The St. Louis Republic., 1902-03-21
COURT ORDERS THEIR
BONDS INCREASED.
Fixes Bail of kratz and NicolaLs
at $4,000, Lehmann and
Faulkner ut $500.
MURRELL REWARD NOW $500.
Governor DOckery issues Procla-
nation Offering $500 Addition
al-NO Clew TO Fugi-
tive's Whereabouts.

| OF John X. Murrell. fugitive from justice.
indicted for bribery. The reward OF $SV
offered b. Circuit Attorney Folk personally
has been increased by reward of $500 Of
! fered by Governor Dockery for the arrest
and return to St Louis of the indicted
man.
Circuit Attorney Folk was called up yes
tcrday morning on the long-dstance tele-
phone by Governor Dockery. who asked hirl
IL II was his wish that the State offer n
reward for tn. arrest of Murrell. Mr.. Fols
replied that II was. and asked the Governo.
, to make the reward as large as possible.
Governor Dockery replied that the maxi
mum he could offer under the statutes was
81. and that he would at once issue q
proclamation calling on officers of all the
States 10 ap?rehcnd Murrcll wherever foun
acd Offering rewa,t. of SEQ for his cap
turc.
No definite information regarding the
whereabouts Of Murre.l has been learned b.
she Circuit Attorney or the police. accord
, irc 10 the statements OF Mr.. Folk ami Chief
Desmond. although vIgilant search is be
| ing maintained and every clew pursued. Thu
(, private detective agency whose operators
| were arrested Wednesday while shadowins
! the residence of Doctor Faulkner. superin-
tendent OF the mounted police stables. has
| men Mt work on the case. notwithstanding
! the apparent fiasco of Wednesday.
Writ Served on MurreiIs brother.
= scir- facias was served on F. e. Muir
r.iI. hondsman for his fugitive brother. Joha
X. by the Sheriff yesterday. The writ re-
| Iu;res Nurrell to appear in court Within
fifteen days to show cause why judgment
should not issue against him as surety on
/. John X. Murrelrs bond
| The Grand Jury will meet again this
! ':;ernoon at 2:3o. No witnesses will be ex-
; sn.ned. as the time of the body will b,
! ssvoted TO preparing the final report.
4, Judge O'Neill Ryan. at the instance OF
Circuit Attorney Folk. yesterday increased
. the bonds o. four of the men indicted o.
charges of bribery and perjury. The bonds
OF Charles Kratz and Henry Nicolaus. in
: dicted for perjury. were increased from s..
f. ID, TO scn9co and the bonds of julius IIetl-
mann and Henry Faulkner. indicted for
| perjury, from 5000 to $500.
/ After Judge Douglas convened court yea
ter6ay morning the case OF John X. MIr-sIl
, was called. The defendant did not appear.
In answer to a question by the Cours. Cir
cult Attorney Folk said he had no knowl-
, edge OF Murrelrs whereabouts. but that II
was probable. from what he had heard. tha:
ne was temporarily out Of the courts juris-
d,ctIor. ard that under the circumstance
he would ask that the case be continued ua-
! Ill next Monday. This was granted. and tn
special venire Of Jurors was dismissed unt.'
, that time.
! After this resolution was disposed Of Cr-
/ cr.; Attorney Folk went down TO Judg
Ryar's courtroom. where the matter of the
! increase of bond for the men under ind-c;
inert was to be heard.
Charts Kratz and Henry Faulkner wer,
the only two of the four whose bonds wcr
aff. cted IL the new ruling to appear. Kra;z
WAS accompanied by his bondsmar Go,t
. .ie5 Eysrman. Jr He returned Wednesday
evening from Florida. whittier he had ac-
co.nnanied his wife for her health. Fnulk-
nar was represented by Attorney John A.
Gercez. and Charles p. Johnson was pres
ent TO represent Henry Nicolaus. When tine
matter was taken up Mr.. Folk said: In
ihe case of Charles Kratz I suggest that
the bond he increased from 500 to So oJ0. -
kratx's Bond Increased.
Attorney Thomas T. Fauntleroy. for
Kratz. objected. saying the increase was
excessive. and that its effect would be to
reflect odium upon his client. Kratz. he
said. never had any intention Of evadinz
t.idl. CCulu IuIniSn a DOnI OF II
| nee essary. but the fact that his bond was
| increased would tend to prejudice him in
| the eyer of the community. inasmuch q. 1t
placed him under the imputation Of having
an intention Of forfeiting the original bond
and evaGiag trial
Would a 5000 bond be more binding up
on the defendant than a sscOo bond?' in
qnired Judge Ryan of Mr.. Folk
f,.Ss tg-n.r .
was the reply. 'If. as the counsel for MIR.
! Kratz argues. $1,000 bond IL no better
than - sou bond to prevent the defendant. /.
, jumping. then. following the argument fur
there. a 5000 bond is no better than no
bond 4: al. and We might as we'll let all
defendants come into court at their own
sweet Will
Judge Ryan observed that the point was
! well taken. and announced that he would
order The Kratz bond increased to s.oOrD.
! Understand. Mr.. Kratz." he observed
that this is not done through any reason
the court has to believe you would evade
| trial. It is simply TO protect the State
Said II Was nm Insult.
| II Know that your Honor" raid Kratz
who was auIvering with suppressed rage.
/ but IL is an outrage. Just the same. I
! nave l.StO mere ara HdNe uO
{ Intention of running away. and this is an
J insult
Mr Folk asked Judge Ryan to take cez-
| nizaace of the words Of Kratz and the
court replied that as he understood Kratz
there was no necessity for judicial repri-
mand.
| ". Eyerman Immediately signed the new
bond for Kratz-
| The bonds OF the other three men were
then increased. Attorney johnson .aii lis
: client had no objection to oHer to any
/ bond tha. might be required. and assured
{ the court that his ellen, would appear
| within "A reasonable time ard give n rev
| bond.
| Faulkner gave new bond In the sum O.
| S5ce,. with William Fl. Swift as surety
Lehman and Nicolaus are expected 20 come
| into cour: to-day and give new hund<.
! Commend Folks Action.
Tho following resolutions we're unaEi-
mcusl: adopted at the meeting Of :he
Board Of Directors OF the Real Estate Ex-
| change Thursday:
! Resolved. BY the Board OF Directors OF
the ST. Louis Real Estate Exchange that
We heartily commend the action taken by
ou- Circuit Attorney. Joseph w Folk. IN
bringing to justice all persons connected
with boodlns and other violations Of the
law. and We pledge the undivided support
O,ir 0rRaniza tion 20 he ~