Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-09-12
WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
Mississippi State Officers Are
 Wanted by United Sam.
ONLY ONE PLACED UNDER ARREST.

Governor Stone, Treasurer Evans and
 Auditor Stone Are the Ones Wanted.
 They Are Charged With Issuing State
 Warrants That Resemble United Stated
 Currency.
 JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 12.-Warrants have been sworn out for the arrest of the following state officers of Missis, sippi: J. M. Stone, governor; w. w. Stone, auditor, and J. J. Evans, state treasurer. William J. Burns, special agent of the secret service bureau af Washington, who has been here for the last two months working on the special warrant case, made affidavit against each of the officials named before United States Commissioner L. B. Mosely, charging them with violating section 5430 of the revised statutes of the United States in issuing the $900,000 of Mississippi special warrants, charged to be in the similitude of United States currency. The warrants were placed in the hands of United States Marshal J. s. McNeilIy.
 Auditor Stone appeared before the commissioner and entered into personal recognizance of 5000 for his appear, ance at the November term of the Fed eral court, waiving examination.
 The warrants have not been served on Governor Stone, who was officially en- gagged, nor on Treasurer Evans, who is out of the city. They will be served on the governor today and on the treasurer when he returns.
 The affidavits contain three charges, covering each of the three denomina4 lions of warrants, with photographic print of both the front and back of the same.
 The papers were prepared by District Attorney Lee and Assistant District At torney Henry.
 The state officers have been expecting these proceedings for several days, and were not therefore the least surprised at them. They appear not at all disturbed, and are sanguin of a successful teru1i- nation of the issue.
 These treasury warrants were issued in accordance with an act passed by the last legislature, making it the official duty of these officers to examine the same. The act provides for $900, 1000 of the warrants, in denominations of $5, $10 and $90. They are redeemable Jan. 1, 1895, and bear interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, and are receiv- able at any time for all dues to the state prior to that date, without interest. Their issuance was rendered necessary by deficit in the state treasury, and the legislature chose this mode of pro- viding for it, over the protests of the state officers, who argued for an issue of bonds in their stead.
 The first demand made by the United States government was few days ago, when Special Officer Burns demanded the cancelled plates from which the warrants were printed. His demand was refused. He wired the result to Washington, and received instructions to swear out warrants for the arrest of the officials.
 Governor Stone was seen and said the state officials had no purpose to violate any United States law, and he did not believe that such law had been violated; that the matter was now to come before a court for which he had the greatest respect, and in which he had the utmost confidence. He did not, therefore, care l to publicly discuss the matter.
 United States Senators J. 2. George and A. J. McLaurin and ex-Cheif Jus tice J. A. P. Campbell have been re- tained by the state officials to defend 1 them.