Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1914-07-01
COMERFORD BEATS STATES
ATTORNEY IN RACE FOR
AFF|OAWTS Of HATE
5l2 ADMISSIONS SHOW PREJUDICE
AGAINST PERSON; 476 DENY 1T
Change Of Venue Now Up To Judge Cochran


Ia, - oaii fefs"n '@es"d last saturday night.
IT, sthf".s attorney has led canvass through
IT. 9"unb nf i"Alti In uu'-t u afndasits t.
k."p Editor Person from get'1ng change ef
Nrhn' tf"m Illinois CentrsI-,'nirOlled Dew,it
eouuIt
Tho sheriff anil his deputies hav. been par Il
't' .tat.'~ attornes n"ld cups The infIu.ne.
~ the two most powerful Officers nf Dewitt
'"hntt las he.n at work IN "A desperate effort
- force Can Person To trial for his life before
ct Jury IN county whore the outspoken sentiment
la been that Person l. labor aEtator ana
should he hanged IN the ,tS Of Clinton th. county
sal Of l.Nitf county, where the is
employee Of tn. Illinois c.nttsi In tn. county In
which the shrtifrs son Is a strikebre2ker in tn.
employ of the Illinois Central-in the county In
which the sh,riff denied Person tn. right To hav.
his photograph taken that the evidence OF the
brutal beating given to him could b. pre- scented To
tn. Jury that would pass upon his rixht 10 i've
ia IN. county In which the states attorney called
Person murdered In open court. although the
Jaw of the state presumes the defendant to be
tnn"eent until proven guilty-in the county In
which Person was compelled to languish In jail
for over five month"; until by unprecedented
reach out from Chicago nearly 200 miles away and
bring the editor to the bar of the criminal court
Of Cook county where Chief Justice Walker
ier-i his releas. on ball.
Hitter Opvs.sssss Proves PreJsAse-
Were there doubt a. to the pr.judice-th. vigof-
ous. positive prejudice. seeking Persons life the
butter contest Of the states attorney to prevent
Person getting a trial for his III. In county
Other than Dewitt removed all doubt. Surely law
in It's cruelest and most unmer ereiful
does not mean the taking from defendant the
right to be tried In q county free from all
trial lie 10 willing to stand In the prisoners dock
with his life as an offering. lie only asks tn.
chance to be heard by unprejudiced ears. surely
this request 10 not a plea for favor.
Tn. great state of Illinois. in whose name ALL
prosecutions are started. 10 not blood mad Neither
IN" indifferent to the rights OF the least OF her
citizens. who may face trial In her courts I'LL
to gain by placing her trials Of human beings
above suspicion. II Person Is guilty, the state
then. this costly and bitter FIGHT to keep Person
from getting a change OF venue.
We Wss-Si5 - ere
The defense filed over 500 affidavts of preju-
every township IN the county. These citizens
s~ore that the prejudice against Carl Person In
positive. that he could get u fair trial IL tried
In Dewitt county The defens. WAS compelled to
the states attorney said he would use every means
AT his command To compel Person to go to trial
In Dewitt county
Tn" states attorney has filed as affidavi's.
These anidavits TO the effect that Carl Psrson
can get a fair trial In Dewitt county The defens.
has beaten the rtates attorney at his own game
by over forty affidavits and this too without the
Influence and power possessed by the prosecution
In this case.
se.e Cssss~.s nssses THss OsAes.
The Clinton Morning Journal reports the states
attorney saying that his affidavits. although
are made by more responsible and better citisens
The prosecutor boasts that 80 business OF
same business men that Carl Person. In his sworn
petition said were friendly to organised labor
when the shops at Clinton union shops, but
now since ciinton has become = strikebreakers'
camp. these business men who do business with
the strik-breakers bitter toward organized
labor and Intensely friendly to their strtkebreakrr
patrons
L. This Ppstoltevf
one Of these business men who signed aff-
davit swearing that there was no prejudice axainrt
Person In Dewitt county and that he could get a
fair and impartial trial In Clinton. said IN q
= picture Of csral Person published In
the Chicago Tribune on the day Person
leased by Judge walker. that the only thing tn.
picture of Person lacked a rope around his
neck. This is splendid sample of the unpre
JUDGED prejudice of the business men OF Clinton
The "Hessrssse- states Assss.sy
The states attorney 10 honorable man \
"a o be states attorney must be honorab blr
man IL would be unklnd Ia write that he Is less
and YOU notice that IL does him justice. II Is
written with . capital II" A specimen of tn.
honor Of this honorable man is found In the Cln
Morning Journal In II the Honorable StAies
Attorney. having failed to many affi-
dasIts the defense. charges that the defense.
and IN conversations II IL reported that he means
Attorney Com.rford. secured Its affIdAsit. by max
ing Recommendations TO the citizens who signed
affdat1ts for the defense
II. world lnN.s a good loser. even IN
hunt
Do~. TAts Mako Noa rAtsks
Tno citizens who signed affi6avit. for the Dc
:. 49, wearing that there is prejudice In the
county against Person and whose affdaVtts
nn file the circuit court. have been Sisited
SIN. hy the prosecution An1 lave made affidaNIt-
thai th"tr is prejuliee ami these sffdasits
baet been filed hv the prosecutor
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