The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-01-23
Weekly I~nteIIigcncer
The TROOPS RECALLED.
NO PRESENT NEED OF MILL
TIA IN SEWARD COUNTY.
Hotkins May Not Preside Again, but He
VIII Draw His Salary IA Long rs the
Term Lasts.-Four Held with
out hail For Dunn's Murder.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. lS~.-Saturday after
noon the troops in Seward county left for
their homes under orders from the gov
ernor, who received notice that the exam
lining court at Liberal had adjourned for
eleven days. -Four OF the prisoners were
heid without bail on a charge of murder
Ill the first degree. They are G.. s. An
derson, j. j. Leach, BY Orner and
Rowen Chase. Charles Minton, Rob
ert tinker aud Charles Orner, who were
found lying in hiding near Judge Botkin's
residence the day after Sheriff Dunn's
murder, were admitted to bail, the charge
against them being conspiracy to murder
the Judge. Robert Hutchinson, who fur
nIshed fudge Botkin with the information
OF the conspiracy, was discharged.
Sheriff Ridonour of Stevens county
came here Saturday expressly for the pur-
pose or getting instructions regarding
James Brennan, the slayer Of Sam Wood.
the governor and attorney general have
decided that it will be best for Brennan
not 10 be taken to Hugoton for trial this
week but to have q motion to
nolle pros tho case against him made be
Tore the court by the county attorney and
an order issued to the sheriff of Reno
county, who has Brennan in custody, to
release him. The object of this is to make
II posjlbio for Brennan to be tried should
Stevens county ever be settled up SUM-
GENTLY for an impartial jury to ne i'm
panelled. Should an attempt be made to
secure n jury at the coming term il would
iall, and brennan would be- remanded to
JAIL to await the mex term. Then the
same proceedings would be gone through
with and If Mt that time no jury could be
obtained the murderer would have to be
discharged aud could not again be brought
to trial. BY the plan decided upon he is
liable to arrest ut any time and will never
De safe from prosecution, as the crime of
murder never outlaws.
Judge Bodkin arrived here Saturday
morning accompanied by Deputy Sheriff
Custer OF Arkalon, one OF Sheriff Dunn's
posse that ran into the ambush January 5,
and by tde sheriff Of Stevens county. He
declared that his object was to look up
some authorities in the state library boar
ing upon a case relating to the sale of
county scrip, which had been
referred to him and he spent "a
large portion Of tho day in the state
library. Just what course he intends to
pursue can not be earned. One thing,
however, is certain, he will not resign.
He may never hold another term of court
In the district, but he will continue as
Judge and draw his salary until
the expiration of the term for which
he was elected. He will not open
court at Hugoton, Stevens county, but
will telegraph to the bar there tina he
viii be unable to be present and will au-
thorize the election Of a Judge pro tenn. As
no other court convenes in the district
until February this will preclude all ne
cessity for his returning to the Southwest
this month. 1t has been suggested to him
by those high in power that he cap easily
have his courts conducted by Judges pro
TEN for an indefinite period. 1t is argued
that should he resign his enemies would
carry things with n high hand end en-
deavor to control whoever the governor
might appoint as Botkin's successor.
1t is almost certain tnnt the Judicial dis.
tricts in the Southwest will be roorgan-
lied by the mex legislature, no matter
which party may be in the majority, and
that tire Thirty-second district, Mt least, !
will be divided up aud annexed to adioin-
ing districts.
Judge Botkin, Secretary of State WD-
liam Higgins, Lewis Hanback, and Gov
ernor Humphrey were closeted in the
governors private office nearly three
hours.