The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-23
RELEASED ON BOND
Preliminary Hearing ofSaIoo0
Wreckers Held Yesterday.
DISTRICT COURT CROWDED
Amount Is Fixed at $1,000
Each and Promptly Given.
TRIAL DATE is NOT SET
Mrs. Nation Left for Newton
Over Santa Fe.
TRIAL DATE is NOT SET

Mrs. Carrie Nation, Mrs. Julia Evans
and Mrs. Lucy wilhoit who wrecked the
two saloons on East Douglas avenue
Monday afternoon, were admitted to bail
in the sum Of $1,000 each BY Judge Dale
Of tie district court yesterday afternoon.
The sureues were ". r. Smith and w
R. Jones. the one a retired capitalist and
the last named a dairyman. Both quail
fed for $1,000 Miss LYDIA Muntz has
not yet been arrested, but her bond has
already been signed
The women were arrested Monday
night upon warrants charging them with
malicious destruction Of property, issued
from the city court. This charge was
dismissed by County Attorney Comfy yes
teraay afternoon, but Immediately two
other warrants from the district court
were issued upon complaints filed by the
county attorney charging them with ma
licious destruction Of property for the
wreckage OF each saloon.
The complaint fer the smashing Of the
Herrig saloon is as follows:
I'm the name and by the authority OF
the state of Kansas, I, Jemes r. Comfy,
county attorney in and for the county
Of Sedgwick and state of Kansas, who
prosecute for and on behalf of said state
in the district court Of Sedgwick comfy,
sitting IL and for the county Of Sedgwick.
and duly empowered to inform Of Of
-e
Sedgwick, come now and give the court
70 understand and be informed that Car
RE Nation, Lucy Wuboit. Julia Evans
and Lydia Muntz. late Of said county OF
Sedgwick. in the state Of Kansas afore-
said and within the jurisdiction Of this
court. on the 21st day Of January 1901.
did then and there unlawfully, willfuHy
and madciously break and destroy tho
front windows Of the store building of
Kate Herrig, Margaret Herrig and John
Herrig. which said windows were Of the
value Of $780, and which store building
was situated on lot IS i'm Nead's addition
to the city Of Wichita. Sedgwick county
state Of Kansas. Of the property of Kate
Herrg. Margaret Herrig and John Her
rig, and the store building and windows
were the property at the said time of
Kate Herrig, Margaret Herrig and John
Herrig and that the said parties were +
the owners I'm fee Of said property ana
were in actual possession thereof"
The complaint charging them with the
destruction of Burns saloon was worded
in almost the same language with the
exception that Henry schweiter was
named as the owner Of the property.
The matter Of arranging the bonds and
warrants consumed several hours. and it
was not until nearly 6 o'clock that Mrs f
Nation and the crowd of w. C. r. U.
members departed from the court while
the bonds were being arranged The w0- (
men assembled and sang PRAISE God (
From Whom An Blessings Flow" after
which prayer meeting was held ia the
Office Of the clerk of the district court
When taken from the JAIN to the court
room Mrs. Nation apologized for strl-
ing Sheriff Charles Simmons when he
served the warrant upon her at the sta
ton Monday night .I did not intend to
strike YOU as the sheriff OF this county,
but I only desired to drive the devil out
OF your soul" she remarked. Some one
of the bystanders remarked that she
might be roughly treated If she eve. re-
peated the performance of Monday
night Don't you mind about that."
she remarked. "a man at times may
even be coura geous enough to look into
the mouth % the cannon. but he VIII
never dare to attempt 20 thwart a women
with hatchet"
The city court room was crowded nj an
early hour yesterday afternoon. the epec-
tators desiring to procure a point Of
vantage az the trial. A fact very notice
able was the absence Of any large num-
her of w. c. II. e. members. Most OF the
spect ators present were men. on the
previous occasions the opposite was a
fact The cv5wd was doomed TO disaD-
pointment, however. as the prisoner was
not brought into the court room. The
matter of arranging the bonds was per-
formed very quietly in the private once
Of Clerk Williams, ana it was not untl
the last moment, when the SIGNATURES
n the prisoners were required. that thev
We're Brought in from the 5sH David
Nation. the husband OF Mrs. Nation. was
not present at any az the PROCEEDINGS.
DIT Evans. husband of Ms Julia
Evans. one of Mrs. Nations associates.
was present. He said Chat ne wished n
10 be understood that he was not I'm any
manner IN sympathy with the movement
~ his wife. and remarked that Airs. IA
ton had evidently exercised some infu-
ance over her or she certainly would nor
have done what she did Monday nieht
fudge Dale said thar the case win b..
tried before him IN the regular order of
The criminal docket a-F fha+ 81 may ~