The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-09
DRAMATIC SCENE WITNESSED IN
DUMMIES COURT.
FIVE YEARS i'm THE Pen
Crowds in Court Room Cheer as SEN
tence Is Pronounced-Gives Notice
Of Appeal to District Court OF Ap-
peaIs Glass Jury Partially Selected.

fencing of Mayor Schmitz to five
years in San Quentin penitentiary for
extortion and partial completion of |
the selection of jury to try Vice
President Louis Glass Of the Pacific |
States Telephone & Telegraph COM
pany on the first of 10 charges of brib- |
ing supervisors, were the features OF |
todays proceedings in the bribery
graft cases.
The sentecing of Schmitz was one
of the most dramatic scenes ever wit
messed in western court. The ef-
fectiveness of the fearful denunciation
Of the convicted mayor as delivered
by Superior Judge Frank Fl. Dunno,
prior to the passing of Judgment, was
heightened by the demeanor OF the
prisoner, who time and again inter-
rupted the court to demand that
these humiliating remarks" be desist-
ed from and that "the court do Its
duty" by pronOuncing sentence at
once. While the sentence impended
the judge threatened to send Attorney
Metson Of the mayors counsel, to jail
for contempt because he decried the
courts comments as "cruel and unus-
ual punishment" and Metson was told
by Dunno that he ought to be begging
a day in court on the charge of having
tampered with witness in the case"
AS the last words of the sentence
fell from the judge lips, the great
crowd that had stood throughout the
dramatic scene, sent up thunderous
cheer. Good for you," shouted a
man in the back of the room. His
ejaculation was echoed and re-echoed
by one after another of the spectators.
Several threw their hats into the air,
others scrambled upon chairs to look
over the shoulders of the crowd and
the greatest confusion prevailed.
Attorney Fairall Of the defense,
raising his voice above the din, called
out to Judge Dunno:
your honor, this cheering is very
unseemly occurrence"
1.Well,n retorted Judge Dunno, with
spirit, "if we had sheriff worth
the name it would have been stopped
instantly"
Sheriff Thomas O'Neill was stand
ing inside the rail-. He turned to the
court and protested:
Nobody coul.. have stopped that
your honor"
The defense filed bill of excep
tions otter a motion for new tria
and a motion for an arrest of judg
ment had been denied, and Judg
Dunno granted certificate of proba
BILE cause upon which Schmitz will g
to the district court of appeals for
new trial.
In Judge Lawler's court six of tn
12 jurors to try Vice President Glas
were finally selected and sworn, afte
the prosecution had used two peremI
tory challenges and the defense foul
To the former three arbitrary cha
lenges remain and the latter six.
District Attorney Langdon Assis
ant. District Attorneys Heney an
O'Gara and Chas. w. Cobb, M
Heney's law partner, were present fc
the prosecution. Attorneys D. M. De
mas, T. G. Coogan and Henry G. M
Pike, the latter of whom was ass
ciated with Delmas in the Thaw tria
represented the defense. There We
a complete absence of the spirit
pickering that distinguished the Ru
and Schmitz trials and frequently Il
to unpleasant encounters between Il
bench and bar as well as between o
posing counsel.
In ALL 1S veniremen were examine
during the day. Twelve of these qus
if1ied as to cause:
flames H. Robertson, insuran
broker.
2-Wm. Jones, retired cement ma
3-Thomas Kirby, merchant.
Patrick Lyons, retired merchal
5-John H. Robinson, grocer.
6--Michael A. samuels, photog
pher.
7--John Tiedemann, grocer
S-Henry Sieroty, merchant.
Geo. A. Kohn, merchant.
10-sigmund Levy, wholesale q
toner.
11-John G. North, manufacturer
machinery.
12-John w. Shields, retired $
geant Of police.
Numbers and 10 were excused
remptorily by the prosecution. NJ
bers 8. Il: 8 and 2 stood aside on
bitrary challenges by the defense.
is expected that the jury may be CT
p1eted by tomorrow night.