The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
PIGG BOUND OVER
Held in $4,000 for Stealing a
$500 Bond.
County Attorney Schenck Asks
for Good Surety.
NOW IN COUNTY JAIL.
Could Not Furnish Small Bond
for Selling Liquor.
A. T. Pigg May Be Extradited
From Missouri.

Bob Pigg got into this trouble for
the corrupt methods he used in trying
to get rid of a bond to assure his ap-
pearance in court. If ever there was
a man on earth who ought to be held
under good and heavy bond it is this
same Bob Pigg."
This was a part of a scathing ar
raignment of Robert Pigg and his eff
forts to defeat the melting out of JUS
tice to him which was made this morn
ing by ]. ]. Schenck, the county at
torney, before Judge Simon in the
court of Topeka. Pigg was before the
court for preliminary hearing on the
complaint of grand larceny which
X. L. Thomas, clerk of the district
court, has filed against him and in
which Pfgg is charged with the theft
the hands of the clerk of the district
court by Hank" Lindsay for Pigg's
appearance for trial on the charges of
violating the liquor law and having
MAINTAINED m IN Inc a nuisance in the conduct
of the fll-famed Canadian club.
A jury recently found Pigg guilty of
these charges against him and he was
forced to go to Jail in default of
$1,000 bond which was fixed by
Judge Dana of the district court pend
ing the final disposition of the case
against him. The grand larceny
charge was made by Mr. Thomas a
Few days after his conviction in the
other case and Judge Simon in the
city court fixed his bail bond on this
charge at $4,000
Pigg's attorneys, Captain McNary
and ]. F. Lynch, waived a preliminary
examination when the case was called
IN the city court this morning and then
they argued for a reduction of the bond
Pigg will have to give to get out of Jail
Captain McNary insisted that the bail
fixed by Judge Simon was excessive and
that the usual bail in grand larceny
cases was $500. He asked to have the
bail fixed at this figure and argued that
the object of a bail bond was for the
production of a man charged with crime
and not for the purpose of keeping him
IN prison, which was bound to be the
prohibitive bail bond was fixed
Keeping a man in prison like this"
said Mr.. Lynch in taking up the argu-
ment at this point, before he has had
prosecution. A $500 bond would be
large enough to have Mr.. Pigg appear
in court. He appeared in the other case
against him on a $500 bond. Then again
this defendant is under 81, 900 bond in
the other case. The only object that can
be gained possibly by fixing his bond at
81, 900 in this case is not to bring him to
trial but to keep him in Jail before he
has chance for trial, and there is not
justice or fairness in that
"A man who is guilty of such multi
tude of crimes as Bob Pigg," said Mr..
Schenck, the county attorney, in OPP
posing the application for reduction
of the bond, cannot be held under too
heavy a bond. He got into this very
trouble for his corrupt methods in try
ing to get rid of bail bond.
"Now the history of Pigg and his
bail bonds is this and it is interesting
to say the least.
when he was arrested for violating
the law for running the infamous Ca
madam club. he deposited $500 in cash
with Sheriff Wilkerson as his bail. The
sheriff took this money, thinking he
had a right to. What did Pfgg do?
He went to Missouri and then en-
gagged lawyers to get this money back
from Wilkerson. He found out that