Iron County register., 1900-02-08
AL0Nzo WALKER RELEASED.

| VIXEN he died.
ALONZO WALKER RELEASED.
| Gave Personal Promise to be on
Hand when Wanted for Trial.
Frankfort, Ky, Feb. 6.-Alonzo
Walker, the stenographeI who was
| placed under arrest on the charge OF
| ;nciting the soldiers OF the state guard
to mutiny while pinning notice of a
| proposed application for an injunction
upon the door of the office of Gov.
| Taylor, was released Sunday morning.
| The release was not made in response
| to the writ of habeas corpus which
! Sheriff Sutter tried in vain Saturday to
serve upon Gov. Taylor. The latter
concluded that Walker had remained
! in custody for sufficient length of
time, and told him to GO home. The
charge of melting to mutiny has not
been quashed, but Walker may not be
brought before court-martial as was
at one time contemplated by the Off
GERS OF the state guard.
Walker Given His Freedom.
At ten o'clock Sunday morning Col.
Roger Williams entered the room in
| the executive building, and remarked
10 Walker: ''Well, Mr.. Walker. we
lave agreed to an exchange of prison
ers, and you are to be given your free
DOM
81 can go, can -" asked Walker.
81 guess so,' was the reply, and the
colonel then added, with a laugh: I'VE
have exchanged you for one 'Sulu and
three Filipinos, and as we expect them
every minute, 1 guess it will be all
right for you tc have your freedom"
Walker was then allowed to go after
notice had been served upon him that
the charge against him was still pend
ing, and could be pushed at any time
if the military authorities should SO
decide. He told Col. Walker that he
intended to remain in Frankfort.
Various Absurd RumOrs.
Various rumOrs were circulated in
regard TO the reasons for the sudden
release of Walker. among them being
report that his release, by order of
Gov: Taylor, was in Difference to Il tel
egram from Washington advising his
discharge. Gov. Taylor was tco busy
to be seen in regard to the matter, hut
Adit.-Gen. Collier denied that such rea-
son existed for Walkers release.
1.-The idea is absurd" said Gen. Col
her. ''No such telegram has been re-
ceived from any one. Nr. Walkers
arrest was simply matter of military
discipline. He was not discharged, but
was given his liberty until arrange
ments could be made for his trial by
not been determined as yet, and prob
ably will not be at present. Mr.. Walk
er was not even paroled, although he
offered to sign a formal parole. But
We did not consider this necessary, as
lie promised to be on hand when his
trial was called, and his word was suf-
flcient."
Not Influenced by Habeas Corpus.
Asked if Walkers release was influ-
cnced at all by desire 10 forestalJ any
possible court application in the fed
eral court for writ of habeas corpus,
Adjt.-Gen. Collier said:
Not in the least. As 1 said his ar
rest was simply a matter of military
III was tic hLSt "
to incite mutiny, and we considered
that any attempts of that kind should
be nipped in the bud"
Real Cause of the Arrest.
ga wrong impression apparently
prevails in regard to the reasons for
the arrest" said Col. Williams. Mr.
Walker was heard to make statements
two days before his arrest that We're
regarded as mutinous, and persons
overhearing his remarks made affidavit
to that effect. Those affidavits are now
on file with the governor. The order
for his arrest was accordingly made
out by Gov. Taylor, and we were only
waiting for favorable opportunity
to arrest him. His arrest at the time
Il did occur was as unlocked for by
us as it was by him, and was more of
all accident than design. Mr.. Walker
himself will tell you that the
order for his arrest was read
to him two minutes after he
was arrested. 1t is simply nonsense
to say that he was confined because
he pinned court notice on the gov
ernor's door,"
Discharged for Mutual Convenience.
1T is a trivial matter" continued
Col. Williams. Since Mr.. Walkers ar
rest, we have hardly given the matter
thought, and his liberty w;is granted
him simply for the reason that 10
keep him in confinement was not only
a hardship to him, but to us also, as
we had made no provision TOR prison
ers. 1t will take some time to get to-
gether the judge advocate and mem
bers of The court-martial, aud we have
no desire to infict any needless hard
ship on Mr.. Walker"
Appointed Sergeant-Rt-Arms.
Milwaukee, Feb. 3.-George n. Wis
well, of this city, has been appointed |