The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-01-26
PACKERS COUNSEL OBJECT TO
VIGOROUS WORDS or GOV.
EMINENT PROSECUTOR.
SQUIRT GRANTS WIDEST LATITUDE
PERMITS ATTORNEY TO PAY HIS
RESPECTS TO TRUSTS AND
TRUST LAWYERS.

OdTOuSn DlSCFlCC ALIOTley NlOrTlSOII
made its opening statement in the
packers case during the day. The
district attorney entered IN his ad
dress to the jury with such vigor that
attorneys for the defense at once OBJ
tected.
1.-The claims of the defendants in
this case," declared District Attorney
Morrison. "are only a part OF their
elaptrap defense presented by men of
influence in the effort to unfit the jury
for 1air deliberation in this case.
these men have not only the ingenu-
ny of criminal lawyers, but they are
corporation lawyers-trust lawyers"
Attorney William J. Hynes, who
closed the opening of the packers with
IN attack upon the district attorney,
made strong objections to the state
nents Of the district attorney.
Il object to the statement that I am
i trust lawyer for myself and my as
sociates," declared Mr.. Hynes.
You are defending a trust now"
replied Attorney Morrison. "You are
defending men right now who are be-
ing charged with being members of a
trust"
Mr.. Hynes still objected to the state.
nents of the district attorney and the
court was C, led upon for a decision.
ruled in favor Of the district attor-
Aey. +
Another clash occurred when the
district attorney declared that the plea
of the packers that they are entitled
70 immunity was an "afterthought.""
Continues His DcSuaciatior.
"Those men," continued the district
attorney. indie ating the attorneys Tor
the packers, while the grand jury
was in session vent before the high
est officer in the land and put forth
every effort and influence to stop this
prosecution They said nothing about
immunity then. Attorney John S. Mil
Ter, who appears here for the packers,
was there and he never said n word
about immunity
II object to that statement because
the district attorney can never hope
to prove it, said MIR. Miller.
II say l cam replied the attorney
for the government.
81 will put Mr.. Miller himself on
the stand and he will tell all about
that interview. l was present and 1
know what he said"
: The attorneys for the packers again
offered objections, but Judge Hum
phrey said:
81 gave you gentlemen a wide lati-
tude and | am disposed to grant the
government a very wide latitude"
After some additional legal sparring.
the district attorney went on with his
statement.
THE issue in this case" he de-
clared, lis not what Mr.. Garfield or
any one else has done. but whether
under the law these men are entitled
10 go free and never be put on trial
under the indictment. I was not
aware any government official had
mistreated those poor defendants until
r5heard the opening statements in this
case. 1t is a surprise to me That the
attorneys for these men should base
TIT ase on a chance of shielding
tneif clients from a trial on the main
ISSUE"
The district attorney declared that
the packers are not entitled to Inn
munity because their statements were
not made under oath. 1t made no diff
ference, he declared, how much a man
talked, not under oath. he would still
be subject to the operation of the law.