The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-05

told him to go home. The charge OF In
citing to mutiny has not been quashed. but
Walker may not be brought before a court
martial, as was at one time contemplated
by the officers of the State Guard
AT 10 O'Clock this morning Coionel
Roger Williams entered the room In the
executive building and remarked to
Walker.
well. Mr.. Walker We have agreed to
an exchange of prisoners, and you are TO
be given your freedom
Il can go. can ~ asked Walker.
81 guess So" was the reply, and the
colonel then added with a laugh, Eve have
exchanged you for one Zulu and three
Filipinos, and as we expect them every
minute L guess it will be all right for you
TO have your freedom.
Walker was then allowed TO go, after no.
tice had been served upon him that the
charge against him was still pending, and
could be punished at any time II the mill
tary authorities should so decide. He told
Colonel Williams that he intended to re-
main in Frankfort.
Various rumors were circulated in re-
gard to the reasons for the sudden release
of Mr.. Walker. among them being re-
port that his release by order of Governor
Taylor in Difference to telegram
from Washington advising his discharge.
Governor Taylor was too busy to be seen
in regard to the matter. but Adjutant Gen.
eral Collier emphatically denieu that any
such reason existed for Walkers release.
THE idea is absurd" said General Col
either from the authorities at Washington
or from any one else. Mr.. Walkers arrest
was simply a matter of military disci-
pine. He was not discharged, but simply
given his liberty until arrangements can
be made for his trial by court-martial.
When this will be has not been determined
and probably will not be for some time.
Mr.. Walker was not even paroled, al
though he offered to sign formal parole.
But we did not consider this necessary, as
he promised to be on hand when his trial
was called, and his word is sufficient"
Asked If Walkers release was Influenced
at all by a desire to forestall any possible
application in the Federal Court for
writ of habeas corpus, Adjutant General
Collier said: Not in the least. As | said.
his arrest was simply a matter of mill
tary discipline. He was the first to attempt
to incite mutiny. and We considered that
any attempts of that kind should be nip
ped in the bud
"a wrong impression apparently prevails
in regard to the reasons for the arrest,
said Colonel Williams MIR. Walker was
heard to make statements two days before
his arrest that were regarded as mutlnouS,
and persons overhearing his remarks made
affidavit to that effect. Those al. lavits are
now file with the Governor. The order
for his arrest was accordingly made out by
Governor Taylor. and we were only wait
ing for favorable opportunity to arrest
him. His arrest at the line ii did occur
was as unlocked for by us as ii was by
him, and was more of an accident than
that the order for his arrest was read to
him two minutes after he was arrested. 1t
is simply nonsense to say t.iat he was con-
fined because he pinned a court notice on
the Governors door,"
Its a trivial matter" continued he.
''Since Mr.. Walkers arrest, We have hardly
given the matter thought, and his liberty
was granted him simply for the reason
that to keep him in CONTINENT was not
only hardship to him, but to us also, as
we had made no provisions for prisoners.
1t will take some time to get together the
judge advocate and members of the court
martial, and We have no desire to infiict
any needless hardships on Mr.. Walker"
In response to a request Colonel Williams
produced from the files the order for the
arrest. 1t is follows:
"Adjutant General of the State of Ken
tucky-It Is appearing from information
given me that Alonzo Walker has been
| guilty Of encouraging, advising and incit-
| ing to mutiny and desertion among the
| members of the regular State militia of
Kentucky, and you are, therefore, COM
manded to forthwith place him under ar
rest to be dealt with according to law.
Witness my hand and seal as Governor
of said Commonwealth. at Frankfort, the
capital thereof. this Feb. 2, 1900.
| wv. S. TAYLOR,
Governor of Kentucky.
by the Governor:
CALEB POWERS, Secretary of State"
ooh, by the way" said Colonel Williams
| 81 wish you would not repeat that remark
ABOUT the Zulu and the F1llplnOS. 1t might
| be hard for us to make good"
Mr.. Walker will return the following
| notice of the service of the injunction sum-
mons tomorrow:
THE affiant, Alonzo Walker, says that
he executed the written notice by entering
| the executive building in Frankfort, KY,
and attempting to gain admission to the
| office of w. S. Taylor; after being refused
| admission he then posted a copy of the
written notice the door facing of the
inner private Office of said w. s. Taylor at
| II o'clock, noon, on the second day of Feb.
| ruary, 1900, in which said office were the
said w. s. Taylor and Daniel r. Collier.
"Af1iant further states that he is not in
| terested, directly or indirectly, in the mat
| ter of litigation, and he is citizen of Ken
| lucky and over sixteen years of age.
"Affiant further states that the reason
| he did not make an immediate or earlier
| return of the execution of said notice was
| because he was Immediately, by order of
| said w. S. Taylor, arrested and has been
| since the second day of February 1900
| confined as prisoner in the Statehouse az
| Frankfort, and kept under guard by armed
men under command of w. s. Taylor Dam
| Tel Collier, c. c. Mengel, d. W. Gray, Hor-
| ace Cochran, Lieutenant Rogers and Lieut..
| enant Rudy, until twenty minutes after II
o'clock of Feb. 4. 1906, when affiant was
discharged without trial."