Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-27
DR.. Inns POPULARITY.
TransyaaI Raider Checred in Court by Lon
don Hero. Worshipers.

| officers were taken off the steamer Victoria
yesterday by the police. A large crowd
had gathered at Waterloo pier, and when
Dr. Jameson appeared he was loudly
cheered. Omnibuses conveyed the party
to the Bow-street police court, the cheer
ing crowd running alongside the vehicles,
| 1t was probably not without design that
the appearance of DR.. Jameson for ar
raignment in the police court was delayed.
There was disposition to hilarity mani
fest in the locality from an early hour,
and it was evident that there was IA set
purpose to give "Dr. JIM an ovation.
The British authorities desire, rs far as
possible, to give no appearance of en-
couraging snch a demonstration of APP
prevail to a citizen who had been handed
over to them by Il power against which he
| sought to wage war.
But the British government is well
aware that, though DR.. Jameson is
brought to England for trial as a criminal.
he is in the popular eyes hero, and his
raid into the Transvaal, far from being
vieWed as a piratical enterprise, is looked
| upon as a chivarous and knightly adj
venture to succor hard pressed friends and
| fellow countrymen.
1t was for this reason that the crowds
about the Bowstrcet police court were
| kept waiting, and everything done TO
I make IL mystery of the movements of DR.
jameson. 1t was hoped the ardor of his
admirers would be cooled by the long
wait, and that the noisy mob waiting to
cheer him would grow weary and depart
Bat all this strategy was without avail
| The people insisted upon waiting. They
| grew impatient and somewhat irritable
| 10 be sure, and many rumors circulated
among them that they had been duped
/ into coming 10 Bow street, while the dis
| tinguished prisoner had been quietly
smuggied into another court and there ar
raigned and quietly baled. 1t did not
take long, however, to prove the falsity OF
these rumorS, and the crowd renewed lis
vigil with reawakcncd zeal,
At3:53 p m. the faith OF the crowd that
they had not been waiting in vain was
quickcncd by the arrival mt Bow-street
police court OF Il party of aristocratic
friends of Dr. Jameson. Many of these
Were shown TO prominent places in the
courtroom, which was thus made to pre-
sent an animated scene during the period
of the still further wait.
As matter OF fact, it was quite late in
the day before Dr.. jameson was landed at
all, He WAS brought on tug to Firth
on-the- Thames, and was then conducted
| by further roundabout and obscure
route to Bow-stree police court. As !.
consequence, it was almost $50 clock iu
the evening when lie was finally driven
| up 10 the entrance of the court and
brought in. The authorities thus sue
ceeded in eyading any very noisy demon
| ,,f
crowds outside, as they were scarcely
aware that the prisoner was among them
before he had disappeared into the court
room.
But his entrance to the courtroom was
the signal for a remarkable scene. Evil
! IDENTIFY everyone in the courtroom was OF
one mind in sympathizing with him. All
Were his friends and all rose, giving him
hearty cheers. 1t was in vain that the
court officers sought to quell the demon
stration. The effort To do so seemed
Little More Than Cursory.
The charge lodged against DR. Jameson
and II Of his fellow-prisoners was then de
clared to be warning against friendly
| state
After the charge had been read, Henry
Matthews, q. C.. who was home secretai :
in the former Salisbury government. an
nounced that in view OF the importance
of the case that the law officers of tire
crown would conduct the prosecution
| Formal evidence was then presented as to
the circumstances of the arrest.
The lawyers who We're in court on he
half of the accused men asked that ihci.
personal recognizances be accepted for bail
Sir John Bridge, the chief magistrate
| nf ali
before deciding on the bail, he felt thar he
ought to observe that, in his opinion a
gravcr offense could not be charged
against men than that charged against
the prisoners. 1t was crime of the high
est possible gravity, the magistrate con
| tinucd, and it must be SO treated by every
one, when they consider that the commits
| sion of such an oifcnse might create a war
| between countries previously friendly
The circumstances of the present case. he
added, were most peculiar He felt salts
ileu that the prisoners would appear when
! wanted. He, therefore, accepted their per
| sonal recognizanceS and fixed their bail at
5000 bonds each.
sir John Bridge then addressed the
prisoners personally in grave aud serious
vein He begged them for their own
sakeS and for the sake of the good faith
| OF the country to refrain from appearing
| whore public excitement would be aroused
| by their presence, or in any way lending
| themselves to the disturbance of the peace
Notwithstanding the seriousness of Sir
Johns tones, and the tenor of his re-
marks deprecating any public demonstra
tion over the prisoners. the withdrawal of
the defendants from the courtroom was
accompanied by renewed outbreak of
cheering. The court officers set about re.
storing quiet, and by vigorous remon-
! strances finally succeeded in quelling the
disturbance.
When the courtroom had become Quiet
again, Sir John Bridge Said THAT sort
OF thing might bring the maine Of England
| into contempt."
| Meanwhile Il still wilder scene was beino
| enacted outside the courtroom. The IRIS
oners had been Struggled into the culrr-
room SO unexpectedly and with such
| dexterity that the waiting mob were
cheated out OF their opportunity for shout
ing. But they were ready this time. DIR.
Jamesons appearance outside the build
| ing was the signal for a wild outbreak of
cheering, throwing of hats in the air and
d tremendous pressure to get up within
| reach of the popular idol