The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-27
ATTORNEY
A PEACE MAKER
Talked Sheriff Out of Having
Dennis Arrested.
Mr.. FOX TELLS HIS STORY
Says the Sheriff Didn't Bend
Him in Two.

All Is quiet in the police-sherin fight.
Both Eides have a guard at the st. Fran
els hospital and all seem to be satisfied
with the outcome 50 far. The police and
Eherif feel that the fight at the hos
pital should not have occurred as It
E1akes a black mark for both sides.
Neither side is any further towards a
solution of the matter than they were be-
fore the fight began. Sheriff Simmons has
served his warrant, charging J. Dunn
with bigamy. and has a guard at the
hospital to see that the man Is not taken
away
The police have q reqquisition IN their
hands charging Dunn with being a Lank
robDer. and United States Marshall Toll
bert pas the robbing Of the p0stnfhee at
Vinita, 1. T., marked up against him
The sheriff forces claim to have the
best Of the fight 50 far. The warrant
Charging Mr.. Dunn with bigamy was
sworn ont by Hattie Dunn. Of Oklahoma
City, and was given to Sheriff Simmons
by County Attorney Conly. Mr. Comfy
ssid Ia a reporter for inc Eagle last
night
j. T. Dunn was arrested on a warrant
sworn out II. this county and here ne has
10 stay because Of the priority Of claim.
The police did not swear out a warrant
charging the man with even being a
fugitive from justice ana they have no
clam 10 him He may have been ar
rested by the officers several days ago
but they cannot hold him Tor any great
length Of time without warrant. and
this they do not nave. The sheriff
served his warrant first and he must see
that the man is kept here. He e5nnot
be legally removed from this county. He
may lie kidnapped and taken away, but
J hardly think this VIII be attempted.
Even thu United States marshal cannot
take him until this court IS through with
him
7 instructed the sheriff 10 see that
this man did rot get away and he has
placed the guard there to see that he is
not taken away. 1e will be prosecuted
oy the vito here and then the others
can take him and prosecute him. All
there is TO this thing is that the sheriff
got in with his papers first and served
them before the requisition reached this
city. The whole affair would not have
come up II the TeqUisftion papers had
reached here before the sheriff could
have served his warrant. Now the
Sheriff is bound by his oath 70 keep the
man here and bring him before the
court
Governor Stanley only granted the re-
quisitIon on the condition that Mr.. Dunn
should be protected from punishment
except through the courts. He at first re-
fused TO grant the papers until he heard
from the governor % Arkansas and on
being assured that the man should have
full protection he signed the papers.
The fcht Tuesday evening WAS the
great toric Of conversation on the
streets yesterday. The police have the
Tequisition papers. They arrived last
night and il was expected that some
more fighting would he INDUCED IN but
the police did not serve the papers ex-
cent on the man in the city jail, 5eorge
Durham.
Last night reporter for the Eagle
talked with officer James Fox Regarding
the fght. The officer said;
Il was down town on my beat when
Harry sutton came along in the buggy
and said that / was wanted at the St