The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1879-10-23

alton set forth that the county seat still
remained at Green Dell; that the Board
of Supervisors never adopted any reso-
luton or took any lawful steps to re-
move said county seat to Baldwin; OF
by lawful means submit to the people
Of the county, such proposition, &c. II
further set forth that about eighty
names of illegal voters had been regis
tered In Pleasant Plains township, and
they had voted; that demand had
been made for copy of the names reg
istered In Pleasant Plains township,
and the demand peremptorily refused;
that more votes were polled i'm Pleas
ant Plains township, against removal,
than were counted; that there were
not to exceed 125 persons lawfully en-
titled to vote total vote, as polled-20l)
In Pleasant Plains township, and that
there were about "a illegal votes cast i'm
Glencoe township.
The substance of the answer to this
information (which answer was not
made till after the injunction had been
granted), was a total denial of the
charges; and was made by Geo. w.
Clark, chairman Of the Board of Su-
pervisors; Sheriff Grant, and Supervi-
sor Mckee, of Glencoe; and Wood, Of
Pleasant Plains. AS stated above, two
attempts had been made for a removal
of the remainder Of the county proper
ty, and on the morning of April 30th,
a still larger crowd went from the west
side of the county.
A temporary injunction had been
granted, the evening previous, by
Judge Wheeler, restraining the remov-
al of the remainder of the county prop
erty; but this fact was not generally
known. The injunction was served as
rapidly as possible upon those specially
enjoined.
When the citizens from the west
side, arriving at Chase, on the morning
of the Both, attempted to remove the
Atom safe, they were met by sturdy OPP
position. The injunction was pro-
claimed by Clerk Towner, and Dept.
Sheriff Oviatt headed the protectors of
the safe from the invaders. During
tearing down of the structure about the
safe, the two factions came to blows,
with clubs, crowbars, &c. A number
were severely injured; but fortunately
none were killed. The safe was re-
moved to the railroad and transported
to Baldwin, on u freight car.
The next act was the arrest of sever
al citizens of the west side of the coun-
ty, on a charge of conspiracy" The
charges were promptly quashcd In Cir
cult Court. Next, came charge of
contempt in not obcying the injunc-
ton. This case was against some l2or
10 citizens Of the west side; and when |
IL came to trial, Wm. Wood and II. l.. |
Allen adjudged guilty, but were |
not sentenced; while the decision was |
reserved in the cases of others, and still |
others were discharged. Steps were |
now taken by the Board of Supervisors |
to have the temporary Injunction dis
solved, and to compel the Clerk aud |
Judge of Probate, who still remained
Mt Chase, to remove to Baldwin. The
case came to trial in Circuit Court, at
Chase, Aug. 18th, 1875; and after argu-
ment, the motion to dismiss the iu..
junction was granted, mainly on the
ground Of lack of jurisdiction. The
case was then taken to the Supreme
Court, on appeal from Judge Wheelcr's
decisions; but the Supreme sustained
the decision of the lower Court, and the
struggle euded.
Continued nerf sCeckO