The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-06-11
.SLOCUM HANDS
IN RESIGNATION
Court Commissioner Decides to Accent
Alternate Of Crimminal
Prosecution.
FINED PRISONER WITHOUT
TRIAL OR PROCESS OF LAW
Arrested E. E. Good Without Warrant
Made Him Pay $3.50 or
Go to Jail. F

Maoe him ray 9O.CV or
Go to Jail. +
Court Commissioner, M. G..
Slocum has sent in his resignation to
the district court. The resignation
is direct outcome Of the illegal
prosecution and filming last Saturday
of E. E. Good, a razor man who has
been in Bemidji few days. Mr..
Slocum was told that he could resign
or be prosecuted criminally, so he
handed his resignation TO County
Attorney McKusick who at once
forwarded it.
Slocum has been in trouble before.
Last fall he was indicted by the
grand jury, but he was not prose-
euted. A complaint was then made
to the attorney general and Slocum's
removal was asked. The matter
finally went to the governor but was
dismissed, z.. .'. e. T +
It has been limited many times
that things were not as they should
be in Slocum's court, but the charges
have not been substantiated. In
the case Of Good, however, the
Pioneer has been able to ger his
affidavit to statements of the way
in which he was taken5in by Slocum
and fined without trial. or due pro-
cess Of law. $50 ". .
zesJudae -Slocum is<nois alnne in the
work and it is not improbable that
there will be startling developments
in the case next week. Following is
the affidavit given by:Mr. Good:
Saturday June 4, Judge Slocum
had applied to me few days before
to have some razors sharpened.
I went to his Office between 4 and S
Saturday, but he was over at the
Markham. I found him in the bar
room. asked him if he had those
razors that he wished to have fixed
up. He said that he did not but
he would get them the first part of
this week.
Then he asked the bar tender
if he had any dull razors that he
wanted fixed up. The bar tender
said that he had no razor to be
fixed, but that would like to get a
good one, and asked me what kind
of razors I handled. I said that
I him I handled the Clauss razor,
made in Fremont, Ohio. He said
to- bring some Of them over, that he
would like to have a look at them.
I then went over the store, where
have my headquarters, but when I
got there the clerk gave me a razor
that had been left to be fixed.
/ first honed the razor and then
took a few of the Clauss razors over
to the bartender. He purchased
one and paid me $I.5O. Mr.. Slocum
wanted to treat and put SO cents on
the bar and said IF this is not
enough here is some MORE and put
down another quarter. I told him
that it was my treat and paid the
bartender IS cents for the drinks.
Mr.. Slocum then said Come
over to my office, ! want to see you
there On the way over he said,
You are peddler.' said that
was not because / had business
place and headquarters at A. b
Palmer's with a place for manufac.
turing razor straps and sharpening
tools of all descriptions.'
When we got to the office, he
sat down and took piece Of paper
and said, Give me one Of your bust
ness cards. He copied my name
from the card onto piece of paper
and said. Five dollars will settle
this. said that did not have
the money in my pocket at presenl
but if he would give me chance
would 20 and get it.
Mr.. Slocum left the chair ane
went to the phone and called u
deputy sheriff, Brose, and told hin
to come down. He hung up III,
receiver and said That will 81
/ q. so more, making $3.50" H,