Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-05
TELEGRAMs TO THE STAR,
THE ARKAFsAs oUTRAGE~.
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TIE CAPTIVE sUDSRs

THE CAfrIvE sUDSRs
New YORK, May 81 Little Rock special
Searle by the Baxterites thew were taken se-e-.
the river In . skiff and then 60 ST. John's Co.,
lege, At the octskirts OF the CITY. They spept
the night there, and yesterday morning we're
put ON horses and, in charge OF q band OF cavs,-
~, were taken into the o. unity, AID win pro-
badly be kept In the woods.
On the heb OF thls event, az ave o'clock ves-
teidsy MOI ming, State Auditor Wheeler ga
sssk ned BY knocking st the doors OF his resi-
stairs, where he saw q hack an the aeor re-
driver said that General McCsnzny wanted 20
see nm: wheeler not thinking OF capture SAID.
back for him 20 come out. He vept ont AMI
some men who had been stationed with suns on
the other three sides OF the house rushed up and
driven down TO the Authony Hous~' rhe1 thsre
took him 20 Bsxter's room, woke RaxteT mn
and McCansny said, ~ BED pardon Tor setting
without orders, but l thought IL nv duty ~
capture Wheeler, bring him 70 Won AMI mxse
hin acknowledge you ss Governor, 4 will DO he
same With state Treasurer Page and rooks hi
you say s1, saater gave ordess to reeSse him,
some talk of moving his government % Arks-
delphia and making that has capital
A LETTER PROM oss OF rHR CAPTIVE IUpexs.
A ron OF Judge Bennett received = letter last
evening from irOm his father, saving: "Isap-
pose you know Judge SeArle ant I were cap
tared AZ Argents last night. We are we'll
r.
when we will be reIeSsed.H The letter vas
forces.
MORE LAwLEssNEss on RAxrsR's MxS.
Baxter has again practically seized the tele-
graph office. There are guards posted abOat
one hundred yards away, and they allow no one
10 enter.
why the Judges were Captured.
ST. LOUIs, May 5.-rhe Dsm6eTaf's Little
Rock special Of last night says that the reason
ior the arrest OF Judges Searle aud Bennett, OF
the Supreme Court, may be summed no ~ fol-
lows: There IL standing appropriation OF
$4,000 at the disposal OF the governor for the
payment of the militia when called into active
service This statute was passed In 1855. dow
erDor Brooks MADE q rec uisition for part Of this
fund. The suditer drew q warrant upon the
treasurer for the money, who, 10 protect him
self from any doubtful payment refused 90
honor the warrant, whereupon the attorneys for
Brooks prepared a msndamus against the
treasurer, asking that he be compelled 20 paw
the money. To the mandamus the treasurer
responded that the presiding officer Of the sem
ste 70 Nn9m me elecuon returns we're made had
declared Baxter governor OF the state aud sub
mitts that Brooks has no authority 20 draw upon
the fund. To this a replication was PREPARED
setting up the judgment In favor Of Brooke,
for the ONCE OF Governor aud his inst al alton
into once hereunder. To this replication a
demurrer was prepared 20 the effect that the
circuit court was without jurisdiction 20 render
ings would necessarily have determined who Is
tbe legal Governor. To prevent this determine
ton by the court Judges Bennett and Searle
were arrested. Baxter denies that ne au-
thorized the arrest OF the judges, but when
st. Johns College was searched this morning
by asQuad Of regulars, acting ~ police, an un-
finished report OF their arrest addressed 20 Bsx-
ter was found on a table where IL had been
left in haste incident 60 departure which effect
ually refutes the statement. writs Of habeds
corpus have been Issued for the missing judges,
and Baxter, Newton, Churchill, BlOcher and
Williams are reported 70 have left town TO avoid
service.