The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-07-26

ell mayor because
Of tile confidence reposcd in him by the
masses, the convicted mayor interrupt
ed to say, 81 am here to receive SEN
tence at your hands, and not to be
Inundated by Il lecture which the
newspapers can repeat in print" The
Judge went or without replying and
said that Schmitz by his criminal act
had betrayed that trust. He added
that the real punishment would not be
80 much in the fact of imprisonment as
in the loss of respect and esteem of all
good citizens. Schultz again inter-
-nptcd,. saying he stood there as an
American citizen. not asking lcniency.
but demanding his rights, and that il
the judge had any self respect he
would proceed With sentence. The lat
Ter persisted. however, saying, You
MIl suffer the humiliation Of knowing
that your career Of hypocrisy, duplic-
tty and dishonor has been exposed
believed and honored you morally
naked, slamed and d%isgraced." 81 deny
that" cried SchmitZ: "the people know
how l was railruaded through"
Afterward in a statement he said he
would fight the Use to the last court
and that he would be a candidate for
mayor again next fall. The crowd
eheered the judges sentence.
Meyer and Haywood Testify.
The defense in the Haywood trial at
Boise 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 +. w. Bradley,
the former mine manager whom Or
ehard had included in his list Of at
tempted assassinations. LinfOrth,
owner of the apartments, had sued the
gas company for damages, and had
Brought numerous af1idavits to prove
that the explosion was caused by gas
leakage. Bradley himself swore that
he smelled the odor Of gas just before
the explosion occurred, and he attribut-
ed the ignition to his lighted cigar. He
vas an expert on the effect of dyna-
mite and giant powder and did not de-
sect the fumes Of either. Several de-
tails of Orchards story about this
incident We're directly co~ntradicted by
witnesses. One man had passed the
entrance to the Bradley house two min
ntes before the explosion and saw a
servant at work cleaning the porch.
The court excluded a part Of the evil
1ence 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
ehard. The court also excluded evil
dence offered by the defense to prove
chat MCFARLAND had tried to manufac-
lure testimony against Haywood.
President Meyer of the Miners fed
sration told his story of the events
connected with the organization of
which he is the head. With complete
assurance 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 a member Of
die federation. Meyer denied that he
hal v paid any money to Orchard.
He recounted his various experiences
during the strike period and was al
lowed to tell most of the circumstances
Of his arrest upon the Steunenberg
murder charge. Finally President Moy-
~ identified the entire official CORE
%spondence connected with the legal aid
offered by the federation to Orchard
when he was arrested on the charge Of
numbering Steunenberg. This was ex-
planned by the general policy Of the
federation to defend it's members when
accused Of crimes and also on the
ground that the federation was susp!-
sous Of Il conspiracy to connect Its