The Washington herald., 1906-12-13

New York. Dec 12.-'Tye been
through a good deal out West; lived in
Dodge City when it was the toughest
town on cattle trail; run a vaudeville
house; enlisted as d scout under Gen.
Miles against the COmanches. and here
in the sober. fifty second year Of my
storm tossed life, I get into trouble;
being arrested for writing something
in a paper. II that isn't a funny trick
of fate I don't want to know of one
Bat AIasterson, the terror OF the
plains, crossed his fingers and heaved a
plaintive sigh. He was sitting in the
railed-off space before Recorder Gom
in the Court of General Sessions. wait
ing for bondsman to show up and re-
lease him from the awful suspense that
he might have TO spend the night in
the Tombs With him sat William z.
Lewis. the editor of the Morning Tele-
graph, and H. y. Cary, its publisher
Bat writes a budget of gossip that
appears daily in that paper. He is a
deputy United States marshal, and
close friend of President Roosevelt.
Last Sunday Bat relieved his mind
in his column of certain opinions on
the way the trial of Chester Gillette,
for the murder of Grace Brown, had
been conducted at Herkimer. Bat bead
ed his comment: New style of lynch
law in Northern New York"
Some Bitter Criticism.
In the course of it he pronounced the
trial fragrant travesty on justice-iu-
excusable insult to the intelligence and
civilization of the State of New York
As soon as the trial of Gillette had been
disposed of District Attorney Ward, of
Herkimer County. brought the article to
the attention Of the grand jury. which
promptly indicted Bat. Lewis, and Cary
for criminal contempt Of court in pub
fishing the article. A bench warrant was
made out for their arrest and intrusted
to Deputy Sheriff Granville 5. Ingraham
to serve.
Ingraham reached town this morning.
and with Detective Sergt Chandler, Of
the Central Office, started out TO get his
men. IngTaham had heard a good deal
o fthe prOwess Of Bat on the frontier. and
it is said. was in favor of using the most
cautious method in arresting the ex-
sheriff of Dodge City at its widest and
.wOoliest.
He found Masterson with Cary at the
Office of the Telegraph. however. the
former dead-shot of the plains armed
with nothing more deadly than a long
black cigar. and looking as peaCedble as
a Herkimer County parsOn- Lewis came
IN answer 20 a telephone message. The
three men were taken before Recorder
Gof. who fixed bail at 500 for each
just Missed Night in TOmbs.
Carey produced the money. But
when District Attorney Jerome pointed
out that a real estate bond would be
required on account of the removal
proceedings, it began to look as if the
three men might have to spend the
night in the TOmbs. Lawyer De Witt.
OF Clarence J. Shearn's office, who was
representing the men, hustled around.
however and had them bailed out by
Henry G. Bicknell, who gave his house
in Brooklyn as security.
The bench warrant charges the pub
fishing of a false and grossly mae
curate account Of the Gillette trial
The three men must appear before
Judge DevendOrf on December II to
plead to the charge. The penalty on
conviction is $500 fine or six months
Imprisonment.
Bat Masterson said that it seemed q
queer proceeding TO arrest him and his
friends for the publication of the Of
Tending article He said that other
papers had published accounts of the
trial much more offensive than his.
without any steps being taken against
them. but I always expected I would
get into trouble some day when I went
into this Journalism business" he said
as he walked away.