Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-03
COXEY ARRESTED.
The General Placed Under
$500 Bond.
The LAWS NOT VIOLATED.
Thinks He Had a oonstitu-
tional Right to Speak.
BY Associated Pr,F ae

BY Associated Pre- " e.
Washington, May slicher
Coxey. the chief of IT, .ommonweal
army is under arrest, ana three leaders
of the movement which eliminated at
the capitol grounds yesterday win have
to answer to the courts for the part
they took in yesterdays disturbance.
The trial of Carl Browne. Christopher
Columbus Jones and Coxey has been
postponed until Friday They will be
arraigned on that day before Judge
Miller in the police court. The charge
against them win be violation OF
United States statutes. The arrest of
Coxey took place today in the police
court on information Med against him
last night, Counsel asked that $500 in
cash be accepted in lieu OF real estate
bail for Coxey's appearance, but the
judge refused to accept 1t and Coxey
and Jones We're taken to the police sta
ton. They were soon Joined by four
populist members of congress, LATE
Pence of Colorado. William Baker, Hal
der Boene, w, KEN and Adjutant Cen
eral Tarnsey, who offered their offices
as counsel.
Third Party sympathizcrs.
Marshal Carl Browne was attired in
his spectacular buokslSin suit and the
party engaged in consultation until
Judge Miller assembled the bench, when
Browne and Jones walked behild the
railing into the prisoners enclosure,
accompanied by Mr.. Coxey. Several
minor cases We're disposed of first in
the usual police court style Of rapid
transit. During these proceedings the
group OF sy.npathizers was augmented
by the arrival Of Chairman Taubeneck
and Secretary Turner of the central
committee Of the Peoples party and DR..
II. Il. Bland, a Washington Third
party man. Assistant District Attor-
ney Maloney, mild-faced blonde-huir-
ed man, appeared as prosecutor of the
CoXeyites and announced;
CONey Placed Under Arrest.
II have been informed that a man
named Jacob s. Coxey is in court, and
after an investigation last night / have
thought myself warranted in filing an
information against him. l have made
out warrant but II he is willing to
submit do not care to have it served
upon him"
This was a surprise and Gen. Coxey
spoke up I'm here and ready"
Then he stepped forward to the bar
and attorney Samuel Hyman said;
First, we ask whether all of the infor-
nations have been flled that the
government intends to make out"
THAT is not the question" replied the
Judge
Then the information charging Jacob
s. Coxey with uniawfully displaying a
banner or device was read and he re-
piled: mot guilty"
The Question OF Emil.
The accused elected to be tried by
jury and the hearing of the case
against them was set for Friday morn
ing.
When the question of bail came up
one of the lawyers for the accused
said: 1T is moral certainty that
these gentlemen would remain here ten
years for trial"
1--WE want legal certainty replied
l judge anu ne llAtu lht
OF bond in each case at $500.
Marillo Kicker, a feminine attorney
of this city came forward TO offer bail
for Gen. coxey but assistant District
Attorney Maloney reminded her of a
provision Of law which forbids at
torneys from signing bail bonds,
Subsequently Frank Hume, a whole
sale grocer, signed the bond for coxey
and Jones.
Soon after his release coxey was seen
in his room at the National hotel with
Mrs. Coxey and Legal Tender
Dincusaes the situation.
Samuel Gompcrs, the president OF
the American FEDERATION OF Labor, was
at the hotel and had a talk with Mr.
Coxey, whic4r talk the. latter did not
care TO reveal,
"rhe Federation indorsed our bills
some months ago." he said.
on discussing his arrest the chief OF
the commonwealers said Il am GER
tain that have not been guilty Of
iaw-breaking. saw vlce-presideni
stevenson at . o'clock yesterday morn
ing and he told me that he would con
suit with Speaker Crisp about setting
aside the regulation forbidding speech
making on the capitol grounds. an
certain that the law is demonstrations
and wanted to test IT. left the army
and walked peaceably TO the capito
steps, hearing no banner or device
which the law forbids. l demanded o
the police the exercise OF my right
When they refused asked II corl'
read protest.
WIN Remain In washington-
They refused that and I made no al
tempt to speak or read. merely askinI