Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-06-24
Law at lDexterville.
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ioGuineu again on the next uay,
and offered to waive the formal reading
of the warrant if Justice F. would
proceed with the examination, this he
still refused until an arrest was made.
L then went home, being somwhat dis
appointed that [ was not arrested when
[ was so perfectly willing, but how
could [ account for this carelessness
on the part Of the officials unless it
was that King George was not there
without whom his lick spittles dare not
even breath the free air George, how
ever, came home that Same afternoon.
Upon being informed that [ had been
there twice TO Be arrested, he started
out one Of his cheap men to make the
arrest. This done, no doubt George
felt greatly relieved because the farce
was about to come to a head 1t be-
ing Saturday night, the case wa, ad-
journed nntill next Thursday at 2
O'Clock ?. NJ. Well that day came in
turn with others, and King George
the First had all business suspended
about his establishments, brought his
serfs all in, seated them around On the
benches of the court room like par
eel of stool pigeons, Call having their
mouths stretched by his command and
being instructed that whenever he
would smile, during the course of the
examination, they must all roar with
loud laughter, by SO doing he WAS
pleased to his hearts content.) Then
he brought in all the capers that had
arrived from Grand Rapids, viz: Dis
trict Attorney 2. o. Cassidy, G. l.
Powers and his (cheap john Briggs;
the latter who | don't suppose ever
owned a law-book in the world, but
knows of his own knowledge that the
form of bail bond as prescribed bv Sec
tions 50 and 40 of the laws of Wis, of
the year 1871, is mot worth a damn -
as he termed it. that he came from
Oxford small town built up on the
sand, and that such bond would not be
considered good there, and told Justice
Jarvis that he had not ought to accept
lt from me as sufficient, at the same
time George remarked that A. S. Rob
inson and L. Ward (who are on as
suretles( } were not responsible, that be
did not believe that one hundred dol
lars could be collected from either of
them. Mr.. Jarvis who had seen
enough Of their tricks concluded that
it was all right called the bond a good
one, and sureties amply sufficient.
The record shows the attorneys on the
part of the King were Dist att'y 2.
0. Cassidy, Major Clark, and Powers
Il Briggs. rather heavy team against
so poor an opponent as | could only be
to them. They kept up the farce
until about helf past one o'clock in
the night they did not introduce any
evidence whatever to establish the
least shadow of the allegations of their
complaint. but Of course [ was bound
over to appear at the next term of the
circuit court. Their whole crew were
quite sleepy and tired and by about 2
0 clock IN the night all of this famons
examination was over.
Now Mr.. Editor, this whole proceed
ing was got up for the purpose to oppres
and intimidate me, and thereby set an
example for all others that may seek
any redress through the law courts
against crime Gas the supreme court
said in relation to Wood County board
OF canvassers) against the Government
which is next akin to treason itself.
and ought to be punished. Now the
behavior Of Mr. Hiles at the election
polls in Dexterville toward me and
others last spring, is only repetition of .
his cowardly outrages perpetrated upon
a few citizens ever since the town was
organized in the spring Of 1867. He
{ H being Inspector of election,
Knocked Mr.. Jas. McGlin down and
set his rowdies upon him and succeeded
in running him away from the polls.
His only offence was that he did not
vote the Hiles ticket, and challenged
some illegal votes. Shortly after he
refused to take Mr.. Remington g vote
on the gr0udS that he was ~o. .o,s.,o.