New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-04-27
PFAENDER WINS
IN IN LIBEL SUITS
JUSTICE HENNINGsEN FINDS
!, scHEI GUILTY IN ALL
THREE CASES.
APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT
WILL MOST LIKELY
FOLLOW.

Justice N. Henningsen, after find
ing the defendent guilty in all =
three cases, gave out the following =
verdict against Editor Schei of ,
the Lamberton Star: =
$40 fine and costs or ten days in +
county Jail in the first case; s25 a
fine and cost or thirty DAYS in the y
county jail in the second case; q
700 fine and cost or sixty days in =
the county jail in the third case.
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The much talked of cases against
w. p. Schei, of Lamberton on the COM
plant OF Albert Pfaender finally came
on for trial before Justice Henningsen
at the latter's office on Monday.
April Fl, after an adjournment Of
several weeks. County Attorney W.
p. Eckstein appeared for the State
and Senator James III. Hall and At
torney A. R. English of Tracy appeared
for the defendant.
Ridicule Court.
In spite of the bombastic statements
and representations of Mr.. Schef
at the previous hearing of the third
case, when he asked for continuance
on the ground that the defendant had
a mass of evidence to gather and which
was to be presented at the. trial, no
evidence at all was offered by the de-
PENDANT in any of the three cases. The
defendants attorneys seemed to con-
tent themselves in trying to laugh the
prosecution out of court and in heck
ling the witnesses for the State. One
of the points fought by the defense was
the proof in regard to the fact that
|Schei is the editor of the offending
newspaper. In the first publication
complained of, his name appears as
the editor, but thereafter it disap-
peared. DR.. Gleysteen and Joe Sahr
of Lamberton were on hand to prove
this point, and proved it without
doubt. Besides these, Martin L. Ey-
rich OF the Review, FL. III. Walter of
the Brown County Journal and Herbert
Baltrusch of the local post office force
testified in favor of the state on the
question of circulation of the Lamber-
ton Star. Justice Henningsen had a
mass of objections and motions to
pass upon and seemed very careful in
his decisions, that no error might creep
into the record.
Offer No Evidence.
i There was considerable surprise
1 expressed at the close of the first case
when Senator Hall announced that the
defendant was not going to offer any
evidence. 1t seems that the defense
will attack the right of Brown County
courts to entertain the case, on the
claim that the case should have been
brought in Redwood county. Follow
ing out this policy, the defendant even
refused to plead to the charges, and the
justice entered plea of Not Guilty
for him.
Employ Dilatory Tactics.
9 Is XII Is NJ x 5 + r. i
I. Justice Henningsen was very patient
! in the face of the dilatory tactics of
1 the defendants attorneys. For ex-
ample, they claimed the right to use
the states witnesses to prove their
own case, and desired to cross-examine
), them in regard to all matters pertain
ing to the case, whether the witnesses
!, had on direct examination testified on
those points or not. Justice Henning-
{ sen ruled against them on this point
and gave. reasons that seemed un-
, assailable.
Takes Case Under Advisement.
When all three cases had been heard,
$ Justice Henningsen announced that
= he would take the case under advise
ment until Tuesday at / o'clock p. m.
The defendants attorneys indicated
that they would not be present but
would appeal if the decision was adj
verse to them, and waived their pres.
b ence and that of the defendant when
d the decision was announced. Should
S Isuch an action be taken there will be
S ! four cases against him, he having been
= previously found guilty before Justice
a Wilbur F. Strate at Searles and fined
i $10O.
e ARcHB. BOWLING COMING.
g Rev. Robert Schlinkert of Holy
Trinity Catholic church has been ad
yised that Archbishop Austin Bowling
n of st. Paul will be in New Ulm, Sun
81 day, May 8, to administer the sacra