Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-12
BILL KING CORRALED.

Inc x00Uu6Gur8uo Oh 1A1nuo6OC0 n0c04Veb
an onaoial Call While on His Way to
Chicago.
Hon. W. 8. King resides in Minneapolis. He,
like Anton @. Hesing, of Chicago, is "Boss'' of
Minneapolis, and like the bigger boss OF the
bigger town occasionally slops over to think his
rule extends beyond tho corporation Hmits,
which allow him to preside and dictate. Bill
King slopped that way yesterday. Hardly .
slop after all, but case Of red-hot boiling
over with seething words of anger And all
because he was arrested by IN officer of tho
law. The Canadian exile was oollarcd at tho
Milwaukee depot at the foot of jackson street,
on the 1885 eastward bound train. It all came
about in this way:
Day before yesterday e case was begun boz
fore Judge Brill, in chambers, entitled:
J. @. Whitney, aasigneein bankruptcy of w.
8. King, vs.. Henry Il. Williams, assignee,
ETC., NJ. 8. Gibson, intervenor.
In explanation of the case, it may be stated
that w. s. Kings assignee instituted the suit
against Henry L. Williams, assignee Of the
Litohfeld bank, to recover q promissory note
for $3.50, drawn by 8. Deering in favor of NJ.
8. Gibson, It being claimed on tho part of the
plaintiff that tho note was of the assets Of
Kings estate, this claim being based upon the
fact that Gibson, as manager Of Kings Oak
wood farm, had disposed of certain cattle
belonging to King, for which the note was
given in part payment. The Litchfeld bank
held the note as collateral; part of its assets.
1t turned out during the trial that defendant
claimed that the note in question was issued
to Gibson on Kings authority, to be negotiated
ito pay current expenses" on the farm and a.
kind Of payment of Gibson's salary, which
was in arrears $1,000 or thereabouts.
The necessity Of Mr.. Kings evidence in this
matter is apparent. To obtain it, tho court in
due form issued subpoena for W. 8. King. of
Hennepiu county, and it was duly served.
Yesterday morning when the case was called,
was found to be wholly absent. Not wholly
disregarding the dignity of the bench, Mr..
King made return to the subpoena in the fol-
lowing words, addressed to his or Mr.. Whit
neys lawyer:
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 10th, 1879.
II. G.. O. Morrison-My Dear Sir: Mi.
Clarke has just served upon me subpoena re-
quitting my attendance in the suit Of Whitney,
assignee, against Gibson, before Judge Wilkin,
tomorrow. Imperative business engagements
at Whitewater, Wis.,, and Chicago this week,
render it wholly impossible for me to respond
as directed by the court, except at such busi-
ness Inconvenience and loss as I am. not able to
bear, and must beg you to secure postpone
ment of the case until my return, about Dec.
LIST. Parties from various points in Illinois
and Iowa are to meet me in Chicago under en-
gagements made more than a month ago,
which I am honorab y bound to keep. Please
consider my condition and excuse me. both to
the court and yourself.
Yours in haste, WIS. KING.
This might be in consonance with Mr.. Kings
position as Boss of Minneapolis in Minneapo-
lis, but it rather appeared contemptuous to a
Ramsey county lawyer, Mr.. E. A. Hendrick-
son, counsel for defendants, and he insisted
that Mr.. Kings evidence was material, and
that he was wanted. Messrs. Morrison and
Lowrey, legal luminaries from the Boss town,
exclaimed and explained that Mr.. King had
gone, left last night (Monday) for Chicago, 50
"a to handle u small part of the Grant boom.
How his (King'D ilk do gather around the Ma
tons idol.
However, it was thought maybe Mr. King
important business or desire to here Grants
message" hadn't led him away on his flight
from duty 40 soon As he expected, !mbued
writ of attachment for W. 8. King.
ty Sheriff Harrison boarded the
l2:s5 train, bound for Chicago, on the Chi
cage, Milwaukee & st. Paul road, and he found
Mr.. King. Not before be was approached by
Mr.. Morrison. who frat communicated to
King that the boom would have to proceed
without his presence, though Grant might
after all make 1T q success.
To say Mr.. King was mad, doesn't put it
parallel with a bull in china shop. He
wanted to cuss, but RETAINED in the presence
of the ladies in the car. When he got out of
doors in the custody Of Deputy Sheriff Har-
rison, Mr.. King discounted the army in Elan
ders with the use of red.hot explosives. Utterly
useless was Mr.. Kings storm of indignation.
His body, looking like billed lobster. was pro-
duced in court, and he testified. It doesn't
matter to what, but in the course of the evil
dence given, it was stated that the note in
question, $3.50, was about all ever found which
could be called an asset in Kings bankruptcy,
except $25 obtained on personal property.
Previous to his testimony, Mr.. O. d. O'lsrien
explained to the court that Mr.. Kings business
in Chicago was of the most urgent nature, and,
therefore, ETC., etc.
The court was lenient, and having gotten
the Boss didn't fine him for contempt of court.
1t doth appear, to make this narrative full
in every particular, that when served with the
subpoena Mr.. King got his attendance fees,
1886. in advance. It's all right now, but it
wauldn't have been had Mr.. King skulked
through this city to Chicago without attending
court.
W. 8. King left last night to boom with the
Grant boom.