The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-04-28
Lewis Sheriff.
IS RELEASED ON
100000 BOND
Man, Charged With White
Slavery. Goes to Grandin
to Visit Relatives
WILL FACE BIGAMY
CHARGE IN KANSAS
Major Agrees to Stay Requisi-
ton Until Federal Case
Is Settled

Lewis Sheriff., who IS known to the
Federal authorities as John Smith,
alias Tommy Schmitz, alias Handsome
Harry, who was held in the city Jail
on ali indictment charging him with a
violation Of the Mann white slave act,
yesterday afternoon was released on
$1,000 bond by United States Com
missioner Rage.
The bond is signed by 7. II. Watson
Of Grandin, the town whore Sheriff.
was arrested by { Federal officer of
the Department Of Justice. W. A.
Leach of Poplar Bluff. and Mrs. f. \.
HigEtowcr Of Grandjn, who is a sis
ter of Sheriff..
In qualifying as q bondst@an before
United States Commissioner Rage,
Mr.. Leach gave oath that h. is worth
above indebtedness, &25,OC0.
The bond also was sign, by J. F.
Castee'e. Of Fcstus. Mo. Who suisse
quently wrote to kag2 asking to with
draw his name from the bond. Rage
declared he was unable 10 scratch his
name from The bond. but ha indicated
on the instrument that the i'cstus man
10 longer wished to have himself he'd
responsible on the bond.
The release of Sheriff. on bond was
obtained through the activity Of II. +.
AleXandcr, his attorney, and ShCrrill's
sister, Mrs. Hightower. Mr. Alexan-
der yesterday afternoon returned to
the Cape from a visit to Jefferson
City. where nc succeeded in making
arrangements with Governor Major to
withhold his signature to 4 r5quisitiOn
paper from Kansas until In, Federal
case against Sheriff. has been settled.
Sheriff. was arrested in Grandin on
white slavery change returned in an
indictment issued by the Federal
grand jury in Joplin. JudGa Dyer, at
the last term Of District Court here,
ordered him held e a $1,000 bond and
likewise ordered I.5 transfer to the
Joplin court.
Sheriff., accordirG to til" papers in
the hands Of the Department of Jus
tice, also is implicated in a bigamy
charge in Gdrnctt. Kansas. He once
escaped from the sheriff in Garnet
when the latter had arrested him for
the biganTy charge.
Alexander did not wish to have his
client released on bond under the Fed
cral charge and leave him open to
requiSitiOn into Kansas to face the
bigamy charge, 80 that after arrange
mcnts had been made before Rage for
ShcrriIl's bond, Alexander proceeded
to mako arrangements whereby Sher-
rill was to remain free man if al
lowed to go out on bond. until the
Federal Court case was settled.
Alexander met the sheriff from Gar
nett, Kas., when he went to jefferson
City to plead against the requisition
to Kansas. and there he made an
agreement for stay of the requi-
sition.
1t is understood that the Kansas
sheriff viii aid Sheriff. in proving his
innocence in connection with the white
slave charge in The Federal Court at
Joplin, whcrcuHon Sheriff. will go to
Carnett 10 face the charge against him
there.
Sheriff. and his sister departed for |
Grardin early this morning on the !
Hoxie. He expects to visit with rel |
atives there and later go to Poplar
Bluff to obtain work. He told Mayor
KaGc that if he is unable 20 find work
in Poplar Bluff he wants to come to
the Cape to work.