The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-12-10
HIGH OLD TIlCI.
fhs Author Of the Rat Law"
In jail.


The following account OF q rich ~.
fair hat happened 1t the preliminary
sxanination If Womack, at Manhall,
last week, came to hand too late
for publication in yesterdays paper.
Special Correspondents Of the Basoo.
MARSHALL, Nov. 80.
Yesterday, during the trial Of Wo-
mack, for the murder of Cockrell,
The attorneys, Hon. J. p. Stroth.
er for defendant, and Hon. Sam.
Davis for State. engaged in q
violent game of chin music. whereup.
on the court assessed . fine of $3.50
against Mr.. Davis. All of which Mr..
d. refused 10 pay. on the ground that
the court had been guilty Of playing
above the limits" In order 10 con-
vince the court that it Was . dam
phool," Mr.. ID. read that section of
Wagners Statutes relating to con.
tempts, interruptions, &c. The court
in justification read three chapters Of
Hostetter's Almanac and an extract
from Talmage.
Samuel insisted on having the fine
entered and contempt specified before
proceeding with the case, - he had O.
morbid curiosity to know what he was
fined for.
The Court informed Mr.. d. that he
Wa running the heavy tragedy de-
partment of that law mill. and that If |
be (Mr. d persisted in bis Interrupt
ton, the Court would commit him to
Jail.
Mr.. Davis told the Court be couldn't
do it.
Whereupon the Court grew hot
in tho collar and scrubbed out com.
mitment and handed it to Deputy
Sheriff Cason for execution.
Mr.. Cason aid be ~as . fresh calf
in the pasture, and didn't feel like en-
numbering $50. 900 bond with an
abls-bodied suit for damages unless the
Prosecuting Attorney. Mr.. Breathitt,
mid the writ '',cas parliamentary"
Wbereupon the Court said be would
ZEE the writ was executed ''if be could
end IN officer that would do his duty"
This remark on the part Of the
court riled Cason, and the Court be-
ing coguisanr Of the fact that Cason
was the baddest kind of q man when
stirred up-apologi.ed.
The Court. after apolog,zing to Ca
son, showed deposition to proceed
with the ca.e If Mr.. Davis would do
20 and %. |,
Mr.. d. informed the Court that he
had besn guilty Of nothing and did !
not propose to make IN - Of himself 9
By entering into IN unnecessary apollo
e.; that he was running the State
end Of that suit, and did not propose
to proceed farther until the writ was .
either cancelled or executed. |,
Thereupoa the Court swore it would {
not b bulldosed, and handed the writ 9
to Sheriff Cason for execution.
Davis looked ut the writ and told !.
Cason to Jail him. :
About the time Cason had turned
the key, and before the Democrut and 9
Progress reporters had time to inter- .
view the "varmint," Mears. Letcher
and Shannon were on hands with .
kabeas corpus. and Judge Brown, after
reading the writ, said the Justice had !
allowed bis anger to cause him to for. {
get to insert the charge upon which \
Ar. Davis was deprived Of bis liberty, Z
and that it was IN old and immortal
maxim that . man could not be re-
strained u his liberty without just
cause thereof. cloud and tremend-
Gus cheering BY over 500 Vest men.)
Alter bis liberation, . committee of
wags entertained him at dings hotel. I
DECEPTION OF PRnouER. 10
Seven ieet; weight 100; ags y; eysc dot :
ted; fearful eouutenancs; dark brown
vhisksn; (bsd coastenanes) bug mouth
wrecked eosstsseses); bilious tsnpers-
nsat; (sissrsble counsenshce); ungodly
jsss; horrible cosssesasce); ean veil
developed aud slightly Inclined 70 Top
noss cardinal; lobe Of left ear dsfornsd By
rat bite stsavbesry mart on left bullock .
below timber line; shoulder slightly "
ssoopsd. supposed to have been caused BY
carrying heavy load Of christianity.
A sUFscRIPrloN.
WHE1EAA The Chief Justics Of The
county Of Saline within and for tie town.
chip Of AanhalI, has this day committed
Tie Hon. Samuel Davis. tor contempt of
sasd j1ssies, also tor Pessisting while hold
Ing eonrs 70 give - sxcuss. and hes fined
ths said Davis $50 for ceoteupt Of said
tuseios. Nov, ~, his most iatinats and
syopathstic frisads feeling eoonissratson
Tor hi deplosabas eoadisios hsseby sub
sssibs IL amount ~ opposite our sams
for IL purpose Of paying said fos and -
curing The release Of our said unfortunate
frieod:
C. T. 0hsnaSa-. ........ 5 esats
Jso. n. Irxny...... ....................-S
D. w. 6aadidee........ ..............
D. i. Osy-...... ......... ...............-6
g. Hss0aa, easA............ ..........--S
Tbeo. Boaaghy. 10000. ..........5
J II. Eakio ......... .......6