The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-18
PUT UNDER ARREST.
U. s. Deputy MarshaIs Placed in
Jail by Police.
DEPUTIES De BOST AND GRAY
Taken Hnfo Custody and Refused Bail
De Host says There in Politics IN It.
From tire Wichita Eagle-1

From tire Wichita Eagle-l
Leon De Bost, chief deputy United
States marshal under DR.. Medley, and
James Gray, another deputy, were thrown
into the city Jail last night by Officers
Woods and Sutton. The charges against
them ID drunk and disorderly." The ar
rest OF these two gentlemen caused con-
siderable Of a sensation. particularly that
OF Mr.. De Bost, who is, in the absence of
DR.. Neeley, the chief officer attached to
the United States court now in session
here. The fact also that they were con-
veyed TO the city prison in what - known
as the hOOdlum wagon, was somewhat OF
a sensation. and it attracted a crowd Of
about 300 people around the Manhattan
hotel Mr. De Bost is a resident Of To-
peka while Dir. Gray is a resident OF
Leavenworth. Up to a late hour the po-
lice would not accept bail
Leon ID. De Bost made the following
statement when seen in the city jail:
James ID. Gray and myself were in
front OF the Manhattan hotel this even
Ing, attending strictly 70 our own busi-
ness, when Harry sutton came and told
us we would have to get of the street
We respectfully requested him TO at
tend to his own business. de (Suttonl
called to Bedford Woods and
asked him to call the hoodlum
wagon. The wagon arrived IN
dirty pen, without any provOcation or
violation Of law. We offered to give
bonds but nothing would do but We must
be placed id this place There may be
politics liza the case. but there is surely
no sense whatever
ave were not drunk nor disorderly
and 1 am unable to understand Why we
were treated 50. After we were placed
in this filthy place Dir. Gray tried to
speak to the officers. when they knocked
4 7-r.f . all
officers acted more like wild than sane
men"
Officers Sutton and Woods made the
following statements, Sutton acting
as spokesman while Woods gave con-
sent:
1T is simply a case of two DRINKS.
During the evening we had frequently
Ieard them yelling and swearing on the
streets They were IN the front Of the
Manhattan hotel when ! stepped up to
them and said they were too full to be
on the Streets and they would have to go
lin or 1 would lock them up De Bost
told me 10 20 to hades and applied a vile
epithet I told him that l was his friend
and he should know better than abuse
me for attempting 70 do my duty He
then began a string Of abuse, while Gray
chimed in. 1 called Bedford Wood and
he ordered the hoodlum wagon and the
arrest was made. After coming here
nothing but abuse and profanity could
De heard from them W. placsd bnen
In the female portion Of the gen
eral lookup intending to let them
sober. They iu I'd ediately began raising
particular 49,. smashing the furniture,
aud finally set fire to the bedding. Gray
was carrying on the worst, and resisted
our efforts in putting out the fire. We
were finally compelled to knock him
down and place him in a cell. De BOst
says it is a political scheme. but | want
to say ] am as good a Republican as
either of them. Go down stairs and see
for yourself"
The reporter visited the lower region
where be found the floor covered with
water aud blood, while the atmosphere
was filed with smoke Mr. De Bost
came to the door and gave his side Of
the case in perfectly natural manner,
and did not appear to be in an intoxicat-
ed condition. His face was flushed but
his statements were given in a straight
manner
The Kansas Live Stock Sanitary COM
mission has issued a circular addressed
''Io tho managers, agents and con-
ductors of railroad and transportation
comp an es, and stockmen of the state of
Kansas, informing them that cattle from
California and the republic of Mexico
have been placed under the ban. and call
ing their attention to a section Of the