Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-10-28
A GALLANT OFFICER,
Tie Permitted a Woman to Remain Away
From Court Until she Gould Procure
"a Pair OF shoes.

DEPUTY District Attorney Draffen tells OF
some amusing experiences that Save
fallen to his lot while travelling over the
large federal district looking after the legal
| matters before the United States cominls-
sioners and getting cases ready for the
terms of court. The most amusing matter
he says, that has come under his observa-
tion was n, the preliminary hearing of some
prisoners at Rolla. who had been brought
in from Phelps county to answer to the
charge of intimidating some homesteaders.
The warrants and suhpoenaS We're place9
in the hands of Deputy Marshal Gates, of
K3a who Ysnt YEN 1Ht ao e yae GImMfy bnmt TO
miles from Rolla and the route was over
one of the widest and toughest roads in
the state. The witnesses We're scattered
about over the sparsely settled country.
and TO make matters easier and better for
all parties. Gates went out in a farm wagon
and made the arrests The prisoners We're
placed in the waieN and then he drove
about over the hills collecting the wit
find all of the witnesses and Gates was
tired and Worn from the dust and heat,
in front OF "A rude shanty on hillsid" to
subpoena a witness who was very impor-
a young woman and she answered the sum-
mons in person.
but he has all the .gallantry that belongs
to the gentlemen of the old school, and Il
was soon called into use, The summons
was read TO the woman and she answered
pleasantly that she could not go with him.
She was told OF the fun power Of the court
to punish witnesses and compel their at,
tendance and then she blushingly informed
the gallant officer that she had no shoes
then asked If he was a man who woula
oppress poor woman. Gates was equal
to the occasion and assured her that per
sonally he would never do such thing, but
in this case the government called for her
presence in court and such calls could
not be set aside nor could an officers gal
lantry avail to satisfy the demands of the
law.
tion and the ever gallant officer asked II
there was not some way to provide the
shoes for her She said her t9fS had a not
count Of the wheel Of their wagon being too
weak for the tourney over the hills and
Then a bright thought struck her. She had
a neighbor a mile away who wore the
same size shoes as she did: and they some,
times used each others footgear. If the
deputy would klndly malt she would rnn atil
for the trip. The officer and others waited
for her and In due time she returned and
as she approached they saw, she was crying.
replied that her neiEhbOr was gone on n
ten days visit and had worn the shoes,
ans feelings found vent in food OF tears.
Gates is unrelenting as an officer but
If he tried and he informed the woman
she could stay at home for the preliminary
wheel repaired and go shopping and get
shoes to wear. she could attend the
regular term OF the federal court AT Jeffer-
son city, when the people were to be tried.
fhe readily promised TO do so and the
party drove on,
When the Witnesses were called at Rolla
the woman was absent and Mr., Draffcn
asked for an attachment for her, but after
he heard the report of the officer in the
case he referred the matter to the court,
with the recommendation that the woman
be not molested. The commissioner agreed
with the recommendation. Last week a.
Jefferson City the woman was hand.
She had new shoes and on her testimony
the prisoners, Ave in number, were CON
fined $3.50 each. After the trial she went
10 Deputy Gates ana thanked him for the
courtesy he had shown her and agreed TO
work for him II he ever aspired for office
where her folks lived.