, 1873-12-01
Ing telegram from II. ]. Jewott ono Of tho Trun-
toes rotorrol to,

tas, sSs, nc .sssse sssef & j,s H. r,.r sonn,, for
Soadholdes. and shs probation q q lie I fs.s S;
Il So ter, all WAS smooth aatlIng,. Outalt1o par
ticn, foreign to tho proceedings In the Mclean
Circuit Court, people. not residing In Illinois,
NOW seemed to 10 IN fnll poauession Of tho road,
and wore ahead Of the Rocoivers. This knowl-
of tho Roooivora in Olieaeo and .lso Il tho tho
counsel for oomplainants nlr. Il. Crawford, Of
Chicago. who hnn beoll ths snfant terrible Of tho
whole affair. h1r. Hinckloy Immediately wont to
york and procured tho 100000 bond Which ho
oAlce Of Recover. When this waa dono, ho,
together with Mr. Crawford and two or threa
othorg, boarded special train on tho Chicago
oy "
celery, oyators, and all tint sort Of thing.
aud oa1no to this city, arriving hero
about or 9 o'clock on Thursday evening.
e e hs As rssasnss s u e. E rnee s Massf II
approve i1r. Hmekley's bond. Mr. Prince was
sweksuea from blIssful Ut repo'e and gaye tho ro-
ho filed tho bond In tho Clork's ofica. This por-
feoted Mr. Hinckley's appointment, aud he WAS
ready to proceed to busluesa. Thaa the party
1esldenco, on lis farm north Of Normal. ABOUT
midnight the amlablo Judge wan disturbed in
hiu dreams, and, while thinking 1t was nothing
but Queen Nab tickling hia nose, he was sum-
moned to tho praotlcasitios Of life by boing IN
Ho WAS notified Of what had takon place to do
feat tho action Of his Court aud was requested
to issue 4 writ Of asalstanco BY which
tho Sheriff OF sangamn County could call a
posHe comitatus, II necessary, to g1vo possession
Of thu roal to tho RncaivorH. Rut thn .TnHra
thought 1t bettor to proceed regularly, and not
takn any belljgoront poatlon until 3 domand for
posaeaslon had beon made and refused. 30 ho
declined to do anything undor the circumstances.
Th6 party returned to bloomington and Mr.
UinolkIoy, Mr. Crawford, Alr. Brown, Sheriff
uoracho!dt, aud somo rallrond employees that
Mr, Hluckloy had brought from Chicago, took
0 .. m. on Friday-for Springfield, 10 take pos
session Of the road.
Arriving at Springfield, they proceeded to tho
general oiliooB Of tho railroad, md surprlsod tho
janitor, who VAS engaged In his ante-daylight
operator, and took posaesalon Of the
house. What occurred subsequently, after
daylight, 1B botter told In tho atldRyit Of
Mr. uiuck1ey, which WAS road in Court in this
city yesterday Afternoon. In this affidavit MIR,
Hinckley swears that, on tho morning Of Nov.
49, about 6 o'clock, he, es Receiver under dirco-
tion Of the Court, by himself and agents, took
actual and peaceablo possession of the building
where the chief ollees and tlo depot Of tho rail
Is also located there; that the operator in
charge Of tho telegraph yielded possession Of
his Instruments aud fine; that tho .ianitor OF
tho building gavo up tue keys; that le went in
to actual md poaceable possession Of tho telo-
grapl,-dopartrnont tickot-ofl1co, Auditor and
paymRatorB Office, without violence or objection
from airy ono tint, while he was in such poa-
sersion,. md bad hoeh for throo-quartora OF an
hour, John al. Palmer, ono of tho So
into the building and disputed tho authority Of
tho Receiver. who produced the ordor of tho
Court appointing him, whiGh l Palmer read that
IalMsf then IN nolaiioa T. n. el9nard' snporn"
TINT tho n9ceiver had no right to TIC possession
Of any ot tho rallroad'a property TINT Shepard
then refused to deliver up my property and
Ialmor then notified Shepard that he (shspard)
to uso n,ilioent force to eject tle Receiver from
nosaeeson That faiinef ahd slopard then notl-
1iod the ComEnnya oiefks nos to obey tito Ho-
cclgor, bnt to rciuhe TO rccognlzo his occupancy;
I'M s!1enaru Glazing To- hoa possession p virtue
Of the letter IRON Laimor d Paliner and tho t9-
egram from 9e@e5t that shepard stated le
know HeceiVer hau booh appointed when no ro-
| coivon Pamor d Pn1mors letter; and ho
also stated ho had no authority from Thomas
4. Scott to tako posgesHon of the property !;
TINT. about q. M, the Kecolyor was served with
On lh1unctlon!ssued from tho United statesCrcuit
Coart at spfingield, W Judge treat, at half
pnHs tho ea1ne inornlnG, ehloininE Inn ahu al
oiher persona from lnterferlng with shopards q
possession; TINT John H. ralmor assisted tho
United statss Marahal II TIE r. service OF this in
junction that afterwards the Reooiyor demand
ed o5 =. II. Melvin, George ~ Blaok, and John
NJ. palmor, posacHsiou OF tho books md papers
OF tue read, which they declined to give:
Mr.. Hnckley held on to all ho had, whilc Mr.
Crawford, counsel returned to this city on Fri
day afternoons train. As BOON as he arrived llo
vent to tho Circuit Court room, tho Court hoinng
dsyit Of Mr. Hinokioy setting forth tho
facts just rooted: Ho lad scarcely cou-
cl1dod tho roaaing when Judge Tipton
said tn firm voice, "Let an attachment for
e99ntopf lusue aganst e yohn H. pamer John
md 9: NJ. Shepard" He also awarded
G. writ Of assistance, directed to the
bhoriH Of sangamon County, directing
him to .glyo tho necessary assistance to
Mr.. Hinckley to enablo him to take possession
ot the property Of tho road. This means poaso
Of half f-a-dozcn mon, or the whole 1nilitia Of tho
State, just as it may bo required. Tho eceno in
tho Courtroom whom tho Judge gavo the order