The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-16
OBJECTS TO A LECTURE.


At this point the judicial calm OF the
proceedings was rudely broken by
Schmitz, who suddenly and to the sur
prise Of the crowd, bgan TO talk him
self Interrupting the Judge, he ex-
claimed.
I am here 10 receive. with all due
respect 10 the Court. the sentence of
this Court, and not to be Inundated, in
order that the papers may have an op-
portunity Of printing what your honor
may say tomorrow morning With all
due respect to this Court. I demand, as
an American citizen. my rights which
am entitled to. and that is. a sentence
and not a lecture
Dramatically II was a situation The
crowd half expected TO see some officer
Of the court stop the interruption with
force. a recaIcitrant attorney can be
silenced by a threat Of falling. but for
the felon who is being sentenced 10
prison the only remaining argument ia
force. The half anticipation of the
crowd that the mouth Of the thrice
elected mayor was TO be stopped by the
hand of a baiIin had the thrill Of melo-
drama, and something more, that was
too real to be less than sickening. But
the Judge quietly went on with his
speech where he had left off
NELSON ALSO INTERRUPTS.
''You have, by your wilful and Grim
-inal act" he began again, when another
interruption came, this time from At
torney Nelson, who cried out:
I'VE take an exception 10 any cruel
or unusual punishment by the Judge Of
this court"
This second interruption was too
much for Judge DUNES patience, and
he administered to the attorney a re-
buke, in which was an accusation Of
crime. He said.
IF am interrupted again. Mr.. Met
son, will send you to jail. You would
be engaged in better business if you
were asking this Court 10 set day 10
inquire into an accusation made against
you here that you wilfuliy and delib-
erately attempted TO tamper with and
influence a witness in this case
Nelson's reply would have been &C
counted a challenge TO mortal combat
not many years ago. It was:
Il am ready TO meet any charge
that your honor may make in court or
without, and I take exception to your
remarks
Let me say to you, Eugene Z.
Schmitz," again Dunno began, with
out noticing what Metson had said,
that you have by your wilful. crimi-
nal act. so a jury Of your fellow citi-
zens has declared. broken that conf
dence and betrayed that trust
SCHMITZ AGAIN TALKS.
But schmitz was talking at the same
time:
I now repeat again that I am here
to receive sentence. and not q lecture. "
he cried, and from the back @ tha
courtroom came a hiss.
Sti1 Dunno refrained from the meth
DDS that have stilled many q noisy
prisoner in the dock Going on, he
said:
Therefore. it may be said that the
penalty which the law permits in this
case 10 be inflicted, is hardly sufficient
10 meet the demands of justice Il
may be suggested, however, that By
your conviction you lose the respect
and the esteem of al good citizens;
that You are Inundated in the knowl-
edge that your career Of hypocrisy, du-
plicity and dishonor has been exposed,
and that you stand
Have I any rights as an American
beloved Schmitz. stopping the Judge
Must I receive this humiliation from
he Court when I am here not asking
eniency2 I am asking you 10 do your
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