New-York tribune., 1921-11-18

Sheriff: George Werner of Wcstchcs-
ter County upheld the majesty Of the
Jaw yesterday in the town OF ArmoDk
with the aid of eleven heavily. armed
deputy ;sheriffs, oven though he didn't
succeed in, serving bench warrant on
Mrs. Ida Meade. -.
There .is,not the slightest doubt that
tho entires Meade. family, who derive
their exfstencss from hardscrabble
farm in Armohk, now appreciate to the
full the majesty of the law. II Mrs.
Meade had.realizcd just how majestic
was the :infiuence she invoked when she
made complaint that Tony Fenwick
had threatened to hit her with hoe
she probably would have let him 60
ahead and hoe her before making a
complaint ~
But up 'Armonx way there always
"a complaint against a person, the law
just nabbed him and stuck him'in Jail
aud that was ak there was to it. So
when a subpoena, whose majestic word
ing had doontful sound when it had
been spelled out, was served on Mrs.
Meade she decided that the law was
after her too and took to the woods
with her two sons.
Rumors reached Sheriff Werner that
they had fortified themselves in, a cave
in the rocky fastnesses'; Of Armonk,
were armeds with sfotguns and were
prepared@toi stand off any force that
might be sent against them County
Judge Young issued bench warrant
for Mrs. Meade, who was technically
guilty Of contempt of court in ignor-
ing the subpoena, although her actual
fault consisted, merely of undue awe
Of the court and it's portentous docu.
ment. .
Sheriff Meade called his deputies To-
gether, eleven of them, and ordered
them to oil up their revolvers, shine
up their badges and prepare generally
to do or die.
sI will get her if I have to call out
my entire emergency force" said the
valiant Sheriff in farewell address to
the heroic eleven. "If we can't get her,
out Of the cave, we will surround il
during the night and starve her out..s,'
He wrung the hands of the expedi-.
ticnary force and helped them, hgm-
pered as each man was by revolver,
club and an extra supply of chewing
tobacco, into the motor bus, which was
to carry them into Armonk. They en-
gagged native Armonker, Thomas Tay-
lor by name, as guide, and he led
them almost to within shotgun range
of the cave.
Each deputy sheriff drew his revol-
yer and his eating plug, cooked the one
and bit a generous hunk from the
other, and rushed the cave. 1t was as
empty as last years demijohn or a
political speech or interstellar space.
There wasn't a Meade in it nor was
there room for many. Its length, over
all, was just about normal splitting dis
tance as eleven astonished and some
what relieved deputy sheriffs demon
strated almost Immediately.
"By gum" exclaimed Deputy Sheriff
Frank Cherico, ssthey amt nobody lived
here since the Indians!"
The ten other deputy sheriffs agreed
with him and all hands made for the
Meade farm. There they met Mrs.
Meade's daughter, Lillian, who dissolved
in tears at sight Of the eleven armed
men who climbed down from the motor
bus.
"Ma amt been here for week." she
told them, "and neither has the boys.
Somebody got the law on ,,em an come
here with paper that said so, an they
all skipped out to Connecticut"
Lillian was vastly relieved when the
eleven deputy sheriffs climbed back
into the motor bus and drove away
without firing shot. Sheriff Werner
was vastly relieved when they showed
up at his Office in White Plains about
three hours after their departure with
out casualty among them, save for
Joe Durney's pipe, which was broken
when he stumbled over root in the