The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-09
ARGUED THE POINT
END OF THE LAW AND ORDER CASE
NEARLY AT HAND.
Boone Gives a Parting Shot That
Causes Some Nervousness Among
the Spectators Judge Reed
Will Render His Decision
Tomor w-Ccrtain
Findings Asked for,
but He Says They
Are Not PERTH
nent at All.

The case of Thomas Jackson against the
| Sedgwick County Law and Order league
is all disposed Of now, except the decision
of Judge Reed.
Yesterday the arguments in the case
were made in the district court by Viii
lard Boone for Jackson and Rudolph Hat
field for the league.
AS will be well remembered. jackson
was hired by the Law and Order league,
in the capacity of a spotter, to obtain evil
dence for the league against gambling
houses, joints and houses of ill-fame.
| His consideration was to be 81
per day and Sl.50 per day for
the services of his assistant spotter.
Jackson contends that he was in the en-
| ployment of the league up till the time he
commenced the present proceedings last
month, while the league claim that he
was discharged on the 9Th day OF Janu-
airy, after Il service of only % days. jack
son claimed that the league owed him
something like $500, while, on the con-
trary, the officers of the league claim to
have overpaid him 81. jackson made a
demand for the money and his demand
being refused, he employed Houston &
Boone as his attorneys and the first step
they took was to ask for a receiver.
Judge Reed, under the law, appointed
Lew Deem who Immediately took charge
of the assets of the league which We're at
that time thirteen cents. The league i'm :
mediately instituted proceedings to have
| the receiver discharged. Mr.. Sargent was
appointed referee to hear the evidence in
the case. That evidence was very vol
luminous and the stenographer only COM
pleted the work of transcribing it We'd
nesday. A sectarian paper published here
jumped all over Judge Reed in its issue OF
this week because he bad not yet
decided the Case, in view of thu
fact that the evidence had not been
before him at the time the paper WAS
printed. The judge. however, did not
loose his dignity and paid no attention to
the article in question, treating 1t with en-
tire silence.
fair crowd gathered at the court house
yesterday TO hear the arguments. but they
were not as exciting rs people expected.
County Attorney Boone threw q little spice
into it by roasting Rev. j. ID. Wood.
He turned to Mr.. Wood and called
him fraud and "A scoundrel whereupon
the reverend gentleman smiled. Mr..
Boone turned upon him again and said
that nobody but a 'cur" would sit and
smile AS Mr.. Wood did and not resent the
appelation hurled at him.
A dead silence followed and an explosion
was looked for, but it did not occur. Nc
Coilister. the baiiiff. pulled at his big
mustache vigorously, Sam Amidon did
WIG SdiuO tuiuSs, Shdi iiC vi ANCWCOI,
who was present as a spectator, had no
mustache either TO fondle or to pull, but
he seemed to relish the spice very we'll
Preparation hung on the brow of Bailiff
johnson. and everybody seemed to be on
needles but Judge Reed. 1t was a temp
est in teapot and didn't amount to any
thing.
Mr. Hatfield presented his side of the
case and il opening said that he was
compelled TO play the part of DR.. Jeckyl and
MIR. Hyde all through the case. He inti-
mated that while tie was trying to go
through with the case in peace he WAS IA
volcano of indi gnation. After making a
of the condition of the league
he desired the court to make findings in
giving his decision. In other words he
wanted the court to find that the firm of
Bentley q Hatfield were in no way guilty
of the various Charges Boone made against
them.
The court stat ed that it was not neces-
sary to the issues involved for the
court to make findings; that he was
called upon solely TO find whether the
facts and evidence justified him in caus-
ing the receiver of the Law and Order
league to be retained or discharged. Ia
other words Judge Reed intimated that he
was not trying side issues.
Judge K ed will probably render his de-
cision in the case tomorrow morning if, by
that TIM he can read the evidence which
covers 400 or 500 pages