Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-22
the DENNIS FRAUD CASE.
Ipsnais Heard r,t EabeaS CcrP0s and T.,
COntIEued.

IpsuaIs Heard ,,u n I4abeas Ccrpas and Case
ContIrued.
1t has been stated that John 3. Dennis,
the notorious Ms. Joy politician, whose
political cruDkodneSs was the theme of
conversation with everybody few years
ago aid vino foand it advisable to "go
west had been lodged in Jail a few days ago
10 answer for recent alleged frauds ia st.
Louis, Mo. Yesterday afternoon Detective
badger, Of St. Louis, reached this city for
the purpose of taking Dennis west with
him to answer for his alleged crimes. He
brought with him all the necessary papers
from the criminal court of St. Louis. The
charge against Dennis is that " he did IN
lawfully, fcloEiously and frau lulentIy
obtain from one Thomas j. Grant, twenty
four mules all of the value OF S., 24S, law
fEl money oi the United States all the
property OF the said Thomas j. Graz t,
by means and by use of a bogus check
and draft, and by means and by use of a
confidence game This charge is sworn
to by Thomas !. Grant, and duly certified
by the court UfiicCiS.
This morning Detective Badger went 10
Harrisburg to secure from Governor Pat
tison a requisiIion to take Dennis west.
Meantime the friends OF Dennis had lodged
with the governor protest against the is
sne OF Il reYu!sition until it could be
shown that tho Oifense charged against
Dennis was one that would be recognized
by the governor of Missouri if a similar
reauisition had been made Oh him. Be
sides this action, Mr.. Dennis friends
secured the legal services of j. Hay
Brown ard S. II. Reynolds, esq, WHO
took out writ of habeas corpus and had
Mr.. Dennis appear before the court at II
ocucls this forenoon. Counsel demanded
first, the absolute discharge of the prison
Ell and, second, his discharge on bail, SO
t,.at time NAV be had to investigate the
charges against him before he is taken be-
yold the jurisdiction of the court. The
court declined to discharge tic prisoner
and the hearing was postponed until
"Wednesday next at II O'Clock
Early this morning two complaints Of
forgery were made against Dennis by s.
Clay Miller, administrator of the estate Of
the late Abram IL Rcist. The ona case
charges him with having forged the name
of John Lcib, of Mount JOY, to a promis
sory note for SO. and the other
with forging the name of John
Doyle, of Mount Joy, to a prOmissOry
note for s1a7.5O. These notes were re
ceived as good by Nr. Reist, were en-
dorsed by him aud discounted by ID. p.
1L0Cncf ~ oon, udiiRtIS AltcI theJ "Slo
discounted, in the winter of 1881, they
were discovered to be forgeries, and Mr..
!teist paid them. A few months after
wards Dennis went west, and has not been
in this county since, so far as is known,
until his present appearance here.
There are said to be several other
charges pending against Dennis in ST.
Louis, and his friends here appear to be
anxious to hold him to answer the less
grave charges brought against him in this
county, rather than let the st. Louis au-
thorites get hold of him; and they express
the opinion that there is very slim chance
of Detective Badger taking the prisoner
west with him.