The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-03
JUDGES OVERRIDE HUMPHREYS
Seattle Socialists Sent to jail Releas-
ed BY Other Court.


Seattle, Wash. - After Superior
Judge John E. HUMPHREYS had sent IL
men and six women to the county jail
Friday for contempt of his court, a
consultation Of other judges OF the
superior court was held and Thorwald
Siegfried, an attorney, who had prevl-
ously complained to the bar assocla-
ton of Judge HUMPHREYS excessive
use of the writ of injunction, was Sent
for by the judges and requested 10
apply for writ of habeas corpus lot
the prisoners.
Siegfried applied to Judge Smith TOT
the release of Glenn Hoover, attorney
for the Free Speech Defense League
and ex-assistant encouragement OF
Washington, and G.. M. Hodgson, one
of the signers of resolutions OF pro-
test" against HUMPHREYS injunctlons,
and they were released on their own
recognizance.
Both men, a short time before, had
been sentenced to pay fines for con-
tempt and in addition Hoover had
been forever disbarred'' by Hum
phries.
Judge Smith said he would release
all the prisoners who sought freeoom
on writs of habeas corpus. Judge
Smith said:
"It seems to me that the petitioners
clearly are entitled to their liberty
pending further hearing. They have
raised a question on which they are
entitled to be heard. There is no &C.
casion to allow these men to lie in jail
pending such hearing"
Judge HUMPHREYS was WrOth Wnen
he heard Of the consultation of his
fellow judges and the release or Two
of the prisoners. He made a state
ment denouncing the other judges.
envy fellow members of the bench
have conspired against me and have
fought me from the first. They were
against me in my campaign and they
are against me now. Judge Smith had
no right to shove in on this. The right
of habeas corpus does not apply in
contempt of court cases.
Glenn Hoover, attorney for the pris-
oners, was fined, disbarred and or
dered removed to Jail as soon as he
began to speak. Hulet Wells, another
defendant, an attorney, was disbarred
and fined without being permitted to
speak a word in self-defense.
Mrs. HUMPHREYS, secretary of So
cialist local, was dismissed with a
small fine, the judge saying he did not
wish to humiliate a member of his
own Scotch clan.
Mrs. William McNally stood up with
a baby in her arms. The judge said
he did not wish to send baby to Jail.
Never mind" the woman said bit
terly, "the baby is as guilty as l am. "
She was fined 500 and sent to Jail
with the baby and a little boy. The
woman's husband, a Spanish war vet
eran, also was fined 500 and sent to
Jail. Six women and two children are
in the county Jail.
During the judges lecture on the
evil of street-speaking he declared
that Albert R. Parsons, the anarchist
hanged in Chicago after the Haymark-
ct riots, was guilty of murder through
Indictment to riot
An elderly woman, dressed in black
standing on chair in the rear of the
courtroom, cried: '"That is untrue
He was an innocent man. I am Par.
sons widow" AS soon as Judge Hum.
phries 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'll find yourself
in the county JAIL"