New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-17
Y. WYE ASKS FOR
CHANGE OF VENUE
ATTORNEY HALL OF MINNEAPo-s
LIS MADE MOTION
ON TUESDAY.
AFFIDAVIT SUBMITTED CLAIMS
FAIRsTRIAL IMPOSSIBLE
INBRoWN COUNTY.

Attorney Hall for Vidian B. VxeE.of
st. Paul and Ed. Cutting of Sleepy Eye
both held under charges of alleged ex-
tortion appeared in District Court
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock and made
motion for. appointment Of another
Judge to hear the case against the two
defendants named. The affidavit which
is signed by Vidian B. wye charges that
Judge Clague has expressed his opinion
in reference to said charges and accusa-
tions against Mr.. WYE. And it is claimed
that the Judge is disqualified to sit in
this case.
The affidavit also moves for change
of venue Of the place of trial to some
other county charging that "a far and.
impartial trial cannot be had in said
Brown County, and that jury free from
bias and prejudice of and concerning
said charges, and Of and concerning my
self sell cannot Be $ within said eoon-
gwen give '' ss.p1sspsseA RS se'h hostility; aas*
bias and prejue Y him. He
s n 's sst s. ;s.s Agets'9'' s 'ss
q change Of ven
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state by Judge i I e - who is said
10 have expressed Ills willingness to have
another judge sit in the case. There
can be not doubt however, that Judge
Caghe would have given the defendants
just as fair and impartial trial as
any other judge in the state
The date for the trial of the wye
Cutting cases has been set for January.
6 by Judge Clague, Friday morning
Attorney Hall asked for change Of this
date before he subn tilted his Yves
affidavit concerning the Judge and place
Of trial, Tuesday morning. This request
was not granted.
During the course Of the week three
more indictments against wye aff}ls:
Cutting wefea returned by the juryy
I've Of charge them with sextoss.
tim and tailsa il1iisda eaaeanss
The airaignn1ent d, these chm took
place Thufsd1a morning and the defends.
ants plead not guilty. Judge Clague filed
joint bail in the sum Of 81 600.
Marian Pietsch Wins Case.
In the case of Marian P etsch Of :
Sleepy Eye versus Philip Youngman
ct al, also Of Sleepy Eye, the jury brought
in a verdict in favor Of. the appellant,
Miss. Marian Pietsch The case was.
tried from Friday noon until Monday
afternoon at a o'clock. The jury was
out for ten hours reaching a decision
at 2 AM. Tuesday.
The case was appealed from Probate
Court contesting the will of Martin
Y oungman. deceased, to Philip Young
man, his brother, and Mrs. Philip Young
man, his sister-inlaw Marian Pietsch
contested this will on the ground that
Martin Youngnan was not of sound
mind when emade the will. She claimed ]
that the deceased was in state of sick
ness and that undue influence was used !.
over him by Philip Youngm an and his
wife. She based her claims as sole heir
to the property Of Martin Youngrnan
on another will made by him in Novem 3
Der, 1918. The second viii to Philip
Youngran was made in February,
1919. In the first viii Mr.. Youngman
[bequeathed all his property which is
valued at between $4,000 and Sc, 600
to Miss Marian Pietsch who had been
living with him and his wife as a foster
daughter for over seventeen years.
Marian was taken in with the family
when she was a very small child and
lived with them Until short time before
| the death Of Mr. Youngman Mrs
EYoungman died in December, 1918.
Il New Jury Drawn
a new jury was drawn at a P. NJ.
Monday and County Attorney Fred
erickson moved to take up the
criminal calender and the TRY was
called ii the case OF the State versus.
Henry Schmidt, farmer from Rashaw
township, who is charged with ASSAULT
il the second degree. which IS alleged to
have been committed upon Joseph
, Senesac, August, -, 1919 The indict
ment against Schnitt was returned
BY the grand jury last week Tuesday,
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