Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-01-14
Judge Foster, 1.-The tall sycamore of


Judge Foster, 1.-The tall sycamore OF
the river district" is on deck again
Last week, while holding court al
Jackson ,he telegraphed to Jai!or Sieg,
mund, of the City of st. Louis, to bring
down prisoner, the negro ravisher
Thompson, for trial. The prisoner, lad
been taken some months before to ST
Louis by the Sheriff of Cape Girardeau
county, else there would have been a
lynching more and trial less in the
annals of that county. When Jailor
Siegmund received the order to pro-
duce the prisoner at Jackson, he hest
tated about obeying it: the usual prac-
tice in such cases being that the sh er-
iff bringing the prisoner to the Jail for
satekeeping CO mes, pays the bill for
board, and takes him away. However,
after several kilograms back and forth,
between judge and jailor, the latter, on
advice of counsel, concluded he had
better obey the mandate of the former,
and made preparations to start with
his prisoner last Monday. But Satur-
day counsel for the prisoner interviewed
with a writ of habeas corpus, and the
TALLER was ordered to come before the
court of criminal correction of st. Lou
is, and show on what authority he was
holding the prisoner. Sundays Re-
publican says of this muchly-cOmpli-
Gated affair:
"As the jailer has no commitment and on
" few lines from the sheriff of Cape Girar-
deau county it looks as if the black brute,
who criminally assaulted four women in Ste.
Gene,ieve and Cape Girardeau counties,
would be released. The prisoner was
brought here to prevent fynching, and the
Tailor received him for safe keeping, at the
usual rate for outside prisoners. He has O
few lines from the sheriff, directing him to
hold the prisoner until called for. The Gus
tom is when the sheriff wants his prisoner, to
come forward, settle the board bill and take
his man. In the present case, Judge Foster
called upon the jailer to take the prisoner
down at his own expense, and said nothing
about settling the board bill. Now comes
the writ which will cause n delay. Jailer
SleSHiuHu ttleSidpHCu tnC hC" lcotu'I VI
the case to Judge Foster and advised him
to send some one up here who could show
on what authority the negro was held. If
discharged by the court the prisoner will be
Immediately arrested by the police.
Last night the following telegram WAS re-
ceived by the jailer:
'"JACKSON, Jan. 9.-Have ordered an at
tachment for your body for contempt OF
court. Ii is directed to the sheriff of the
city of st. Louis. j. ID. FOSTER, Judge."'
The jailer has suspected from the first that
an attempt was being made by the county
authorities to make him responsible for the
negro. Iii generally understood that the
prisoner will be lynched as soon as he arrives
on the see ne OF bis crimes. Mr.. Siegmund
believes that, if any responsibility is TO be
shouidered, it should be done by the author
tiles who arrested and have control of the
prisoner"
Sheriff Rage, of Cape county, went
t0 ST. Louis Monday and took charge
of the prisoner, Jailor Siegmund, in the
meantime. with the assistance of some
friends, having prevailed on Wilson's
lawyer to Withdraw his writ of hdbeas
corpus. Under any other conceiva BILE
circumstance, all this pother would
have been avoided. Query: Did Tailor
Siegmund receive his fees for the keep
iag of the prisoner, or did he forego
them for the sake of"a quiet life?"