The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-03
THINGS ARE MIXED
WHO is TO BLAME. TIE LAWYERS
OR COUNTY OFFICERS
County Oficers Threaten to Have Some Of
the Attorneys Brought Before the
Court-Judge Reed Issues Rules Con-
corning the Case--kies Cannot Turn
Over His Office Because Fees are Not
Paid-Carvin Makes Few Specific
Charges--The Threatened Storm Seems
to Have Come in Great Fury.

The storm that has been brewing in
and around the court house for some
time came very near breaking loose
with great fury yesterday.
There was the sound OF rumbling
| thunder in the distance. The clouds
seemed an inky hue and lightning like
the forked tongue of an angry serpant
flashed in d most fearful manner
Kies had on his war paint and Lul-
ing looked very determined about
something and the other officers about
the court house seemed ready to take
hand.
There were excited consultations and
Judge Reed was heprd to remark
something about appointing a commit
tee to investigate if there were any
charges of irregularities in connection
with his court.
All this storm was about fees that
some of the officers claim they have
been unable to collect because of the
action of certain attorneys in collecting
fees and falling to return them to the
proper officers. The conduct of Boone
was referred to and some of the county
officials intimated that Boone was not
the only man at the bar that ought 10
-
The boys in the circuit clerks office
claim that KieS has never absolutely
turned the district clerks office over TO
Mr.. Bridgeman and that business is
accommodating that can not be properly
arranged because the Office has not
been legally turned over.
MIR. kieS claims that the attorneys
are responsible for this but Mr.. Carvin
does not hesitate to say that Mr.. Kies
himself is at least partly to blame. He
says that kies occupied SO much of his
time in looking after the county clerks
office that he did not have time to at
tend to his own office.
Seventeen days have elapsed" said
MIR Carvin, ''sinc5 the new circuit
clerk was sworn in and the office not
yet turned over. No other officer in
required more than one day. Bridge
man cannot do a thing until he has
settled with Kies.'
THE law requires that all witness
fees after one year shall be turned
over to the county treasurer. 1 am i'll
formed that Mr.. Kies has never done
this. What did he do with the money!"
county Clerk Carvin was very en-
phauc in his statement but Mr.. Kies
insists that he is not to blame for the
present condition of affairs
1t was claimed that a threat to pre-
fer charges against some of the law
yerS was what caused Judge Reed to
issue the following:
Now towit this LIST day of February,
1895. it is by the court ordered that the
following additional rules be entered
upon the journal of the court:
Rule 81. Motions to retax costs must
be made within five days from the
date of rendition of judgment
Ruie 3S- In all cases where a settle
ment is effected and the costs remain
unpaid for the period of five days af-
ter such settlement, ouch case or cases
shall be by the court dismissed at the
costs of the plaintiff.
Rule 80. When costs are collected by I
attorneys and the same are not brough. /
INTO court promptly as required by law, /
the court will, upon a showing. make I
an order to show cause why the court
should not direct an investigation OF
such delinquency. c. REED.
Judge !