The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-10-14
DISTRICT COURT MOTION
BORDERS ON SENSATIONAL
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grand jury procured the attendance
of said Loud for the purpose of seek
ing said LIQUIDS advice upon legal
matters, and of having said Loud
draw indictments against this de-
PENDANT, and allowed said Loud to
remain in said grand jury room
while said jury was examining
witnesses, and that said Loud, with
full KNOWLEDGE of the denial of said
request by this court, entered said
jury room and voluntarily assisted
said grand jury in drawing said
indictments.
Afiant further says that the
charging part of said indictment is
the work of said Loud, who was at
one time county attorney of said
Beltrami county; that in order to
deceive said court, and to convey to
said court the impression that said
indictment was the work of members
of the grand jury and not the work
of a person skilled in such matters,
said Loud omitted to place the
names of the witnesses upon said
indictment, and neglected to have
said indictment signed and endorsed
by the foreman of said grand jury;
and that said indictment was re-
turned into said court with the
aforesaid omissions, for the purpose
of deceiving said court as aforesaid.
That said indictment was there
upon handed back to the foreman
of said grand jury with instructions
from said court to add the names
of the witnesses and otherwise per-
feet the same.
Afhant further says that as he is
informed, and verify believes, said
Loud and certain members of this
grand jury conspired together prior
to the finding of said Indictment,
and that said indictment is the
result of a malicious conspiracy
between said Loud and certain un-
scrupulous members of said grand
jury, and is not based upon com.
petent evidence introduced before
said grand jury as provided by law.
Afiant further says that said
Loud has for more than one wear
last past, harbored in his breast a
most violent hatred for this Defend
ant which said hatred was caused
from the following facts, viz: That
in the month of June, 1908, this
affiant as justice of the peace,
tried case entitled City of Be-
midi VS.. Roy Petrie,' in which
saio case the said Loud represented
the defendant, who was charged
with keeping a house of prostitution
in said city, and in which said
cause this defendant, as justice of
the peace as aforesaid, found said
defendant, Koy Petrie, guilty of the
crime charged, and assessed the
fine of 500 and costs against said
Roy Petrie.
That said Loud was very much
incensed al the decision rendered
by this affiant as aforesaid, and in
the course Of discussion relative
to taking an appeal in said cause,
said Loud attempted to abuse and
intimidate this afiant, whereupon
this ah6ant in defense of himself.
vehemently rebuked said Loud.
That, at that time, the fact
was generally known to the re-
sidents of Bemidji that said Loud
was very intimate with one Mrs.
Ethel E. Blake, a keeper of house.
of prostitution in the Village of
Nymore in said county, and that
this afiant in the course of the re.
Duke administered to said Loud as
aforesaid, referred to said Loud as a
pimp,' which said reference caused
said Loud to grow very red with
anger; that said Loud, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he appeared on the
public streets in the company of
said prostitute, resented the I'M