The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-09-28
WILLIS WOE.
j. p. Willis, as a United States
Marshal, Strikes a Hard
Knot.
A st. Clair County Judge a Nut
too Hard for Him to
Crack.

GaCeS, ana VINO Is well known mere,
owing to his former connection with
the penitentiary, is just now in a peck
of trouble, the cause of which is thus
told by the Kansas City Times:
Deputy United States Marshal, j.
p. Willis, who tor three months has
been securing the wilds of St. Clair
county in search of Thomas Scott, the
refractory judge of the county court,
who refuses to recognize an order of
the United States court to make tax
levy for the payment of the interest
and a portion of the principal of the
fraudulent Kansas City, Memphis and
Mobile railroad bonds, arrived in the
city yesterday for brief vacation.
Old residents of this city will re-
member
THE GREAT MEMPHIS RAILROAD SWIM
by which jackson county was robbed
of $500, 900 and interest along with
St. Clair and half dozen other coun.
ties. Al! the counties have compro-
missed their bonds, except St. Clair,
the people of which have stead
tasty refused to pay any parG
of the debt, which now with
the interest amounts to some $500, 900.
Accordingly when the United States
circuit court rendered judgment In
favor of the bOndholders for part of
the principal and interest, the judges
could nowhere be found. Service
was finally got on them, however, and
and the court at Jefferson City issued
a mandamus ordering the county court
to make a lax levy to satisfy the
judgment. Service was easily got on
presiding Judge Phillips, who was
PERI ECTLY WILLING To MAKE THE
LEVY
and Judge Copenhaver, afer hiding
weeks, was arrested in February
and taken to Jefferson City
and placed under bond to appear at
the September Term. He did so
few days ago and refusing to sign
the order making the levy, he was
sent TO Jail for contemept of court.
Judge Scott has been more fortunate.
Though neputy Marshall Willis and
a posse of eight men have been scOur-
ing the country since the middle of
June, they have not succeeded in get
ting service on him. The posse have
been within a stones throw of the
fugitive judge number of times, but
so Jealous have his friends been in
him that the officers nave
been batieled on all occasions. Early
in the hpnt Deputy Marshall Willis
employed man to 60 through the
country in the guse of tramp seek
ing work, in The hope of running
Scott down.
CAUGHT ON TO THIS RUsE
In a few days and notified
Mr.. Tramp is he valued
v1ole skin he had better leave !h"
cOun.ry which he Gid w..shOu. furth>i
admonition. The deputy was
not dishear,ened at this
bu. continued he chase with
redoubled vigilance, and for the
past two months has scarcely slept I'M
der a roof. Sunday night of last
week as Deputy Marshal Willis was
lying ny The roadside waiting for his
posse to come up, a man passed, whom
he afte ward leal ned 10 be Judge
Scot. TIE following Wednesday
night the pc Sc located Scott in a farm
house near the Usage river. Dis
mounting they crept to within 100
yards OF the 10 e when the dogs gave
the alarm aud Scott escaped ia the
crossing the river, which
was waist deep.
NJ. Willis will return to 81. Clair
county Today and will renew the
nGnt. SIT is deuceGly unpopular to
ne deputy marshall down there"
he said yesterday. Everybody who
= OF known is suspected of being in
VI &C WIG.
An OLD EASTERN GENTL ENIAN
= no was looking over the country
wit1 view or investing in farm lands
got lost. InquiriOg nis way he was
old he could ind it as best he might,
and when be demanded 10 know Inc
cause of Their incivilty, he was told
that they would not show a -
United States marshal the way
out OF hell He showed them hi,
private papers, but they declared tha
United States marshals, as land buyers
Or horse dealers, were common visitors
TO those parts"
When do you expect 10 get you
m-n?"
That's something no fellow can