The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-03
10 SUE SHERIFF. BURDGE.
The A. R. Z. Takes Up the Cxse of the
Moore Bro hers.

The A. r. Z. Takes Up the CRse OF the
Moore bro hers.
The local lodge of the A r. G. has en-
ployed aud retained Lawyer w. G. Webb
and j. G. Waters and will push damage
suits against Sheriff Burdge for the i'm
prisonIng without due authority and
right" of men brought here and thrown
into jail at the instigatiOn Of Chief Detec-
tive j. J. Kinney of the Santa Fe and his
deputies.
there have been, the A. r {. claims,
fifteen Of these men fllsely held, seven
from Dodge City, two fran Argentine,
one each from Chanute, n lckersOn, Flor
ence and Newton, and two from Ottawa
The arrest Of the two Moore boys from
Ottawa seems to be really the main cause
of the suit, and now the union proposes
to bring as many suits as they can.
The story Of the arrest Of the Moores
was told in yesterdays JOURNAL The
Moore brothers say that one of them has
never been employed by the company,
and the other has not been in the COM
pany's employ for several months
They were arrested at the close of the
trial at Ottawa of the railroad man Stilson
for insulting their mother, and the A. X
L. claims that the arrest was made on
telegraphic order from Mr.. Kinney.
The story further IS, that awaiting the
arrival of the Topeka train, they were
taken to the county jail at Ottawa, but
the sheriff of Franklin county refused to
hold them without the legal authority
so they were guarded at the hotel till the
train came.
At Topeka, it is said. the Moore broth
ers were placed in jail without any COM
mitment papers, and now they VIII sue
Sheriff Burdge Tor damages. The sum
asked IN each case has not yet been de-
cided on, but it will probably be not less
than $4,000.
Sheriff Burdge was seen by a JOUR-
NAL reporter this afternoon and declared
reT
guess they all had commitments that
went into the jal," he said. Il don't
know whether the papers were there
when the attorneys called or not l am
not always there. / am sure, however,
that the Moore boys we're i'm prisOned in
a thoroughly legal manner, and that
there were commitment papers for both
of them. I think the matter Will bear
investigation"
The sheriff takes the matter easily and
does not seem worried
The papers in the case have not all
been made ready yet, but the retaining
fee has been paid the attorneys and the
A. r. Z. people declare the suit will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
The same attorneys have also been re-
tanned in the matter Of the United States
against Eugene V. Debs and one thous-
1t will be remembered that during the
late strike a restraining order was
issued to these men and they were
summoned to appear before the United
States court here to show why they should
not be perm anentIy enioined from tamp-
ering with or trespassing on railroad
property; $500 was raised yesterday
afternoon BY r. J. SIoat and B. NJ. Wal
lace to defray the attorneys fees and
other expenses incidental to the case
The men VIII therefore appear on next
Monday before Judge Foster in the per-
sons Of their attorneys, Webb and Wa
ters. and other attorneys who represent
men from other towns of Kansas.