| Show LAWYER LEAVES THE COURT ROOM IN CRIPPLE CREEK declaring that the forces of intimidation were present and con rights were ignored legal phase of the big strike in colorado cripple creek colo sept 23 general chase produced in district court today the four military prisoners for whom writs of habeas corpus were issued and a strong force of troops was stationed in and about the court house former attorney general eugene engley who instituted the habeas corpus proceedings protested against the crecence pre cence of thirty soldiers Bol diers in the court room declaring it to be in violation of the constitution and as they were permitted to remain he withdrew from the case argument on the motion to quash the habeas corpus proceedings was resumed in announcing bis withdrawal mr engley said when I 1 hied the application for writs of habeas corpus and invoked the jurisdiction of this court for the issuance ot the highest writ of right known to the law I 1 supposed that these proceedings would be heard under constitutional guarantee but it is not BO the court may say that it is but the facts remain that the forces of intimidation are present the constitutional guarantee that te court shall be open and untrammeled has been invaded anis is no longer a constitutional court IE is an armed camp the court has been surrounded by soldiery I 1 refuse to proceed further in this case mr engley and his associate john murphy left the court room together D crump for the respondents presented an argument along purely legal line lie said that he wished to correct impression derived from me clellands remarks yesterday that they claimed that the writ of habeas corpus is suspended but he said the respondents claimed that it was not always necessary to arant the writ the question which he argued was whether the writ shall stand or fall |
