The daily sentinel., 1909-06-26
ATTEMPT To INFLUENCE
JURY DENOUNCED AND
COURT ASKED TO ACT
Paper Guilty of Contempt of Court and
Insults jury and Attorneys---Hdrd
Fought Trial Ends Today
Officers Tell of Raiding Den

the attorneys for the defense.
Sheriff Schrader followed Under
sheriff Wallis and his testimony was
corroborative of that of Wallis. He
brought out few new features.
Chief of Police Watson came next.
He told of the raid He was then
put through a grilling cross exam
ination concerning the employment
of ShultZ and Hoodenpyle, who was
paying them, etc, the questions and
the answers being similar TO those
that characterized Watson's testi-
! mony in the trial of the Mexican girl
md the trial of the first gang of
alleged gamblers. Among other
things Watson said that he told Aid
erman McCary to let Shultz have $S4
and he would see that McCary got his
| money back. Shultz had testified
that he borrowed the $S4 from Nc
Cary
Officers Allison. Moss and Mccall
followed as witnesses for the prose-
cution They assisted in the raid.
After all OF the witnesses had been
introduced by the prosecution. on
direct examination, Attorney Welsh
for the defense, made motion to
dismiss the case on grounds involving
the entering into a conspiracy of de-
tectives to bring about the arrest
and convictions of persons.
After hearing the arguments.
/ Judge Sullivan overruled the motion
| A negro, not a defendant in this
trial, was the first witness for the
defense, he declared that he was at
| the Jones house the night of the raid
and that the only money on the table
was that in front of Shultz who had
| a hand in the game. He claimed that
no gambling was going on.
A Mexican was then introduced by
| the defense. AS he could hardly
speak English II was difficult to get
| his testimony. He declared that
| at the time the raid was made. He
declared that no gambling was going
| on.
| The defendants were then introduc-
| ed on the witness stand and each de-
MED having participated i'll a gamb-
| ling game on the night of June 20,
when the arrests were made.
The arguments will be heard in
the case beginning about O'Clock
and the case will get to the jury be-
tween and o'clock
| This morning at 10 O'Clock in the
county court the trial of the four
men charged with gambling was re-
sumed in the county court Before
the work of completing the jury was
taken up Attorney f. Barnard Welsh.
for the defense, addressed the court
| tatiDg that he desired to bring the at
tention of the court to an act of inter
ference with the actions of the court
At once the deputy district attorney
attempted to prevent Attorney Welsh
from making the desired statement
in the presence of the jury but Judge
Sullivan promptly overruled the OBJ
lection and Attorney Welsh was told
to proceed.
| Attorney Welsh in a brief but most
vigorous and convincing, talk, free of
| bitterness but emphatic in its denun-
Citations, informed the court that the
morning paper had wilfully and in a
most dastardly manner attempted to
try the case in progress out of court.
attempted to influence the minds of
the jurors in the box and those who
might be called and had in a most
outrageous manner been guilty of
contempt of court.
Attorney Welsh declared that un-
der the law it is the duty of the dis
| trict attorney to protect the court.
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