The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-12
DEBS DISAPPEARANCE.
The A, R, U. Strike Leader Fails
to Show Up
TO SERVE HIS TERM IN PRISON

He Had Been Released on Parole, and
Failed to Show Up to be Taken to
Woodstock Jail at the Time Agreed
Upon.
r CHICAGO, June 12-Five of the officers
of the American Railway union returned
20 the Woodstock Jail last evening. Presi-
dent Eugene V. Debs failed to report on
time for the train, He called on the mar
shall at noon and was requested to report
vt o'clock at the marshal's office, with
the others, or at the Northwestern station
at o'clock Messrs Rogers, keliher,
Burns, Hogan 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 busi-
ness to contract, but 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 Deputy Clark returned to the mar
shals office with the Debs commitment
papers. The marshal was vexed at the
failure of Debs to report on time, and he
sent three men to look for him. II don't
think he has purposely missed his train, ="
said the marshal, 'yet his failure to report
on time is annoying. 1t places Mr., Debs
in bad light. l paroled him until 4
o'clock, and he should have been here"
The marshal does not believe that Debs
may have run away. "He has all to lose
and nothing to gain by such a move" he
said. He would be a fugitive from jus
tice and would not dare to return to the
! United States. He feels that in going to
| Jail he strengthens himself among his
! svyr,,pathignrc HE hpnHGT11nn
! longer liable for his return, as he surren-
dered himself to me at noon, and that act
released him of his bonds,
"While the absence of Debs does not
alarm me, / confess that l am consider
ably chagrined over it, Had he sent me
word that he could not finish his business
during the afternoon l would have unhes
itatingly given him his freedom "A day
! longer"
Martin j. Elliott, the seventh prisoner
wired that he was On his way to Chicago
from Harrisburg, Pa, and would be il
some time during the night When thC
| party was first sent to Jail Elliott was two
days behind in reaching Chicago from the
| east.
Owing to Debs' failure to report George
| w Howard secured another days respite
! Howard, who has quarrelled with his for
mer associates and established a rival or
| ganization, desired to serve his sentence
Ceparate from the others, and the desire
W mutual. Yesterday Judge Wood:
wired Judge Showalter to transfer How
ard from the Woodstock jail to the VIII
county Jail, at Joliet.
Marshal Arnold intended taking How
ard there on the o'clock train last night
but Debs' absence gave Howard another
night with his family. The commitment
papers were made out for six months il
Debs' case and three months in each o.
the others, less seventeen days served
from Jan. 8 to Jan. "a, in the Woodstock
Jail The commitment was made on tn,
interstate commerce contempt case. Th'
men are so confident that Judge Woods
will recorder the Santa Fe sentence to b,
concurrent that they give themselves NJ
concern on the probability of having t,
serve double time