The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-17
ge aahita Daily aore: aa,edmesdau ormo 9au 1899

beyed. They took 10 the woods, but for
some reason that has not been fully ex-
planned the Marshal captured TWO OF them
and brought them to jefferson City, where
they were locked up Peedan eluded the
officers until one night when Anne Sutton
vas bribed to lead The officers 10 him.
Peedan was COX hunting that night, and
Anne Sutton. following the baying OF the
hounds led the MarshaIs 70 where ne was.
Peedan, who IS an Ebert man, saw the
men approaching, and he climbed a tree.
He was located, and when ne saw he was
discovered ne jumped. He Ii II the top Of
a saDling and swung OUT OF reach and
started 70 Iope away when a half dozen
bullets went singing so close 10 him he
stopped and surrendered Peedan was
taken 10 Jefferson City and lodged with his
judicial colleagues. II s worthy Of note
that Anne Sutton left the county the next
night and never came back.
The spot where Sam Peedan was caught
is within a mile OF where john and James
Younger fought a running fight with De-
tective Allen Of the Plnkerton force and
Deputy Sheriff Daniels Of Osceola in ISIS.
John Younger was killed. but his bandit
brother escaped after killing Allen and
Daniels.
While the Judges were in jail in Jeffer-
son City General Henderson visited them
and had them released on condition that
they would submit the tax levy % a vote
of the people. and help 70 carry It in the
election. Peeran promised he would agree
to submit It. but that he would not make
any speeches in favor of it or against it.
The Judges. on being released. went hack
TO $. CT If c uuty and submitted thu prop
oSition 10 the electors. as the law requires
Peedan kept his word until one day, when
General Henderson was making a speech
in Collins, a small town in Doyal township.
The auditors kept annoying General Hen
derson with pointed questions until he so
far lost his patience as TO point 10 sam
Peedan and say:
'sFhere is one of your Judges whom / got
out Of jail. II I was not friendly to you do
you suppose that I would have got him out
OF jaiI?"
80 that's how you got out Of jail. is it,
Sam?'' asked one of his neighbors.
Peedan was thoroughly angered, and he
cried out:
jest go on, General till you finish, an
then I'll jest make a few remarks"
When General Henderson finished Peed-
an climbed up on the box HIS little gray
eyes were flaming, and his massive jaw
was quivering with suppressed excitement
Whe he began to speak the noisy and tur-
bulent crowd was sulled. He is a man of
strong native force, and one born with
genius for Oratory, but he never wasted
70
ignorant man.
you've all read the scrptur',' ne cried.
IF We hain't read it We know it. anyway
Ye know about the Lsraelites, and about
Pharaoh The Israelites was the chosen
people Of God. And who was Pharaoh?
people of God. And who was Pharoah?
'em. Where are yore chosen people today?
Where are they, 1 say? Why, the people
is the chosen people. You are the chosen
people, and here is your Pharaoh" He
turned TO General Henderson, and pointed
a long. bony finger at him. There is your
Pharaoh" he shouted, AN he is punsuin
ye to the sea of debt an destruction, an
everiastin' pehdition."
That one speech was all that Sam Peedau
made during the campaign, but when the
votes were cast up the tax levy was found
to be beaten so badly it was not worth
while to count the votes in favor Of it.
The Judges who have been in Jail as a
result Of their refusal 10 obey the writs of
the federal courts in the order Of their in
generation, are as follows: 1886, Sam Pee
dan, Albert Hoyt John F Tandy; ISIS,
John f. Tandy, William Chapman, Jasper
Grimes; $780, Ben Copanhaver, Baker John
son, and Thomas hewitt; 1892 Ben COPen-
haver, George Lyons, Thomas hewitt; 1894.
Tom Gil, Joe Delozier, Jesse Alexander;
1896 Tom Gill, Bob Lyons. Tom hewitt
The election gave the Judges respite IN
til the next year, when the time came for
ordering the tax levy. They refused. and
fled TO the hills. They hid successfully un-
Ill their successors We're elected, and then
the Judges who followed them on the
bench began the struggle with the federal
authorities
The law IN Missouri requires that the an
ual tax levy be made while the court is sit
ting in the courthouse at Osceola. The
levy must be made for the state and
county purposes and for whatever pur-
poses it is required 10 be made. The levy
necessary to raise money to pay the rail-
road bonds must be made at the same
time, according to the theory Of law Ev-
cry year since the conflict began the
Judges have met in the courthouse and or
dered a levy for state and county taxes.
The money to pay the bond debt cannot be
taken from any other fund than one Gre
ated especially for that purpose. II must
be got by tax levy, and after that levy
is ordered by the Judges Of the County
Court il must be voted upon by the people,
and this must be repeated every year.
Other business should he transacted by
the court. Oftentimes il is necessary 20
get an order Of court to clear a laud TILE
Sometimes strangers have gone 70 OsceoIa
for the purpose Of appearing before the
court 90 get. orders entered 50 as 10 clear
flaws from abstracts. Only last week a
stranger appeared IN Osceola on such a
mission. He fingered ABOUT for several
days under suspicion Of being p Deputy
United States Marshal IN disguise and in
pured in vain for the County C1ur-. A.
last Hugh Decherd. the sheriff. took pity
on hin and went cut 70 the CONT and
brought back the necessary order
Jasper Grimes. WAC b one OF trs oldest
citizens q the county. relates a similar In
c5dent that took place when he ass County
Judge II happened before be was finally
captured and se1t To- jail az Kansas C.ty.
A nan came into toxin who rad business
before the court He needed an order from
taat body 80 as - preventive sheriff from
selling his land f1r debt After he rad ea.-
isfsd -he sheriff ana the County Clerk ne
vas M. something r--- -..s p he re-ra-a-l,-