Show RflBIT FOB A PSOE Missouri Trying to Get William Zeiglar ALUM BAKING POWDER KING Opposing Attornsys Contest Insult Each Oihar Bribery Action Against Zeigler Declared De-clared an Atrocious Crime and Insult In-sult to Missouri Resented I I Albany N Y Dec 7Te requlBl lon of Coy Docl err of Missouri upon Gov Odell for the extradition to that State of William Zeigler of New York City upon an indictment charging I bribery in connection with baking powder pow-der legislation WHS the subject ot t hearing before the Governor today ZEIGLER IN COURT The Missouri authorities were rep resented by Attorney General Crow and Judge T B Harvey of Missouri and Sheriff Smith of Cole county Mr Ziegler was present In person and his counsel John M Bowers Delancey NIcalls Edward La v terbnchn William J Underwood and John D Lindsay Mr Bowers argued that the papers in the case were not regular In that they do not allege the dale when the defendant was in the State of Missouri committing the alleged crime Mr Crow maintained that If the acts and contention of the Slate of Missouri were not to be given full faith but were to be disputed the bin den of proof was upon those attacking them A lively tilt between the lawyers on each side ll I followed AN ATROCIOUS CRIME We propose to show said Mr Bowers Bow-ers lhat Mr Ziegler never was in that county In his life and the swearing out of this warrant wus an atrocious crime against the liberty of a citizen an at tompt to use the sovereign power of two States to bring this man into the Slate of Missouri where they can try him on any charge they please AttorneyGeneral Crow then arose and repelled Indignantly what he call ed an Insult to a sovereign State Its chief executive amid Its prosecuting ofll oem I RESENTS THE INSULT I do not know the gentleman who makes this charge he said but I deem it my duty to my State and to myself to declare his statement as false as I Arc you rqady to try out thd date of the 19th of March retorted Mr Bowers Judge Ilnrvey celled the hlsl01T of I the baking powder legislation In Mis tourl at the legislative session of 1301 ur especially with icfercnce to the attempt to repeal l the antialum law I was In i I the obtaining of the defeat of this up I peal that the bribery Is alleged to havo taken place A long legal wrangle then took place JIH to whether It was necessary I neces-sary for Missouri to give exact dates |