The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-26
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 a further round
about and obscure route to Bow street
police court
AS a consequence it was almost $50
in the evening when he was finally
driven up to the entrance of the court
and brought in. The authorities thus
succeeded in avoiding any noisy dem
onstration on the part of the crowd
outside, as they were scarcely aware
that the prisoner was among them be-
fore he had disappeared in the court
room. But his entrance to the court
room was the signal for a remarkable
scene. Evidently everyone in the
court room was of one mind in SYM
pathizing with him. All were his
upon his appearance, giving him
hearty cheer. 1t was in vain that the
court officers sought to
QUELL THE DEMONSTRATION.
The charge lodged against DR..
Jameson and fourteen of his fellow
prisoners was then declared to be
warning against friendly state
After the charge had been read, Mr..
Henry Matthews, @. c., who was
home secretary in the former Salisbury
government, announced that in view Of
the Importance of. the case, the law
officers of the crowd 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 recognizance be accepted
for bail.
Sir John Bridge. the 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 observe that in his opinion
graver offense could be charged
against men than that charged against
the prisoners. 1t was crime of the
HIGHEST POSSIBLE GRAVITY,
the MAGISTRATE continued, and it must
be so treated by everyone when they
consider that the commission OF such
an offense might create war between
countries previously friendly. The Cir
cumstances of the present case, ne
added, were most peculiar. He felt
satisfied that the prisoners would APP
pear when wanted He therefore ac-
cepted their personal recognizances
and fixed their bail at $4,000 each.
Sir John Bridge addressed the prison
ers personally in a grave and serious
vein. He urged them for their own
sakes and for the sake of the good of
the country to refrain from appearing
where public excitement would be
reused by their presence, or in any way
lending themselves to the disturbance
of the peace.
Notwithstanding the seriousness of
Sir Johns tone and the tenor Of his
deprecating any public dem
the withdrawal of the prfs- |
oners from the court room was ac-
by renewed
OUTBREAK OF CHEERING.
The court officers set about restoring
quiet and by vigorous remonstrances
finally succeeded in quelling the dis
turbance.
When the court room had become
quiet again Sir John Bridge said stern |
ly;
"That sort of thing might bring the
name of England into contempt"
Meanwhile a still wilder scene was /
being enacted outside the court room.
The prisoners had been struggled into !
the court room so Unexpectedly and |
with such dexterity that the waiting
mob was cheated out of theirTlhouting
BUT they were ready this time. DR..
Jameson's appearance outside the
was the signal for a wild out
burst of cheering, throwing hats and
tremendous pressure to get up within
reach of the popular idol. The crowds
intentions were friendly, but they
-hrea tened bodily harm to the object
If their admiration. DR.. Jameson was
iuicllly hemmed in by surging
.hrong, who apparently sought to car
" him. and he made his way through
hem with great difficulty
When he reached his cab he was
Driven off without making any sign of
of the popular ova-
ion.