Show g LIE Lii NO 0 I. I r r t i This This- Time Parley len Ls Is the time theT T Target 1 et Judge Kings King's j Exoneration Tho The Tribune tre pressed to desperation to lo cov cover r tIme the outrageous utra conduct of George Sheets chief of police and divert ert public attention from him to those who are called upon to po prosecute prosecute prose prose- e- e cute him for or compounding a felony felon has unearthed the Gel Gelsler Geisler ler case ant and andIn In imi a column of faced black-faced filth ass assails assails as as- sails s Count County Attorney Parley Parie Christian Christen n- n sen sea and tried to make campaign capItal capital capi capI- tal out of his conduct In that rather unpleasant nt case The Tribune charges that after filing a charge charse of murder In the second degree ree against Mrs Geisler Gelsler the lie county count attorney changed the charge to common assault asnault and ac accepted accepted tic tic- a fine of or 50 The rhe Gelser Geisler ca case e came up In March 1905 when ihen County Attorney ChrIstensen ChrIsten ChrIsten- son semi filed the charge against the woman woman wo wo- man maui for fOl being responsible for the death of Mrs Margaret ret Graham No Nod d decent cent newspaper would print the details details de do- tails of the tho case Tho The Tribune flaunted flaunt flaunt- ed cd evem e every detail to the public In Iii boldest boldest bold hod- est type and amid sent ent the time stor story to family fam fani- II ily circles all over the city and state stat that lint could become so 10 young oun people educated In iii that class of or literature The husband of ot the lie Graham woman filed the lie complaint W. W H H. 1 King Icing who was ivas chairman of or the Democratic state convention was attorney for tho ho defense de de- de- de tense The examination of witnesses ses disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed that Mrs GeIsler Ceisler was sas not gUilt gUilty gUil- gUil t ty and that thal the facts faNs had been misrepresented misrepresented misrepresented mis mis- represented to the county count attorney This was stated b by tho the county attorney in open court and Judge King was consulted The count county at attorney at- at brady torney knew he lie had no case a Mrs Irs Gelsler Geisler and while there was not even evidence enough h to convict her of or common assault he hue accepted a tine line of 50 and the case as dropped County Count Attorney Christensen said lId yesterday If It ho he was to be criticised In- In Inthe n- n the matter It was on the time ground that lint he lie should have dismissed cd entirely instead of making for the coun COUII- t ty Mr Mi 11 course was absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab honorable In ever every respect said ald Judge King I last night The facts as ns he has stated them arc are correct ind ammil were 1 I his worst wont enemy I r would certainly exonerate him completely from rom any wron wrongdoing I am nm his friend and while I dont don't agree with hIm ilm politically I can assure ure you OU he lie did exactly right In Iii the matter |