The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-14

ance with its jurisdiction. He would
therefore order that the prisoners be re-
manded to the custody of the Sheriff
and dismiss the writ.
THE MEN IN JAIL.
AS soon as the decision was rendered
Lawrence and Levings left the court
| room, and Sheriff Johnson marshaled
them into his office intending to lock
them up, as is usual with other pris-
| oners, but A. J. Clunie. one of their at
| torneys, entered an objection.
you are making a great mistake,
Mr.. Johnson" said he, persuasiveiy.
The Judge told me you would not need
| to lock them up.
Il don't know what he told you,' re-
torted the Sheriff, but he gave me
an order to take care of them, and l
| intend to do it,
| Clunie attempted to bulldose, but the
| Sheriff was firm and a few minutes af-
| terward Lawrence and Levings were
invited to walk from the office into the
| Jail and formally turned over to Jailer
= Beckley.
Finding them fast in the Sheriff's
| clutches, the attorneys began to fly
around and try other tactics. Tele-
! grams We're hurried off to San Fran
| cisco, and in an hour or so came g
! telegram from George A. knight of San
! Francisco othe effect that the Supreme
Court had granted a writ of habeas
| corpus and an order admitting the
| men to bail.
| IN PRISON THREE HOURS.
| Back rushed the attorneys to the
! Sheriff's office and prepared bonds for
| bail, and began to look for Judge to
| approve them. Judge Johnson had re-
| turned during the morning, and to his
| house they directed their steps, and he
| approved the bonds. Back came Gu
ME to the jail, and this time it was
| McEnerny who tried his hand at cajol
| ing and bulldosing.
| Lawrence was hungry. He had
eaten no breakfast, evidently not ex-
pecting the decision that was rendered,
and the idea of eating a meal in Jail
was revolving to him. He wished to
get out Immediately. But Sheriff john
son could not see it in that light, and
while courteous to his prisoners, did
not intend to take a step until the
| official order came, except by advice of
| DINl1St <allOiICS INy clii. iiN h'etlA
Franciscans who had thought they had
only a country Sheriff to deal with,
found he was not so easily trapped
The bonds are approved and the
court has issued the order There is
no reason why they should not be al
lowed to go" said Mr.. McEnerny in
! honeyed accents.
! Il have not seen the order yet" said
the Sheriff, and I am waiting for Mr..
| Ryan, who will advise me in the mat
| ter"
But we know the order has been is
| used. as we have information to that
| effect. The bonds are approved and
| Mr.. Lawrence is hungry. I don't see
why he need be kept here any longer"
said McEnerny, still more sweetly.
! The Sheriff preferred to wait, and
when District Attorney Ryan came in
he explained that the Sheriff preferred
| to keep on the safe side and wait till
the official order came.
Then McEnerny began to change his
| tone, and said: well, the order has
| been issued, and we know it. The bond
has been approved and the Sheriff will
restrain them longer of their liberty
at his peril
| Yes said Mr. Ryan, mo doubt, as
| you say, the order has been issued, but
suppose it had not, and you should say
| afterWard, We were mistaken. We
| thought it had would that help Mr..
| Johnson any. / think we had better
| hold them till the order comes.'S
And the Sheriff did hold them till
| twenty minutes of o'clock. when the
official order from the Supreme Court
came and the men were released.
| The bonds were signed by Frank J.
! Gray and G. p. Nathan and We're for
| 81 900 each. The hearing before the
| Supreme Court is set for Tuesday
| morning in San Francisco. After their
! release the two men went to dinner and