The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-17

jury and the two special venires were
exhausted by O'Clock, at which time
the assistant attorney general threw
I'D his hand and declared that it was
useless to try longer to secure jury
in the city among the prominent citi-
zens who were on one side or the other
of this conflict.
All day prominent business men had
filed into the jury box and as prompt
ly filed out and it was not strange that
Mr.. Campbell concluded that no jury
could be secured in the city.
The business men promptly answer
ed that they thought the penalty too
severe or that they were opposed to
these prosecutions. Bill Cabpbell of
tired of hearing prominent business
men by implication at least repudiate
him and his crowd and he wanted the
farmers brought in TO see if they would
not prove more charitable.
Judge Reed has all along been giving
the assistant attorney general all the
rope he wanted; some suppose in order
to let him break his own neck, and
when he wanted a special venire from
the country Judge Reed promptly grant
ed it and named the following, who are
ali prominent men as well as farmers:
From Waco township he named John
a. Wilson, George Bobbins, J. P. Royal,
S. w. Balch, t. B. Cartwright, John o.
Mealey
From Delano-M. Alley, Chas Daugh-
erty. James Pickens. Samuel Shaler.
From Minneha-Cark Means S. c.
Summers. P. S. Crum, Harry Keith.
From Gypsum-S. E. Brady.
People are now wondering what the
assistant attorney general will do in
he does have hat+pr
with the farmers. Ii is plain to see
that he is getting tired and disguised
and would like some hole to crawl out
Of. He wants to blame somebody for
his fall down and would probably like
TO blame Judge Reed as he did Police
Judge Hatton, but he cannot find any
excuse. Judge Reed had laid up all the
slip gaps and locked them SO effectually
that there is no escape for Bill Camp
bell and he is compelled to confess that
the district judge has been fair.
The assistant attorney has had Re
venue Collector Colonel Huffman and
Assistant Revenue Collector Henry
Huffman Subpoenaed and yesterday
these officers went up to the district
court and informed Judge Reed that
they were also subpoenaed to attend
the United States court and that they
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time.
Judge Reed told them there would be
no conflict between the courts on that
account and since their office was in
the government building he thought
they would better stay there and when
they Were needed in the district court
they would be notified.
Judge Campbell. it is understood, ex-
poets to prove by the revenue collectors
that Jack Davidson secured a govern
ment license to sell liquors at 220 East
Douglass avenue and use that as evil
dence againtS him.
1t has been reported that Colonel Hut
mann will refuse to take his books into
the district court as evidence against
any man who has secured a license,
and whether he can be compelled to do
SO Will have to be determined later.
colonel Huffman was seen by a. re-
porter for the Eagle last evening and he
refused to either confirm or deny the
report and when asked if the books in
his office would show all the parties in
Sedgwick county who had secured gov
eminent license to sell liquor he ans
Wered that he did not know that the
books We're not here