The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-01-27
DEFENDANT is CLEARED
IN LEGION MOCK TRIAL

II the Court please. he may look
guiltq. but We meter his plea Not
guilty"
With these words from Col. Earl
Munyon. attorney for the defense
the Legion trial began last Friday
syenins and some zoe spectators
eraned their necks toward the heas-
ily-shackled prisoner In the custody
u Big BIN Diehl. sheriff OF the Lee
gioP court.
A jury OF Legionaires was quickly
secured and the prosecuting attorney
for the Legion opened the battle
proper by his statement TO the jury
The state will prove. said he
that this desperate criminal. Myron
the Motionless Mixer. is all kinds o.
a mixer: that he mixes a new 'haf-
and-haf' by combining tea and tan
lac We will show you how this
Olive Hound has many times sta
toned his long. lean and lanky form
In the middle of AN American Legion
lance foot then. wrapping his arms
three times around some one OF our
defeneeless loved ones. moves 50
slowly as To hold up the whole
lance. | see your faces pale as tell
this tale. but. gentlemen OF the jury.
l have only begun 10 tell you what
the state will prove"
Al this point In his statement the
prosecutor paused 10 ask the couri
TO fine for contempt the publisher
OF local newspaper who had man
aged TO get ON the jury and who ii
appeared. had gone 10 sleep.
The court ruled that a long line
II presidents established IL TO be
law that to sleep was one OF the In
ll'enable rights OF a jurymaa. so
long as he did not disturb the peace
bv snoring.
The state then called Bob Diiling-
ham 10 the stand. who testified he
had sold the defendant So many
cases of Tanlac that his stock had
become exhausted. when he had To
substitute "Yarnish Remover" This
ne testified. seemed To make the de-
.endant wild. After qualifying as an
expert in the effect OF Bay Rum.
Celery Compound and other ycse-
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hypothetical question: Assuming
uyron. the Motionless Mixer drove a
fliyyer. had attempted TO sing grand
opera. had once said that he was
cousin OF President Smith and that
re had been married In the Temple.
well knowing that he was at that
ime a single person. what would
hat indicate 10 you." This question
he witness refused to answer on the
ground that IL might incriminate
Doc Goo6e was then called 10 the
stand. He testified that he knew The
the attorney for the de-
PENDANT. the prisoner and the jury.
and he could not think OF anything
that might be said in favor Of any
Of them. Colonel Munyon here siren
uously objected that IL was highly
preiudicial TO his client TO hayee his
client linked up with the prosecutor
and the jury. His objection was sus-
tained
The state then called 10 the stand
Ralph Cedarhclm. who disclosed that
he possessed a high-geared imagina-
lion and remarkable memory
When the state rested Il Was re-
marked that the case looked very
lark for the defendant or someone
Col Earl Munyon then opened for
he defense with an elaborate state
nent that he would show that his
,lient was as guiltless OF any of the
many crimes charged against him
b newborn babe He called Bill
Oeiweiler as his first witness. Dei-
xeiler swore that In his opinion the
prosecutor was guilty. This brought
/ vigorous objection from the state
,ut Judge W ID. ellis overraled the
objection and permitted the Witness
% go quite fully into the life and
nisdeeds Of the prosecuting attor-
icy. The prosecutor stoutly main
ained that this was error and read
from a 1913 World Al
nansc IN support Of his position
Detweiler was followed On the
tand IN rapid succession BY c. W
DasriS. Jack kinEsbury and Harry
robertson. The last witness called