The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-27
PICC GIVES BOND.
j. w. Thurston, of Bank of
Topeka, His Surety.
Amount Fixed by Judge Simon
Two Thousand Dollars.
APPEARS IN COURT.
Attorneys Ask That Bond Be
Made Small.
Judge Tells About Being cap
preached" on Question.
APPEARS IN COURT.

aaron Plgg, who He'd to California
just about the time that a warrant
was issued for his arrest on charge
of having attempted to bribe jurors
who convicted his brother. Robert
Pfgg. OF violating the prohibftory law
IN the conduct of the notorious Cana
dian club, was arraigned before Judge
Simon in the city court today. June
was set as the date for his pre1trnf-
nary hearing and Judge simon fixed
P1ggs bail bond at $4,000. Within a
snort time the bail was furnished. T.
w Thurston. cashier of the Bank of
topeka, going on it as surety.
When Pfgg was arraigned this
morning Otis Hungate who with
Galen Nichols have been engaged by
Plgg as his counsel and ATTORNEYS
asked that an excessive bond be not
nxed- We would like the bond put
az as low figure as possible said Mr.
Hungate, land suggest that $500 is
large enough Such a bond will in
sure his presence in court for trial.
J. j. Schenck, the county attorney,
protected against the bond being fixed
at such a low figure. This is a most
important case" said Mr.. Schenck.
and in view of the trouble we've had
in getting this defendant back here. /
think substantial bond should be re-
qu1red and 1 suggest $4,000 would be
about right
'Oh, this case is just an ordinary
felony. said Mr. Hungate. land per
haps it is not a felony at all and a
$4,000 bail bond would be excessive
The attitude of the court is" re-
piled Judge simon. that a bond suffi-
GENTLY large be fixed to assure this
defendants appearance for trial. The
court was approached on this bond
proposition when the warrant was is
sued and the court was told that if a.
low bond was fxed the defendant
would surrender himself The court
a ra VE-h hn Of
the bond would be and it looked to the
court as though the defendant through
his friends was trying to dictate to the
court in the matter l am going to fix
a bond that I believe will assure this
defendants appearance here for trial
He will be required to give a bond of
$4,000"
.sAu right said Mr.. Hungate and
within half hour or so the bond was
furnished with Mr. Thurston as surety.
Mrs Pigg was in the court room dur
ing the proceedings and left the court
house with her husband
Pigg arrived from California in the
custody of Sheriff WiIkerson at 9
o'clock yesterday IN Orning and was
IA ken inIne diately TO the county Jail
where he was locked IN and where he
Robert Pigg. * also in the jail. having
been sentenced on Saturday TO six
months Imprisonment and to pay
fine of $500 for his conviction in the
Sheriff Wfkersou did not get sta rted
from Oakland Cal. with his prisoner
without some excitemen emit On the day
of the Sheriff's arrival there some at
torneys for Pigg brought proceedings
20 have him released through habeas
corpus by the Oakland authorities
Mr.. WiIkersOn learned of these pro-
ceedings and knew that if they be-
came effective II might mean long
delay and lots of expense to get Pigg
started out of California So while
the lawyers were IN court waiting to
get the habeas corpus order signed by
the Judge. Mr.. WlkerSon hired the
fastest automobile in GA kIand. bundled
PigE into it, and started out on a hike
in the country Pigs lawyers made
no effort to stop them as they thought
the sheriff and his prisoner We're just
going for a ride. As soon as they got
started the sheriff ordered the chauf-
feur to put on full speed and make for
a railway station some twenty miles
from Oakland The chauffeur obeyed
instructions and Sheriff WilkersOn and
Pigg had a ride that the sheriff says
he will not forget for some time
I'VE went faster than mile a min
r1te on some stretches said the sher-
if today. 'tand we got at the station
lust in time to catch the train for
home and long before the lawyers got
their habeas corpus papers signed by
the judge"
If Aaron Pigg IS convicted on the
charge of attempting to bride jurors
he NAV be sent to the peniteutiary
for A term of five years.