The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-12-09
Thomas u. fstteesss q the Deean
Honorable H. P. Burke.
Sterling. Colorado.

Sterling. Colorado.
Dear Judge:-
"A few days ago I was HANDED a
copy OF the evidence and other ,ro.
ceedtngs In the case OF the People of
the State of Colorado VI, Father P. L.
sasse Of your town. read
every word of the somewhat bulkv
document.
Having read the evidence I was
very much astonished that q Jury of
Twelve men could be found who would
bring in verdict OF guilty.
THE letter of Hon. l. Van Bradt
your district attorney, to Mr.. Redmond
his assistant. does credit to Mr.. yao
bradt's head and heart. and that letter
alone should have stayed the filing of
the Information.
Upon reading the district attor.ey's
letter which is set out In full in the
record handed me, 1 was quite pre-
pared to find as did In the extend
ed testimony no sufficient ground for
the filing of the Information and none
whatever that justified the verdict of
guilty.
i insist that this story Of Dobb's
portrays an impossibility.
Being special officer and being in
that house for the detection Of
crime. although one of an entireIy diff
ferent character, he would not have al
lowed its preparation to continue for
SO long period and to be ultimately
completed without at least protesting
or without arrestinG those who were
engaged in It. BY his own
confession he thus made himself par-
ticeps in the crime, and If the assis-
tant district attorney believed his story
he should have been prosecuted as
particeps crimtnis as well as those
who committed the deed II
interference by him had been for n.
ether purpose than to secure corrobo-
rating testimony he would before the
parties separated, have intercepted
them and found out who the woman
was 80 that he might subpoena her as
u witness. -
Il never in all my experience at th,.
bar. have known charge to be pre-
sented that was SO devoid Of probab-
Fahty or OF proof outside of the story
OF the prosecuting witness. 1 never
before knew Of SO improbable. il not
Of such an impossible story, wholly
uncorroborated, upon which a prose
cution rested. hold no brief
Tor, the calling of the priest nor for
the defense Of the Catholic church.
am Protestant as to my reiisiou
and my ancestors from time immortal
have been members of the Protestant
church.
Il am told that in your case. nv
dear Judge, petitions have been circu-
lated to secure your recall from the
office you hold. For this conspiracy
to be successful would be to my mind
as serious q blow rs could,be inflicted
upon the independence of.the judiciary
and upon fearless. and upright judge.
cannot for single moment believe
that the conspiracy can succeed. A
very gross amount of misrepresentt-
tton must be restored to induce tho
signatures of voters to this recall Pc
tition. simply know that in an over
whelming majority of the cases o,
those signatures they mus, have been
added in ignorance of the truth of the
testimony in the ease and what it es-
tablished.
My only excuse for writing YOU so
long letter is that my Indignation has
been aroused by the mendacity of
'hose who are quite evidently your
enemies.
Hoping for your complete vindica-
''oh at the hands of the good voters of
your judicial district, 1 remain,
Very truiey your.
'Signedt z. NJ. PATTERSON