The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-08-17

Robert G.. Bulls, of New York City, who
was arrested here last Tuesday on a reausition
from Governor Thomas of Utah, is finally at lib
erty, after a most severe and rather exciting ex-
perience in the hands Of his captors, who are
rough-and-ready Western miners. After Bullis's
arrest on the requisition papers, which stated
that he was guilty of false pretenses in having
defrauded a citizen Of Utah named Francis of
$3.50 by representing that he (Bullis) was the
patentee and owner Of wonderful chemical
motor, he was turned over to Hugh Turner, a
gold miner of Salt Lake City, who was depu-
tized to take the prisoner to the Territory and
deliver him to the proper parties, dead or alive
In the mean time Bulliss lawyers Webb and
Barker, were indefatigable in their efforts to
secure mis- release, and, having failed
to bring about that result before
Justice Bingham, of the District Supreme
Court, on the ground that the requisition papers
were defective, they set about to have writ
of habeas corpus issued, alleging that Turner,
the miner, Francis, and Others had entered
into conspiracy to injure Bulls in reputation,
also physically, and that he (Bullis) was not
guilty OF false pretenses, as similar case grow
ing out of the so-called motor, in which Turner
was the prosecuting witness and complainant
had been dismissed in the Washington Police
Court few days previously. Justice Bingham
granted the motion and ordered that writ be
v.
In the mean time Turner, the miner and
deputy marshal, learning that the writ would be
issued, quietly removed his prisoner from the
Sixth Police Station, where he had been con-
fined for two days, and, accompanied by man
Miller, took him to Alexandria, Va, out of the
jurisdiction Of the Washington courts Bulls
was kept in bare cell in the Alexandria sta
tion-house all night and the next morning he
was placed in close carriage and driven in
roundabout way back to Washington, where he
was again incarcerated, this time in the Fourth
Precinct Station, Notwithstanding the fact that
the writ of habeas corpus was in full force.
After few hours stay in this station-house
another close carriage was called and Bulls, in
charge of his two guards, driven about ten
miles to Brooks Station, on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad.
Arriving there about o'clock P NJ, the
hackman was asked by Turner il they were still
in the District, and, being answered in the
affirmative, Turner demanded that he drive on
until they reached some Maryland town. The
driver, fearing that he was being implicated in
some kidnapping scheme, refused to go any
further. The two Westerners threatened him
with direful consequences If he did not pro-
ceed, but the hackman refused and finally
headed his team for Washington and disap-
peared down the dark and dreary road, going
at full speed.
An hour later Bulls was hustled on train
and taken to Rockville, Nd The township
jailer was not at home when the party appeared
at the jail, but his wife agreed to keep the
move him. Bulls was thereupon locked up
and the Western men left for Washington
Upon the return of the jailer, about 10 O'Clock
Friday night, Bulls sent for him and asked if
he (Bullis) was committed regularly and in
proper form. The jailer consulted the States
attorney for that district, and, returning
to the jail shortly thereafter, unlocked the door
OF the cell in which Bulls was confined and
told him to go, as he was not lawfully held.
Bulls then left and took to the woods, fearing
to be recaptured by the Utah miners, both of
whom were fully armed in true Western style.
After wandering about all night he found
himself at daylight this morning near Olney,
small Maryland town, about thirty miles from
Washington. Here he met friend who COM
municated with his attorneys. The latter en-
ployed double team and proceeded to Olney,
where after search they found Bulls asleep in
dense wood, dusty and tired out. He was
placed in the carriage and brought back to this
city, and is now at the Ashton House, 313 Penn
sylvania avenue where he is barricaded against
the wild Westerners, and where he will remain
until Tuesday, at which time he will appear
before the Supreme Court in answer to the writ
of habeas corpus.
In the mean time his lawyers are preparing
to proceed against Turner and his companion
on three charges kidnapping, threats, and con-
tempt of court in disobeying the writ. In re-
gard to the threats, Bulls says that Turner re-
marked that if the Utah authorities did not
punish him he (Turner) would. He also in
formed Bulls that he would never see his
once he reached Utah.
Bulls claims that his chemical motor is a
reality, and that experiments have been made
with it by the New York Central and other
railroads with view of adopting it in lieu of
steam-power He claims that Turner and the
Others with him are kidnapers and are at
tempting to carry out Western lawlessness on
Eastern territory .
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