The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-09-24

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This Is part Of the story OF m edu
cation OF some OF the Witnesses fc
the State that Will come here and. q.
Rucker told you. connect Bell: sa5
that Bell knew OF their repeating. a.
he told you before he left the floor
That Barrett and Taggart and Bel
knew OF the repeaters. and this is the
bunch OF repeaters- None OF them re
peatsd. Ii is barely possible that one
OF them voted in indianapolis.
The States attorneys in this case
knew all about this arrangement
They knew the price that was beinS
paid for the camp. They knew the ar
rsngsment TO take' them from Chi
gaco; they visited and conferred with
them before they left Chicago. They
visited their camp through their rep
resentatives a number OF times: they
were in their company. their repre-
sentauves coming here and talking
over personally the work, and they
will be under guard until they are
brought back. under a promise Of pro
tecton-ard ! want TO say to this jury
when ! say this. under that promise
OF protection that they would not b,
prosecuted. that that promise does not
carry with il the promise OF the court
in this case. ! will wager my repu
tation. for good or bad
In order 10 get Mr.. Masterson here
the prosecuting attorney, aided by The
News.-the police notified both by the
prosecuting attorney and the News
they dismissed charges that huns
over Bat Masterson. He was a fugi.
tive from justice for many crimes. but
or prosecuting attorney needed a
man like that. When Masterson came
in the chief OF police thought IL proper.
knowing that he was fugitive. had
him arrested. Oh. If he had been in
the camp OF the defendant, and the
defendants had been crooks, he would
not need TO have been afraid OF the
police. II Bat Masterson had made
these negotiations and brought In
these repeaters. he would not need 10
be afraid of Sam Perrott or the police.
Yet. when he comes TO town, perrott
has the police TO put him in jsil. and
our prosecuting attorney had made ar
rangements in advance for him TO
cone and dismissed the charges. Let
him 90. as his reward. Surei Pat him
on the back. old man. you are the
kind OF a man we need for the dean
OF our college for perjury.
THE News cord runed the action
Of the police as n ing 10 inilmidate
and frighten and ere te u reign Of ter
ror among the witnc- Sos for the State
when poO4 Bat WIS put in Jail and the
prosecuting attorney lot him 90. Joe
Roach knew Masterson well. | will
wager a doughnut. at least. that Ruck-
er did not know him at all. but Roach
knew him from start TO finish. At
any rate. the News came TO the res
cue 10 condemn the police. II the
greatest Scoundrel that ever lived
came TO Indianapolis tonight aud one
OF you shonid be robtcd or your sister
ravished ard a policeman should
strike the miscreant. the Indianapolis
News would sy They are LAYING on
the friends "a the state.' and the pub
lie would be eyi ected 20 believe that
the crooked corrupt rolice force Of
Is tryinc 10 destroy the
liberties OF the people OF this com
"Masterson. then | ay. was brought
here into the alliance Of the News,
Roach and Bud Gibson. and now itI
is a quadruple alliance. How long
IL will last | don't know. but II has
lasted up TO this minute. Whetherl
this statement OF mine has a tendency
to cause uneasiness in camp, whether
they wifi bring them on now, don't
know, but | know that on, I think. Fri
day OF last week. the county treasurer
out eleven hundred dollars
10 be put into the hands OF the SEQ
retary OF the exchequer. little Worley,
TO be dipped out for certain purposes,
such as that I have Just talked about. |
A few days before he got nine hum
ired dollars more. and Worley alone.
since along I'm July twenty-four hun
dred dollars. for expenses for evil
ience and evidence hunters. This Is
part OF the alliance, and the testimony
with which the prosecuting attorney
expects 10 connect Joe Bell with this
Comparison Of conspiraciea
Il want to say that IN my Judgment
these charges Of conspiracy 10 violate
The election laws when compared with
lhese dastardly acts OF conspiracy
With reference TO this school OF per
Jury, In order 10 send men 10 the peni-l
testiary on perjured testimony-thas
these charges OF conspiracy for viola
ton OF the election laws would read
ike the Sermon on the Mount. When
he prosecuting attorney comes before
you in mask. with a mask on his
face. and says he ls performing q
duty, II was all | could do to keep
rom pulling the mask OF and leaving
him in his nakedness before you.
When they were arranging their
meetings in Chicago. they met In the
sporting houses. these men, and the
of the state, spent
their money like princes. stayed all
night with girls. is the story that Is
told by part of their own crowd, and
Marion county paid the bill. Whether
hey had a disturbance at a hotel, II
Am not sure. but may be the evidenced
win have something 10 say about al
departure from a hotel We will see
about that laf.r.
From Chicago they went 90 Detroit ,
where MasieTson had 2 man or two on ,
iis stan, and there tried 70 gather in