The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-16
A Number of Late Strikers Called
Upon to Pay the Fid-
der.
The County Court Officially De-
cIareS the Result of the
Election.
Proceedings Had i'm the Probate
Court at Yesterdays Set
ting.
Criminal Court.

ing as usual with a good attendance
as it was expected the cases agains
the men who were engaged in the
strike last March and April would b.
tried.
The men indicted were charged
with killing engines, stopping trains
and doing other lawless acts which
terrorized the whole community and
both those who were opposed to such
things and the friends of the indicted
law breakers mustered in force. These
cases were first on the docket for the
day and were so numerous that all
were not disposed of.
Followsng is the docket
State VS.. Fred Page, Dora Kerr and
A. FL. Cady. disturbing the peace,
defendants Page and Kerr plead
guilty and are fined So each.
State VS.. Micheal Dougherty and
James McFane, disturbing the peace,
dismissed by the state.
State vs. Eugene Perry, Jack Col
Inns, Ed. Howe, Pat Golden, Frank
Spann, Jack Holland, Geo. Fisher,
Tim Sullivan, Fred Page, Jno Fitz-
gerald, 81. Hollis, w. Fl. Hamilton
and Eli Wilmington, obstruct-
ing the running of railroad.
The defendants being arraigned,
Jack Collins, Eugene Perry, Geo.
Fisher, Ed Howe, Frank Spann and
Tim Sullivan pleaded guilty and were
fined $500 each with the usual order.
w. II. Hamilton pleads not guilty
and is remanded for trial.
Forfeiture of recognizance by de.
fault, of Golden and Wilmington and
their securities for 500 each taken
with leave to move to set aside this
term Sci facias and Alias Capias or
dered to issue State dismiss es as to
defendants, Hollis and Fitzgerald.
State VS.. Fred Page, Geo. Fisher
and Joseph Watterson, riot, defend
ants Page and Fisher withdrew
former plea and plead guilty and
are fined So each. State dismisses
as to defendant Watterson.
State VS.. E. A. Carpenter and
Hugh Fitzgerald, charged and in
dicted with criminal libel, for pub
fishing an article in the Labor Union,
defamatory of the character of John
belong. This case was called.
The state announced that Hugh
Fitzgerald was the sole editor of the
Labor Union, and that Z. A. Car
penter was in nowise responsible for
its editorial utterances, because of
contract in a chattel mortgage given
to party, in which this agreement is
given form, and owing to this con-
tract, the case against Carpenter was
dismissed. -. p -: - r: = - P.
Capt. Bridges, attorney for Fitz-
gerald, then entered plea of guilty |
for Fitzgerald after Prosecuting Attor-
ney Lamm had read the Indictment |
and article published by the defen-
dant.
The court gave the defendant |
a long talk on the enormity Of his
crime and wound up by giving Mr..
Fitzgerald fine of $500.
Mr.. Barrett one of Fitzgerald's
attorneys WAS on his feet the next
instant and said
MAY it please the court, this has
taken us by surprise and We desire to
withdraw the plea of guilty. In the
manner your honor had been treating
these cases. the fine imposed upon the
defendant is much in excess of what
had been expected and to that end
We desire to withdraw the plea of
guilty.
COurt-You can withdraw the plea
of guilty, Mr.. Clerk make the entry.
During these proceedings the room
was still as death and all eyes were
riveted upon Judge Ryland who
seemed very much agitated regarding
the case.
The case against Fitzgerald-attor-
neys asked for time. Granted.
State VS.. Eugene Perry, disturbing
the peace, defendant arraigned
pleads not guilty, cause taken up
and heard before jury, verdict pend
ing at adjournment.
State VS.. Ole Stosburg, throwing !
an engine from the track; plea of not
guilty; witnesses for the state recog-
,nized in the sum of 500 each, and
case docketed for trial.
State VS.. Fred Page, disturbing the
peace cause continued on the appli.