The Irish standard., 1910-12-17
new ATTORNESYI IN DE|Tz CASE
WI lar TIVE DEFENSE HAS BEEN
Fi~hTING FOR.
Cameron Dam Man Expects Fair Play
AZ Hands Of New Ad.
n1inistration.

of counsel on one side and a change
of counsel with the exception of w.
B. Rubin on the other side, are the
developments in the Deitz case for
which the defense has been fighting
and seeking Postponement of the cases
until after the first of the year, accord
ing to Counsel Rubin.
After the first Monday in January,
the newly-elected district attorney, S.
]. Williams, will take charge of the
prosecution. Attorney Frank B. Lam
oureux. whose appointment by the
court was made only for the term Of
the district attorney, is slated to step
out of the case and Attorney General
Sturdevaat, who has been assisting,
may step out Of his own will.
Attorney Williams is declared an
anti-company man. His troubles with
the lumber companies, which are said
to exert controlling interest in the
government of Sawyer county, date
back to the time when four years ago
Mr.. Williams had the Office Of county
judge in Sawyer county and was also
the secretary of the county board Of
education.
Deprived Of One Office.
Certain interests which were against
him at the time brought about his re-
moval from the Office of secretary Of
the board Of education after residents
of Hayward had consulted Attorney
General Sturdevant at Madison who
advised Governor Davidson to remove
him on the grounds that the two Off
ces were incompatible. Shortly after
this time, when the new Wisconsin
municipal court went into effect, Judge
Williams was advised that his office
as county judge was appointed over
his head by the governor. This was
followed by refusal ON the part of
The state to pay his back salary for
period of Is months on the ground
that Mr.. Williams had been illegally
put in Office, the attorney general rul-
ing that his services were illegal.
When, four years ago, Mr.. Williams
was made q candidate by the RepubH-
can ticket for county attorney, it is
charged the lumber company decided
to elect F. L. Mcnamara to that posi-
ton and had him placed on the ticket
five days before the election by the
Democratic county committee After
a short and thorough campaign,
wherein the whole county was covered,
Mcnamara was elected and Mr.. Will
Jams was again put out.
Five months or 80 ago MCNAMARA
resigned. He accepted a position at
Chippewa Falls as attorney for the
Chippewa Lumber & Box company.
whose interee's in Sawyer county are
numerous Then it was that tbe pres
ert district attorney, J. c. Davis, who
fas sprung into prominence In the
Deitz affair, came into the case. Mr..
Davis came here from Madison, wsere
he was in the employ of the Airing
Lumber company, and he was appoint
ed district attorney of Sawyer county
by Governor Davidson at the interces-
sion of the lumber corporations, 1t is
said.
To create the position which Mr..
Mcnamara took at Chippewa Falls the
previous holder Of the position, who
has been district attorney of this coun-
ty, was transferred to another posi-
ton.
Fred Clark the new sheriff, who
two years ago had the office of sheriff
here was succeeded by Sheriff Mad
den, who will move out again in favor
of Clark Jan. 1, is said to be friend
of the Deitz family.
When he was in Office, District At
torney McNamara used every effort to
get Clark to go out after Dietz and
Ne finally went to the clearing and
with horse. made an attempt to take
the outlaw, but the men realized that
Deitz could Withstand long siege so
they returned. Clark went to see
Deitz alone and had long talk with
him, with the esult that he never
again molested the Cameron dam man.
Mr.. Deitz looks for fair play at the
hands of the new administration.
XMAS FOR STRIKERS, chu roeN