| Show D I 1 N I 1 V I 1 H 5 f U all P A I 1 KA w N D I 1 I 1 X I 1 10 JURY I 1 ab N M U 11 M M N I 1 N 11 V I 1 I 1 amil S TIT B f etli 1 TH r r E IT inia U to I 1 D N 0 13 I 1 S 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 ilk bold and brazen attempt was made to steal the election I 1 is S the 4 I 1 language of the court supreme courts order 1 1 r II I 1 is disregarded by judge mullins I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 denver july 7 district judie judge john 1 I mullans sitting in the c criminal division 0 of tho the district court today made an oilier calling A a grand jury to investigate vesti gate all city and county offices and such other matters as may be submitted to the jury declaring both the sheriff and coroner to be interested in the matters to be investigated the court appointed special ellsoos to draw the jury the call for a grand jury Is returnable next hext thursday attorneys for the corporations whose franchises are attached assert that that judge Nl has violated the intent of 0 the supreme supreme courts order and it Is understood they I 1 will appeal to chief justice gabbert to to toke take ke action in the matter judge bullins order is as follows it having been brought to the attention of thin the court through the public press and from anari man 3 honored and respected citizens of this city and 11 county that frauds of the grossest character were perpetrated at the recent cent election held in this city and county for the election of city officers submission of certain franchises to the vote of the people at said election the court has deemed it imperative pera tive to call a grand jury from the information the court has received it has been determined that such grand jury shall all investigate the offic officers ers and office of the district actor ney within and for the jud judicial iclal district the sheriff coroner treasurer and is assessor sessor and their offices in connection ne daltin with said election frauds and since it is furtner further brought to the attention of th the e court that their officers together with certain city officers entered I 1 into and were in collusion to protect violators of the election laws in the aforesaid election and since the court has been requested from frigm numer ours sources to have all other city and county officers and their offices in vesti gated the court being now no sufficiently advised in the premises does r LQ tanairi tanA iii i grand jury t to baft in f te said matters and such other matters as may ma y be submitted fo lo said t grand gerarid gr arid 1 jirry jury ji iry afi judge dge mullins did aid not today set aside district attorney geo A stidger butlin is understood he will do so when tho the grand giand jury is em paneled V PA I 1 before calling the gi grand and jur jury y judge I 1 I 1 5 Jling in a lengthy statement rel reviewed the the proceedings in ift his court in th of the league for honest elections for the appointment of a grand jyry to investigate alleged franchise frauds at the city election and for the removal of the sheriff coroner and district attorney lie he said the showing of the honest elections league was such as to warrant the court in finding that the grossest frauds were committed on election day of may last that a bold and brazon attempt was made to steal the election and on the face of the re turns ns succeeded ceede d by debauching debau ching of the guc ballot box ox and the corruption of public officials in selecting valuable assetta of the community that public officials charged with the ferreting out of crimes and the punishment of criminals were either parties to this outrage or were vere so negligent in the discharge of their duties as to make them cri criminals crimin mints ls judge 1 mullins announced that lie he dau ld hold in abeyance the petition of r tw honest elections leagues attorneys mpr 4 pr leave to withdraw their request ft a grand jury as the supreme court had issued a supersedeas in that case he called the grand jury of his own motion 1 I do not desire to appear Ws as flying in the face of the writ issued inthe in the recent case said judge mullins but as 1 I understand the law tile the supersedeas in the league base case is only conclusive as to that particular case |
