Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1911 — MESSENGER STILL IN JAIL; LIKELY TO REMAIN THERE. [ARTICLE]

MESSENGER STILL IN JAIL; LIKELY TO REMAIN THERE.

Man Convicted in Justice Fay’s Court At Parr May Rave to Lay Out Fine For Selling Game. • Bill Messengef is .still in the county jail and it is quite probable that he will have to remain there for soim* time, although he thought he would be able to induce some one to stay his fine. Two men-called at the jail kt noon today and talked to the sherF about the matter, but no one bas far volunteered to get him out. This is not the Messenger who was convicted of having killed a man at Knox or San Pierre several years ago, but a brother of his, so it is said.

There is -an impression that Messenger was a go between at McCoys’burg for James Haynes, the character with whom the game wardens had ia shooting scrape several months ago. Some' say that the chicken and quail shipping business has tffeen carried vu extensively out of that place and “Frenchy” the news vender on the milk train has been doing most of the selling in Chicago and thereby (throwing himself liable to a lot of trouble. He did not make the trip 'on the train Friday evening and that is all that saved him from arrest, it is understood. ' : ; , ' -

Chris Keopkey, the section foreman, was at McCoysburg this morning and was told that when the milk train Went through that place Friday evening, that James Haynes, the much talked about man, who is charged wit > violations of the game law by game wardens, met the train at the depot and defied the game wardens, three in number, 1 to take him. Chris was told that Haynes was loaded to the teeth, having big six shooters sticking out of each hip pocket There is no charge, as we understand, against Haynes, and the game wardens have no authority to arrest him unless they have evidence that he is guilty of any violations they seem to think he Is guilty of. Gal lion, the game warden who was peppered with shot by Haynes, was Jet out soon after the incident on ac* %ountjpf his arrest for wife desertion in Ohio. He had used very bad tactics anyway in firing at Haynes, against whom he had at that time no positive evidence of guilt. Mrs. George W. Hopkins left this morning for Omaha, Neb., accompanying her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Snively, on their return home. She will probably be gone two or three weeks. - .