The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-05


celve1 either ~ the authorities or BY aey
one else. Mr.. Makers arrest was SIM
ply matter OF military discipline. He
was not discharged. but simply given his
ifSrrls until arrangements can be made
icr mis- trial BY court martial. When
this will he has NOT yet been determined.
Mr. Walker was not even paroled, al
shougD ne offered to sign formal parole. +
Asktt n Walkers release was infu-
enrea At all By desire to forestail any
possible application In the Federal ,oirt
fier said: mot IN the least AS I said.
bis arrest was simply a matter OF miii-
txry discipline. H@ was the first 10 at
tenpt 70 incite mutiny and we considered
that any attempts Of that kind s1oud
be nipped IN the bud"
"A wrong impression apparentiy ids
walls In regard 10 the reasons for his
arrest SAID Colonel Williams Mr..
Walker was heard to make statements I've.
days before bis arrest that were resar..a
as marinous ard persons who overbeaid
his remarks made affidavit 10 that efte.,,
Those afhdsviis are now on file elth
the governor. The order for Is arrest
was, accordingly. made out by Gov ,fuJs
Taylor and we were only waiting ior a
favorable opportunity 70 arrest MIN Ills
arrest at the time II oscu ed was IS
unlocked for BY US as { MAS b. him .ui
was more OF an accids nt than design. NJ
Walker himself viii Tell you ;h1t the
order for his arrest was real > him two
minutes after be was arrsHsI Il S sin.
ply nonsense to say that hc was clo-
fined because he pinuel court NOTICE
on the governors door.
1T Is 4 trivial matter. continued Colonel
Williams "Since Mr.. walkers arrest we
have hardly given the matter a thought
and his liberty was granted him simply
for the reason that 10 keep him In contine-
ment was not only hardship to him. but
10 US also. as ne had made no provision
for prisoners. II will take some time To-
get together the judge advocate and mem
bsrs OF the court martial and we have no
desire to infiict any needless hardship on
Mr.. Walker"
Oh, by the way" said Colonel Williams,
~ Wish you would not repeat that remarh
about the Zulu and Filipinos II might be
hard for us to make good.
Mr. Walker will return the following no.
tlce OF the service OF the injunction sum
mons tomorrow The affiant, Alonzs
Walker, says that he executed the written
notice by entering the executive building
IN Frankfort, KY. and attempting to gain
admission TO w. $. Taylor; after being re-
iused admission ne then posted copy OF
the written notice on the door facing of
the inner private office OF said W. $. Tay-
Tor at IL O'Clock, noon, on the I'd day OF
February, 1900. in which said office were
the said W. S. Taylor and Daniel r COL
lier. Ahiant further states that he is not
interested directly or indirectly in the mat
ter OF litigation, and he is citizen OF
kentucky and over is years Of age. The
aftlsnt here states that the reason he did
not make an immediate return of the ser.
vice OF the notice, was because he was i'm
mediately by order Of w S. Taylor ar
rested and has since the I'd day Of Febru.
airy 1900, been confined as prisoner ia
the state house az Frankfort and kept
maud OF W S. Taylor. Daniel Collier q
G Mengel. D. W Gray, Horace corcoran.
Lieutenant Rogers and Lieutenant Rudy
until ten minutes after eleven o'clock Of
February T. 1900, when affiant was dis
charged without trial"