Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-01-19

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Are You certain he is Herress''
asked Campbell
I am not certain, but I'm fairly
sure said I. HIS hair Is lighter,
but I'll pe responsible. MI
"''Campbell locked up this school
teacher. John Walker Immediately
sent for Colonel Kerr, of st. Paul to
defend him. He also engaged fight
ing lawyer named Ryan. They wanted
t. get q change Of venue. had
Uniled States District ATTORNEY
George N. Baxter as my counsel. In
making the affidavit on the applica-
! tion for change Of venue they swore
the, school teacher to i. He signed it.
The signature was j K. Heres The
marshal and ! silently shook hands
and went out and had drink. 1t took
great load off me. The court denied
the change Of venue sought on the un.
I just allegation that Commissioner
Spencer was friend of Canadian off,
GERS. Then began q battle for extradi-
| tioD.
1t was fought to finish. Heres
cousin In St. Cloud joined Kerr and
Ryan. Heres was committed for ex-
tradition. His counsel applied for q
writ Of habeas corpus before Judge
Nelson. It seemed that when Judge
Nelson 8 father was Judge of the Su-
preme Court man named Kane had
killed someone in Ireland and escaped
to Minnesota. The British government
sought to extradite him, and the case
was carried to the Supreme Court,
which held that it was necessary to
have the President issue an executive
mandate to give the Commissioner
power to try the case. The counsel for
Heres claimed the proceeding In the
Heres case was irregular. and Judge
Nelson discharged Herres We ap-
pealed from the decision of Judge
Nelson and carried it to the Circuit
Court before Judge Brewer, now Jns.
tice Brewer of the Supreme Court of
the United States. Judge Brewer
wrote long opinion reversing Judge
Nelson's judgment and ordering the
prisoner back into my custody. This
case Is an authority in extradiiion
cases. and. is reported in Federal Re-
ports Of the United States. No. 3.
page 265 We fought the matter in the
| courts through November and Uecem.
Der 1857, and finally the warrant for
surrender arrived: and on Jan. 1tb,
1883, l left st. Paul with Shet- Black
Heres, and handed him over in Ber-
lin on Thursday, Jan. 10Th He
pleaded not guilty to- forgery at the
Spring Assizee, but was convicted and
sentenced on March 2Oth to seven
years in Kingston, where his ding
dong musttachee' vanished before the
razor of the prison barber.
He had dyed his shet. black hair
with butternut dye. It had made his
hair nasty yellow and seemed to me
to symDolise the makeup of Heres.
The meanest prisoners I ever has we're
this Shet black HERES and q fellow
named Drinkwacer. Heres was q
mean cuss. He was not finish fighter
like some desperate, courageous men,
out in the open. He was skulker
and mean one. While in goal ut
st. Paul he acted so badly with the
officials that some fellow, . little In.
sane. was pot in the cell with Shet-
black HERES and comnttted all kinds
Of nuisances over him. Shet- black
began IN action against the sheriff In
St. Paul, but It failed. Shet- black
HERES Was serving seven yesIs In
kingston instead Of suing the good
sheriff in st. Paul. But greatest of
Ill his griefs was tho loss Of his
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