Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-06-20

Chicago, June IL. Five of the iii
GERS Of the American Railway union
were returned 70 Woodstock Jail last
evening. President Eugene V. Debs
failed to report in time for tue train.
He called on the marshal at noon and
requested leave to report at 4 o'clock
at his office with the others, or at the
Northwestern station at o'clock.
MeSsrS. Rogers. Keliher. Burns, Ho-
gan and Goodwin saw their chief but
an Instant at noon. and they could
not account for his failure to report.
Debs told the marshal that he had
considerable business 20 transact bat
that he would be through in time to
take the train. Deputies Logan and
Curran boarded the train with the
five men who had reported, and Depu-
ty Clark returned to the marshars Of
flee with DebS' commitment papers
The marshal was veXed at the fail
ure Of pebs to report on time, and he
sent three OF his men out to look for
him. Bring him in. wherever YOU
find him." was the marShars order to
the deputies. Il do not think that he
has purposely missed the train said
the marshal, "yet his failure to Jrt
on time is annoying. 1t places Debs
in 4 bad light. | paroled him until
O'Clock and he should have been lere.
If he is found tonight, he will remain
in my Office until train time in the
morning"
Martha j. Elliott, the seventh man.
wirr!i that be was Oh his way TO Chi
cage fr2ln Harrisburg. Pa, and would
be in some time during the night.
Owing to Debs' failure to report, Geo.
w. Howard secured another days re-
spite. Howard. who has quarreled
with his former associates and escab-
lished a rival organization, desired to
serve his sentence separate from the
others. and the desire was mutual
Judge Woods wired Judge Sh >wala
to transfer Howard from the Wood
stock Jail to the Jail at Joliet. Mar
shall Arnold intended taking How&td
there on the u O'Clock train at night,
but Debs' absence gave Howard AL
other night with his family.
Commitment papers were made out
for six months in the Debs case and
for three months in each of the Others,
less seventeen days served from jan
uary S to January "a in the Wood
stock Jail. The commitment is made
ON the interstate commerce act con-
tempt. The men are so confident that
Judge Woods will recorder the Sante
Fe sentence to be concurrent that they
give themselves no concern on the
probability of having to serve double
time.
Chicago, June 14-While DebS WAS
reciting his yarn about cucumbers be-
ing responsible for his failure to APP
pear Tuesday, Marshal Arnold was
taking mental notes of the prisoners
condition. Dehs' hair was frowsy, lis
eyes blurred, his hands unsteady, and
his clothing rumpled His appearance
was that of a man who had been on a
debauch, and Marshal Arnold said so
plainly His words were:
whats the use Of coming here nth
that sort of yarn, Debs? You nave
been on a. drunk, and this man Hue
bard is to blame for it. l never had
any trouble with you until you took
UP with Hubbard"
Mr. Hubbard made feeble expostu-
: lation, but Debs admitted the truth
| and justice of the marshal's strictures,
saying frankly he had been on spree.
| The prisoner was put to bed under
I guard. In five minutes he was sound
asleep.
When Debs was awakened ut 3
| o'clock he surveyed himself in the
! glass and remarked that he must have
looked rocky when he came in at
noon. After bath he was once more
the gentle appearing, suave Debs. He
smiled grimly at any reference to "cu-
cumbers." =