Connecticut western news., 1896-02-27
DIR. JIM THEIR IDOL.
THE TRANSvAAL RAIDER cHEEREc ON HIS IMPEACHMENT IN COURT.
Formally Charged With Warning Against Friendly state-Thc Trial Adjourned. Prisoners Released on Their Own Re- cognizanoe In sIo,ooo Bail.

LONDON, Feb. 26.-It was probably not without design that the appearance of Dr. Jameson for arraignment in the Bow street police court was delayed all through the day. There was disposition of hilari- ty manifest in the locality of the court | from an early hour. and it was evident that there was a set purpose prevailing tho London masses to give Dr. Jim an ova- , ton.
 The British authorities desire as far as possible to give no appearance of encour- aging such a demonstration of approval of citizen who has been handed over to them by power against which he sought to wage war in the faith that Great Brit ain will sec justice done to him and will properly avenge the outrage done to a friendly power.
 But the British government is we'll aware that though Dr. Jameson Is brought to England for trial as a criminal, he Is In the popular eye a hero, and his raid into the Transyaal, far from being viewed as a piratical enterprise. is looked upon as a chiyalrous and knightly adventure to suc- DOT hard pressed friends and fellow coun- trymen. It was for this reason that the crowd about Bow street police court were kept waiting and everything possible done to make mystery of the movements of Dr.
 Jameson. It 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. But all this strategy was without avail The people insisted upon waiting. The faith of the crowd that they had
 not been waiting in vain wns quiokened | oy the arrival at Bow street police court | I,f norlv of friando of nr | Jameson. Among these were the Duke of | Abercorn, Viscoupt Chelsea, the Earl of | Arlington, Colonel Stracey, private score.
 ary to tho Marquis of Salisbury; several | colonial office officials, Mir. Charles K. | Narde, M. P, and many other people of | note. Many of these were shown to promi- | nent places in the courtroom, which was | thus made to present. an animated scene | suring the period of the still further wait Brought Up the Thames on Tug. As matter of fact 1t 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 conducted by a
 roundabout and obscure route to Bow street police court. ... . The authorities thus succeeded in evad- Ing any very noisy demonstration on the part of tho waiting crowds outside, as | they were scarcely aware that the prisoner was among them before he had disappear
 cd into the courtroom.
 But his entrance to the courtroom was the signal for a remarkable soene. Xvi
 dently every one in the courtroom was of
 one mind in sympathizing with him. All
 were his friends. and all arose and uncov-
 cred upon his appearance, giving him
 hearty cheers. It 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 against Dr. Jameson and 14 | of his fellow prisoners was then declared
 to be "warring against a friendly state" Alter tho charge had been read Mir. Henry Matthews, Q. C., who was home
 secretory in the former Salisbury govern
 ment, announced that in view of the im- portance of the case, the law officers of the
 crown would conduct the prosecution. Formal evidence was then presented as | to the circumstances of the arrest The lawyers who were in court on be- half of the accused men asked that their personal recognizances be accepted for
 bail.
 | Sir John Bridge the chief magistrate of | the Bow street police court. from his place
 on the bench said that before deciding
 upon the bail he felt that he ought to ob-
 serve that in his opinion graver offense
 could not be charged against mon than
 that charged against the prisoners. 1t
 was a crime of the highest possible gravi- | ty, the magistrate continued, and 1t must
 be so treated by every one when they con-
 sider that the commission of such an
 offense might create a war between coun-
 tries previously friendly. The circum-
 stances of the present case, he said, were
 most peculiar. He felt satisfied that the | prisoners would appear when wanted. He
 therefore accepted their personal recog-
 nizances and fixed their bail at e2,o00
 each.
 | Cautions the Prisoners
 | Sir John Bridge then addressed the pris- oners personally in a grave and serious
 vein. He begged them for their own sakes and for the sake of the good faith of the
 country to refrain from appearing where public excitement would be aroused by
 their presence CT in any way lending them selves to the disturbance of the peace. Notwithstanding the seriousness of Sir
 Johns tone and the tenor of his remarks,
 deprecating any public demonstration over | the prisoners the withdrawal of the dc.
 fendsnts from the courtroom was accom-
 panied by a renewed outbreak of cheering. 1 The court officers set about restoring quiet,
 and by vigorous remonstrances finally succeeded in quelling the disturbance, | When the courtroom had become quiet
 again, Sir John Bridge said sternly; | "That sort of thing might bring the
 name of England into contempt" Meanwhile still wilder scene was be- | ing enacted outside the courtroom. | The prisoners had been smugglcd Into the courtroom SO unexpectedly and with
 such dexterity that the waiting mob was
 cheated out of their opportunity for shout | Ing. But they were ready this time. Dr. | Jameson's appearance outside the building
 was the signal for wild outburst of cheer | ing, throwing of hats In the air and tre,
 mendous pressure to let up within reach
 of the popular idol. The crowds inten-
 tions were friendly, enthusiastically so,
 but they threatened bodily harm to the
 object of their admiration.
 Dr. Jameson was quickly hemmed in by a surging throng, who apparently i sought to carry him, and he made his way
 through them with great difficulty. When
 he reached his cab, he was hurriedly driven of, without waiting to make any sign of
 acknowledgment of the popular ovation. | Lesson Learned at Home.