The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-15
IT is POSTPONED.
Gen. Hearing Continued
Until 4 p. NJ.
Joseph Waters of Topeka in
Charge of the Case.
HE'S QUITE CONFIDENT
That There Will Be
Conviction.
Sanders Intentions In Case He
is Released. D


of the case against John Sherman San
ders has been postponed until p H.
United States Attorney Perry has been
delayed by small wreck and can't get
here.
Joseph Waters and w. c. Webb of To-
peka, are here to attend the case. David
Overmyer had not arrived this morning.
Captain j. G. Waters in an interview
said: I'VE propose to try this
case on its merits. These men are not
guilty. They are forced to quit work
or take jobs away from men OF
families. hey would work here or
bing some family. and they won't
do that This party is composed
of Republicans, and the most of
them are good men and good work
men. Sanders is guilty of no crime
against the United States. He has not
violated the interstate commerce law.
He would have had to be railroad to
have done that We shall ask no elem
ency from the government for it will not
have single witness put on the stand to
prove it These men are not strikers or
disturbers in the general sense Bale
Waggener without any desire of justice
got them off his line. We intend to
make manly defense and will win"
Expecs 20 Leave This Week
General Sanders says he expects to
leave Leavenworth with his men the last
of this week, but that he has inten-
ton of going on foot.
Hewas confident, he said, that the cases
against the army would be dismissed,
and then the journey eastward would be
continued He said that the people of
Leavenworth need not have any fear on
account of the presence of the army in
this vicinity. The men were as anxious
to proceed on their mission as the people
were to get rid of them 1--WE will only
be here a short time after Uncle Sam
gives US our liberty" he said. patting
United States Marshal Nicely on the
back.
Asked how he expected to take his
men away, General Sanders said that a
committee from the Trades Union of
Leavenworth was at work on scheme
to charter the Belle of Brownville," a
ferryboat that has been on the Missouri
river from a time whereof the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary. Ac-
comglodations can be provided on the
boat for about 400 men, and if the army
should grow-and General Sanders ex-
poets it to do sp-barges can be built at
a small expense for the rest of the army.
General Sanders proposes to pro-
ceed down the Missouri river
to St Louis, thence down the Mis-
sissippi river to the Ohio, and
from there up to Cincinnati. The gen.
eral expects to go over the Baltimore and
ington The "Belle Of Brownville'' is
now owned by Captain James w. Nor
gan. Captain Morgan is the man who
was attacked by Benson, the murderer,
while officiating as death watch to the
latter in the Leavenworth county Jail.
He has very through understanding of
the Missouri river.
Two of Them Locked Up.
Two of General Sanders men are
locked up in the Leavenworth county
Jail. Their names are James Cunning
ham and II. w. ConcannOn-
These men became insubordinate, and
absolutely refusing to obey the orders of
their general or of United States Mar
shall n eely, the latter had them marched
to the county Jail and locked up When
Sheriff ROthenberger asked for commit
ment papers, Marshal Nicely told him to
hold them, as he had general charges to
make against them.
No restraint is placed around the
camp of the industrials and they are
allowed to visit the city at will.