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onthe PressButthe Court’s Order was Ignored.Man, W1the VOf theFour Attorneys Hurry from•y ,Cleveland to Defend a Correspondent.The Proceedings of the Trial of Charles Foster at Upper Saa-dasky Could Not be Kept*/Out of the Pagers. *Speaks o BeatuhAs a Fascxsais Yet toOpiC. F. Lufkin Ss One Day IntoWild SpecuiavFrom a aews$p€ point of .View the ial of. Charlie Foster at Upper Sn-usky, who is the first of the quintette o he tried for the murder of Johasbn, he celery king, is one of the moat eculiar that ever crept into the ourfcs. Judge young has taken the baud that no publication shall be nadfi by local newspaper xuen or corespondents for press associations, be-ar.se, as be says, it will prevent the enuring of juries when it corses to ryjag the other four, and will put the fate and county to thousands of tiol* ars of expense should a change of renue be demanded in each instanee,Tbis order went into effect at the rery beginning of the trial of Foster, mt in spite of the decree from the jencb, nearly everything of import-ince that, has transpired baa been flvea to the public through the newspaper representatives. Judge Young jo; threatens to carry out his threat *nd because of the violation of his restraining order declares that he will »end to prison the men. who have violated the order of the court.There was a sharp skirmish at the opening of court yesterday between the- judge and attorneys, Franklin Franks, of Findlay opening the battle.Such an order is unheard of,” ha said, “and we ask that it be revoked or at leaafc modified so that it forbids any editorial comment.”The older will stand as it has been made,” said the judge testily.“But your bonar, it prejudices the case, it tasas for grants-S that the defendant is guilty fwf it intimates that the four remaining defendants will betried. They will not be tried unlessthe defendant, Charles Foster, is convicted,“No euch intimation except in the sninds of the counsel for the defease/’ retorted Judge Smalley.“That -will do,” from Judge Toting sharply. “The order stands; I havespoken.”“W* ante an exception,” safd Smalley sad the case begamThe crder, however, has been violated in a most flagrant manner, however, and while the local papers are decldtdly guarded fa their statements, tfet representatives of foreign pews-lapers have goae into the facts with t freedom which brings the censure if the1 court down apbn ;their heads lecause of the contempt, and four at* omsye have been harried to Upper Sandusky to defend the correspondent ►f th* Cleveland Press. •Up to the present the most iraport-mt testimony is given-.by the-.asm. of he murdered man, who says- that Fos-»r was the man who tied him, and be jpsitiveiy idsntiles; the other four vho are waiting' trial,:: The order. of r.edgf Young has rather inspired .the jrew.'to get at all'.- the • facts, and - theaauEuat situation is bne which may jring about some ihtcrestin|p concln-ilons aside from the murder tria*. Lima is not a little interested in the jase as the gang which has made its leadquartm in Findlay for so long mb b«ea success fa! Jy operating all through this territory and many deeds :6mmittec-in this city and others in ibe neighborhood, might be traced to ifcisgangef desperados if the truth-mknown. 'Austin, Texas,of Texas are thejeet of oil sU)'wonderful disco'Beaumont field htioa of Over 200 state within ihlt; The charters of were filed in fh«office here today ital stock je nea The largest chartered todayOil Company, WBeaumont. It 1; $5,000,000 and k nnd operate a sj tanks and cars, extend to all p-oil field and avill a sleep water p Arthur or Gain tors arc all Bca Another big lt;day is the Bca Company, with 52,000.0'ii). its Beaumont. Am are George P. INew York, nr.d Lebanon, Pcnsr Company and t.1 yar.y, both bav fines at Be a.ume erl for ? 1.000,001 number of com.] The “bringing Louisiana, 45 n yesterday. Uroamakes it one o'regions in the covery has atlri tion flame and between the n« gushers ad vane cent, today ami ■ward. C. F.. who. holds the ;gator with thehas licen at Be When asked to. the situation in when this imption fever is glt;piled: “I bv when it will e think a day i thing. : It way ue one cap, to atioa I ever sa thing else. In might think th to the field w upon the eonlt; seem to have care what' bap the thing of lei affair of oil esJ *****“Now good * tite. and healtt try Burdock BFAR IJ. J. John ; Bfiida to be. sol into two farm 1. C. aaS-’W.Our Tbnrsdi muBlIn unders we have neveifer you. Tflklt;Mrs. FROZELtM*OT-i
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Lima Times Democrat
Lima, Ohio, US
Thu, May 02, 1901
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