Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-23
rom lIe 81. Louis Democrat
THE CIVIL AND THE MILITARY Al.
TEOROEEES AT LOGGFRHEARS


( It was stated yesterday that Judge
/ Primm, OF the Criminal Court, had is
sued an attachment, directed TO the
I County Marshal, commanding him to
arrest Capt. Dangerfield Parker for con-
I tempt Of cOart, and nnprison him until
he should produce the body of James q.
I Parks, ia obedience to the order of the
c0urs
On yesterday morning Marshall Coff
/ proceeded, solitary and alone, to ScOfield
barracks, with the writ Of attachment in
one hand and a glove in the other. He
did not succeed in gObbling the CAPTAIN
didn't even get sight Of the aforesaid
Parker; but be met with Gen. Hoffman,
and saw a goOdly number of the famous
third Rangers. - and the sight caused
him to cleuch his pocketbOok with 4
firm grasp and 70 think aoOut garroters.
Gen. Hoffman peremptOrily refused To
permit the Marshal TO arrest Capt Par
Lur, and threatened to-use the military
force az his command in preventing the
Marshal from executing his writ. Not
being prepared to charge bayOnets upon
six companies of the Third regulars, the
Marshal took his departure from the bar
racks, carrying his writ with him. and
Jumping on board the cars at the first
crossing, he proceeded TO the Criminal
Court room, and delivered to Judge
Primm the following return to the writ
OF attachment.
The Harshai's Return.
In obedience 70 the command Of the
annexed writ, l proceeded to arrest said
naugerfieli Parker, and for that purpose
I went % cchOiield Barracks, in the city
of st. Louis, and inquired of a military
officer there for the said Parker; the OIL
Ger thereupOn inquired what was my bus
iuess with said Parker; 1 informed the
said officer that | was the Marshal of St
Louis county, and that l was command
ei and had come 20 arrest said ParkerR
Tie answered me that ! could not ar
resi- him Gen. Hoffman, COM
manding the post, was in the Office, as [
learnt; | asked To see him: the officer
showed me into the presence OF Gen.
Hoffman; ! told Gen Hoffman nv bus
iness; that I was the Marshal of ST. Louis
county, and had come there to arrest
Capt. Parker, on an attachment issued
from the St Louis Criminal Court.
asked Capt. Parker was there; he said
yes, but that he would not allow me TO
arrest him. He then asked me if | had
any papers for the purpose; l answered
him that l had, and showed him
hereto annexed, which he read and then
said [ could not, nor would he permitme
% arrest the said Parker, that if | at
tempted 10 do so he would resist me. l
asked him If he would resist me with the
military or with his soldiers: he said that
DE would resist my attempt to arrest
Parker with military force. Finding that
it was impossible % arrest him, or even
Go make the atteldpt, seeing that q guard
Of armed soldiers stood around, and that
the said commander Of the post resoIutelv
refused TO permit his arrest, [ return the
said attachment uneXeCuted.
JAMES COFF,
January l3 1876
Action Ofthe COurt---gaise Primm's Let
ter 90 the Governor.
Thereupon it was ordered by the Court
that transcript OF proceedings herein
0e made out and forwarded to the Gov
ernor of the State.
Accompanying the transcript il a let
ter from Judge Primm, of which the fol-
lowing is copy.
ST. LOUIs CRIMINAL. COURT.
L EsBAT, Jan. l6, 1866
TO BIS ETceilency, Thomas Q. Fletcher, Cover
nor OF the state OF Missouri
Sir: Herewith / transmit to your Ex-
cellency the transcript ofthe proceedings
had In the case of the State of Missouri
Is. Dangerfield Parker, upon the petition
Of John q. Parks, for relief under the
hObeQS corpus act.
From these it win be seen that the
Marshal Of st. Louis county is unable to
execute the process of this Court by rea-
son of military interposition on the part
OF the United States Officers in this De-
partmeut
1 have deemed it my duty to apprize
you OF these facts, in order that your Ex-
ceuency may take such action in the
premises as shall be deemed requisite and
proper.
Very respectfully
WILSON PRIAiAI. Judge.
Further action in the matter is thus
devolyed upon Gov. Fletcher
! Whether he win order out the STANDING
army and lay siege to Scofield Barracks
or call upon the President for troops to
aid him in executing the laws of the
state, remains TO be seen. We have M,
doubt that a posse o0mitattts of ten or
twelve Thousand men could readily, he
obtained ia the city % 'move upon fbe
works. OF Che thier regulars, ,whs, are a,,-
tremely obnoxious 30 our citizens.
It Is but due 70 Capt. Parker arl tl,e
officers at the barracks to say tl,af 49,
have resisted the execution ofthe nroce..s
Of the Criminal Court from a s.nsa -
duty and By both legal and militor,-
advice. Believing that the Criminal
Court has nJ power or right 10 interfere
with prisoner held by order OF the War
Department, they refuse 10 deliver nm
I John G. Parks, who IS in custody on a
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