The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-13
IMPRISONED FOR DEBT.
Arrest of a Texas Lad' ana i"e''r'''
alton in Jatl-A J"s'ice y"
cu,ed for His Part of the .irans"e
.wr,, of Hsbeas Corpus for
Her release 10 BE Argued this

morning..
During the last term OF the MI. ~
.CrnntuI school. Misses Belle and Arizona
R.banua. OF Richmond, Texas, "se4
sh,n, .,yteen and thirteen years. FesPec
I,yaIv wee pupils at the srhool' aou
Lars ranaipsi there since the commence
noort exercises until day before yester-
1.y when their mother arrived iF"'l
Texas tor the purpose on tshihS 'u'
hone Mrs.. f +. BONANZA Tue
mother, gave the principal OF the scno1''
tor balance due on lultlons OF her uHuSH-
4 t.rs note for something over s"Oo' III
/ 49, ,rshsDd : name, who is bind ana
.,s,.,.,ct. All his business through
bic u,ite This note WAS accepted Oy Tue
nroner persons, but was afterwards re
iiac.sd and tue payment OF the money
- 3a,n.n.t.t Mrs. BohaLna then
oeerad 10 psy in Cash 500, Gil 'he
rnonev she could spare at the time aho
LII ,,oyo sufficient funds left TO take her
and her children to their leAaS noino'
This offer was refused, but II WAS suS
oested by the creditors that sue pay 'Loo y
in cash and leave the baggage OF her
..;IIr., st the Mount ~ security 1ol u .
,.;,der Mrs. BOhanna was UNI u
,odotbis, but agreed 20 pay tho SD }, !
-. listed. bat the creditors we re N
aTnrsbIe. and refused to produce tf e not
{ that whatever amount was paia unigt
ho cradited on its iace, and OF curse z
Money WAS passed between Tn parties
1 While negotiations were IN Is pendin9
Constable Exey appeared m the seen
and attached the baggage OF she daughter
r of Mira Bohanna Tor bill for Si2 cor
tr.rtad At Geo T. Taylor s, and bin 10
~ contracted nj John II all's, which till
. were contracted in the name of tn
rother This was the first Intimstio
mat the lady had & any trouble, Al
came Immediately ~ town, where sh
settled the bills against her. 1t ban
rather late when she arrived here, sh
engaged rooms At the Stamm house
: whittier she repaired after the sci
: element of the claims. Her trouble
y were not vet over, however, ~ late tina
i rjrht Father Sullivan, in the Lame o
Mary de Chantal Devins, swOre out
y warrant for her arrest, which was place
u in the hands OF Deputy Sheriff Mitchell
d who arrested her and placed her IN Jal
> that nirht. Yesterday, Mrs. Bohann
: secured the services OF Col Arnett to de
r ernd her, and the necessary steps wer
taken for writ of habeGS corpus Ia
y her release from prIsoD, which Wi
d he argued before Judge Melyl
re in the Circuit Court this morning; CrS
e crst. for plaintiff and Arnett for defend
r. ant Thus rests the matter for the pres
y en,. but as the lady intends prosecutln
Squire Phillips, rs soon ms she Is re
leased, for his unwarrsnted action ]
!. s.iaching her daughters baggage Tor ne
y: debts and Tor other unwarrantab!e aci
~ not authorized by law, there Is pros
y, nee. of developments being mad
" that will not sit lightly 0
the 'Souire's shoulders. Mrs. Bohar
mas two daughters now have room
TX st the Mcclure house, where they ava
ed the release OF their mother hose teup,
l. rary financial cmbarrassm has great
g. chagrined both them and her. The lad
eF who has thus been placed in such 81 III
i fortunate position. states that she ca
It. lCuidate her Indebtedness soon after b
arrival home, and only asks an oppo
70. tunity to dispose of her stock IN the sinai
II of caftle rs soon Ma there is market, h
is husband being a stock raiser, she tran
ms acting Inost OF his BUSH css. But Ms tn
, . i only ne side of the affair, we give Il
,g tacts AS presented to us, and await III
Nv Their developments in the courts, OK tt
remarkable case .! imprisonment Il
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