Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-02
THE PINE CASE


Constable Cutler says the Captain
sleeps we'll AID seems TO be about
ss usual. be looks however, badly,
weak al d is apparently very short
of breath No one can do much
else than to sympa,hize with him.
One week ago today be was an
honored citizeo, candidate TOR re-
! election 10 a good cfi.e, today be
Is believed to have BETRAYED his
friends, his flee and Is forger
and thief.
| K. OPS.
The K. of P.'s have handed US
signed statement !" the effect that
that body as an o., der has not taken
any action towards aiding the
c .ptain In securing bondsmen.
Some mem hers of this lodge have
been and still are trying to get
bondsmen for him, but they are
acting as individuals and not for or
by any authority from the K OF P.
lodge.
The K. Of P. Gard.
Ed. Oil Revlew:-Iu your Issue
of the Oh Review dated April Ist,
you state as follows In reterepc. to
bondsmen for Capt. J. H Pine
THAT all day long the K of P were
soliciting bondsmen en- but could not
get them This Ia an injustice to
ithe order of Knights of Pythias as
no one was authorlz ID 10 do so by
the organization
MONARCH LODGE No 81, K OF P.
W. F Ltlten, c. G.,
Chris Henders IN, K. R. S.
Writ Granted.
The writ of Habeas Corpus has
been granted by Judge Melvin and
it has been made returnable at the
Judges Office In the City of Wheel
ing tomorrow afternoon at q o'clock
Captain Pine will be taken up to
that city b1 Constable Cutler. The
case will possibly rot be decided
uh;il Saturday or Monday follow
Ing. The granting of this writ
does not mean anything for or
against Captain Piue. 1t simply
means the judge will listen TO the
complaint and ascertain If Mr.. Pine
Is being unlawfully treated and If
he Is he will correct his wrongs.
Writ Of Habeas Corpus.
To G. o. Cutler. Constable of Tyler
! County, w. Va: -
Walter R. Staples. an attorney.
at-law, practicing in the courts OF
this State, having this day pre-
seuted to the undersigned Judge of
the circuit court of Ohio county,
West Virginia. the petition of Jas.
Fl. Pine, duly verified by affidavit
praying for his writ Of habeas cor
pus to bedirected to G. o. Cutler,
constable of Tyler county, West
Virginia, alleging In said petition
thst the same Jas. H. Pine Is now
Illegally restrained of his liberty by
Imprisonment and detention In the
custody of the said constable.
Upon consideration whereof the
undersigned Judge as aforesaid doth
hereby award this his writ of
habeas corpus ad subjlciendam. |
You are therefore hereby com
manded in the name Of the State OF
West Virginia to produce before the
the honorable M. II Willis, judge
of the circuit court of Tyler county,
W. Va. then to be sitting In cham
bers In the McLure Hotel In the
city of Wheeling, W. Va, on the
the 3rd day of April, 1903, at the
hour of Ago p. m. of that day the
body of James 81. Pine, and at the
same time to make before the Hon.
NJ. II. Willis, judge as aforesaid,
due return of this writ, setting
forth therein the cause for which
you detain the same James 81. Pine
In your custody and that you have
there then this writ. And this you
shalt In uowise omit or fall to do.
Done at Wheeling, W. Va this
end day of April.
Given under my hand In dupli.
cate the day and year aforesaid.
THAYER MELVIN.
One of the Judges of the circuit