Show THE CONTEMPT CASE IN a letter ietter from judge D tyler will bs be found some account of the character and family connections connection connect io ns of belle nelle harte harre who iq 14 now in the penitentiary for refusing refu shing to answer improper questions put to her by the grand jury juny J ury uny of the second judicial district they were part dart of a 8 I 1 pro gramme arranged with a special object in view tiie tile extreme measures taken in her case the tho result of anger and vexation at the turn torn given to the tho scheme by her determination she could not bo be badgered into replying nor frightened by threats of fine and imprisonment bhe ehe that ahe bho wag was in the right and the grand jury was wrong and had the gritto maintain her position we hav have e no doubt of the correct correctness of her views in thia this respect at any rate rote fhe she is prepared to stay where she la Is as long as may be necessary to determine th the point and we are of the opinion tint that that she bhe will not answer the impertinent questions under any circumstances tan ces however that remans lemans to be seen As ass we ve briefly pointed d out oat hai hat las I 1 en ning the questions asked of y b were not in Tel cel atlon toas person penson charged with nor to any circumstance C I 1 berning anyone nut buh herself was vasher washer her hec own social status that grand jury was attempting to quire into after compelling her As am pointed out by byan y I 1 lyler iyler tyler that is tery different dl questions put to a witness h voluntarily before it a court gial joji evidence in favor of a charger has preferred it wag was no bubla we of the grand jury to find outi ther she was married or single bingle if it was that body had no right I 1 compel her to impart such infer tion concerning herself M we have not imputed nily IN tiona tio nally lly ily wrong action on the p li judge twiss who sent the gon got to the penitentiary for an ibi ibb ina nite period but we think he en it is not the first time that hit hei other judges of district courts hi bi blundered blunde refi reil rhey ane are not apt toi tot on the side of mercy to a 1 11 if mon 21 but are nervously anxious appear firm in the enforcement the law jaw on the other case that bears bearb the remotest refi to polygamy the judge 1 1 I bitted that tha the was an axi appeal Vs w taken and ho he refused to 1 adu adil the defendant to ball bali although amount wag was tendered it slap vided aided in section 1053 conica COMIA laws that from judgments Judgment sin bin elo eln ahro but capital cases appeal may made LP by JY the luul defendant UL ent iq into bonds in ibl buich such sum as th thea may determine conditioned ak the judgment of the supreme we think the court erred in fla that the questions were pra p e fi the judgment that the should emoula be imprisoned indefinitely biffl tv eli eil as fined and andin in reusing refusing heril herll mission to ball 1 faza l we think this ahls is ia a aej aei caze misplaced mU placed zeal abax we are sure that it will not have havea it desired effect it will date the lady so harshly rt sw nor others from froni whom it ja gAtti thought desirable desir desIra able abie oie die to me tion not otherwise attainable fl is the wrong age in which to leti leir an inquisition and the biary will not work in the diri dirl directed etu rought sought any more than didell thumbscrew and the rack nack andoldi ahi abi doth methode to compel de desfred desired 4 irid atit mony in mediaeval media aval eval times dub due a will be taken too that the enfa m q tactics vainly resorted coln to lii ln iii I 1 clinton adlair in order to cc him till he squealed will no noti repeated repented in hib his instance W we a 0 of f the opinion that in this Is ando ande e elhat that may beatte bentte be attempted atit be found that it Is ia vain v I 1 n to stay or still the stubborn comans womans will W par pan sebr per if she bhe tda she ehe will wili jou joa may inay dag deg d ont tim ai and it if ehe the wont wt sha sho wont za BO lim theby end emi c ont |