The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-29

would be circulated in the court
room and about the court house In
Marion county, where the cause was
then pending and would be there
read by the citizens Of Marion county
and others within your judicial dis
trict
your complainant SAYS that such
publications are gross libels on your
honor as presiding Judge and gross
libols on this court and have a ten-
dency to Interfere with the admins
tration of justice in your court; that
said malicious and libelous matter
has u tendency TO insult and in
timldate your honor, degrade the
court. destroy its power and Influence
and thus bring it into contempt; and
has tendency to influence the pre-
iudice Of the people against your
honor and this court. and lead them
to believe that said cause for hearing
in this court is being conducted 10y
your honor as part OF a conspiracy
to wreck property which had
been going wonderfully well un-
dor the receiver appointed by the
court of common pleas of franklin
county and to cause the public TO
believe that YOU are about to he i'm.
penchcd in the Franklin courts with
John c. Webb and George Whysall
for such conspiracy
Wherefore your complainant re.
spcctfully asks this court to takc the
necessary steps To inquire into and
ascertain whether It be true that said
Harry West caused to- be published
and circulated such lbelous articles
respecting this court and It's p-csid.
ing judge, and take such steps as
may be deemel best for the punish-
ment of said Harry West in the pre-
mlscs for contempt If II be found
true that he did so as aforesaid cause
said articles to be so, as aforesaid,
published and calculated as af1rc-
said"
West May he cited. I
lrJnddiatcfy aftor ca aAing att,si
tion to this complaint Judge Babst
made few statementsuthat may b6
taken TO mean a great deal fIe shd
that he was at % loss for language
to flttingly express his opinion and
didn't exactly know how To- characte
he the affair. lie said OF course the
statements were unfounded and I'M.
true and constituted a serious rciIcc.
''on upor The INTEGRITY of the court.
He was sorry Mr., West was not pres
ent.
j. w. Jacoby and John ". Clark
were thercupon appointed COM
mittee to investigate and the court
would "a
report and for Mr. West To appear
and show cause why he should not
be punished for contempt.
May Arrest Turner.
But this didn't conclude the sonsa-
tional proceedings of the day. About
II o'clock Ray G. Oswald. secretary
to George Whysall appeared before
Justice Charles E. Gompf and filed
an affidavit for tho arrest of Earl
Turner who Is charged with having
spirited the original petition and
answer away from Marion on tho
night before the papers were filed
In tho Franklin county cour.s. The
affidavit follows.
THAT on the second day of August
1903, one Earl II. Turner, late of the
county az Marion and state of ohio
then ana there being. then and there,
on said second day Of August 1909,
In the city of Marion, county of Ma
ron and state of Ohio, as attorney for
one Newton j, Catrow did then ana
there begin AN action In the court Of
common pleas of Marion county, Ohio.
wherein said Newton j. Catrow was
rlaintiff, and the Columbus, Delaware
& Marion Railway company was de-
fendant, by the Ming of petition
duly verified in said court, and theD
aud there caused and procured the
said defendant to then and thc9e file