People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1895 — KILLS THE MEASURE. [ARTICLE]

KILLS THE MEASURE.

Bogardui Bill Against Train Robbing Not Passed. this morning, by a vote of 72 nays to 6# yeas, defeated the Bogardus train robbery bill. The fault of the measure lies In the sweeping definition of the crime of train robbery. Any act which tends to hamper the operation of a railroad seems to be classed under this title and made a capital offense. With such a law on the statute books, |t is claimed, the railroads would have unprecedented protection, and any dissatisfied employe who became involved in an altercation with an agent of the road would be liable to prosecution and sentenced to the gallows. F. H. Cooer has returned to Chicago. He has not been in jail nor deprived of his liberty. Sergeant-at-Arms Anderson refused to serve Mr. Cooper with the warrant issued by Lieutenant Governor Gill until the senate agreed to indemnify him. It is said that Mr. Gill had no right to issue the warrant until the senate ordered it. The case is still pending on the calendar.