The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-29
The County 4ndit Cases

The action Of the criminal court the remaining ndie
against the Ans boys and $ Denham eo chapter u lne -
viii doubt be reca o me poIucans ~"
figured most prominently in II with no little regret
he sucEest kind Of ucrakers the land This oppo
niy va seized By politicians and worked for all Il Roaa
yield in thay Of personal Of the SANDER promoters
Chief among smoohbore Raymond Maxwell then judge
a. e criminal codr Two regularly jures the matter
careful consideration d anyone Without an indictment
called special grand jury cOmpasant than the regular
bodies and indcng A. Lang J. G. Lang ana .
Deuhan Mr. Denham should be indicted
sheriff under whom he served deputy had closed ms
wears before for years The prominence OF nj
penbam in political affairs made douby important that ne
indicted Thwas done al he instance one Da W.
was picked up in and pat the grand jury not having
been juror nube Of men on the grand Jury maze
that there was no evidence before t1as O0os justly ~
Indictment -
tried upon Indictments and acquitted promptly without onen
single word OF testimony At that time the state tax
commissioner stated before that he would never go TO @
Upon any indictments and would cause tne 70 PC
This was never done They the political ends
VIII procured them could further trial and Judge
Maxwell would indictments be dismissed They were
A. the November 1871 term trial had one Of the
arans John Lang and the possible that the
go, d make was presented TO the jury prompt aequi
al The great power generals office was called INTO ms
a., go t , showed TO the satisfaction that no
conviction was to be expected of that trial the attorney genera
md the prosecuting Joined motion to dismiss the
ctnens Maxwell refused TO DO and entered an oq
mat The cases we're kept the request OF Fred o. qe %
tax commissioner further prosecute the
When the attention Blue called this statement ne mug
u9nfly 5.
RAYMOND Maxwell the Judge presiding the trial. was the real parry
secretly urging the prosecution The defendants were entitled
mi 5iscbare at the Of court In order to pre-
m and 70 deprive them under the law Maxwell ad
Ourned the OF III February and over INTO me
his successor unheard OF ghanded act but me p
Iica commitments OF perpetrators seemed TO demand
The state again went TO against Mr. Lang and after
mi, nvop Of latitude promptly acquitted the de-
This trial convinced Judge further pursuit Of these
parties would be persecution. that was time call halt On oaa
orders finally ending prosecutions which had long since
passed all reasonable bounds
Ffndey used these matters 10 sucn COCO puiP
o,b now installed in ONCE traduced character assaie
attacked and hearts wrung anguish but what Of that
view of the triumph Of the muckrakeFs
Judge Robinson highly commended for his many course ~
k member Of political party hostile that which the prosecuted men
o,p hut he is not willing be used for partisan purposes
or TO- gain personal ends contaed with Judge
calculated 10 make a Republicans blush with shame.
II is lust such caused thousand people
respect for the by their psecuonot people %
rerona political purposes Thank Heaven there arg
~ ~ MS tvpe upon ne court
All decent people rejoice this whole miserable business Is AZ az
md and hope that occupying high positions will not again allow per
@ hatred or political jaiousies the deph which they
laye gone n prosecutions t..Sf