The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-09-17
GRAND mAR4,s COOK COUNTY, m,nn, SEPTEMBER Y, i,
ATTORNEY FRYBERaER's BLUFF.
.=5 V. \. CALLED BY SHERIFF LIEN
Sheriff Would Welcome Custer. Pro.
T eeed;nss as an Opportunity to
..:, Explode the Fantastic Stories
Of the kugIers.'' r. =, =

During Attorney 'Fryberger's argu-
ment to the jury in the Kugler case
he insinuated that proceedings might
be brought for the removal of Sheriff
Lien for alleged neglect. of duty,
which, the Kuglers claim, was re-
sponsible for all their troubles. In
a report of the trial that appeared
in the Duluth Evening Herald the
following day that paper treated the
threat as if it was made in good
faith; giving it such prominence as
to be misleading to the average rea-
der: In advance of the trial, and
after the case had been transferred
to Duluth on the application of the
defendant, the Duluth Herald pub
ished a sensational story of the case,
as told by the Kublers, which could
serve no other purpose than TO
create a sentiment in favor of the
defendant and prejudice the trial of
the case.. In that article the sheriff
and the county attroney were severe
ly criticised, without any attempt
made by the publishers to get the
truth of the story: Regarding such
publicity of matter pending in
court as absolutely indecent and con-
temptible, the local officers refused
to be drawn into a newspaper con-
troversy even to the extent Of max
ing simple denial of the published
stories reflecting on them. Sheriff
Lien says he does not complain Of an
attorneys pretended faith in the YER
acity of his client, but that he does
resent the lack Of fairness with
which the Duluth Herald has treated
this affair; and to the end that the
misinformed reader of that paper
may understand his attitude in the
matter he has addressed to the edi-
tor the following letter:
"Grand Marais, Minn., Sept. 13, 1919.
editor Duluth Herald:
'FIn recent number of the Herald
you made sensational head7iner of
Attorney Fryberger's abuse Of the
undersigned in his plea to the jury
in the notorious Kugler case. You
give such serious attention to his
threat of custer proceedings against
me that the average reader may be
unable to see that it was only one
of "Fryberger's tricks of Advocacy
This article is the climax of a cam
paign waged for the Kuglers that
has been unjust and unfair to- the
officials of this county; and during
which campaign, out of respect for
the ordinary administration of JUS
tice, we have held our tongues. AS
an act of fairness, therefore, 1 as
sumo that you will grant me the
space now to- say that such pro-
ceedings will be welcomed by me,
and that I hope Mr.. Fryberger was
not bluffing when he made the
threat.
LET him make it good; and when
the whole true story of this tragic
affair is told in a way that is not
permissible on the trial of a criminal
case Herald readers will be better
qualified than now to pass judgment
on the officials of this county. And
l am sure that such an investigation
will develop nothing to add to the
self-esteem Of those good people
whose mawkish sympathies have been
aroused by the fantastic stories of
the Kuglers.
IL. H. LIEN,
Sheriff of Cook County, u