The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-12-09
CROSS FIRING NOW
LAWYER SHELTON MAKES ACCUSA.
TONS AGAINST BOONE.
Willard Comes Back at Him With a
Warrant for Black mail-No Arrest
Yet-Skelton's PROPOSE, ion Wit
messed by Two Men in Closet
Hot Stuff is Coming.

Hot Stuff is Coming.
The only thing talked about yester-
lay was the two round contest be-
tween County Attorney Boone and
Lawyer Shelton.
The first round, of course, was the
knock down and drag out the previous
evening in the Office OF the county at
torney, in which Mr.. Boone carried OF!
tn. honors Of the fight, and the second
rcund commenced yesterday when Mr.
Ikelton commenced disbarment pro-
ceedings in the district court against
Mr. Boone.
The story told by Mr. Shelton in the
petition filed is practically the same
as Mr.. Shelton has been telling every
body willing to listen to him, during
the past two months. 1t is as follows:
In the District Court of Sedgwick
county, State of Kansas.
In the matter ofW. II. Boone an at
torney-at-law-Proc for dis
decentralization and application of
w. J. Shelton.
Now comes w J. Shelton, and repre-
sents to the court that he is a member
of the bar of Sedgwick county, state of
Kansas, duly admitted by the district
court of Sedgwick county, Kansas, to
practice law in all the district courts
of the state of Kansas, and that he has
taken the oath and obligation as pre-
scribed by statute for the admission of
attorney; and he gives the court to
understand and be informed, that W.
II. Boone has wilfully violated the
duties of an attorney or counsellor at
law. and has been guilty of wilful viola
ton Of the duties of counsellor and at
torney-at-law in this, to-wit: That W.
II. Boone is now and has been during
the various times hereinafter mention
ed duly elected and acting county at
torney of Sedgwick county, Kansas;
and that as such attorney he has col
iected and retained for his own use,
contrary to the law, and by virtue of
his authority, various and numerous
sums of money in this, to-wit:
THAT in the case pending in the dis
trict court of Sedgwick county, where
In the state Of Kansas was plaintiff and
Charles Gates was defendant, that W.
III. Boone collected the costs and fines
pending in the said case from the de-
fendant, being the costs and fines taxed
up in the case by S. NJ. Tucker, justice
of the peace within and for the city Of
wichita, which case was originally
pending before S. NJ. Tucker, and was
sent up from fuckers court to the dis
trict court, and that w. II. Boone re-
ceived from Gates certain sums of
money, towit: The sum of $500, and
that he then and there agreed with
Gates not to prosecute the cause any
further and to dismiss the cause, and
that in pursuance of the agreement
Gates paid to w. H. Boone, county at
torney, the costs, being the costs due
the county of Sedgwick, state of
Kansas, which Boone appropriated to
his own use, and caused the county of
Sa6r -sfa1r
the costs Were the costs due the justice
Of the peace, s. NJ. Tucker, the costs
due the constable of the court, and the
varous costs due the district court, all
of which costs Gates paid Boone, and
all of which costs Boone appropriated
to his own use, and afterward caused
the county of Sedwick. by and through
its duly. legal and authorized officers,
to pay the costs to Tucker and to the
other officers entitled to receive them.
And w. J. Shelton comes now and
gives the court to further understand
that Boone, as county attorney of Sed-
wick county, commenced a certain ac-
ton before G. w. G. Jones, a justice of
the peace within and for the county of
Sedgwick, against Matte Stafford. Ad-
die Stafford, Kate McFurdy, SedOnia
Patterson, which parties We're convict
ed at the trial of a misdemeanor before
G. ". c. Jones, justice of the peace,
Justice of a certain fine and cost, and
that afterwards the parties appealed
their case to the district court of Sedg-
wick county, and after the appeal Of
their cause to the district court, and
Will the cause was pending in the dis
trict court, the parties entered into an
agreement with w. H Boone county
attorney, whereby they agreed to and
did pay to Boone the amount of the
costs and fine, all of which amounted
to about the sum of 5000, and that in
the consideration of which agreement,
and the payment of the sum of 5000,
Boone agreed to dismiss the cause
against the parties, and that in pur-
suant of the agreement the parties did
pay Boone the sum of $1,000, which sum
Boone accepted and agreed to dismiss
the cause and, as your petitioner is in
formed. did dismiss the cause.
That Boone afterwards did o. K.
bill for the amount Of cost against the
county Of Sedgwick and state Of Kan
sas, and the county of Sedgwick and
state of Kansas paid to G.. W. c. Jones,
as constable and officer, the amount of
the cost. and that W. H. Boone retain
ed all of the said amount paid him by
the said parties.
And now comes w ]. Shelton and
gives the court TO further understand
that Boone is guilty of willful violation
Of the duties of an attorney and coun-
sellor at law, to-wit:
THAT as county attorney of SedC-
wick county. Kansas, and within the
past year he commenced criminal ac-
tions against John Clayton. Charles
Freeman. Matt Wall. Jack Davidson,
John Herrig, Tom Mahan. John Mahan,
Mike Donovan. Luke Willis. Jake Eek
ert. Cap Peters, Pete Fishback, John
Schwiter and other parties, in which
criminal actions certain temporary in
functions were obtained, and also in
which criminal actions certain arrests
were made, all Of which criminal ac-
tions were brought for the purpose of
the suppression Of the liquor traffic in
the city of Wichita, for the violation of
the liquor or for the punishment of the
violation of the liquor laws in Sedgwick
county, or for the purpose of enjoining
the parties above named from violat-
Ing certain liquor laws and criminal
laws of the state OF Kansas, and that
w. II. Boone. as county attorney, went
to the defendants after the commence
ment of the suits and informed them
and agreed with them that If they
would pay the costs in the cases and
the attorney fees allowed in the cases
by the statutes of the state of Kansas,
to-wit: The sum of S25 or more, he
would not prosecute the cause any fur
ther.
That at various times Boone entered