Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-01-21
4 Holy Horror d!

Will wonders never cease? 1t has
much to the chagrin of not a few of
our whilom republican prohibitory adj
yOcates, and the horror of our staid and
duly sober city officials, that one
or at least just one-of those terrible
demoraliZing pit falls, euphemistically,
las Bro. Ingalls, would say,) called
dives" exists in our Yirtuous law abid-
ing city, and that our attentive mayor
and yigilent marshal have finally sue
ceeded in actually locating it.
From what we are able to learn, one
of our prominent county officials, in
company with the city marshal, recent
ly visited and notified the various ven
doris of strong drink in this city, to sell
no more of the entangling mixture to a
near relative of the former, who very
unfortunately, for some days past had
been bibulating 10 an extent not calcu-
lated for his own personal good, or the
peace and happiness of his family
The attention OF the mayor having been
called to the above facts, it was prompt
ly suggested by his honor, that mas
much as the marshal had obtained adj
mittance to the various resorts of
Bacchanalian pleasure in company with
the above promInen official, he might
also be able introduce him 1.-THE mayor)
to the audience therein assembled.
This being agreed upon, Monday
nil 10 or cnt ri fnr hot
pose, and in pursuance of which, upon
the adjournment of the council, his
honor accompanied by the marshal pro-
| ceeded to the entrance of the resort
previously designated where the latter
whispered the shibboleth correctly;
wnereupon he and the mayor were
| promptly admitted to the inner temple,
where they encountered a large, re.
spectacle, and by this time, ruefully
disconnected assemblage consisting OF
the bong tong and hitherto ''swa-de-
zong' prohibition leaders of our city,
actively engaged in various divertise-
ments not made and provided for, or
never contemplated by the prohibitory
statutes OF the state of Kansas.
After short sojourn, during which
his honor the mayor exchanged the civ
llities of the evening, shook hands all
around and made divers excuses for
not taking drink, he. together with
the marshal politely babe the manage
ment and their guests happy good
aight,
Yesterday morning warrants, sub
ooenas and all the technical machinery
known to the law. were issued and set
IN motion with view to appease the
troubled conscience of our city govern
ment and to vindicate the outrage thus
oerpetrated upon the prohibitory stat
ates of the sunflower state.
Since the above was put in type we learn
| that the principal offender left town early yes
sertiay morning, and, as is too frequetIy the
sase cannot be found within the Jurisdiction
| Of the courts. Now arises the question, why
vas he not arrested while in the very act of
violating the law, and proper legal provisions
made for his detention and appearan ce, while
yet an opportunity for so doing was offoriedg
| This unquestlonahiy was the. duty of the mar
shal. or else the following provisions of our
seneral statues mean nothing. Said provis-
ION reads as follows:
The marshal shall at ali times have power to
make arrests with. or with out i,rOcess. or or.
Ter the arrest of all offenders against the laws
IF the state or Of the city, by day or by night:
keep al persons arrested In the city prison.
or county jail or othor proper place to prevent
their escape until trial can be had before the
proper officers Par. 1913. IS. Ignorance of
the law. or 70 hesitate on the ground of sflf-
posed technicalities CT the law. where parties
are detected IN the performances of an illegal
ar criminal act. and thus allow the guilty par
ties TO escape, are By no means satisfactory
evidence upon which 10 predicate ones duty
either as an officer OF the law.or Of good cfli-