The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-27
MORRILL, SAVES HIM
MISSOURI PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE
NEGRO CHISHOLM TO LYNCH.

Kansas Governor Refuses to Honor the
Requisition of the Governor of Missouri!
and the Man Charged with the Abduc-
ton of q White Girl will Remain in this
state-W oman Claims She was Not Alb
Quoted but Went Along of Her Own Free
WilI-she Testifies in Behalf of Her
Dusky Companion.
Topeka, Kan, Nov. 26.-(SpeciaD-
Governor Morrill, decided today that he
QUESTION for the arrest and return to
Warsaw, Mo-, Of Fred Chisholm, the
colored man who eloped with a white
woman and Is now in Jail at Lawrence.
The requisition Is shown to be irregu-
lar in form and a telegram was giyeS
the governor sta ting that mob Of 400
was waiting at Warsaw. Mo, to lynch
Chisholm should he arrive there.
II seems from the evidence Of the de-
tense that the white woman and colored
man had been criminally intimate in
Missouri. They left the state together
and returned to Kansas, stopping at
Lawrence. The day after they arrived
a Lawrence the woman gave birth to a
child Of which Chisholm Is the father.
He at once offered 10 marry the woman
but the sheriff prevented IL. Now comes
the authorities Of Missouri with a requi-
sition upon Governor Morrill,. charging
that Chisholm abducted the woman and
esking authority to return the colored
man to Missouri for prosecution.
Saturday afternoon a delegation Of
Topeka colored men called upon the
governor requesting that he refuse to
issue the requisition for Chisholm's re-
turn. AS the application for the requi-
sition had not at that time been made
TO action was taken. Upon the arrival
Of the sheriff yesterday the colored
people renewed their petitions in behalf
Of Chisholm.
Governor Morrill, at his rooms in the
Copeland last night gave an audience
both to Sheriff Laird and the Topeka
colored men. The colored men present
were: A. M. Thomas, ]. Fl. Guy. Fate
Terrell, William Pope. c. J. Holloway,
G. W. Anderson, ]. B. Bass and Clay
O'De1l. The application for the requisi-
ton was examined and J. II. Guy sug-
gested that the certificate attached is
incomplete and does not make clear
charge as to Chisholm's offense.
Attorney General Dawes also exam
ined the certificate and expressed the
opinion that there is grave doubt as to
its legality. Thereupon the governor
deferred further hearing Of the case I'M
til 9 o'clock this morning
A. M. Thomas of this city and J. F.
McHale of Lawrence yesterday at
tempted to secure service on the officers
a T <or - T.,
to secure Chisholm's release. Mr..
Thomas told a reporter last night that,
in his opinion. the officers are conceal
ing Chisholm to prevent legal service.
Mr.. Thomas yesterday made applf-
cation for writ Of habeas corpus be-
fore Judge Benson of Lawrence to Sc
cure the release Of the white woman
from the Douglass county jail At the
presentation of the case Yesterday af-
ternoon Judge Benson decided that
there was no legal reason for the in
generation of the woman and ordered
her released. Immediately upon being
released the woman came to Topeka
and was present at the hearing of the
case before Governor Morrill, last night
She is stopping at the hotel of Nick
Childs. One of the fea lures of the case
is the fact that the woman says she was
Chisholm Of her own free will and ac-
cord. The colored men who have inter-
ested themselves on behalf of Chisholm
said that It would be great injustice TO
permit Chisholm to be returned to Mis-
souri,, as he would probably be lynched.
A telegram saying that 400 people had
assembled at Warsaw to meet Sheriff
Laird and with the. avowed purpose Of
lynching Chisholm, was shown to the
governor.
SO far as known there are but two
cases on record in which the governor
Of Kansas has refused to issue reuuisi-
tons under circumstances similar to
those connected with this case. Cover
nor st. John refused to honor a reuuisi-
ton from the Governor of Missisippi
for the return to that state of Colonel
j. NJ. Brown, charged with embezzling
county funds. 1t was shown conclusive
ly that Mr.. Brown would be lynched
II returned there and for that humane
reason the requisition was not issued.
Governor Humphrey refused to issue a
requisition in a similar case. The gov
ernor Of Alabama applied for the ex-
tradition of John W. Allen under the
charge of murder Here again il was
shown that Allen would be hanged by
mob and the requisition was refused.
Lawyer A. NJ. Thomas requested the
governor to exercise his discretion in
this case in favor of the prisoner who,
he says, would undoubtedly be sum-
marily dealt with by the citizens of
Warsaw and vicinity. The woman tes-
titled before the governor last night
that she believed Chisholm would be
lynched If taken back to Warsaw