The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-29
Aaron Pigg Found to BE Like
Proverbial Flea.
Changed Mind About Surrender
ing to Sheriff.
WARRANT is ISSUED
Charge Is Attempt to Bride a
Jury.
His Arrest Only a Question OF
Time.

A warrant has been issued by J. J.
schenck. the county attorney, Tor the
arrest Of Aaron Pigg OF charge u a.
ternpting 10 bribe Jurors TO hang the
Jury that found his brother, RooeI1
Pige. guilty OF violating the prohlolto'S
law in the conduct of the notorious
Canadian club. And acknowledgements c.ls
tho repeated assertions or MI L I!5
Who was known TO be in Kansas 10y.
No until saturday night at least. that
he would surrender himself wheheN e,
he might be wanted on any cAel- S, -
avaGed officers who were III sSf'' y.
bfrT, in Kansas City on Saturday his ~
81 Nothing has been heard ron nm
since then. That he VIII De cau s. -
eventually there is no dOubt' ~ -
crime charged against nm Is ,L+
and he can be arrested 80 n-,-+Iv A
from am place in this couhuS y 49,
general alarm has been sent 10 Po-tS -
officers in the neighboring states 10 - "
on the lookout for Pigg ana arrest W
on sight 100 of Mr.
P;9o,s friends say that he viii not us
rTmain a fugitive from justice an M NJ
he will give himself up as ne - -
afrafd To meet the charge WH1cl Ae9
- rrafarred against MIN. r. J.
lynch who acted as attorney ICI DE-
-, Pior stated today that Aaron FIs5
had repeatedly told all his 1TleHIs, ai he
a. comfy attorney as Well nc
. - surrender himself " hen WanIeu-
woal,t stt- e.,-orassed the opinion that
Pigg would return TO this cltS en- -, 70
himself up either this a1terIoou , "a +ro+
morrow morning. NJ Lyl I.in.+ion With
7fr Pigg recently. Gr since ING -.
rant for his arrest was lsSuei' = snG
1eIt sure that he would come D ,1t . -
face the music. as ne "oo-
trouble getting bail + +or
II Connection with the Warrant ~.
Pier the County attorney also Iss SToa+
variant for the arrest OF Rooei 9Tso
gomery. a colored man u bribe the
5,1roTs in the case in question aEu - ~ -
3C+ed a. an agent for AaT"d
Mon-zome-y is also among thc - To-
hut Sheriff WilIScI son has tils i. 20 son
Gated and r e Will be plchSu UP 60
as TIE officers get around r-a-,-,,-
xx>iIfiarn Racford and Andrew f 49,
sor two negroes, are Jurors "iIo 49,
that an attempt was MAJ o. j,,rv
15oJfrd swears that Montgomery ap
1oached him on the subject dlLu 1I-S-,1J
bir, money and said tnat mr. I; 81
he Forthcoming from aaron 81 ar
80 rf9etls him IN. person on the. pI
III ferguson swears that MI. flss
..Ir-erral1xr carried on the negotiations
vita him. ., 3o- the ar
80 Of Pirg and Montgomery late on
SATURDAY. afternoon and Sherin W IN
a-SOT proceeded Immediately 10 nan
eas Cifv Mo. where Pigg was known
70 he II was on Thursday OF last
Week that Pigg called up the county
a++o-1ev bv long distance telephone
and tried to make deal wnlch Woulu
prevent his prosecution on the chat &c
the Jurors have made against MN
Among other things MI PigS trleu 70
get Mr.. Schenck to pass the matter up
on the ground of his brother member
shin in the Odd Fellows organization
M Schenclx scorned this suggestion
Pire then said that il the proposed
Droceedings were dropped against
him he would call off the fight that
his brother Robert was making Tor
new trial. MI Schenck replied that
he could handle this proposition 70
his own satisfact Pigg then sald
that he had an option for the lease of
a 90 room hotel in Kansas City and
said ne would drop the matter If Mr.
Schenck insisted on prosecuting the
charge against him. Mr. Schenck told
Pigg that such were his intentions and
then Pigg said he would give himself
up when wanted
When Sheriff Wilkerson got the
warrant for Pigg's arrest he decided
not to take any chances on Pigg's
promises to give himself up. He
started for Kansas City and got there
early in the evening In company
with W. E Brown. a special detective,
the sheriff went around to the house
where Pigg was known to be stopping.
The landlady refused to admit them.
Sheriff WilkerSon left Brown at the