Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-06
Philbrick regarding her daughters

schooling, and finally asked the inter
prefer if this court was in session to
discuss the school question She
said that Tina could have been sent
to school on the family's arrival in
town, but that they were busy getting
settled in their new home, and also
that Tina had said that she dill not
like to attend school in the city on
account of her advanced age, fearing
the ridicule of the younger children.
She said that she had had sort
of a premonition against the girls
working where she would be thrown.
more or less in the company Of Mrs.
Ross, and that she had, in fact, ex-
perienced a sort of an inspiration
from God" to that effect.
At this point court took recess un-
til 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Mrs. Haas occupied the stand again.
She said that she was AZ years old,
about years older than her husband
and was the mother of eight children.
The state then rested, and Attorney
Anger submitted the case to the court
without argument. Not so the de-
Tense, however For two solid hours
Mr.. Philbrick addressed the court in
behalf of his clients. He opened up
by stating that under ordinary circum
| stances he would not care to argue
the case, but that in view of the pre-;
ent and past conditions it would not
be fair to the defendants not to argue
it. The morbid curiosity of the peo
pie had been worked up to high
pitch in this case and that was the
reason that he spoke few words OF
suggestion to the court 1T has been
fed 1t has been nurtured. Why?"
He waited impressively for mo
ments. 81 know; so do you. 1t is
because the newspapers have tried
1 this case in advance. They should
not have done so,' he commended, "and
that is why the morbidly curious foe
to hear every little difficulty aired
in court"
f II the audience present was uneasy
to hear the finale of the case, he said,
it was because the case had been full
ly exploited. Now he wished to cite
law and wanted time to do IT,
1T is on account of the Bismarck
Tribune that so much morbid Curl.
osity is shown in this case" he con
| tinued, directing his glance to the
harmless Tribune reporter.
Mr.. Philbrick cited law for solid
hour, and then turned his attention
to reviewal of the evidence. H,
admitted that it was unlawful to in
1 terfere with the girl against the con
sent of her parents, but contended
that there was wide space between
an offiense of that kind and the peni
4 Tertiary He said that the girl was
just as we'll informed and had just as
thorough a knowledge of the world
as anyone else in the room. He re
viewed the testimony of each of the
| witnesses for the state and referred
/ to the large crowd of listeners pres
ent several times as "the morbidly
curious congregation whose magma
ton had been fired by newspapers &C
counts"
1 Mr. Anger, after Attorney Philgrick
4 had at length concluded his long adj
i dress, replied that as to the reference
to the morbid crowd his understand
ing was that the benches in the bach
of the court room were put there fol
morbid cowds,' and then cited
few laws in. favor of his side of the
), case.
The case has attacted almost uni
versal attention about the city, ant
the outcome CT the trial before thu
district court will be awaited with in
terts. 1t is thought by some tina
there is more to the case than wal
brought out in the preliminary hear