The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-02

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case again under the directions Of the
attorney general 1 wrote out a journal
| entry stating the facts but in it I did
| not say that / believed Heron would
quit the bushes as 1 did in. the other
case. I simply said that he had promis
ed to quit the business and if you viii
go 10 the court you will see that that
| is the very word l used. 1 could not
| conscientiously use the word believe
| for I did not believe a word he said. l
| Immediately called in Chief Burrows
and told him to watch Herrons place
| from that moment on for that I would
| have to pull him the very moment he
! violated his agreement. 1 told him If il
was necessary to put a man especially
| to watch him and the moment ne broke
| his promise to me to arrest him. ]
| knew all the time that Heron would
go to selling again and that in time he
would offer me another attorney fee
and that if | again took IL all the other
| joint keepers would pursue the same
! policy. By arresting Heron the mo-
| ment he violated his promise ] could
| thus demonstrate TO the other jOintist
| that l meant business and they would
quit. Chief Burrows watched the place
night and day and he had the evidence
ready for me to have Heron Te-arrest-
ed when I was called to Topeka. At
the same time Heron offered to make
the same deal with me concerning his
sons case, but 1 told him that his son
must agree TO a permanent injunction
on the building before 1 would do it.
The whole efforts Of the saloon people
have been directed towards buying me
off for a monthly consideration, but no
arrangement could or will ever go with
me but absolute closing up
Jack Davidson came into my Office
on the 18th day Of December and said
Judge L do not want TO bride or cor
rupt you, but l want 10 de business and
here is a present of $50 for you I
turned to him and said: Jack, have al
ways heard it said that you were the
meanest joint man in town, but l want
TO say TO you that mean as you ore
would rather have your good opinion
Of me without cent than TO have $1,000
from you in cash and your bad opinion
of my manhood. l want 10 tell you
honestly and candidly at this time
that you must go out of business or
there will be no peace for you. know
that if 1 can do you up and make you
quit business that ii will be a greater
triumph for the cause which I repre-
sent than if I closed up five other men,
Jack then said to me: Judge if you
will let me do business for one month
1 will give you my word as a man that
I will quit All right said l, but
you must remember what l tell you.
As I said before I have understood
that you were the meanest joint man in
town, but you have the reputation of
keeping your word On Jan. 10 Jack
Davidson came TO me again and said:
Judge you know that I can't do any
u aT hut all rrrlaf
good stand down there on Douglas ave-
nue. where I can make a living if you let
me alone. Colonel Taylor has seen the
owner of the building to rent it for
some friend of his and you might as
we'll leave me run a business there as
anybody else This whole business
will be changed in a few days may be,
and If I give up the place now Colonel
Taylor's friend viii get it and when
the new administration comes in some
body will reap the benefit of the trade
/ have built up Jack said I, you
must close up according to your prom
ise-I want to tell you I mean business.
That was the middle Of the week. He
then said I have a little goods that
can dispose of before Saturday night
and if you will grant me that extension
Of time I Will consider it a favor
Jack said I, whatever they say about
me have a touch of humanity about
me and am no oppressOr. I don't want
you to be open after Saturday night
Jack Davidson is closed forever and 1
have gained more by making him close
in a peaceful way without expense to
the county than l would have accom-
plished by sending any other three men
TO jail. Jointist are beginning to see
that when Jack Davidson closes
mean business.
Ernest Harris case is not dismissed
though l had an agreement with him
that if he quit, paid the costs and a
small attorney fee l would dismiss IT.
His father as an old soldier and com
Tade pleaded with me but I refused
him. Ernest Harris has quit but he has
not lived up TO the remainder Of his
agreement and his case is still pending.
Il want TO say to you that ! have
done all this in open day light. l have
made the journal entries, I have stated
the causes why dismissed the cases, I
have stated therein the amount of the
fee I received, the judge has approved
every entry and if they could diSbar me
they could impeach the judge. If l was
doing anything that would compromise
me do you think for a moment that l
would take 4 check from Pat Heron.
put enough money in the bank TO draw
a check against it with which to pay
me and thus have evidence against
me. I knew that the very moment he
offered ne the check. l knew from his
every action that he thought he was
doing something smart.
u have had more propositions and
appeals than you could imagine. I am
not a tprant and l would ike to be
easy with fellows if 7 thought they
would keep their promises to quit. To
day Jim Richey came into my office in
behalf Of John Jennings whom I have
cinched. but I told him could not do
a thing for him"
Judge Campbell delivered terrible
roast on W. L. Stanley and Judge Wall
He hurled some choice epithets at them
and said: L have called 'em that often
before and I viii call 'em that again.
Stanley took occasion to Slur me IN
court today by referring TO my case as
similar to that Of Wizard Boone when
he knows that there IS as much differ
ence between them IS there is between
night and day. There are three men
on the committee that VIII try to do me
up. but they can't and l viii come out
Of this case in better shape than | went
into il. You viii see that I viii get
the sentiment Of the people closer 70
me than il has been heretofore
Judge Campbell then showed the re-
porter a letter from Attorney General
Dawes authorizing him 70 do every
thing he has done in the whisky cases.
The letter in substance inStructS Mt.
Campbell 10 settle and dismiss cases
where the parties would agree 10 Quit
huinsess, pay the costs and an attorney
fee. "Of course" says Dawes. Won
don't want 10 collect IS on every count
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