The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

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sAGk UocoomW wogo oDocko4 IN TN tho
Judgo vhe Followed then "a the oencA
0qgaa - se1uggio IN - TeastA an-
stranosss Are SusDssss.
T1e No. b MiOsur rs1utr~s that ~ an
nual taA NY - naAs waiis tAs cssrs ,
01etfng n the eOurxAOuDe ct 0uceo1A Tho
levy must - mAAe fer - sf1to ood eoun-
y puFpsDss and for whatever purposes u
y required 10 be made. The IVY neces-
sary 70 SatDo money 70 ~ TIE raftroAd
bends must be made ~ the aAzne TIM. 90
ccrdtug 10 the theory q lAw. Every year
since the conflict began the judges have
met In the courthouse and ordered the Esvy
for state and county taxssL The neaey to
pay the bond debt cannot be created sspee-
tally Tor that pusposA u muss Be ~ By
. III levy. ana afteT that levy = ofdsrsa
by the Judges Of the county court e must
Be voted upon By the people and this must
Be repeated every ysar.
Other buaine0 SHOULD he transacted ~
the court. Oftsnsimes Il = necessary to
get an order Of court to clear land tue.
Sometimes ssfangen have gone 10 OsOeoia
for the purpose Of appearing before the
court 70 get orders entered % - 10 clear
flaws from abstraesa Only last week .
stranger appeared In O~cecla on such .
mission. He fingered about for several days
under suspicion Of being . deputy United
States marshal IN dfsgufse ana snQu1feo N
vain for the county court. Al laN Hugh
Decherd. the sheriff. took pity on him and
went out to the court and brought back the
necessary order.
citisens OF the county, relates . similar IN
c.dent that took place when he wAs county
fudge. II happened before he was finally
captured and sent 10 Jail at Kansas Casy.
man came into the town who nd buaae
ness before the court. He needed IN oroer
from that body 20 ~ to prevent the snsrin
from selling his land for debt After ne
had satisfied the sheriff and the county
clerk he was not something else tnan az
represented himself to Be. he was brought
before the court Il was night and the
court was In session In IN up-stairs rear
room
I'VE ssill wasn't sure about him." said
Judge Grimes, so Ne 1u8 got three other
fellows to cit Ia our places. We got along
side the door. where 10 could tumble out
In case the stranger made any curious
moves. The fellows we had up there Tor
dummy judges just looked wise ana kep
noddin' their heads, and when the fellow
got through they said they'd do the best
they could for him. and let him 60 OF
course We was present and We heard all
that was said. and we just made the prop
er orders when he was gone
Judges Accessible.
The sheriff and all OF the other county,
officers and every other respectable citi
zen Of the county who II above repruach
may visit the Judges when It 10 necessary.
no matter In what part OF the woods they
may be- The sheriff will tell one he does
not know where they are At any time. and
he doesn't but IL II not much trouble for
him to ind them when no wants to- The
judges have no doubt OF his loyalty or that
OF any other well-known citisen They
know that II any one should betray them
he would have 70 leave the county.
1t il only two weeks since Wash Field. OF
Collins. led q half-dozsn deputy United
States marshals into the Bear Creek coun-
try looking for the hidden judges. He
didn't md them but he got q note that
evening on his return 10 Collins advising
him to move into some other county. where
people weren't 30 particular about the vtr-
tue Of their neighbors. Wash Field moved
that night.
One Of the reasons why he couldn't To-
cate the judges that day was that the dep
uty marshals with him were known, and
every one who saw them parsed the word
to some one else, and before the marshals
had gone one-fourth the distance, tho
Judges Knew they were coming.
When the correspondent Of tho Tribune
came into this country to attend session
Of the court In the hills everybody was
alarmed and II required the best efforts Of
Sheriff Deoherd for two days to allay the
apprehension Of tho people
From every hilltop some ono could DO
seen in the distance on tho lookout 6omes
times Il was an old man, sometimes boy,
and occasionally the lookout was q rosy
checked, barefoot girl. Several marshals
were In the region, and the court session
was abandoned Tho Judges retired into
the deeper forests and were safe from ap.
prehension-
To make their freedom from arrest moro
secure. q cavalry company has been organ
tied by Doo Peedan. a brother OF the
judge. II numbers 100 rough riders. who
will consider II q pleasure to get out Of
bed In the middle OF tho night. mount q
horse and ride twenty miles acroes tho
country to warn the Judges in case OF dan.
ger. Whenever q stranger gets or train
In st. Clair county. when the judges are
In hiding. his presence - signaled all over
the county. Men win leave or their
work and race With one another to be- tho
first to carry the news when suspicious
character comes into the county.-Chicago
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