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Show KANSAS JUDCES DEFIANT. Decided to go ta Jail Ketber Thaa VTf Certain Tax. Kansas Citv, May 9. There wag trouble in the exeoution of recent judgments judg-ments in tho bond cases against CaaW and St. Clair counties. It grows ontof tbe refusal of tbe judges of the county-courts county-courts to levy taxes for payment ot these judgment. The judges of eacir county announced their determination; to go to jail rather than order tha tax oti the people. There are) two judgments against St. Clar county, one in favor of B. D. Stewart Stew-art and the other in favor of tba Ninth National bank of New York, aggregating ag-gregating over $100,000. When Deputy Marshal Oechsly served papers on tbe judges yesterday they told bim they would never order the tax; that they had been elected under promise to the-people the-people never to levy a tax for the payment pay-ment of these bonds, and that they were not only not disposed to do it, but were afraid to do it. The conditiou of affairs in Casa county is even more desperate. Judgment Judg-ment was rendered some time ago in; favor of Albert Parker, a capitalist of San Diego, Cal.. for about $100,000. A f N mandamus ordering a levy of taxes was granted by the court and disregarded. t The three judges were arrested, and gave bonds in the sum of $1000 to ap- pear before the court in Kansas City ' the second Monday in June. Th ,; bonds are railroad bonds, and were issued by the counties twenty year go. |