Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-03-16
WASHINGTON, BURLlNGToN,FAIR-
FIELD AND osKALoosA GUARDS
MEN WILL COME TO THIS CITY
WHEN NEGRO is TRIED.
MILITIA TO SEE THAT
ORDER PREVAILS
JUDGE M. A. ROBERTS REITER-
ATES STATEMENT THAT MUIR
DERER WILL NOT COME HERE
THIS MONTH-FLAY SANDERS.

The national guard companies
at Oskaloosa, Washington, Bur-
linqton and Fairfield have been
notified by Adjutant General Lo-
gan to be ready to come to this
city to protect John Junkin and
sustain the dignity of the law dur
ing his trial and by their presence
to discourage any wild action on
the part Of the citizens in the
shape of mob violence. These COM
ready to proceed to this city with
in three hours after notice to
that effect is given by the state
department.
Despite the action of Adjutant Lo-
gan in notifying the four companies,
the authorities here maintain that
Junkin will not be brought to this city
until the next term of court. Judge
M. A. Roberts this morning reiterat-
ed the statement made Saturday by
County Attorney Seneca Cornell that
Junkin would not be brought here I'M
til April.
Militia Will Shoot.
That the laws of this state will be
respected, even if it is necessary 10
demand this respect at the points of
guns held by practiced guardsmen of
the state, militia, is the attitude taken
by the military arm of the state gov
ernment in notifying the soldiers of
the four southern Iowa companies to
stand prepared to come here. While
this action should not be construed to
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of Clara Rosen is to be given more at
tention than he is entitled to, it
should be realized by the citizens here
that mob rule should not be resorted
to, and the guardsmen, when they do
come, will act upon the rigid instruc-
tions Of the adiutant general through
their commanding officers, to shoot,
should any evidence of violence be
shown.
The action on the part of the Off
GERS of the state militia was suggested
by the order of Governor Carroll, who
contends that if the jury in the Jun
kin case declares him guilty and th'.t
he should hang, that hanging is to be
done in legal way and not by impas,
stoned citizens. The, governor consid
ers it his duty to uphold the integrity
of the law and the good name of Iowa
Wapello county and Ottunwa
Authorities Here Inactive.
Working entirely on the idea that
Junkin will not be brought here until
next month, and realizing that there
Is no need Of preparing for the four
companies that will come here, is nee
essary, the officers here are doing lit
tie or nothing with reference to the
nesros arraignment and subsequent
trial. This state Of inactivity will con
tinue, they assert, until the first week
In April. when County Attorney Sen
eca Cornell, Sheriff w. w. Jackson
and other officers whom he will cal
in to aid him, will arrange all the de
tails for Junkin's removal from the Ft
Madison prison and his safety while
III Ottumwa.
Gazette saos Sanders.
The Burlington Gazette referring tc
the assertion of Warden Sanders tha
John Junkin was drunk when turned
over to him Thursday night, has the
following to say under the caption
warden Sander is off the key:
"And now it's Warden Sanders. The
boss Of the state prison at Ft. Madi
son, who is the present custodian o
John Junkin, is out with a statemen
in which he alleges that Junl1in wa'
drunk when delivered to him b.
Sheriffs Jackson and Grimes and th'
local police officers. Why Sander
should make any such statement is no
apparent, because the negro was no
drunk when he was unloaded from tn
train. 1t is true he was limp witt
fright and the prison guards almos
had to carry him away from the train
but this condition was not brough
about by liquor. The warden also int
mates that the officers who turned tn
prisoner over to him, did not do thei
full duty In not assisting in escortin
tbs negro to the penitentiary. Wha
object Warden Sanders had in NAL
ing the statement is not known, bu
the nine men who accompanied th
prisoner to Ft. Madison and rode wit
him in the baggage car are willing t
swear that the negro was absolutel
sober when he was turned over to tn
penitentiary officials. AS soon as Jur