Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-12-16


governor" II musi he REMEMBERED thai {
Charles f. Smith. jr. was ATTORNEY for
The Rhinelander Paper Company at t
the time when the contempt proceed /
ihgs were instituted before Judge Reid |
and that Hans Rodd knew that Charles
Smith, .Ir.. at that time and subse- |
quently was attorney for the paper mill |
company in the action out of (which |
the contempt proceeding grew which |
causer Peter Christ to be sentenced to
jail
The governor then points out that
he also had a conversation over the
telephone with Rodd and that Rold
told him that he was acting upon at-
vice of his counsel md that his conn
sci was Mr. Smith.
III may he added" declares the gov
clnor that Hans Rodd had good real
son to believe that he would not get
impartial advice from Charles L.
Smith, Jr for it appears from the
testimony OF Rndd that, while acting
as attorney for the paper mill COM
pany in the strike ont OF which grew
the contempt proceedings Charles f.
Smith Jr sitting az municipal judge
of Oneida county. was issuing war
rants against the strikers which Rodi.
! Moreover. ON the 10Th day Of Seq
as sheriff. served.
! tcmLer Hams Rodd received Il Letter
signed by A. III. Reid from which |
/ have already quoted. and which III
rected the sheriff not to release Peter
Christ Hans I,osisl admits that lie
never called the governor ; attention 10
| that letter. and it stands of record
! that the governor never had amy IN
| formation that such letter WAS sent
and never had any knowledge of tie
contents Of that letter. until Hans
Rodd offered his answer on November
14th. II further appears that Hans
R0dd discussed the matter Of the 70
lease OF Christ on Sept. 26 with Judge
Reid. and he never advised the cXec,t-
tive that at that time the Judge told
him moi to release Christ if Il pardon
ceiving the telegram from tho gov
eInor directing the sheriff TO releaSe
Christ. he forwarded the telegram 10
Judge Reid As to all this conduct on
the part Of Hans ROdd. he never adj
viSed the governor that he did not in
tend to discharge Christ. though he
formed in his own mind the determnd-
ton. as nearly rs Sept. 26 that if &
pardon were granted he would disre-
gard it, and he never consulted any
diSintereSted private counsel.
Neither did Judge Reid ever bring
to the attention Of the governor the
fact that he advised Rodd to diSObcA
and disregard the pardon warrant
though the judge had communicated
with the governor in at least two com
municati0ns. and the governor had
sent Judge Reid at least two letters ii
which the questions of law were re
viewed and discussed in a perfectly
courteous manner: and yet no inf0r
nation was brought to the governor
by anyone that the sheriff and the
judge had secret understanding that
the pard0n's warrant was to he dis
regarded
The fact is that there was to-
close a connection between Hans R0dd
Charles +. Smith. il. attorney for the
: paper mill company. and Judge Reid
in secret arrangement. and outside
of a judicial proceeding. to defy the
executive pardon warrant. if issue(
and when issued. for Hans Rodd now
to say that he acted in good faith ii
failing to discharge his duty under
the pardon warrant.
Hans Rodd. when he took Christ
from the jail at Amigo to the jail at
Rhinelander. had no order or commit
ment for that purpose. Rodd went tC
Amigo in the dead of night-the night
Of Oct. ~. and shortly after midnight
on Oct. IS took Peter Christ to the
Rhinelandcr Jail. He excuses himself
ground that those were the hours
when train service was most cOnven-
lent between Rhinelander and AMI
go He admitted. however. that lie
could have gone by automobile over Il
very excellent highway on the trunk
system the next day. if he had SO de-
sired. His unusual haste and anxiety
to obtain the custody OF Peter Christ,
of course. was due to his determine ton.
long before formed, TO keep Christ in
jail in accordance with the secret az
rangcment he had with Judge Reid to
prevent the pardon warrant from he
ing carried out.
| Recital of the facts shows an utter
lack of good faith and in fact shows
roncluSively bad faith
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