The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-01-04

st the ominoas five dollars, Mr.. Msrslsi"
Each OF these face, however, bearing the
imprint Of reform, the municipal eye mex;
soagtc the me1Tners bench. Iaere II
!, led for moment on the face Of only one
delinquent. Di-Ga-led az The slim array,
lie al cree wheeled sboa: and ordered co2rl
to be declared IN session.
The Marshal performed the ceremony
required, ard when His Honor called for
the fr-; case, "Mr. Chadwick, acting IS =
hotel runner" was announced Ali parties
not being ready for trial, the Gaze was con
tinued until to-day.
"Levina Watkins, using obscene lang
usge during general ,hubbub at Dustin's
Hail, On Fifth street, next called the Mar
shal.
Levina didn't chow up, having been
released on er recogniz1nce, and her case
was also postponed"
PEACE DIsTUKBgE.
Archie Watkins, disturbing peace at the
hall aforesaid, during the hubbub siore-
mentioned, and at the time the said Levina
was said 10 have used said language, while
dance was being enacted, was the case
which followed. Officers DeNoyer and
| Murray who made the arrest about TWO
| o'clock Yesterday morning, stated that some
forty or fifty Of the reveiers had got into
mus, which was likely 10 result in free
| fight, where the defendant would probably
have got the worst OF il, and that the course
pursued by them in locking him up to keep
| him out OF danger was jGstihsble. The
Judge thought as his life had been saved he
wouldn't hesitate 10 donate V TO the city,
by wsy Of gratitude, and he was required to
pay over his five dollars SIS disIurber OF
the peace.
| This coacluded the business for the city,
and the Judge braced himself up TO render
his long delayed decision in case Of
EyBEZzLEMENT.
which was State case OF considerable
dimensions. and enc which has occupied
the attention OF the court and at
toTneys for several days. The case in ques-
tion Ia where the Alliance Mutual AssIr-
ance Company, through the agency OF Col.
| u. W. Houston, secured the arrest, in St.
| Joseph, Of 4 man named Alexander S.
Brooks, on the charge above stated
The fact Of the arrest had been for some
days kept quiet through the e1ertions Of
several Of the officers who thought the mat
ter could be seiiied. During the past three
days, however, the case has been on trial,
aud from the evidence it seems that Brooks
WAS employed at one time as an agent for
The company, with an office in 81. Jo-eph,
dating the b ginning of his work back to
some lime in 1873. He was thought to be
a faithful agent and when, in July last, he
reported deficiency of SS5S 81, he was still
permitted To go on with his work. \ later
report, il October, was received by the CON-
pany from him, however, which showed the
deficit II be 1882 81 Col. Houston was
at once dispatched IL 81. Joseph to look the
matter up, as Brooks had severed his con-
neclion with the company and
had gone to work for another
firm, stating in letter that he would, as
soon as possible, pay up the balance due,
which he explained was caused by the nom
paymer.t TO him Of amounts due on notes
held by hin on other parties Tor policies.
Col. Houston testified that on visiting him,
he assigned TO the cDmpa Y numb-r OF
notes which he (Hou-ion) afterward found
to he vaIueless, and which had been incIua-
ed in the report, witbOa, which the COM
pany claims an Indebtedness Of over
| $1,000
The defendant, he said, bad expressed a will
lingness 20 settle the affair as far as possible,
and said be would pay the debt if enough
time could be given, but the affair had, by
| this lime, assumed legal shape in which
| such settlement could not have been
made, and the case had TO take It's course.
The d, PENDANTS wife remained with him
| faithfully during the examination, ami
| only once when all allusion was made to
her littlc family at home, did she show any
| emotion. Books is said TO be very res
pf ctabiy connected in St. joseph. The
case was decided by the Judge freeing the
defendant FIR m restraint, on the ground
| that tie intent 10 deiraud was not made APP
parent by the evidence and that he had
been retained in the employ Of the company
after the frat report showing that sn IL
debteduess had been made in July. The
defendant claims that he has vet notes
enough outstanding ID liqnidate his in
debt-dness with the company if they are
! collected.