The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-02-08
ALoNEo wALNER RELEAsED.

AL0Nxo wALhER RELEAsED.
eavr Personal rroaaIae ~ be On
HRha ~hrs wasted Cor Trial.
Frankfort, Ky Feb. G.--AlonEu
Walker. the stcnognpher who was
placed under arrest ON the charge Of
lnciting the soldiers of.the state guard
to nrutiny while pinning u nosiec of 3
proposed application for an injunction
upon the door Of the cfilce Of Gov.
Taylor. was released Sunday morning,
The release was not made In response
io the writ oi habeas corpus which
sheriff Sutter tried In vain Saturday 60
sert, upon uoy. Taylor. The latter
ronciudcd that Walker Ind renaii,vd
la custody for a sufficient length OF
limc, and told him 90 go hunir. The
charge OF inciting TO mutiny hHs NOT
been quashcd bat Walker may no. he
brought bclop q court-martinl ~ was
at one time contemplated by the ofh-
GERS OF fng atHle Nnafu-
walker Given Hta Frredom.
AZ ten O'clock SUNDAY morning Col.
Roger Williams entered the room in
the executive building. ami remarked
TO Walker. swell, Sir. Walker. we
have agreed TO an exchange OF prison
crz, aud sou are TO b. given your free
dom"
~ can 90, can ?" asked Walker.
~ GUESS 10" was the reply, aud The
colonel then ndded. with o laugh. I'VE
have exchanged you for one 'Sulu aua
three Filipi=G-. and as Nc expect them
rvery minute, ! guess u will he all
right for YOU 10 have your freedom"
Walker was then allowed 10 90 after
notice had been served upon him that
the charge agniust him WIS slill pend
ing, aud could be pushed at any time
~ the military authorities should 50
decide. He told Col. Walker that he
intended 90 remain IN Frankiofs.
Various Absurd Rumorn.
Various runners were rirculascd in
regard 10 the REASONS for the sudden
relcasr Of Walker. among them bcing
report that his release, hy order ui
Gov. Taylor, was in Difference 10 "a tel
cgram from Washington advising his
discharge. Gov. Taylor was too busy
10 bc sren in regard to the matter, Int
AdJt.-Ocn. Collier denied that such rca-
ron existed for Walkers releasr.
''ihc idea Is absurd" said Grn. Col
iier. ''No such telegram has iIecn ~
criyrd from amy one. ,ir. Walkers
arrest was du.ply matter Of military
discipline. lie wns not discharged, hut
was given his liberty until arrange
mrnts could be- made for his trial by
court martial When this will he has
no, been Determined as yet, and prub-
ably will not he nj present. Mr.. Walk
er was not even paroleh. although he
offered to sign y formal parole. liut
We did not consider this necessary. as
he promised TO br on hand when his
trial was called, and his word WAS suf-
hcient."
Not Influenced by HhbssA Corpus.
Asked n Walkers release WINS iniln-
onced nj all by u desire 10 torcsiall amy
possible court application In the fed
ernl court for n writ OF tabena corpus,
Alii.-Gen. Collier said:
"Not In the least. AZ said his ar
rat was simply a matter of military
discipline. lie was the first to attempt
to incite mutiny, and we considered
tl,at amy attempts Of that kinl should
be nippetl in the bud"
Real CRuse OF the AFrrHS,
"A wrong impression apparently
preynlls In rrgard TO the reasons for
the arrest" said Col. Williams. MIR.
Walker waS heard 10 make statements
two days before his arrest that wer:
regarded as mntipouS, aud persons
ovcrhearing his remarks made affidavit
to that effect Those nifidavits nre now
on fle with the governor. The order
for his arreS; WIS accordingly made
cut by Go,. Taylor. and we were only
waiting for n favorable opportunity
TO arrest him. His arrest at the time
Il did occur was as unlocked for by
IN MS IL was by him. and was more of
an accident than design. Mr.. Walker
himself win tell you that the
order for his arrest was reed
TO him two minutes after he
war arrested. II Is simply nonsense
io any that he was connncd becnuse
he pinned a court notice on the gov
crnor's door"
Dinehssa~a for autaai Convenience,
~it Is trivial matter" continued
Col. Williams. Since MIR. Walkers ar
rest. we have hardly given the matter
thought, and his liberty wes granted
him simply fer che reason that 20
keep him in confinement was not only
& hardship 10 him. hut TO Ms also. as
we had made no provision tor prison
erz. II =ill take some time TO get to-
gethcr the Judge advocate and faein-
berS OF ,he court-niRrtlal, and we have
no desire TO infiict any needless hard
ship ON Mr.. Walker
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ApeaHnted serw~ans-ss-Arms.