The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-23
JUDGE C.L. CRuM :.
FOUND GUILTY BY
UNANIMOUS VOTE
Forsyth Jurist Impeached in
Montana Senate on Six
Counts.

I, Helena March 22.-tBy unanimous
vote, the Montana senate this after
noon passed sentence of Impeachment
|of Charles l.. Crum, formerly of For
syth, and one time judge of the Eff
teenth judicial district. Judge crum
was not present at the trial. nor rep
resented by council and his where.
abouts are unknown. The verdict re-
moves him from his office and dis
qualities him forever from holding Of
fices of honor, trust or profit under
the laws of the state.
The final vote came, after the pre-
siding officer of the senate court,
Lieutenant Governor Mcdowell had
submitted to a vote each of the six
articles Of Impeachment. Three of the
articles We're approved unanimously
and the three others by such an over
whelming vote that what opposition
| there was appeared negative. The
votes opposing We're because of GER
tain specifications in eacn of the three
articles.
May Not Seek crum.
The sentence was passed at 3 o'clock
and five minutes later the senate had
adjourned sine die.
| AN oiliCeI vi tilt IIhSihi N'aia ~
tended the trial and will make report
Ito the department of justice, III all
probability. Whether an effort will
be made to ascertain the whereabouts
of Crum, who was impeached for dis
LOYALTY and sedition, could not be
stated by attaches of the federal court
AS the voting progressed amid a SOL
,emn hush only one voice was raiSet
| 40 of inriSt Senator
Dan Slayton of Musselsheli count,
recording his vote of guilty" on ths
first article said:
Speaks for Judge.
Gentlemen of the court, it is on
of the tragedies OF the trial that thu
defendant, either through his own Will
or through misunderstanding, Is no
here. Somehow in my heart, / canno
believe Judge Crum is a disloyal maj
and yet there is the oath of my offic
and the evidence which has been pre-
scented seems conclusive and l there
! fore vote guilty"
, Senator Slayton. who had been
warm personal friend of crum, esi
: idenced much feeling during his re
: marks At the conclusion, he neafl
,broke down.
t, When the senate, after the noon re
cess, met in executive session. Senate
Clay and Senator Buriinsame sougf
Ito have the case reopeneh in order !
D bring before the court three men
e Roundup, August Schrump, John Lass
= ncr and Bill Nix. who were said
. Crum's court stenographer to has
Q held secret conferences with Crum ;
Q his hotel room i'm Roundup. "heney'
: any one of these three men called, u
4 stenographet was requested by u
Judge to leave the room. He remain'
: when other persons called on the juds
g War was not discussed with Round,
> men, when the stenographer was pre-
Il ent-
', Hints at Other Men.
Senator Burlingame said that two
the men were known In Roundup
pro-Germans and the third as m
who was interested in the Sim Fe
movement The report WAS. he sa
ar that it was with the third man II
=. Judge Crum conferred with refereH
= TO helping the movement along.
~ Senator Slayton did not believe a
OF the three men were active agail
ns the men. but anyway he could see
ne use in throwing down the bars q
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