The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-26

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said that owing TO the influence brought
to bear against him that no conviction
could be had in any of these cases with
out overwhelming testimony TO prove
the charges. He said that the witnesses
originally Endorsed on the information
in the Matt Wall case were the same as
those in the Jack Davidson case and
he had been acquitted by jury.
He intimated very plainly that some
of the witnesses which he had called in
that case had meandered away from
the truth and he did not want to de-
pend upon them in another case that
was identicaily the same as the David
son case and Davidson and Wall being
partners.
Judge Reed adjourned court at II
o'clock until o'clock and when court
convened at that hour he asked that
the assistant attorney general make a
showing as to why he should be allow
ed 10 indorse so many names on the in
formation.
He took nearly tow hours in prepar-
ing the presentation which contained
about the same as his statements above
in regard TO the Eagle and the witnesses
and after it was considered Judge Reed
allowed him TO indorse twelve names.
The defense objected and filed an affi-
davit signed by Wall. the substance of
which was that by the Endorsement of
these names as witnesses ne was taken
by surprise. And the statement by
the assistant attorney general that
some OF the states witnesses would
swear falsely justified him in asking
Tor time to prepare TO meet them and
he asked that the case be adjourned
over TO the next term of court.
The assistant attorney general was
completely worn out by the long con-
Iinued struggle and he run UP the white
flag and would make no answer to the
motion TO continue based on the affi-
daVit and the case went over.
II was claimed that Amidon and Con-
iy became convinced that Tiger Bill
only wanted pretense to throw up the
case and they offered him a way to es-
cape and he slipped out
The few prohibitionists that still re-
manned on guard with the assistant at
torney general were indignant and dis
gusted and declared that their cause
was lost and that they were now in IA
vor Of making arrests and have Judge
Tucker bind the jointists over in heavy
sums and then hang up the cases until
after the election, hoping that Dave
Dale will be elected district Judge.
The law and order league claim that
Judge Reed seemed all the time TO be
leaning to their side but that there
were wheels within wheels and unseen
influences that were brought to bear
and they now suspect that Judge Reed
tricked them in selecting the special
venires.
These people viii not accept anything
short of conviction in every case and
when they fail in that they believe that
the court has been unfair and that the
Juries have been bribed and witnesses
have sworn falsely
The law and order league pinned its
faith to Tiger Bill because he had boast
ed publicly that in one short month he
could make Wichita dryer than En-
poria- They thought BIZ Campbell in
a very short period of time would have
every jointist in the city looking
through the iron bars of the Sedgwick
county jail or that Sampson like he
would throw his arms around the pillars
OF the new court house and involve the
city Of Wichita and the county of Sedg-
wick in one common ruin.
A month has passed during which
time Mr.. Campbell has kept up an I'M
ceasing bombardment of the taxpayers.
he has been to the state supreme court
and has bumped his head against the
federal court to the great amusement of
Judge Williams and has never gained a
conviction in a single count.
The more reasonable of the law and
order crowd have for some time seen
the hopelessnesS of their cause and have
been calling halt. There are, how
ever, portion OF them who like a spoilt
enid, say VIII have my way or set fire
10 your house. These latter are de-
manding that the fight be waged to the |
bitter end if it bankrupts evey taxpayer |
in Sedgwick county.
The Jack Davidson case did not cause !
him very much inconvenience but il |
cost the tax payers of Sedgwick county |
rearIy $1,000 The men who will have
70 toll and by the sweat of their brow |
10 pay these bills are becoming restless |
ana the muttering thunders of their |
wrath may fortell a storm that will vet |
cause the instigators of all this un-
profitable strife to hunt their cyclone |
cellars for safety. Very few of them |
are tax payers or interested in the well |
fare Of Wichita or Sedgwick county.