Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-18

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lssing judgment.
"a person can not sit here in cours
like have for several years hearing thesS
cases unless he is a prohibitionist,s said
Judge Anderson.
I am one and am here to tel you
that am in favor of prohibition as It l.
the only way to have decent government.n
said Judge Anderson with feeling.
The saloon keepers By their aceious
IN the corruption of city officials swcrn
/ TO do their duty, have compelled tha
eltlzens to bring on prohibition.
The only way to cure the thing is
20 cut 1t on at the very roots and that
is what prohibitioQ does said the court.
DECLARES LAWYERS
ACTIONS SHAMEFUL.
In discussing the efforts of certain at
torneys to clear Police Chief Schmitt IN
the light of the wholesale" evidence Of
MS guilt, Judge Anderson said as his
| cheeks famed with indignation:
III shame for lawyers, certain mem-
bers Of this bar, to get up and try to
argue to jury that this man Schmitt is
| innocent. especially when these lawyers
! have taken an oath to support the laws.
Certain lawyers, the court sees that
have advised their clients to plead guilty
/ because those clients were guilty under
the law.
mo man will be found guilty in this
court when he is innocent and here ara
lawyers trying to argue to the jury tha
innocence of this police chief
"Can you beat itf" asked the Judge
Pointing his finger to lay emphasises
to his remarks, Judge Anderson said
with great emotion, 81 practiced law foI
twenty long years and I say here that
l would rather dig a ditch or hang owes
washtub than to make my living Iiks
some attorneys do, aad I can not help
saying it, gentlemen"
Turning bis attention to a statement
made by Eli Harp, father of seven
children who lives on a houseboat and
who has pleaded guilty TO transporting
liquor into the state, Judge Anderson's
Indignation seemed TO be boundless.
JUDGE ANDERSON
HINTS AT EXToRTION.
Look at thisl Just look at this.s
sternly said the court.
This receipt shows that Eli Harp, D
man who lives on the houseboat paid
A. E. Gore, an attorney of Evansville
$500 for defending him in the state coura
when he wanted to plead guilty"
I Harp had previously presented a re-
ceipt TO the court to show that he pua
up $500 as bond after he had told At
torney Archie" Gore of Evansville that
ne was guilty and wanted TO plead guilty
to charges of violating the state law
Judge Anderson said to the poorly clad
and poorly educated man before him.
And you told this man Gore that you
were guilty, that you were arrested after
you had run right into the feet of tbs
sherin with a load Of whisky and then
he took $500 for what?
For what. I ask % said the coura
loudly.
This receipt shows that Gore was to
get 5000 of this bond money when it was
taken down." said the Judge
And did he take the S200?"
ATTORNEY TALKED
HIM INTO JAIL.
Yes" meekIy said Harp. aAnd ha
talked me right into Jail. didn't seem TO
do me any good"
Then Judge Anderson softly said, he
leaned over the bench and looked at the
hoatman, You are what they call q
wharf rata"
Yes" said Harp. that's what they
call me"
You have chiidren'" asked Judge An
derson.
Seven"
And you live on a houseboat, boat
you draw up on the banks sometime
said the court
You are not educated?"
Just got past the third grade" an
swered Harp.
Slowly and tenderly the court said:
''You have been more sinned against. than
SHINING
Then with indignation again overtak-
Fng him, Judge Anderson firmly said, in
discussing the name of Attorney Gore.
"The man who breaks into house and
steals is better man.
Then the qourt said to Mr. Slack:
"Tell me something about this nan Gore.
rs he an attorney"
Mr.. Slack stated that Score was known
for such activities
George W. Green, a department of 1us-
tice agent who handled the case for the
government, said: GORE is the only law
yer who attempted to obstruct this case.s
INDICATE ACTION
AGAINST GORE
Judge Anderson said, "If can get ths
evidence that man vii no longer practice
law"
7 think we can get the Evidence" said
Green.
Get it," ordered the court.
One sensational story after another
was told by defendants who spoke in
their own behalf
Probably the most pathetic figure IN
| the courtroom was Andy Freddie, cap
tain of police and for. years a member OF
the police department at Evansville.
Freddie PRESENTS
PITIFUE FIGURE.
With his eyes filed with tears, Capt.
Freddie said: 81 never took cents
worth Of graft and Chief Schmitt told ma
not to plead guilty as he gave me. to-
understand that his attorney, Judge
Spencer. would take care of me-
The veteran captain admitted that he
had ''winked" at law violations because
he thought it was the policy Of the chiaf
and finally admitted that he knew vio-
lations were goinga on but worked un-,
der the orders of the chief
why, men from Indianapolis went
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