The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-02
CHICKEN RENDS.
NE|GHbORHO0D
AMUSING POLICE COURT TRIAL
RESULTS IN Filming OF
CONRAD SCHMIDT.

A runaway chicken and neighborly
row over the same resulted in Conrad
Schmidt beng fined $40 by Judge
Huffman this after noon.
For upwards of an hour the police
court presented a scene, which, Dram
affixed as a burlesque, would make the
nit of the season. AS it was it offered
splitting laughs to the crowd which
filled the court room.
The act opened with the testimony
Fred M. Duggar, 624 Juniper
street. She alleged that Schmidt
had struck her, knocking her down
on a pile Of rocks, she thereby sus-
tanning a badly lacerated knee. Schmidt
she said, had butted in on a dispute
which she was having with a Mrs.
Settler, who lives across the alley from
Mrs. Duggar, over the ownership of a
chicken.
From the testimony it would seem
the chicken had strayed into the Set
tier yard whereupon Mrs. Settler
made an effort to corral said chicken.
The fowl, however, objected and ran
out into the alley, where IT was pur-
sued by Mrs. Statler, Mrs. Duggar then
appearing on the scene also endeav-
ored to gain possession of the chicken
1t was chased about the alley,
squaking loudly and finally run
down, the tussel climaxing with both
women holding to the chicken and
pulling divers ways.
Mrs. Duggar, however, fearing for
the fowls life, relinquished her hold,
whereupon Mrs. Settler fastened to
her home with all speed, bearing the
chicken.
Schmidt, brother-in-law of Mrs.
Settler, appeared on the scene and ac-
cording to Mrs. Duggar's account of
the affair, Schmidt, without provoca-
ton, struck her in the breast, knock
ing her down in a pile of rocks, she
sustaining bad bruise and lacerated
knee Also she claimed Schmidt had
called her names unprintable.
"The Deutch Sprecken."
When asked whether guilty or not
guilty by Judge Huffman Schmidt
failed to comprehend and was finally
told to sit down, but when asked
whether or not he had struck Mrs.
Duggar, he answered firmly in the neg
alive. He then requested that some
gentleman who could "Deutch SPEECH
en- be secured for interpreter.
AS his request was made in fair
English Judge Huffman hesitated, but
finally issued a call for volunteers
Pete Werner asked if he would act as
ally said he guessed he could do it
all right
When Schmidt had handed Werner
the first installment of his testimony
wrapped up in good Dutch, Wer
ner turned to the Judge and ratified off
a string of German that put the court
guessing. Stopping suddenly Werner
looked blankly at the judge and an
nounced that he had got it backwards,
had used the wrong language. After
laugh CouIt ploCSCuCu
Chief of Polite Davis was called as
a witness to testify that he had been
called to the Duggar residence by Mrs.
Duggar and could swear that Mrs.
Duggar's knee was badly lacerated.
Mrs. Settler was called by Schmidt.
With eloquent gestures and forceful
German she told her story which diff
fered in several points from that of
Mrs. Duggar She alleged that Mrs.
Duggar had called her a Russian
soW" which Werner explained was
considered highly uncomplimentary.
Schmidt when arrested today, had
put up a $40 bond for his appearance
and when the $40 fine was imposed, he
the Judge and Werner, that he would
be out of pocket $40. He refused to
pay the fine and when Constable Pet
erson requested him to go for short
walk over to the Jail, he refused TO
accompany him. After further jab
bering by the interpreter and Schmidt.
Schmidt turned to the court with We'll
if you want $40 take that pointing to
the $40 laying on the table which the
Judge had been trying to get him to
accept or pay in as fine.
Schmidt left the court room assuring
Constable Peterson that he could not
put him in Jail if he tried for 10
years.
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