The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-04-09
Denver's Juvenile Judge is Mobil-
lied and Fully Prepared to
Meet Latest Attacks Of
Enemies
BEAST AND JUNGLE
BOOK STARTED IT
Crooked Politicians Camp on His
Trail When He Exposes Rot
ten Conditions Still. Try
ing to Get His Goat
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Denver, April 9.-Picture a little
man about five feet three inches tall
and weighing about 100 pounds. In
repose he is soft spoken. He is a
Judge. A few years ago he began to
expound the theory that boys and girls
who violated the laws nevertheless had
souls. He believed that boy in short
trousers, or still in his teens who wenr
astray was not necessarily damned for
the rest of his life. Then he put these
theories into practice. Things that he
said began to carry weight. People
listened to him, and this quiet. little
judge, whose heart went out OF bows
and girls, began to talk. 1t developed
that the same tongue which spoke only
words of encouragement, advice and
cheer for wayward young folks, had a
veritable saw-edge for certain grown
ups.
The little judge wrote a book. 1t
was called 'The Beast and the Jun
gle" 1t exposed one of the worst CON
ditions of political corruption in the
country The corruption was right in
The judges home town-Denver.
A terrible wall went up. And for
twelve years now Judge Ben B. Lind
sey of the Denver juvenile court-for
that is who this little Judge is-has
been fighting.
In twelve years Judge Lindsey has
been forced to run for election seven
times, made fights for appointment
three times, and has faced the pros
pect Of two recall elections. Neither
of these, however, progressed to the
point of coming to vote. But that
isn't ALL Every legislature since 1905
brought forth some sort of "anti-Lind-
sey' bill. This year is no exception.
Each new attack upon Judge Lind
sey attracts attention, but they are
really only incidents in the general
assault which, as Judge Lindsey will
tell you, is designed to wear me out,
and impoverish me, physically as well
as financially
The fight against Judge Lindsey has
lot only been conducted through the
and threatened recall cleo
tions. DR. Bates testifying before a
special committee here, admitted Il
was sort of a submarine war" Judge
Lindsey will tell you how he has re-
ceived telephone calls at night, and
has been told that young boys or girls
have been found in the red light dis
trict. This was when Denver had such
a district. These calls, the Judge
learned, were made in hopes of trap
ping him. Everything had been ar
ranged to catch him in a disreput-
able resort through trickery.
Judge Lindsey's hands are tied so
FAR as combating this sort of attack is
Owing to the statutes,
person cannot be charged with per-
jury in Colorado for making false
and the Judge cannot reach
hose who sign affidavits or those who
cause them to be signed
The harrassing part Of the thing
from the standpoint of ''The Beast
has been that Lindsey kept right on
talking, and every time he talked he
hit somebody. The cry was taken up
that the judge was giving Denver "un-
favorable publicity" BY exposing cor
ruption and hitting at the grafters he
was said to be giving the city an un-
savory reputation. SO the fight has
been conducted on the theory that If
they could remove Judge Lindsey
from the juvenile bench where he first
attracted attention. what he had to
say would cease to attract attention.
The recall was first tried in the fall
Of 1913. Judge Lindsey had just been
confined for three months in the hos
pital Public meetings were held and
recall petitions were circulated, but
"The Beast could not get enough sig