining the ex-
hibits one by one, took but one ballot as
10 his guilt They heard and saw Bush
while testifying; they heard him i'm
peached: they heard his witnesses i'm
peaohsd; they heard them cross themselves
They heard the detectives and they heard
those who testified to corroboratlng facts
and they heard how l. az prosecuting at
torney. had TO change my theory as TO the
place where Bailey was killed because from
the detectives reports we found the one
stray buckshot. and the hole cut square. as
Bush confessed he had cut Il: also the fine
shot In another part a little farther on
and higher in range. and the partly sawed
two-by-four which Bush said Bailey was
saving when he shot him This odd hole
had been seen before any detective ap-
peared on the scene, by at least four citl-
gems, and was not fixed as they have al
legged. The jury was cautioned by the
prosecution and the defense and Instructed
by the court to treat the detectives testi-
mony with great care and to accept II only
az II was corroborated. Attorney w. s.
Morian argued his guilt from the evidence
Of the defense alone and that conclusively,
so the Jury said. And they have never
asked for n release, and all with whom
have talked say that they have not lost
any sleep on account OF their action. II
Bush Is innocent. they were either knaves
or fools. at least poor reasoners. II was a
Jury with which the defense was satisfied,
since II did not use aii Of its peremptory
challenges.
History of the Case.
who else passed upon it7 Judge NOW
Congressman Norris He told the gov
ernor that Bush was clearly proved guilty
after a fair and impartial trial, and the
governor told him that that settled IL with
him. that Norris knew and that he as
governor would not do anything to help
Bush. Norris said that about 100 years
from now would be good time to begin
to get him out OF the penltentiary.
"who else7 The supreme court, com
posed OF Ex-Governor Holcomb, Judge
Norval and Judge Sullivan. What did they
say after hearing a multitude Of com
plaints7 Let lawyers turn to SO North
western, 1862, and there they will learn
that II was the unanimous decision that II
any mistake had been made by any one II
was by the jury when they decided on life
imprisonment instead of capital punish
HeHt' IL BUSH ne innocent tneSe worthy
and respected citizens were either knaves
or fools. Nay, careful, honest able men
they are.
who else? Attorney General Brown
who criticised me for my letter to the
governor, which the governor gave to the
press without my consent. 1 am not
ashamed of It, but It is not in full: many
things explanatory passed between us be-
fore this. Why did he not give the c. r.
Walker letter to the press or let me see II
when called? Why did he not give to the
pross tho claims of the silly women in
Lincoln? Remember this, that the gov
ernor led me to believe that he was merely
intending to reduce the sentence to a term
of years. l did not want to criticise after
all that had passed. If / had known that
he Intended publishing II 1 had made Il
full and complete
why did he not publish my other let
tiers? asked him why he intended 10
show Bush clemeney. He did not answer
me. The Star has Il mixed. 1t was not
in a later letter that I dubbed Bush as q
cold-blooded criminal but in that same
identical letter. always thought Mickey
thought Bush guilty. for at the church
mortgage burning in Benkelman he said he
believed him guilty, but that Mrs. Mickey
thought him innocent.
Now, who else thought him innocent? A
certain lawyer who was once disbarred for
Illegal practices.
WHO else7 certain man who has fur