The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-04-02
COURT WARNS
GANGSTERS
Judge Anderson Will Pro-
tect Defendants.
Defense Witness "Fizzles" EN-
barrassing Attorney A. 0.
Stanley.

/ Indianapolis. Ind, March so
Judge A. Il. Anderson at the trial of
/ the Terre Haute election case in Fed
eral Court, said this afternoon that
he felt it his duty Ito take care of
some of the defendants" after two
Terre Haute policemen who had been
called by the de!nse to testify to the
reputation OF some OF the men who
have pleaded guilty on their cross
examination by United States Dis
trict Attorney Frank G. Daily, gave
evidence considered favorable TO the
Government.
After the jury had retired, the
court announced that he would re-
lease the six defendants who have'
pleaded guilty and VINO were taken
from the Jail in Terre Haute and
brought to indianapolis to testify on
a writ of habeas corpus and permit
them to return to Terre Haute.
And | say now" added the court.
them over there. have already been
reliably informed that the defend
ants, Sheriff Dennis Shea and City
Judge Thomas Smith, while they
were in Jail few days ago. tried TO
influence these boys. They promised
to take care of them if they would
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OF them. and warn any policeman.
Sheriff or citizen not to modest them
Eli II. Redman, the defendant who
was declared elected Judge of the
Circuit Court by ten votes. had COM
pleted his direct examination and was
being cross examined when court ad-
journed. He denied every item of
evidence produced against him by the
/ Government.
Thomas Barry, one of the patrol
men, on cross examination said he
felt that his hands were tied six
months before the election. He said
his prisoners frequently laughed and
said they would be released in few
minutes. He said he captured man
wanted for highway robbery and
within ten minutes after he put him
in the patrol wagon he met him on
the street.
Barry and Fred Armstrong, the
latter a detective, both testified that
the reputation "for truth, veracity
and morality of former Chief of PO-
lice Holler, and Assistant Chief of
Police Nughent, who have testified
for the Government. was bad" Both
witnesses, on cross-exa minatiOn. said
they had heard that the two received
their positions from Mayor Dom M.
Roberts, one of the twenty-eight on
trial, as a reward for their services
in the election in which Roberts was
elected Mayor.
1t was at this point the court said:
81 feel it is my duty in this case to
take care of some of these defenda-
nts, when l see witnesses put on the
stand to testify as that witness has
testified truthfully. These men are
presumed to be innocent until the
jury finds them guilty. l feel that
somebody ought to defend them.
There are men on trial not so guilty
as others. Is 1t possible they are to
suffer for this sort of thing?
"This is the most remarkable thing
| have ever seen-to put a witness
on the stand to prove a perfectly OBJ
vious facts that these sluggers and re-
peaters, who have come here and con-
fessed their shame-to prove a per-
fectly obvious fact that they have a
bad reputation for truth and veracity
and have developed on cross-examina-
ton this terrible condition of at
fairs"
A few minutes later. A. o. Stanley.
counsel for the defense. objected to
a question put by Mr.. Daley to Arm
strong, and was told by the court:
"You ought to have kept the wit
ness off the stand. The objection is
overruled."
A number of election inspectors
were introduced to testify that they
did not receive instructions from
Roberts to operate the lever on the
voting machines. One of these. Jno.
III. Rogers. admitted on cross-exami-
nation that he received such instruc-