The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-09-18
STATES ATTORNEY
NASH RESIGNED
Ward County Official and
Assistant Decide to Leave
Employ of County.

Aiast, y. D.. Sept. 1s.-Taking the
etiaev county afieials, tho members of
the legal profession. and even his
mest Intimate friends entirely by sur
prise, Dudley l.. Nash rendered his
designation ia the board Of county
commissioners aa states attorney OF
WsEd county; Benjamin II. Bradford.
wha fer the past eighteen months has
SstsG as assistant state'a attorney, re-
signed to Mr.. Nash and the two men
left the employ of the county on the
saaaa day:
Attorney eoy:e Appointed.
4 special meeting of the county
eeasaissionera had becn called. m
mediately after organizing. Mfr. Brad
fard handed to Chairman Glein the
resignation at MIR. Nash and himself.
Both designations were accepted at
once
Unsn snetien Of Commissioner H.
4: Fiurd, seconded by Commissioners
ta:asy John J.. coyle to succeed Mr..
Nash was accepted. Mr.. coyle was
feuested ia qualify NJ once. and the
beard to give MIR. Coyle an opportu-
nifty Of perfccting his bond and quail
flying.
Nash Gives f<easons.
The mex. three months will he
among the busiest the legal fraternity
isne experienced for two or three
years." said Mr.. Nash. They will
also be busy months ror the states
attorneys office and the work of that
eflce would necessarily occupy a
sln.e. Az 1t IS. our firm has been
obliged TO sacrifice a great deal of
business during the last few months
on q Of the work of the states
attorneys OFF,, and We 90 not feel
that We could afford 70 DO il during
the next three months.
lowing 10 the fact that the farmers
are very busy JUST row and will ne for
some time and Judge Leighton hopes
to hold terms Of court in the other
three counties in the district before
holding the next one in Minot. there
will be no Jury term in this city until
TO he elected mex November will
therefore have TO prosecute all GRIM
inal cases at the next term so Mr..
Bradford and I We're LETT with an
excellent opportunity to resign at this
time. Our reasons for resisning.
therefore. are purely business. as YOU
can see. We canno a1ord to retain
the office only three months longer"
Coming. as it did. SO entirely unex-
pected and SO shortly before the cleo
ton and qualification of a regularly
elected successor. Mr.. MASKS resig-
nation caused a profound sensation.
Nash Has Made Good.
Mr.. lash was nominated by the re-
puhlicans. of the county in the June
primaries in 1908 and elected the fol-
lowing fall. He was renominated and
reelected without opposition in 1910.
He was formerly a resident of East
Grand Forks. Mimi. and his parents
are still located there.
Since assuming the duties of the
office of states attorney nearly four
years ago. Mr.. Nash has made an en-
viable record. Less than two per
during his incumbency were lost and
only twice did he lose cases appealed
to h supreme court The first Of
these was the "Ki]lhooley'' Kelly case
where a technically arose over the
division of Minot and North Minot
and the other being the decision of
the supreme our holding that Ward
county did not have the right to abate
taxes in the city of Minot. In the lat
ter case. Mr.. Nash furnished the
county commissioners with an opin-
ion which was later upheld by the de-
cision of the supreme court. The
NNO however, Ql0
not agree. and Mr.. Nash was forced
to defend the action of the county
commissioners in the supreme court.
During his incumbency DR.. Thor
Moeller was twice convicted Of muir.
der In h second degree: L. w. Dale
was convicted of m~anslaughter; D.
NJ. Noah was convicted Of murder
and sentenced to life imprisonment:
Gus Johnson was convicted Of man
slaughter n sentenced to ten wears
In the ~penitentiary M a number Of
other important criminal actions tried
and won by Mr.. Nash.
To Mr.. Nash also belongs much
credit in connection with the salts
factory settlements reached between
Ward county and the other counties
which were originally a part of the
county. The division of the county
occurred during Mr.. Nash's admins