Show THE WOOLF CASE the jury declared marttil martin woolf to be innocent TRUMPED UP CHARGES the commissioner loans to the prose aution but the people rule eale now the tri trial I ot of mr martin woolf list katurd saturday ty for tile trumped up tip charee charce of interferon inter ferin feril with the ri right of suffrage age at millville milleville Mill ville on an the hie ath re confirmed all tint the JOURNAL lias heretofore anil I 1 as a to tho the tad facts it in that cause cauce A jury consisting of equal numbers umbers it of democrats democrat and republican Republic am decide that thai mr woolf is not guilty and it il only took them a few c it to do so justice of the peace martin woolf A aa to submit to the indignity of arrest and trial in the most public la manner tanner to satisfy the malice and envy of defeated the CASO case come came before commissioner goodwin and the hearing aa had at police licud quarters W W matigian Maus Matig liin ban and A V rapp appe appearing pring for tit the prosecution and C it 11 hart representing tile llie defense mr L J hammond nimond IIa the complaining witness the gentleman iii who ras not present I 1 tt licit hen t the lie ruse case MAS as ird first pet for trial testified that mr woolf vaa nas angry and spoke in a loud voice and threatened atness it ness it if lie voted lie he mould lie prosecuted and it if tile the judges objected lie prosecute them mr K E hammond brollier brothe brot lier ruf of the complaining witness wag u as disposed to be fair lind and he directly contradicted his brother as to t mr being angry and speak akine iny in a loud tone lie he said that the defendant was calm calin and spoke in liis his usual tone mr mi jeppson tried very hard to io assist the prosecution without pre vari catin cating ile he thiel confirm to conf irin what tle prosecuting witness lad said but his memory was poor nud and lie ans not very clear as to want blat took place lie ile did venture booi however cr to SAV that to tile the best of 01 ins his recollection woolf wool paid that thai if voted lie he jay himself linn self liable to prosecution and the judges they permitted the vote to lo be cast on aoe ill more ore witness a sir mr olson made u up P t dle testimony s vt emony for tit alie 0 prose ution rution r I 1 lie le dithered ditl fl ered red eom eliat irom from tile hie other oilier witness vit ness but agreed that defendant lind hot thre to lo prosecute hammond IIa and tile judat q the defence produced seven witnesses all of thell leadin leading citizens and officers ot of I 1 here N keiu ayt the two judges of the election three jud judges log of the school election tile the cons taba mbye and the justice of tile peach tile the defendant who all testified that threat vina its mado made to clr dr to the th ey tho the de n int and that defendant N was as calm and mild and L poke in his usual way it also cropped out was the one who was at an gry bryand and who talked loud and that liis his t ano 0 brothel brot beis a took part in the discussion the statements r of tile N witnesses for or prosecution se and for alio defend can not be one set or theother alic other must have deliberately lied which set was it sir holt the republican Republic anone one of the judges of election was very positive indeed that no such threat was is made by the defendant as prosecution claimed his lionor honor C C goodwill seemed to lean ican to the prosecution djoni the commencement men cement ile he ruled at once that lending questions coald not be asked on cross crois exam in i nation of the witnesses fur for the prosecution this bulins m was as made without any request from the lie attorneys for thu abo prosecution and they had to take up a labor with the judge to colv convince ince him that the interest of their case did not bior require such a ruling the attitude of his honorias Ho was more inore clearly manifest when the defense produced the book of oatis oaths of the registration officer of mill ville and offered to prove from the record that L J had been illegally registered that lie he was is not a lied voter and had violated tile law N alien lien lie he voted tile the oath was aras taken on oil oct the ath several days after the registration closed acco according to law to alie astonishment ment of all the commiss commisa r would not net permit this evidence to go to the jury ury when it is conci considered dered that tile charge was vias that mr wolf hall interfered fared with a voter a child should be able abla to see that proof showing thattie eliat the perou ii with ith was not a voter but buta I 1 violator of the law N would be proper e ev i dence to be introduced if tile case was commenced to aid an unfair and attack on oil mr woolf it was a failure even republicans have commented upon and disapproved of the course taken by tile party in the prosecution of the case |