The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-03

Inc JAN O1 t5Se5Jl county, If Inc
sheriff carrie out the instructions Of
n court, at the present time holds
three prisoners, sentenced by Judge
PEBBLES to serve terms of 81 days
each for c~onIen =.
The three men sentenced by Judge
PEBBLES for contempt ara c. -. Car
roll, of Warsaws +. ~. Kerr, af Gin
ton, and Z. - Switzerland, of Gin
ton Kerr s 10 paw a fine of S25U,
Carroll 5000 and S~outhari1rd s1Oo.
In addition % this they ar. - serve
the 80 days i'll Jail.
The order w"s maze Dy Judge
PEBBLES at Lum JcrC0n ilte Saturday
afternoon ana vas l. be served Mcn-
day.
Mr.. c. F. Carroll spent Monday in
Wilmington and went to his home at
Warsaw on Monday night, returning
to the city yesterday morning.
Messrs. Kerr and Switzerland also
reached here yesterday morning, not
as prisoners, but came of their own
free will. They were accompanied
by Sheriff Aman, of Sampson, ana
Col N A. Mclean and Stephen McIn-
tyre, of LumbertOn, who went to Gin
ton Sunday, so as to give any assis-
lance possible to their friends. who
were in trouble. Although Kerr,
Carroll and Switzerland were to have
been arrested Monday, still no papers
We're forwarded to either the sheriff
Of Duplin or Sampson counties. Sher-
if Apan accompanied Messrs. Kerr
and Switzerland to Wilmington at
their own request.
Sheriff Mcleod. of Robson coun-
~, met Messrs. Kerr. Carroll and
Switzerland here yesterday and ac-
cOmpanied them to Lumberton. He
served no papers on them until they
reached Lumberton 1t was Sheriff
McLeOd'S original intention to AXE
the prisoners to his home and not
put them in jail, but he was warned
by friends that in case he did his,
ne might get himself into trouble for
not Obeying the orders OF the court.
AS soon as the parties reached
Lumberton and were placed under
arrest a writ of habeas corpus was
sworn out before the Supreme court,
and the case will be heard in Ra-
leigh to-day. The atlantis stated yes
terday that they knew the only
course left for them was to submit,
n that they thought it best to go
to Lumberton as quickly as possible
and do so.
Mr.. Carroll. who is a railway mail
clerk, stated to a representative of
The Messenger yesterday the way in
which he got mixed up in the case
He said in talking to q crowd of
friends at Warsaw n day about
Judge PEBBLES that he made the re-
mark that he saw him drunk on one
occasion. This he liz was nearly a
year ago. When the contempt pro-
ceedings were begun, he a il the
Lumberton lawyers in some
foun out what he had said about
Judge PEBBLES. and they at once had
his subpOenaed to appear at Lum-
berton as a witness for them. he
the incident when he received this
notice. Being very busy, and it be-
ing difficult to leave his run, Mr..
Carroll said he decided to make an
affidavit rather than go to Lumber
ton. He stated that he did not make
the affidavit voluntarily, but did SO
because he saw he would nave to
do that or appear in person as Il
witness
Some of the atlantis friends tried
TO joke with them about having to
go to Jail, but the subject was one
that tney could not see in q joking
manner; it was too real.
Sheriff Aman returned to his home
in Clinton last night.
Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, NJ c., May 31.-Judge
Conner to-day issued writs of habeas
corpus for E. w. Kerr, c. F. Carroll
and r. c. Switzerland, sentenced by
Judge PEBBLES to fine and imprison-
ment for contempt. The writS are
returnable forthwith and the hearing
is to be had tomorrow before the
full bench Of the Supreme court.
Judge Conner telegraphed Judge
PEBBLES and Solicitor G. G Lyon, of
the district in which Kerr, Carroll
and Switzerland live, of his action in
the matter.