The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1912-02-29

An information. signed by General
n. c. Miller and Samuel G. McMul-
lin, formed the basis of the trial, and
| is given in full below.
Shortly after l o'clock Judge Sui
livan ordered Deputy Sheriff A. j.
Peck to call Miss Hibbs into the
court room for stenographic work.
She came in to find practically every
| lawyer in Grand Junction present
either as a spectator or attorney.
At the order of the court, Deputy
Sheriff Peck opened court in stentor-
ian tones while the spectators rear
| ranged themselves before the bench.
General Miller arose and in solemn
words read the following Indictment,
announcing that ii was at the in
stance of the Mesa County Bar AS
ISOLATION that the matter had been
taken up:
INFORMATION.
state of Colorado, County of Mesa,
50.
''In the County Court.
do,
VS..
''Lottie l.. Hibbs, defendant.
''Of the December term of the coun-
ty court within and for the county OF
Mesa, in the sixth judicial district of
the state of Colorado, in the year OF
Our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and twelve.
BE it remembered, that the bar
association of Mesa county, Colorado,
| by its grievance committee, who pro-
secutes on behalf of the people OF the
state of Colorado, comes into court,
at this December term thereof, ana
| by leave of the court first had ana
obtained and in the name and by the
authority of the people of the state
| of Colorado, gives the court to I'M
| derstand and be informed that Lot
| tie l.. Hibbs, of the county of Mesa
and state of Colorado, on or about
the first day OF February in the year
| OF our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twelve, the same being then
ana there Leap year, at and within
the county and state aforesaid did
then and there seek and secure an
appointment as deputy clerk of the
county court of Mesa county, Colo
RADIO, then and there falsely pretend
ing and representing that she would
remain a spinster tor a long period
| OF time, to-wit: many years, until it
became manifest that she was i'm
mune from Cupid's darts, and thus
guarantee the faithful and contin-
ued performance of the duties and
labors of said Office; and, soon after
obtaining the aforesaid position, and
| in utter disregard of her pledge and
duty in that behalf, and with the in
tention then and there wantonly and
wilfully to avail herself of the ad-
vantages and opportunities of Leap
year, and thereby escape her afore-
said official duty and obligation to
the public heretofore assumed and
pledged voluntarily, did purposely
receive the attentions and company
of one John Doe, whose real name is
to this grievance committee I'M
known, but whose person, reputation
and intentions are well known; and
that her willful abandonment of her
purpose and promise TO remain sin
gle as aforesaid, and her willful as
sumption of the obligation of be-
trothal to the aforesaid John Doe,
were all undertaken without legal ad-
vice and with the unlawful intention
| then and there to- rob and defraud
4 the lawyers of their just fees, ana
with the intention and purpose to
encourage others to enter into con-
tracts concerning the most important
affairs of life without taking Legal
advice, and so intending to ruin ana
| destroy the legal profession, and
with the further intention to show
said profession contemptuous dsre-
spect, whose confidence she had won,
long enjoyed and ruthlessly betrayed :
and, so, this committee, upon due re-
Election and consideration, does here
| by charge the aforesaid Lottie l..
Hubs then and there with the offense
OF deserving the said office contrary
to her promise and agreement ana
with the intention to rob the Legal
| profession of its profits and emolu-
ments contrary to the form of the
statute in such case made and pro-
vided, and against the peace and Dig
nifty of the same people of the state
of Colorado.
The Grievance Committee of the
Mesa County Bar Association,
by n. c. Miller, Its Attorney"
No sooner had he sat down than
F. Barnard Welch was on his feet
with a series of objections to the in
formation. He quoted Shakespeare,
Caesars Gaelic War and Blackstone 3
Commentary to prove his point. He
urged the eXtenuating circumstances
in the case and pleaded for mercy in
behalf of his client.
At this juncture Samuel n. Berry
appeared and made the startling
charge that the whole matter was a
conspiracy framed up by n. c. Mil
Ter, William Weiser and George Bull
lock, all bachelors, as'a act of ven
Seanee for failure to entrap the de-
PENDANT in their own traps. He as
serted that ii was a diabolical plot,
and also quoted largely from refer
ence books on religion and matri-
mony.
Mr.. McMullin, as one of the arch
accusers, declared that it was time
that the court did something to stop