The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-08-22
URGE..D|EGLE.
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is no doubt that tremendous pres
sure has been brought 10 bear on
Diegle to keep him from spilling.
To intimate personal friends state
menn have been Imade' about the
close way In which he was guarded
,in view of these circumstances any
thing but n complete confession this
morning will be surprising. Diegle
may not know any direct bribery evil
dince, bu tho one imagines he was
about the senate chamber while crook
ca work was going on right and left
last winter. and good bills were be-
ing held upiand mixers pushed with
out learning aofew things. smo
Many Mysterious Things.
Mysterious happenings in the fa-
nous case began before the court,
August ., overruled the motion for n
new trial deferred the passing Of SEN
tence indefinitely At that time Judge
Kinkead handed down caustic OPP
inion severely criticising the conduct
of counsel and refusing to entertain
seriously the motion for a new trail
on that day Attorney John A. Egan
of Dayton. personal counsel for Diegle
had a serious disagreement with oth-
er attorneys In the case. according TO
reports They are Belcher and Con-
nor of Columbus and Con j. Mattern
OF DAYTON Egan, II Is said, In hun,
quit the others, who represent almost
the entire coterie OF indicted legisla-
tors. iNHin
INSTEAD he saw Attorney General
Hogan and Prosecutor Tdrner. Know
ing that his client had had his day in
court and that he was in n serious
danger, he offered to compromise. He
offered, it is declared, on what seems
TO be unimpeachable authority that
Diegle would tell a part of what he
knows. The offer was spurncd. t
To shield One Man. no q
II was this fact which Is said TO
have convinced the state OF one I'M
portant thing before suspected, tn9t
Diegle apparently wanted It. shleld
one man. That man is said II be n
state senator and close personal
friend of Diegle,
After the delay in passing sentence'
which was brought about AT the IN
stance of the state ON the theory that
Dlegle had agreed confess, Dleele
seemed no nearer than before to COM
ing across. According to me under
standing, he was to tell the whole
truth to a friend in Columbus.
Again a hitch occurred. DiHg.e II
Is said was willing 10 talk 10 tell al
except what he knew concerning the
legislative career of one man. Again
word went back that nothing hpi tne
truth would do. DiegGl last might
admitted he hal hn1 a conversation
with the man in 1desi)1, oai said IL
was about difse,11t mat'ir.
II could give leads without number
good ones" Diegle Is reported ia
have said "But as for direct eyiteHce
I can give very little. have my sus-
plcfons, though"
No Stay OF Execution.
IT was said last night that unless
Diegel tells what he knows he VIII be
in a convicts garb by this evening
This statement is on tht theory that
no stay of execution will be granted
While the case Is prosecuted TO the
circuit court.
In addition to the queer things that
have happened, the attitude OF
Diegels personal attorney, MIR, Egan'
Is puzzling. He Is now in California.
Before he left he had an understand
ing that sentence should not be pas
sed on Diegel until his return. Then
II was tated that he would not be
back until September IS, which Is
after the end OF the court term. The