St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-11
GOV. STONES ARREST
Warrants Out for the MiSsiS-
sippi Executive and Other
State Officials.
CHARGE is COUNTERFEITING
fhe Outcome Of the Recent
Issue of Warrants by
the State.
INTERESTING TEST CASE
CHARGE IS COUNTERFEITING
INTERESTING TEST CASE
Of the Rights of States to
Issue a Circulating
Medium.

JACKSON, Mss, Sept 10.-Warrants
we're today sworn out for the arrest OF
the following state officers of Missls-
sippi: j. NJ. Stone, governor: w. w.
Stone. auditor. and J. }. Evans, state
treasurer. William j. Burns. spe-
cial agent of the secret service
bureau at Washington. who has
been here for the past two months
working on the special warrant case,
made affidavits before Commissioner l..
B. Mosley charging them with violating
sections $3.50 Of the Revised Statutes
of the United States IN issuing the
100000 of Mississippi special warrants,
charged to be in the simili.
tude of United States currency.
The warrant was placed in the
hands of United States Marshal j. Nc
Nealy. Auditor Stone appeared before
the commission and entered into per-
sonal recognizance of $1,000 for his ap-
pearance at the November term of the
federal court, waving examination.
The warrants have not been served
on Gov. Stone, who was official
" engaged, nor on State Treasurer
Evans, who is out of the city. They
will be served on the governor tomor-
row. The affidavit contains three
charges covering each of three denomi-
notions of warrants, with photograph
print of both front and back of the
same. These charges allege that OH
the 18th day Of June, 1894, the afore-
SAID mentioned state officials did
unlawfully and feloniously at Jackson,
Miss. and not ny direction of any proper
officer of the UHited States, print. pho
tograph. make and caused to be printed,
photographed and made certain photo
graph print end impression In the
likeness of national bank cur
rency of said United States. Then
follows the denomination of the
warrants with Photographic print of its
face and back. The papers were pre-
pared by Department Attorney Lee and
Assistant District Attorney Henry.
The state officers have been expecting
these proceedings for several days, and
were not. therefore, the least sur
prised when served. They appear not at
all disturbed, and are sanguIne of the
successful termination of the issue.
The warrants were issued in accordance
with an act passed by the last legisla-
tuIa, making it the official duty OF these
officers to execute the same. The act
provides for 100000 in these warrants
III denominations of fves, tens and
twenties. These are redeemable
Jan. l. 1896, and hear interest at the
rate of B per cent per annum, and re-
ceivable at any time for all dues by the
state prior to that date without interest.
The issuance was rendered necessary
by a deficit in the state treasury, ,and the
legislature chose this means Of providing
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
tine result to Washington and received
instructions to swear out warrants fol-
the arrest of officials. Gov. Stone was
seen, and said the state officials had nc
purpose to violate any United States
law, and that he did not believe tha,
such law had been violated; that the
matter was now to come before a courI
for which he had the creates: respect
and in which he had the utmost conf
dence. He did not therefore care t(
publicly discuss the matter.
United States Senators G. Z. George
and A. j. McLurin and ex-Chief Justice
J. A. Z. Campbell have been retained
by the state officials to defend them.
photographers Also Arrested.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1O.-District Attorne,
Dixon today received copy of the com
paint filed before United States Com
missioner Crawford at st. Louis agains
Clarence G. Cheney, president of tht
Western Bank Note company, and Johl
Homes, an employe of the company
charging them with violating th
treasury laws in printing tn
special warrants for the stat
of Mississippi. Warrants were sent t.
Chicago because the defendants bOtl
lived here. The defendants had pre-
viously, in expectation that the govern
ment would begin the prosecution
agreed to come in voluntarily and Civ
bail. Commissioner Hoine fixed tn,
bail at $1,000 each and bonds will b
given tomorrow which will bind the de
PENDANTS to appear at st. Louis for tria
mn Nov