The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-24
SOUTHALL MAY GIVE BAIL
CAN SECURE HIS LIBERTY ON
$500 BOND
The United States Relinquishes the
Prisoner to the County Author
ities-He Is Taken BEFORE Judge
Bum and Pleads Not Guilty to
Five INSTRUMENTATION the
Right to Demur.

Five Indictments-Reser the
Right to Demur.
The transfer of James H. Southall.
under arrest, charged with SWindling
by means of bogus time checks, from
the custody of the United States au-
thorities to that of the sheriff of Ram
sey county, was effected yesterday aft-
ernoon. The details of the transfer
were practically as stated in The
6 o b on Sunday morning.
AT the time that the district court
grand jury returned the five indict-
nentS against Southall, charging him
with grand larceny in the first degree,
County Attorney Anderson officially
notified United States District Attorney
Evans of that fact. Attorney Evans
in turn notified the attorney general,
and received instructions from him to
transfer Southall on demand. Yester-
day morning County Attorney Ander-
son made the formal demand on Unit
ed States Marshal O'Connor for the
person of James H. Southall, United
States prisoner, held on a charge Of
forgery. The application came on at
once for a hearing before Judge Loeb
rem and the order was issued authO IL
ing the marshal to deliver Southail to
the state autho. lies. In the afternoon
Marshal OConnor appeared at the
county Jail where SouthaA was in con-
sultation with his attorney, G. M. Mel
son. The three walked from the Jail
to the office of Sheriff Wagner, and
there Marshall O'Connor formally re-
leased Southall from the custody of
the United States. AS MARSHALL O'Con-
nor finished speaking, Chief Deputy
Sheriff Robert stepped up from his
desk bearing in his hand the five bench
warrants issued by Judge Bum.
,oll +, hox her
five warrants for your arrest on the
charge of grand larceny in the first
degree
IT will waive the reading Of the war;
rants was all that Southall said, and
the transfer had been effected, and he
was in the care of the sheriff.
County Attorney Anderson had step
PED into the sheriff's office in the mean
time, and it was arranged that Sout6'lll
should be taken before Judge Bum at
once and arraigned. Southall, Attor-
ney Anderson, Attorney Nelson, Deputy
Sheriff Robert and one or two of the
more curious onlookerS repaired to the
court room on the top floor of the
county building, and while they were
waiting for Judge Bum, who had been
summoned from his room, Southall con-
versed with his attorney and one or
two friends that had dropped in.
A moment later Judge Bum appeared
ped to the clerks desk where Southall
was formally made aware of the fact
that five indictments had been re urn
ed against him by the grand jury.
Attorney Nelson informed the court
that his client was ready to plead to
the indictments against him ait once,
but that he would reserve the right to
enter a demurrer to any or all of them,
and that his pleas would be made with
that provision. This met with the APP
prevail of the court, and it was agreed
that Southall should be given until next
Monday to demur if he sees fit. The
reading of the indictments was waived,
except the mere formal questions.
AS the clerk picked up each separate
Indictment, Southall responded in the
affirmative that James H. Southall was
his true name, and entered a plea of
not guilty, speaking in a firm voice
and without the least hesitation.
When the final Indictment had been
passed, Attorney Nelson said:
And now, your honor, we would like
to have you fix the amount of bail, and
In that connection l would ask that
the usual practice be followed and that
the bail be made as reasonable as pos
sible."
County Attorney Anderson said that
he had no objection to that method.
1T is rumored, of course. that Mr..
a very large amount Of money, much
greater than the aggregate amount of
the indictments against him." said the
county attorney, but we have NO Of
fetal knowledge of that and so it can
not be taken into account"
Judge Bum fixed the bail at $500
for the first Indictment, and $1,000 ad-
dftional for the others, making a total
of $1,000 Southall was taken back to
the county jail, and remained there last
night, although Attorney Nelson said
that he would probably procure, bail
today. Attorney Nelson declined to saw
positively that he would demur to the
indictments against Southall, as was
1ntimated in his request to the court
He said that the request was a for
mality that it was his right to exercise
and had been taken advantage of on
that ground.
United States District ATTORNEY
Evans, in speaking of the transfer. said
that 1t had been deemed best to have
Southall go to trial on the indictments
returned by the grand jury, as that
was the more expedient course. and for
the further reason that the state
statutes, under which the indictments
were returned, were very clear, while
he regarded 1t as a serious question
whether conviction could be procura3
under the United States statutes. He
said, however, that, as stated In The
u e, the charge against Southall in
the United States courts would nor he
dropped, and that the matter will
probably be brought to the attention
OF the federal grand jury when it meets
next month.