The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-09-04

Tiger Bill came out of his jungle yes
terday growing at Jack Davidson
Matt Wall, the district court and every
body else.
When Tiger William got off his vic
fous growl at the district court Judge
Reed gave him a swipe on the side OF
his head with his big judicial hand that
doubled him up like a hoop and sent
the tiger spinning like a bicycle wheel.
When he had uncoiled himself and
partially recovered from the dizziness,
Tiger Bill growled something about
going to the supreme court, but Judge
Reed went on unconcernedly calling the
docket
This is the way Tiger Bill got knocked
out. When the Wall-Davidson liquor
case came up for assignment, the as
sistant attorney general said that Da-
wilson and Wall were out on bond and
he demanded their presence in court.
He must and would have them there.
He said that the defendant in GRIM
inal case could demand that his case
should not proceed 10 trial in his alb
Sence as he had a constitutional right
to face his accuSors in court
But in this case he said it was the
state who demanded that the defend
ants be present while the case was as
signed for trial. He said he wanted 20
look upon them and to know for a GER
tainty that they were within the juris-
diction of the court
Mr.. Conley answered as counsel for
Davidson and Wall, that he was there
to attend TO their case and that he
could call them into court over the tel
ephone in five minutes but he did not
think they had to be there at this stage
of the proceedings and that is just
the view Judge Reed took of the case
and consequently Tiger Bill went spin
ming as before stated.
The probabilities are that every man
in the court house knew that Jack
Davidson and Matt Wall were at the
old stand attending to their business,
but Tiger Bill wanted TO show them
that they must come up to the court
house whenever he wanted to look at
them and he wanted 10 show them that
he was A man of authority.
The next turn Mr.. Conley took at the
attorney general was TO quash the
pleadings in the Davidson and Wall
cases on the grounds that they were
not specific in that the defendants were
charged with violating the prohibitory
liquor law. Tiger Bill forgot to put
the exceptions for which liquor can be
legally sold and this was his second
knock out.
Judge Reed allowed him to amend
the pleading by striking out the object
ional fee ture and then Mr.. Conley made
a motion to quash urging the same
reason as before which was overruled.
The defense saved their objections and
the case may go to the supreme court
on the second motion.
1t is evident that Tigr Bill will have
a hard row to hoe in the district court
and the attorneys expected to see him
try to depose Judge Reed as he had
Judge Hatton. He now has arranged
the police court to suit him and now
if the district court could be fixed to
suit him Tiger Bill would have clear
sailing.
1t is every day becoming more evil
dent that the crowd behind Tiger Bill
are becoming disgusted with the whole
proceeding They have been vexing
their religious souls for month
and have only succeeded in driving
and putting in their places over a hun
dred joints and clubs.
The more honest and intelligent are
beginning to see this and they are de-
serting Tiger Bill and the police COM
mission like grasshoppers getting out of
a burning stubble field. They do not
merely hop out of the way but get up
and fly just AS long as their wings will
bear them and then come to the ground
with a thud Some of the prohibs are
getting so far away from Tiger Bill and
Ms police court that they will never
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