The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-02-22
THE NATION IN PRISON
Prefers That to Giving a Bond of
$4,000 for Raiding a Stors
age Warehouse.
JUDGES DECISION HITS HER HARD
Because He Would Tie Up Her Hatch
et-Mcets Two RebuffS in
One Day.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 19.-Mrs. Car
RE Nation literally crammed Sunday
with thrilling episodes. She succeeded
in having the contents of a notorious
Joint smashed, broke into a cold
storage plant in search of liquor.
ruined the mirrors on several bars
found stored in livery barn, ad,
dressed two large meetings OF
men ana women and was arrested four
times. Tie last time that the law
laid its hands upon her was when
Mrs N;'tion emerged from the thurcn
where the mass-meetlng had been
held.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 19.-Mrs. Ma
suit Of her trial on a peace warrant
before Judge Hazen yesterday. The
warrant was sworn to by the MOeser
Cold Storage company, whose plant
Mrs. Nation entered Sunday morning.
| Mrs Nation acted as her own attorney
in the trial. Judge Hazen placed her
| under $4,000 bond to keep the peace,
| and ordered her to appear before him
| at the next term Of court. Mrs. Ma
| ton refused to give the bond and said
| she would go to Jail, She is now de-
! tanned in the hospital room of the coun-
ty jail, where she will probably re-
main for some time. In the city court
| yesterday morning arguments were
| given in the case brought against Mrs.
! Nation nv the proprietors of the
! wrecked Senate" saloon. Judge Nc
| Cabe said he would take the matter
| under Amusement until Thursday
morning.
Judge Scores the NatFonites.
| 1T is not likely that Mrs Nation will
| be able to give bond, because she de-
cIares that she will resume her smash
ing crusade against the Joints" i'm
mediately upon her release. Her
friends have been advised that Judge
Hs4en will order her release only on
promise to send her to her home at
| Medicine Lodge. Judge HaZen last
night placed Cal McDUnald, Mrs. Rose
| Crisf and Miss Madeline Southland I'M
der bonds. McDonald's bond is ST.
| 600, the others are $500 each. The
| judge delivered a scathing address to
the three Nation Iieutenants. He eX-
| pressed the opinion that Mrs. Nation
| is insane and said those persons who
| encourage her methods of reform
ought to be ashamed of themselves.
S<srprise for Some smashers.
The warrants for the arrest of the
| three above named were Sworn out by
| William Moeser. He has also begun
! suits for malicious trespass against
Mrs. Nation, Mrs. Crist, Miss South
! ward, Cal Mcdonald, Frank Murphy,
DR.. Eva Harding, Mrs. A. r. Chadwick
and Rev. F. W. Emerson. Somewhat
| of q sensation was produced in the
saloon wreckerS' camp when it became
known that three of their members had
been put under bond and that others
were to be sued. Interesting develop
ments are looked for.
She is Swamped by Objections.
During the trial WITH Moeser, one of
the partners in the storage house, was
the first witness called. After answer
ing all questions put by the county at
torney, Mrs. Nation opened fire with
all manner of questions. Objections
We're offered by the county authorities,
most Of which were sustained Other
witnesses followed in like manner
and she kept up hot fusillade of
questions, wanting to know how many
hatchetS We're used in breaking in.
what do you keep in your place." isn't
it fact that you keep all kinds of hell
brOth?' etc. Mrs Nation could not un-
derstand the sustaining of the MANY
j objections and said she did not think
the judge was fair with her