Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-08-10

going to get into any fist fight witt
you.
Sheriff Mester-And | am not go
Ing to get into any fist fight witt
you, there is no necessity II yot
will tell me you will come over there
will arrest you in the court house
| am not looking for notoriely II you
will say you will come over to the
court house | win arrest You there
Governor Small--Well, will tel
you | go home pretty early to din
ner, about 3 o'clock Why don't you
! just come over to the house there
| and arrest me-
| Mesterl viii do that As ! an
derstand II, you are not legally sub
hitting 10 arrest?
Governor SMALL am not legally
submitting my rights. If You arrest
me. YOU are doing so under my protest
| am not going To physically resist H..
Mr. Gillespie There Is no antipa.
thy to you personally, sir. You have
warrant
Mester--It is getting pretty monot-
onous, too.
Governor small There is no use
OF your standing there until 3 or .
O'clock
Mester-As | understand it you are
not legally submitting to arrest
Governor Small-No.
Sherln Mester, who was trmebling
visibly as he entered the governors
office emerged smiling and to Il
group OF newspaper men who crowd.
ed about him he said
ITS all OF, boys. Everything is
settled. am going to arrest the
governor at the executive mansion at
o'clock"
Mester and his armed aids quickly
removed themselves from the rotun.
da of the capitol and the capitol
grounds
Shortly before J Governor Small.
Attorney Gillespie and Verne s Cur.
It's who was jointly indicted with the
governor and 1t. Gov Fred +. Ster
ling on charges of conspiracy and
embc22lement OF state funds left for
the executive mansion.
Mester and a deputy drove up toll
the mansion at 5:O7. The sheriff was
so nervous he had difficulty in bring
ing his automobile to a stop
Governor small and Attorney Gill
lesp!e were seated In the library when |
Sheriff Mester was shown in
Governor Small said the sheriff, |
81 have three warrants for your ar
rest" He then read each Of them. |
In the name OF the people OF the |
state Of Illinois arrest you" con
Guided the sheriff
While do not recognize your
right to arrest me" replied Governor |
Small, Il am prepared to give this
bond"
He proflered a bond scheduling
valued at $4,000 and sign
I'd by G. II. Jenkins, director Of the
department CT public welfare, Roy
and Henry Ide
Across the bottom was written:
This bond is given by Len Small.
GOVERNOR OF the state of Illinois, I'M
Ter protest that he is not subject to
rrest durihN his tenn Of office as
.overnor."
Il do not know whether it IS ac-
eptable, replied Mester, without
ven reading through it,
Attorney Gillespie took the bond
md again pronered it to the sheriff.
Dhrice moro he offered to the sheriff.
ut the latter doggedly insisted that
'e was not able to determine its suf-
ciency
"Well have D 20 to the court
ouse to sec the states attorney and
ave him pass on the bond" said Mes
err
YER vnlI,' asquiesced the COVER
or and started toward the door.
Attorney Gillespie protested against
ne procedure suggested by the sher-
i and warned him of his physical IL
bility for refusing to pass on the
Efficiency of the bond and for falsely
rrest,ng the governor
The states attorney can deter.
line whether the bond is good" re-
lrned the sheriff. Il won't take your
'ord for it,"
Governor Small, Attorney Gillespie,
.ttorney Werner Schroeder, Leslie
mall, the governors son, and Col.
|. &. English accompanied the sher-
7 and his deputy outside.
Gov. Small and Attorney Gillespie
inferred the sherift's automobile while