Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-06
Missouri Speculate rs.
A Lot Of esasty Justices Try thar Prentice
Hard at Issuing Bsgss Bon!s.
How. they Did the Wsrk, and What Cana Of
Their Runellng-Ail Hands Refa-
gees from Justice or In laII.

ET. LOUIS, March 5.-The statement
telegraphed last night about the Cass
county bond affair substantially agrees
with the accounts published here this
morning but it does not yet appear
that any sWindle has been perpetrat-
ed, nor is it known what disposition
Of the bonds was intended, whether
the county judges and other parties
concerned fed for fear Of personal vio-
lence, or whether they actually abb
seonded with the bonds also remains
to be seen. From the following special
dispatch 20 the Democrat it would ap-
pear that the judges apprehended per-
sonal violence. The dispatch says:
Considerable excitement prevails In
Cass county on account of the issuance
by the county court, composed Of
Judges Stevenson and FOrsythe, CT
two hundred and tWenty-nine thou
sand dollars In bonds for the purpose
of funding the debt of the county on
account Of her subscription to the cap
ital stock Of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road company and the interest which
hes accrued thereon.n
The HarrisOnYille Democrat pub
lished an extra Saturday, stating the
circumstances, accompanied by q
hand. bill, calling public meeting at
Pleasant Hill on Wednesday Of all
opposed to fraud. This hand bill Is
Of an ineendiary character, and APP
peals to the people to take steps to
resist payment Of the bonds and GUST
the present county court, appoint
members OF committee Of seventy,
defend the county and prosecute the
offenders, etc.
Messrs. Ladeau and McBolls, who
were arrested yesterday, insist that
nothing criminal has been done, as
will appear when the full eircum-
stances OF the case are made public.
HOW IT WAS DONE,
LatsT.-Sherifi Bryant Of Cass coun-
ty arrived here this morning, and has
been clOseted with the police authori.
ties most of the day. His statement
and that Of A. Chenchman, who is
also here in connection with the Esat-
ter, in substance is as follows;
The Missouri Pacific railroad after
holding the original hundred thOus-
and dollar bonds several years, from
the time they were turned over 10
them by the military authorities, and
f1rdIng the people of Cass county
ay erse to paying them, waived their
claims and delivered them to the
agent Of Cass county, taking his re.
ceipt therefor. Subsequently the
county court made an order to destroy
the bonds, which now stands on
the county records, but 1t appears
they were not destroyed, and a few
months ago an alleged ring was
formed in the county court and
in some way legalized these bonds and
sold them. This became known and
was strenuously opposed by the peo-
pie, who regarded the whole thing as q
baretaced fraud. New bonds were
printed, however, to the amount of
the original issue with accrued inter.
est at ten per cent, and last Friday,
after the adjournment OF the regular
session of the county court, and after
one Of the judges who was not in the
ring had left for home, the remaining
judges stevenson and Forsyth recon-
vened the court and approved the is.
sue OF the bonds, and Judge Steven
son, James Cline, Robert B. Higgins,
Ladue and Nichols, who were ar
rested here yesterday, took the bonds
and Immediately left town,
Previous to reeOnvening the court,
the clerk was invited cut Ostensibly
on some business, by two Of the ring,
but really to get him out ofthe way,
and it was during his absence that the
bonds were approved, and the record
Of the court signed by young deputy
rkgrN Az,r1T n
the repeated assurance that the action
of the court was legal.
II IS stated that these bonds are in
favor of some land or trust company,
the exact name however Is not known.
It is also stated that they are in aid
of the st. Louis and Santa Fe railroad,
running from Holden, on the MissOu-
RI Pacific, to Paola, Kansas, where it
connects with the Missouri river,
Fort Scott and Gull road.
LITTLE RooK, March 5.--Westher clear
and pleasant. Arriy 81: Jennie Howell,
from New Orleans; Pink Vsrbie, from
Memphis; TIdslWsve, from above; Night
ingsle; from Cincinnati.
WHEREABOUTS OF THE FUGTTIvEs.
Judge Stevenson Is known to have
come to Sedalia, Missouri, whence, It
is believed, he went west on the Mis-.
souri,, Kansas and Texas road.
Cline was at WyandOtte, Kansas,
last night, but eluded the officers, and
has probably gone west.
]. d. Hine, another OF the ring, and
law partner of Cline, has also fed, and
Is supposed to have gone to California.
r. B Higgins was arrested at Kan
sas City last night, and this forenoon
shot himself through the heart with a
deringer while in the calaboose, and
died Instantly.
Judge Forsyth did not fee as stated |
in last nights dispatch, and according |
to kilograms has pledged himself to |
remain at home, to convene the court,
and with Judge Copeland rescind the !
act by which the bonds were ap-
proved.
All these parties are men Of good |
standing and leave families.
Hines and Cline were prominent |
lawyers in Jacksonville, and Hig- |
gins was merchant, and has hereto |
lore sustained high reputation.