The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-22
February 16, 1898.

"CHARLEs II. SIMoNToN,
"District Judge"
February 16, 1898.
THE SENTENCE.
And also the following, which will
be seen to be equally explicit:
"Ex parte D. 81. Chamberlain, ETC.:
NJ. V. Tyler, Sheriff of Aiken County,
having been served with two rules to
show cause why he be not attached for
contempt for the matters set forth in
copy of petition to each rule attached;
and sufficient cause having not been
shown, and it further appearing that he
Notwithstanding continues to hold and
detain said property, we adopt the pre-
cedent set in re Childs, % Wallace,
157, by the Supreme Court of the United
States:
"It is ordered, adjudged and decreed
that he is in contempt of this court,
and of it's orders and process.
ut is further ordered that be do pay
q fine of five hundred dollars, and that
the clerk of this court shall enter judg-
ment thereon and issue execution there
for, and also stand committed to the
custody of the marshal Of this court
until he has paid said fine or purged
himself of bis contempt herein.
IN. GoFF, Circuit Judge.
CHARLES H. SIMoNToN,
"District Judge"
February 16, 1893.
ALLIN THE SAME BOAT.
Judge Golf then stated that the other
cases (the Richmond and Danville
Roilroad) were exactly similar to the
case be read similar DEGREES were filed
in all cases. Marshal Geo. J. Cunning
ham took charge of the sheriffs and
the Court adjourned.
THE STATUS QUO.
The various changes Of expression on
different faces in the Court room as the
full force of the decision became man
ifest were interesting to note. It took
some Of the legal counsel very little
while to determine how the Court
would dispose of the case, while others
seemed to linger on each word.
Mr.. Samuel Lords face was study
as the Judge, in his solemn, deliberate
manner, ran over case after case
applying to the matter in dispute.
He would listen carefully, but he
seemed to realize from the first that be
was on the weak side. Mr.. Ira B.
Jones looked very disappointed as soon
as it became certain that the Admins
tration had been defeated.
It is needless to say that Judge J. S.
Cothran, Mr.. J. w. Barnwell and all
the railroad menpresent were jubilant
over the outcome. They were conf
dent of victory from the.frst, but were
most comfortably reassured when the
full force of the order was realized.
Sheriff w. B. Gaines, of Anderson,
was not present on account of the
serious illness of his wife. Sheriff F.
w. R. Nance, of Abbeville, Sheriff M.
V. Tyler, of Aiken, and Sheriff w. w.
Riser, of Newberry, were there, how
ever, and Immediately after the Court
adjourned Sheriffs Nance and Tyler
telegraphed their deputies to release
the property seized.
Sheriff Riser. who by the way is the
only Anti-Tillman man in the party,
refused to sign an order, but telegrabed
his deputy to allow the United States
deputy marshal to take possession of
the property without offering any re-
sistance.
Counsel for the sheriffs decline pos
itively to be interviewed and refuse to
state whether the money will be paid
or an application for hsbeas corpus be
made before Justice Of the Supreme
Court. If they do appeal it can be heard
merely on the grounds of lack of
jurisdiction.
Meanwhile Marshal Cunningham
has the sheriffs in charge. They will
be allowed to continue at the hotel for
a reasonable time, and if after the
lapse of "a reasonable time" they do
not pay their fines or purge themselves
of contempt they will be placed in con-
finement.
Sheriff Nance is inclined to view
the matter in the light of blessing in
disguise and says he wants to spend a
night in Jail, for then be will 90 back
to the confines of Abbeville and cry
'persecution, and no other man need
ever apply for the Office of sheriff as
long as be wants to keep it.
Sheriff Riser takes more sombre
view of the case. He complains that
their side was poorly conducted and
does not hesitate to criticise Mr. Jones
who appeared to be the moving spirit
| for the State. Mr.. Riser says he NIGH