The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-30
Attorney for the Anti-Saloon
League Says Fox and Jes-
sup Are Worthy of Praise
For Their Efforts.
"THICK SKULLED" JURY
RIDICULED FOR ACTION
Rally Held at Friends Church
To Boost Interest in Pro-
posed County Local Option
Election.


"I have learned that the people in
Wayne county have just completed
blind tiger prosecution and that the
jury failed to convict the man, and as
o result Judge Fox has been severely
censured. Judge Fox issued clean in
structions as could have been given a
jury and it is no fault of his that the
man was not convicted"
The words are those of those E. w.
Mintern, attorney for the Indiana An
ti-Saloon league, who spoke at the
temperance rally, held at the East
Main Street Friends church yesterday
afternoon. Despite the inclement
weather conditions there was a large
audience. The best known temper
ance workers of the city and county
were present. The rally was the eli
max to the local observance of tenn
perance Sunday as a world event. Mr..
Mintern is a well known legal practi-
tioner, and is thoroughly acquainted
with the blind tiger" statutes, ana
other phases of the law that deal with
temperance.
Mr.. Mintern read the instructions to
the jury that were given by Judge Fox
in the case of the State vs. Jones, and
made comments: I'm the second count
1t was not necessary to prove that the
man had the liquor for sale.' said the
speaker 1T is the fault of the thick
skulled scatter-brained jury for accept
ing such absurd pleas that were made
at the trial, as the sixty-eight bottles
of beer for medicinal purposes
Continuing, he said:
'"The officers are doing their duty.
The mere possession of the liquor, the
law says. shall be evidence that it was
for unlawful purposes. The attorney
is doing his duty and should be highly
praised. and l am told by a reliable
source that the reason the jury failed
to convict was because they did not
believe the defendant should have a
Jail sentence. These men are bigger
than the government of the state. They
hold themselves as greater than the
recent legislature at Indianapolis, aft
er the judge had instructed the jury
by saying the court would enforce
their decision. 1t was their duty to
convict him. But they didn't because
they thought the sentence too severe.
Should not the man who prepares a
place to run a blind tiger. and at the
time knows that he is preparing to vi
olate the Law. receive a punishment
more severe than the man who has a
license and sells one glass on Sunday
But those jurymen said no. that the
Jail sentence was to severe and the
trial ended in a disagreement
The people of Wayne county should
congratulate themselves on having a
man like Judge Fox at the head of
the law Of this county, and a man like
Wilfred Jessup who is willing and
anxious to prosecute all men who vio-
late the blind tiger law.
Mr.. Mintern explained the remon-
STRANGE law and the different phases of
the county local option. This proved
very interesting to those who were
present
Other Men Gave Views.
DR.. Goeben. an ex-president Of De-
Pauw University, was the next speak
er. and in part said: LAS citizen,
teacher and father, l am interested in
the county local option question. and I
feel that have gained everything by
coming to Richmond and listening to
Mr.. Mintern. At Grcencastle there
are nine saloons in the first ward The
new court house is near, the college OF
DePauw is near and We consider the
saloons there a disgrace.
THE saloonists advance the argll-
ment of personal liberty. But it is not
so. Good is good and it can't be 9th.
erwise, and it is the duty to promote
the welfare'o God and adopt all those
enterprises that will close these cess
pools of iniquity. County local op-
ton will be very great advance in
the state of Indiana for the protection
of our boys and girls and the. well be.
ing OF society
The Rev. E. S. Shumaker. the fore
most of the Anti-Saloon workers OF
Indiana gaveA a very interesting talk
on the economic side of the Temperance
question. Mr. Shumaker said that
all the liquor used in the United States
for the year of 1906 would make a
river 90 feet wide, 10 feet deep and 93
miles long. This means that the
amount of money spent would amount
to 81 500 100000
In Indiana alone there is something
over S444,oo0 spent for this infamous
traffic. We have the better argument
On the saloon men, both from the NOR.
al and the.economic standpoint and II
will be.with these two things that we