Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-11-14

men were there. and asked he bartender
for "hak-p;nt The bartender got
bothe and Started as f 10 6n i and hen
winked at the customer and said, come
IN after awhile One Of these two men
stated the above to the grand jury under
oath.
Other mformrion Of tangible char
acter was furnished. 1t IS. however. a
matter Of common knowledge hat there
are two saloons running in open violation
Of law at kiowa. and one Of the jurors.
at least. knows this, for he is a fire.
quenier Of both places.
And yet when this same grand jury
voted on the Kiowa cases they stood ten
for Indictment and FIVE against.
Men who are acquainted with the
personnel Of that grand jury feel sure that
they know, those Of the members Of the
same grand jury. who would not stoop to
violate their oaths for the protection of
an outlaw. 1t is, therefore, not difficult
to decide who the FIVE men are who did
so violate their oaths.
THE HAzELroN CASES.
Time and space forbid that anything
like detailed account Of the information
brought from this place be given. 1t
will be sufficient to say that it was, IN
the opinion Of good legal authority. of
such character to warrant at Least IN
dietment against one man. 1t IS not
known how the vote stood on these
cases.
THE ISABEL CASES.
| Some time ago our present Judge of
the district court granted an injunction.
restraining certain individual IN the VII
lage Of Isabel from selling liquor contrary
to law. And this injunction Is at present
IN full force. The same list Of witnesses
upon whose testimony the Judge saw fit
to grant the Injunction, was submitted to
the grand jury.
i Now it will be everywhere conceded
that our present Judge is careful and
competent man. But these astute jurors.
presumably the 6ve) would not indict
this man with the same list Of witnesses
upon whose testimony the Judge saw FIT
to enjoin him.
MEDICINE LODGE.
The information from this place was
much more meager than It was from either
, Of the other places. Yet It ought to be
, stated that there was given to the grand
jury the name Of man. within easy
!, reach, who was steered into drug store
IN Medicine Lodge by man who lives
IN the same town, at which place he got
;. bottle Of whiskey. This witness was
- not subpoenaed.
a The fact Of his not being subpoenaed
# may be accounted for in the following
n manner. 1t seems that the honest men
!. on this jury discovered that nothing could
n be done. because. Of the five" and they
% lost heart and advised speedy adjourn.
W ment to save further useless expense t
- the county, which is certainly commend
~ able.
Re- Some Of the members Of this rans
id jury, IN all probability the "6ve,' wer,
greatly concerned, ostensiby. about IN
/ volving the county in expenses. Bu
va these same men who were deteminee
t. to do nothing in behalf Of justice sa
w. FIVE days IN the name Of justice at tn,
expense Of $1,000 per day to the coun
AT ty and did absolutely nothing.
=. 1t Is not the object Of this article to re
Of feet in the least, upon the gentlems
who were members of the jury, indeed
;;s- it is the object Of this article to exonerat
he them. They deserve the profound sym
e. pathy Of every truth-loving citizen in tn
h county
lot Who are the "f0e"a Let ever
he man be persuaded IN his own mind
te But such ravesty on justice, such be
:, trayal Of public confidence. such ute
az disregard for truth. such allotment o
ny outlawry, such an outrage on decency
he deserves to be condemned and exposed
IS w. II. MOORE.
ey c. A. KITCH.