Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-07-20


Of the confidence reposed in him by the
masses, the convicted mayor interrupt
ed to say, II am here to receive SEN
tence at your hands, and not to be
humiliated by a lecture which the
newspapers can repeat in print" The
judge went on without replying and
said that Schmitz by his criminal act
had betrayed that trust. He added
that the real punishment would not be
SO much In the fact of imprisonment as
IN the loss of respect and esteem of all
good citizens. Schmitz again inter
rupted, saying he stood there as an
American citizen, not asking leniency
1G.t demanding his rights, and that IL
tt.e Judge had any self respect he
v~pvld proceed with sentence. The lat
IT, persisted, however, saying, "You
w. suffer the humiliation Of knowing
IT,; our career of hypocrisy, duplic-
A., ,tAd dishonor has been exposed
arlE that you stand before those who
y ieved and honored you morally
naked, shamed and disgraced." II deny
that" cried Schmitz: ''the people know
hcw was railroaded through"
Afterward in a statement he said he
would fight the case to the last court
ed that he would be a candidate for
mayor again next fall. The crowd
c-eered the judges sentence.
Meyer and Haywood Testify.
The defense in the Haywood trial at
Bose spent several days in getting
before the jury lengthy dispositions
from a number Of residents Of San
Francisco concerning the explosion in
the house occupied by F. W. Bradley,
the former mine manager whom Or
ch"rd had included in his list Of at
ter 1ted assassinations. Linforth,
o1,;ler of the apartments, had sued the
brought numerous affidavits to prove
that the explosion was caused by gas
Leakage. Bradley himself swore that
b" smelled the odor Of gas just before
til explosion occurred, and he attribut-
eG sa ignition to his lighted cigar. He
Yves IN expert on the effect Of dyna-
mltp and giant powder and did not de-
tee. the fumes of either. Several de-
tail Of Orchards story about this
incident were directly contradicted by
witnesses. One man had passed the
entrance to the Bradley house two min
utes hefore the explosion and saw
servant at work cleaning the, porch.
The court excluded part Of the evil
dence offered, including the affidavits
of Governor Gooding and Detective
Mcfarland, which had been sent to
the San Francisco Gas company, which
also contained contradictions of Or
chaGd The court also excluded evil
dence offered by the defense to prove
that Mcfarland had tried to manufac-
ture t. <. ,lony against Haywood.
President Mover of the Miners fed
eratioI told his story Of the events
connected with the organization Of
which he is the head. With complete
assu-&,:ce and frankness he made gen.
eral and particular denials of all the
Orchard accusations and told fully of
the few occasions when he had been
brought into contact with Orchard,
whom he had treated as member of
the federation. Meyer denied that he
had ever paid any money to Orchard.
He recounted his various experiences
during tie strike period and was al
lowed to tell most of the circumstances
OF bis ar-est upon the Steunenberg
murder charge. Finally President Moy-
er Identified the entire official CORE
spondence connected with the legal aid
offered by the federation to Orchard
numbering Steunenberg. This was ex-
planned by the general policy of the
fedo-stion to defend IFS members when
accs- Of crimes and also ~ the
grocnl that the federation was saspi-
cious Of a conspiracy to connect it's