Show STATIC pinit fully arrested WYOMING NEBRASKA will haye a little tilt regarding the question some piano frauds wyo march 5 the kidnapping of william kingen the nebraska cattle thief promises to raise a question of states aghta between wyoming and nebraska which will be extremely interesting kingen was at the head of band of cattle rustlers living in scotts banff county neb numerous efforts to explore him had been made by diar y commissioned officers without sneers last fall billa lykens and a pose 0 men followed kingen from one of his forays seized him forcibly nd brought him to wyoming where be was afterwards legally arrested tried and convicted ot grand in answer a communication from governor boyd of nebraska asking that the matter be investigated by the wyoming officials governor barber replied preferring to youra of february 19 it copies of a petition ani tracers presented to you for action in pap matter of william kingen in which that kingen was forcibly taken and in the state of nebraska and against his will transported to wyoming for trial for larceny and was afterward convicted of that crime I 1 have carefully investigated the petition and papers transmitted as well as other matters relating thereto and I 1 beg to state that yen if the facts be asserted by the petitioner william kingen it ap to me that the questions arising thereto are wholly judicial in character to be determined by the courts and not such as would authorize adv on the part of the executive kingen had the assistance and protection of counsel during the proceedings ce before the wyoming courts and the matters set forth in his petition were presented to the trial court and the immunity claimed by him to adise was denied I 1 feel confide nt ohp claim of kingan ia the manner asserted received hie careful conedera titia of the court and ahat its decision was such a the court believed to be required by law JAs beffie indicated that the executive of tb s state cannot unde take to reiel this decision for the reason that alie question judicial tribunals as are by law authorized to take cognizance of and deter mine such controversies while one charged with crime rho has an entirely fair and impartial trial aa I 1 believe this one to have been can nabe very duely affected by the particular manner of hia arrest the same not or affecting ane question of his guilt or innocence I 1 especially ally regret that ony guch in this case have Wyoming and one of her bister states I 1 am advised that the decision of the court here in this case is sustained by the decision of tb supreme court of the united states the refusal of the rov emor of wy ming to interfere in kingins behalf will probably be followed by an appeal bothe supreme court of the united states kingen is andar sentence of adix years in the penitentiary but is still held in ane county bail pending a stay of execution of his sentence until his case can be taken to a higher court |