The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-03
LUCY PARSONS
BRANDS JUDGE
AS FALS|F Ter
Remarkable Scenes in Seattle
Court When Humphries
Sends Free Speech
Leaguers to Jail.
PRISONERS TO BE
RELEASED TODAY
Other Judges of Superior
Court Decide to Interfere
and Issue Writs of
Habeas Corpus.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 2.-After
Superior Judge John f. HUMPHREYS had
sent twelve men and six women to the
county Jail today for contempt of his
court, consultation Of other judges
of the superior court was held. Thor.
wald Siegfried, an attorney who pre-.
viously had complained to the Bar as
sociation of Judge Humphries s exces-
siye use Of the writ Of injunction, was
requested to apply for writ of habeas
corpus for the prisoners.
Siegfried applied to Judge Everett
Smith for the release Of Glenn Hoover,
attorney for the Free Speech Defense
| league and former assistant attorney
general Of Washington, and G. NJ.
Hodgson, one Of the signers of "reso-
lutions Of protest. against Judge
Humphries IS antistreet speaking in
functions, and they were released on
their own recognizance, Each had a
short time before been sentenced to
pay 500 fine for contempt, while,
in addition, Hoover had been forever
disbarred" by Judge Humphries and
Hodgson was sent to Jail for six
months.
Entitled to Be Heard.
Judge Smith said he would release
all the prisoners who sought freedom
on writs OF habeas corpus.
"It seems to me that the petition
ers are clearly entitled to their liberty
pending further hearing said Judge
Smith "They have raised a question
that they are entitled to be heard on.
There is no reason for allowing them
to lie in Jail pending such hearing"
Judge Humphries was very angry
when he heard of the consultation of
his fellow judges and the release of
two OF the prisoners He made state
ment to the press in which he de
noupced the other judges and declared
the right of habeas corpus did not ap-
ply in contempt Of court cases.
Remarkable Court Scene.
The scene in Judge Humphries g
court late today was remarkable. The
courtroom was Jammed to suffocatlon
and tho crowd interrupted and ap-
plauded frequently. Most of the pris-
oners when arraigned expressed anew
their contempt for tho judge and de-
fled him to do his worst. Glenn Hoo
YER, attorney for the prisoners, was
fined, disbarred and ordered removed
to jail as soon as he began to speak.
Attorney Hulet NJ. Wells, Socialist
candidate for mayor at the last cleo
ton, was disbarred and fined without
being permitted to speak word in
self defense.
Mrs Humphries, secretary Of So
calist local, was dismissed with n
small fine, the Judge saying he did
not wish TO humiliate member of his
own Scotch clan.
Mrs. William McNally stood up with
| baby in her arms. The judge said
| he did not wish to send n baby to jail,
HNever mind the woman said,
bitterly; "the baby Id as guilty rs
am.
Baby Sent to Jail.
She was fined 500 and sent to jail
| with the baby and little boy, The
| woman 's husband, Spanish war vet
eran. also was finod 500 and sent TO
| Jail. Six women and two children are
| in the county Jail tonight,
During the Judges lecture on the
evil Of street speaking he declared
! that Albert r. Parsons, the anarchist
hanged in Chicago after the Haymar-
ket riots, was guilty Of murder through
| incitemont to riot. An elderly woman
dressed in black, standing on a chair
in the rear of the courtroom, cried;
"That is untrue. He WAS an limo,
cent man 7 am Parsons s widow. -
| AS soon as Judge HUMPHREYS could
recover from his surprise, he shouted
to the woman, who was Lucy Parsons.
| "Widow or no widow, You had bet
ter keep quiet or you II find yourself
| In the county Jail.
| Judge Humphries expects to take up
the remainder of the cages tomorrow.
He has said that the supreme court,
which has issued two writs against
him, has no jurisdiction. Another list
of eighteen Signatures to the resolution
| of defiance was thrust into his hand by
an attorney while the judge was on
the bench today. making $50 in nll.
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