Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-02
EDwA..D F. MYLlus, WHO c'Hoo'
LATED STORY THAT BRITISH
SOVEREIGN HAD MoRGANA''c
WIFE, CONVICTED.
PLEADS OWN CASE
BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE
pR,.oNER DEMANDED THAT KING
GEORGE BE SUMMONED AS WIT
NESS, BUT COURT ovERRuLED
HIS PLEA.

london. Feb. AFTER brlef pro-
oaadinos TODAY a special jury before
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone' cieareu at
,>inr George Of inputatlons aains'
his personal character by nndlng ~,
ward f. Mylius guilty OF clrcula'lis a
nuel. Mylius was sentenced " ono
years Imprisonment.
Nvlius was. charge Win ols'ripue
ing in England copies OF 'The Llnera.
tor paris publication edited by
Edward H. James and in which u was
alleged that his majesty, While Prince
of Wales had contracted a morganatlc
marriage with the elder daughter OF
ADMIRAL Sir Michael Seymour a. Malta
in 1890. bova
the king summoned as witness WIFI
wa. refused on constitutional GROUNDS.
After sentence had been passed SIT
Rnfus read letter signed by King
George and authorizing the attorney
seneral to state publicly that the
writer had never been married except
to Queen Mary; had never ''ai s''ne sll
through marriage ceremony ekcyp.
with the queen; and that ne Wouiu
have attended the proceedings 10 glve
evidence to this effect except Iroln
the advice of the law offices OF the
crown that it would be unconstltutloh-
al for him to do 50.
The Liberator Is small sheet pup
lished in Paris, its editors belng Ea-
ward H. James, who formerly was a
legal practitioner in the United States.
A copy of this paper circulated IN inns
country contained an alleged sed1tlous
statement and revived the story
which the Archbishop of Canterbury
once denounced from the pulpit
Prisoner Defends Self.
anon. the notables present was
Home Secretary Winston Churchlll.
The crown was represented by Sir
John A. Simon, the secretary general;
Sir Rufus Isaacs, the attorney gem
eral: and Public Prosecutors Royatl
and Muir The latter conducted the
prosecution of DR.. Hawley H. Crippen,
who was convicted OF the murder OF
his wife, Belle Gilmore, the actress.
Opposing this brilliant array OF coun-
sci was no one but the defendant nlm-
self, who elected to conduct his own
case It is understood he asked that
King George be subpoenaed as Wit
ness but this was not permitted.
After the formalities of opening the
proceedings were concluded. Myllus
began his case by demanding the re-
turn of his private letters. which ne
asserted had been seized in gross vlo-
lation of his legal rights. He then
said:
az wish to ask whether the king is
nresent. / demand his presence be-
cause every accused person has the
right to be confronted by his accusers,
and secondly, because in libel action
the nrose cutor must be in court in or
oder that the defendant may see him;
and third, because there is no proof
that the prosecutor is at present alive :
Chief Justice Alverstone replied:
"That has already been the subject
of an application before me and you
know perfectly well that the king can
not be here"
The Alleged Libel.
Sir Rufus then opened the prosecIl-
tion. He said the alleged libel attacked
the kings honor and was intended to
lower him in the esteem of right
minded citizens. The libel, he said.
was of the grossest character and
charged his majesty with having con-
tracted shameful marriage at Malta
in 1890 with the daughter of Admiral
Sir Michael Seymour, by which there
had been an offspring and that his
majesty had "foully abandoned this
lady in order that he might marry the
princess. The charge had been re-
peated thrice, first on November 20.
and last in an article entitled "Sancti-
fed bigamy," which said:
1--WE were offered spectacle of i'm
morality, of sickly, beastly monstrosity.
The king had committed the crime Of
bigamy with the completely Of the
prelates of the anglican church. He has
a superfuity of wives like sultan
Raising his voice and with dra-
matte gesture the attorney general ex-
claimed:
81 tell you at once that there is not
the faintest vestige of truth in those
statements"
Denial of Accusations.
Sir Rufus said he regretted the dis
advantage which his majesty suffered
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