The Denver Jewish news., 1924-11-13

were stricken out by Judge Cushman
as legally worthless, ON the very ground
taken several days later by the Su-
prcme Court of she United States In
the casc OF the Chinese student An
other Of the star witnesses for the
prosecution, to whom II was alleged
that Pothicr had also made confessions,
testified that he dld not believe them
and that he dld not consider that eth
or Pothier or l,oscnbluth had anything
to do with the death OF Major Cronk-
hite. ON the first ballot the jury voted
unanimously ~ aequir potAler. There
upon nt the instance ~ Mr.. Osborne
and his associates. after conference
with the Department OF Justice at
Washington and acting on directions to
thnt effect, Rosenbluth was discharged,
not one of the seventy witness Of the
Government being called and not sug-
gcston being made that there was the
slightest evidence which justified his
Indictment. thus virtually admitting
that his bitter and determined prose
cutlon was without probable cause Just
as the Prosecuting Attorney OF Pierce
County. Mr.. Sclden. had three years
before publicly and officially declared
Yet for three long years Roscnbluth
was rclentlcssly subjected TO the tor
4 ments of hell, but when the day Of
reckoning came the infamous charge
vanished like the mlsts Of the morn
i ing. 4,
1t has been said, and it is probably
literally true, that this prosecution has
cost the Federal Government nearly
SoOO,OoO. 1t has practically wrecked
the career of Roscnbluth, who now
stands before the public an innocent
man, eyoncrated by his Federal prose
cutors of criminnlty, as he had prcvi-
ously been by the State authorities.
United States Senators did net. how
ever, hesitate, for political ends, to ar
raign h,m at the ban of public opinion,
evincing entire willingness that n man.
though totally free from fault, should
die upon the scaffold in order that
they might gain petty political ad-
vantage.
But there is an even more sordid
aspect of this case which should not
he overlooked. There lives in Michigan
one Henry Ford. who for several years
past has been amusing himself by pub
fishing personal organ known as the
Dearborn Independent which likewise
bears the caption, 'The Ford Interna-
tional Weekly" Learning that Rosen-
bluth is Jew, that damning fact was
enough For weeks and months Fords
columns were filled with cunningly con
trived appeals to passion and prejudice,
with attacks upon those who ventured
to stand at the side of the man who
had been unjustly accused of helm
Gus crime. Felix NJ. ,Warburg and
Colonel Herbert ii. Lehman. who were
familiar with the social service work
of Roscnbluth and therefore felt that
ii would he impossible for him TO COM
nit such n crime as that laid at his
door, went upon his bail bond. As Il
result their names were dragged into
The Dearborn Independent and they
were accused of being members Of Il
Jewish conspiracy to cheat the gallows.
Rosenhluth's counsel, who likewise
happened to be Jews, and who came
to his rescue as matter of simple
justice in recognition OF their oaths of
office We're showcred with insults SEN
ator Calder, Mr.. Hoover, Miss Davis,
Professor Chapman of Yale University,
Mr.. Selden and other good citibens who
came forward to give to Roscnbluth his
due, We're denounced, not only as male
factors. but as the tools of Jewish
conspiracy.
The articles of Ford-s scrivener made
an outcry of promise that astounding
disclosures would be made upon the
trial. VIII Ford now make retrac-
tion? VIII he do anything to re-
hahllitate the victim of his savage and
baseless attacks? A more important
question, however. arises, and that is,
to what extent man richer than
| Crcesus may shelter himself behind a
corporation which is his creature and
may thereby he enabled with impunity
to spread what charges he will instead
of being brought to the bar of justice.