The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-02-21
sI,OoO.OO REWARD
Tie Appeal to Reason Will Pay
100000 in Gold to the Person
or Persons Who Will Kidnap
Ex-Governor Tayler and Re.
turn Him to Officials Of Ken.

turn Him to Officials Of Ken.
| The supreme court OF the Tn
lifted States has held that kid
mapping is a perfectly legal me-
thod OF taking an accused man
from one state to another. This
decision was rendered in the now
famous Mover HAYWOOD case, in
which the defendants were both
SOCIALISTS and workingmen. Will
the supreme court OF the United
States hold to this same opinion
| il the defendant is a republican
and a capitalist?
To give the supreme court the
opportunity to pass on q case OF
kidnapping a capitalistpolitician
! wanted on a charge OF murder in
a sister state, l will give 81, 900
| to the person or persons who
capture Ex-Governor Taylor, OF
Kentucky, who is now supposed
to be in hiding in Indiana under
the protection OF the governor
of that state, and return him,
forcibly or otherwise, to the estate
authorities Of Kentucky.
The appeal has absolutely no
interest in the Taylor-Cioebel
feud Of Kentucky, but want to
put it up to the supreme court
of the United States TO decide q
case OF kidnapping where the vic,
tim is a republican politicianand
a personal friend OF the president
OF the United States. 1t will be
remembered that Taylor and
Goebel were the republican and
democratic candidates for gov
ernor OF Kentucky. Taylor held
! the office and Goebel was q hot
aspirant for the same. Goebel
was assassinated; Taylor fled
the state and a warrant was is.
sued for his arrest. Two repub-
lican governors OF Indiana re-
fused to recognize requisition
papers.
The supreme court OF the I'm
lifted States says in it's recent de-
cision: "Looking first at what
was alleged to have occurred in
Colorado touching the arrest OF
the petitioner and his deporta-
ton from the state, we do not
perceive that anything done
there, however hastily or incon.
siderately done, can be adjudged
to be in violation Of the consti-
tuition or laws OF the United
States. Even if it be true that
the arrest and deportation OF
Pettibone, Meyer and Haywood
from Colorado was by fraud and
connivance, to which the COVER
nor of Colorado was a party, this
does not make out q case OF vio-
latioa OF the rights OF the ap-
pellants under the constitution
and laws of the United States. "
In other words, any person, or
persons, is at liberty to sandbag
Taylor, carry him across the
border and deliver him to the
authorities of Kentucky, and it
will be a perfectly legal proceed
ure and upheld by the highest
court of the land. 1t matters
not how inconsiderately or hasti
" this action may be done, it
will not be a violation OF the
constitutional rights Of Taylor,
capitalist and republican! The
supreme court will back the kid.
napers and protect them-pro.
vided it holds to it's recent de-
cision.
The only stipulation regarding
the payment OF the $1,000 re.
ward is, that Taylor must be
handed over to Kentucky au-
thorities and placed behind the
bars before the trial of the off
GERS of the Western Federation
of Miners is begun.
Let us put it up to the capital.
list courts to treat a capitalist as
they do workiRgmen, and make
the case so prominent and public
that it will rivet the attention OF
the entire civilized world.
APPEAL TO REASON.
Girard, Kansas, 2-15, 1907.
The Farmer is King.
With the mower and reaper,
~ horro raEo and aide delivery