The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-11-22
RETURNED TO CHESHIRE.

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 Waterbury, Nov. 21,-Walter Scott, the Cheshire hotel man, who can serve the best dinner in the state of Connec- tiout, and who figured last evening in the discussion before the Congrega- tional conference, was in Waterbury this morning and left after dinner for his home in Cheshire.
 The Waterbury American says: MT. Scott came to Waterbury from New Haven jail in company with Sheriff Speigel,, but if one had not known no one would have dreamed that he was under surveillance. He was brought up on a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Wheeler of luhe superior court and the hearing of his case was ad- journed until week from Saturday. Scott was convicted a week ago in Cheshire, a no license town, of selling lquor without a license. The evidence was obtained by two~ spotters of the Connecticut Law and Order league. They appeared in Cheshire as apple buyers and took dinner alt the Scott hotel. MT. Scott said they tried to get liquor from his distillery, but failed, as his man told them he had no right to allow the liquor to go out of his pos session, as lit still belonged to the gov ernment. In the hotel, MT. Scott says that he gave the men liquor, as they told him they were wet and exhausted. The men claim to have bought the whis- key and in the justice court in Cheshire secured a conviction. MT. Scott ap- peared without counsel Not knowing his right of appeal he asked until the following Saturday in which to pay his fine. This was granted. In the meantime MT. Scott had consulted at fine. Accordingly on Tuesday an off, Ger took MT. Scott to jail. To an American reporter, this forenoon, MT. Scott said that he was used In a splen- did manner and not kept under the least restraint. He was given the use of the office, and slept in a big room at night. He transacted his business yesterday as we'll as he could have done in an office of his own. The time for an appeal of the case having expired, the attorneys of MT. Scott had nothing to do but to secure a writ of habeas corpus. One of his attorneys last night told how the same was obtained, as follows:
 When Scott was convicted a week ago the justice told him he could have until next Saturday to pay his fine. He had his hearing on the condemnation of liquors at Cheshire. When I re- turned home found a telegram await ing me to attend a funeral of a relative of mine in central New York. On Mon day l wrote immediately to MT. Arvine and MT. Sawyer, who are prosecuting the case, and to Justice Beadle, who had tried the case, stating had received this telegram, and that, feeling obliged to attend this funeral, I should not be able to get home until Tuesday night. I asked them as a matter of countesy to me and fairness to MT. Scott not to take any further steps in his case until to-day. They paid no attention to my request. On Monday they went to Cheshire and got Justice Beadle to make out a mittimus to commit Scott to jail at once. On Tuesday, about o'clock in the afternoon, they went to his house and took him to New Haven jail. This hour was so Tate that it was impos- sible to do anything for him until We'd nesday morning. Application was then made to Judge Wheeler, holding court in Waterbury, who issued a habeas corpus directing the sheriff to produce Scott here in court Thursday morning at g o'clock, and show the reason for his imprisonment. There was no reason why the mittimus should have been served on Scott at so late an hour Tues day might and in spite of a request of one of his attorneys ito delay until Wednesday,"
 In the superior court this morning sented by Attorney Arvine of New Haven and N. R. Bronson of this city and Scott by l.. F. Burpee of Water bury and A. H. Robertson of New Haven. MT. Arvine asked for an ad- journment of the case, as he had not been notified until last night of the habeas corpus proceedings.
 MT. Burpee offered no objections, and the court allowed the case to go over until a week from Saturday, with the understanding that MT. Scott should be admitted to bail i'm the meantime The bond was furnished by T. H. Hayes All the witnesses for the state in the case were in court, including the two spotters and Secretary Thrasher.
 To an American reporter this morn. ing Mir Scott denied that he had 1T his possession any liquor which had not been stamped and said that he ha6 had it gauged by United States officers He said that if his attorneys would allow him to speak he could tell some startling things that have not yet beer printed concerning the case. He saiG
 he merely went to jail to prove that f
 was not his intention to pay his fine Then he added:
 ''In regard to the statement of Secre
 tary Thrasher, that I kept an immora
 place at my hotel. I deny the whole statement. I have not kept a disorderly
 place, and I propose to make him try and prove his statement. He says ht
 has twenty people in Cheshire whom ht can summon in aid, also people in New Haven and Waterbury. I shall compe
 him to summon these men in or retrac
 his utterances. Everything has beer
 perfectly straight and my hotel busi
 ness has been perfectly legitimate. MT
 Thrasher has put this in the paper as big bluff, and there is not a word O tT,l1th in his ctaltnrn e11,tS 's