The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-06-23
JUDGES MUST NOW SUFFER.
S. Clair County Officials Get 10 More
Liberties

Kansas City Tlnes.
30 more liberties viii be allowed
the ST. Clair county judges who
were incarcerated IN the Jackson
county Jail in this city. because they
refused to obey an order made by
Judge PHILIPPE to compel them to
compromise the bonded indebted
ness Of ST. Clair county.
Since Judges Thomas Gill and
Thomas hewitt were first taken to
Jail by the United States marshal
they have been allowed the freedom
of the corridors. Marshal Chiles
assigned them to room on the top
floor which was large and airy and
was barred at 10 entrance.
Yesterday Judge Philips, having
taken cognizancs Of their situation,
sent an order TO the marshal in
structing him to place them behind
the bars. which was done. The
county court of st. Clair county now
occupies a 6z8 cell on the third tier
in the jail proper. Ia front of the
cage are iron bars and betweel F.. t.
and daylight is space of five sect
and a heavy brick wall. The iii O
light that fiekers into the dungeon
is hardly enough to read by in broad
daylight. Surrounded by criminals,
the St. Clair county officials, who
have only stood by their trust, are
forced to suffer the indignities heap
ed upon them.
MARSHAL CHILEs' KINDNESS.
Marshal Chiles has done the best
he could to make the judges com
Portable. New blankets were pro
vided for the rough iron cots and
all else within his power done to
lessen their hardships The small
cell is provided with poorly equipped
sanitary arrangements, and as a
result the atmosphere Of the cell is
laden with foul odors. In this at
mosphere, pregnant with microbes,
the st. Clair county judges are
forced to spend their time as best
they may.
A reporter for The Times visited
them at the Jail yesterday. He was
escorted up two flights of iron stairs
and out on the frail platform that
surrounds the cages. Half way
down the building the cell is located.
Judge hewitt was lying upon his
cot, while Judge Gill was sitting on
the edge of his bed looking wistfully
through the bars
JUDGES ARE DETERMINED
at was by Judge Philips order
we are confined this way" said
Judge hewitt. when he sent us
down here he said we would be the |
SpanIards and he would be the |
We are simply getting a |
taste OF it now, [ suppose. Wait
until the people Of st. Clair county |
get a chance ct that bond PROPOSE |
ton now"
I'VE may be ccaxed into voting
Tor the Compromise" said Judge |
Gill, ''but We can never be forced to |
t. Judge Philips is going farther
away from a compromise by placing
Is in this hole. The people Of St
Clair county are all right"
They will protest against your
treatment by Judge Philips will they
lot" was asked. Just wait and
Zee" said Judge Gill. We can't
)a forced to do anything
Il can stand it while, I guess"
aid Judge hewitt, who weighs prob
lbly 200 pounds. Judge Gill is
lot 50 healthy as I am. 1 don't know
What he will do.
I'VE are circus for the people
Who pass by the cell. They stare ct
Is like we were wild animals. /
hink We could make little money
y disposing of our photographs to
isitors l don't like to be stared
ut of countenance by everybody"
MARTYRS TO A CAUSE.
And thus it is the honorable
Judges of the ST Clair county court,
10Th aged men, are forced to stand
he most severe punishment because
hev refUsa 70 levy q fay for ~