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Show fiv e dollars on a fee - of fifty dollars to take the case to the Cireui t Court, Judge on a writ of Habeas Cor':pus. Kr • .. C. arranged with the J . P . to waive a preli minary examina tion. Bought the . boys s orne l emon au~ sugar to make a ~rink~- During the day a telt:: gram was received stating th~t N. G. McNabb, Simmerly, and wVinters would go on the bond fort -b)~t.il for the bret hre n wnich ~as ~e:fused by the Sheriff'. .After supper' r · came t o J,ohris on City bY\ \:Pili vat e. eo·nveya.nce. .After wri ti.qg a while I went to bed to rest until 1:30. May 19 . ' Took train at 1:52 a . m. ~nd carne to Chattanooga arriving at 10:25 a.m • . Met IV'tr. · Geo • . w. Ochs and had q_uite a chat about our affairs. A fterw ~rds met Maj . McGuffey and had a long tal k about the ca~e ~ Concluded to try to employ lLess. Thornburg and .Andrews . of Knoxville · to defend the .. brethren . Nrote a number of letters . Rained ne~ arly ·all da.y. .• 1 May 20 .. - 'j '> ) , Left Chattanooga ~ for K4oxville on the .5 : 25 a. m. train • . .Arrived at 1 0 :25 went to ·the· :aattie House and registered. From there;to Andrews and. rhomburg 1 s office and had a long consultati1on with them. l1.fter thi 's I went t 'o dinner. Returned to the of' r' ice and they agreed to go , ~n the _bond for the Elders and- release them tom orrow; agreei ng to defend their cases in . the- circuit cow;:t for one hui:1dred dollars • . ,_'Pai"d them one hundred and fifty dollars and tele graphed Third National Bank to send them three hundred· more . Came down to the Atkins House an'd had supper expecti ng to go to Elizabethton in the morning . ];~ ay pl ' It 1 > ' I ! • • I J • 1 11ook the 1 a.m .• , train for Johnsons in QOmpany with Col. Jacob Thornburg where we arrived at 5 a ~ m . · and had Qreakfast- a~ t the · Hotel and .a horrid one it was too. At 7 a.m • . took train fo~ El1zabetbton wher1e ·we arr ived at 7; 55 a~m. I went directly . to the ja·il and met the brethren . Both of them were quite w~ ll and feeling well and after a ~hort i nterview , 1 went to the Hote l and met Mr~ Qollins on the way~ Together we ·went. to the Snyder Hottse and_fia d.j,:: Q.llf~~ t a ·-talk on , the sub j e·ct. Col. T. had gone out into town to make"· ·an· i mpression and look aro-q.nd. · About .ll he returned and the bond was .s h-own to :him and in a few moments it was presented to the jailor with Col. T. as security. It was a ccepted and the b~ethren *ere im~ ~d iate~ releasee.. All pf us met at the Snyder House fo:r dinner, :t'ee:Li ng s:plen~id at the result of our labors which ,through the blessing of the Lord , had resulted in their release! After dinner, we . walked out to the spring above town and called on the jailor and wife and than ked them for courtesies exte.o.ded . At 3 :20 the Col . aod myself took train f or Johnsons leaving the Elders to return to their fields . of 1 labor tomorrow. Arr ived at Johnsons at~ p .m. and , wrote a few letters • .Afterwards. went to bed to rest U)ltil the 1:55 a.m. ' t rain arri ved. \ ~-- .:_. I |
