The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-18
PIGG is CAUGHT.
Fugitive From Justice Landed
in Oakland, Cal.
Charged With Attempting to
Bride Jurors.
WILKINSON AFTERHIM
Left Today for California With
RequisitiOn Papers.
Word of His Arrest Was Not
Unexpected.
WILKINSON AFTER HIM

Aaron T. Pigg, against whom there
Is charge accusing him of attempting
to bride jurors during the trial of his
brother, Robert Pigg, who was con-
victed for violations of the prohibitory
law in the conduct of the notorious
Canadian club, will be behind the bars
OF the Shawnee county Jail within a
weeks time. He has been fugitive
from justice ever since the warrant
was sworn out for his arrest, but he
was taken into custody yesterday in
police of that city. J. NJ. Wilkerson,
the sheriff, left for Oakland today
armed with the necessary requisition
papers for the return of Pigg to this
state. He expects to be back with
PIgg within a week or eight days at
the most. And when he does there will
be two of the Pigg family in Jail for
time at least, although it is likely that
Aaron will furnish bail pending the
trial of his case which will not come
up until the September term of the
district court. Robert Pigg is in Jail
now because he has been unable to
furnish bonds pending his appeal to
the higher courts from his conviction
of violating the prohibitory law and
also for the additional crime against
him of having stolen his original bail
bond in the liquor case from the office
of the clerk of the district court.
Information of the arrest of Aaron
Pigg reached Sheriff Wilkerson at 8
o'clock last night. 1t came in the form
of telegram as follows:
Oakland, Cal. May IT, 1907.
NJ. Wilkerson. Sheriff, Topeka, Kan:
We have arrested A. T. Pigg. Send
officer with papers. He has money
and may try to get out on writ of
habeas corpus. Answer.-A. Wilson,
Chief of Police
Sheriff Wilkerson's answer was
short and to the point. He directed
Chief Wilson to hold Pigg at all haz-
ards and made immediate preparations
soon as he received the necessary
requisition papers.
An intimation of Pigg's whereabouts
was received Thursday morning. but
for obvious reasons was not made pub
lie. Mr.. Wilkerson received a tele-
gram from Chief Wilson saying that
Pigg was in Oakland and asking if he
was still wanted here. Sheriff Wilker-
son replied by asking for Pigs arrest
and detention until he could go after
him and the telegram of last night was
the first news that Mr.. Wilkerson had
received that Pigg had been taken into
custody.
The warrant for Pigg's arrest on the
charge of attempting to bride two
jurors who sat in the case against
Robert Pigg was sworn out by ]. j.
Schenck, the county attorney, three
weeks ago. For couple of weeks
prior to that time it had been public
knowledge that the county attorney
was working UP a case against Aaron
Pigg for the attempted bribery of
jurors. Pigg left town and went to
Kansas City, Mo-. before the warrant
for his arrest was issued. The day
before it was issued Pigg had a con-
versation with Mr.. Schenck over the
long distance telephone in which he
begged that he be not prosecuted be-
cause he wanted to go in the hotel
business in Kansas City. Mr.. Schenck
III
that the case be dropped against him
and then Pigg said that he would give
himself UP whenever he was wanted.
The next day the warrant was issued
but Pigg instead of giving himself up
made himself rather scarce.
Armed with the warrant Sheriff Will
kerson wnt to Kansas City and located
Pigg in a rooming house. The land
lady would not admit him and while
Mr. Wilkerson was getting the aid of
the Kansas City police to get into the
house, Pigg made his escape from the
rear of the house. A Kansas City
detective was placed on Pigg's trail but
he did not succeed in locating him.
During the first of last week Sh eriff
Wi1kerson got information that Pigg
had sneaked back to the city and was
hiding out with rela on the east
side. Every effort was made by the
sheriff's forces to find Pigg but with
out avail. Mr.. Wilkerson believes that
Pigg was in town but was not here for
longer than a day. NOtnlng was nedrO
of him again until the notification
came from the chief of police of Oak
land that he was in that city.
It is believed that Pigg succeeded
in disposing of his property in this
city while he was here for the brief
time last week as the telegram from
the chief of police states that he has
money. The chances are that Pigg's
bail will be placed at a big figure when
he is brought back here. for the crime
charged against him is a felony, pun
ishable by a heavy penalty, and the
county officers will take no chances