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Show ABRESTED AT BIXGHAM. Bearer and Goodrich Charged wltht Staffing the Ballot Box at tae Angast Election. jMaxcy BcawraJhT W. W.aood.-rich, W.aood.-rich, who aclcd m eledlontjuilges or Toll Ko. Sat Bingham, hutAui gust, and who, it will be remembered, remem-bered, gave iestlmony la the Ker-gusnn-Alicn election contest case liicli was wonderfully i and fearfully fear-fully uaiu33lngwto themselves, was arrested on Saturday afternoon at Bingham by Deputy United States Marshal Bush, on a complaint recently re-cently sworn out before Commissioner Commis-sioner ?ntt byS.JI.Gllson. It will nlo be borne lu mind that Mr. Beaver, for reasons best known to himself, suddenly disappeared from the Court room without permission. per-mission. Search was Instituted, but be could 'not be found about the building. The fact that he had so unceremoniously vanished excited suspicion, and a deputy marshal was dispatched to iiunt for him. Theclllrer had been absent about an hour when he returned with the witnessjhaving accidentally met the latter on the street. When questioned ques-tioned by the ccurt as to why be b-vl left without permission, witness replied th. the uid not know it was neces-ary for him to, remain after having left the" witness stand. The witness .endeavored to excuse himself for his action but was severely sev-erely reprimanded by tho court, who said: This matter is s-rIou. Ifnoth-ingni3re,the Ifnoth-ingni3re,the witness has been guilty of infringing upon valuable time of . the court, aud he will be required to forfeit his fein and pay the expense incurrcl in bringing him back, and stand committed until loth of such fines are paid. Late in the evening the arrested men, were taken before Commissioner Commis-sioner Pratt, charged with ballot box stuffing nt the election In que. t'on. They waived examination and were; released on giving bonds in the sum of S1,000 each and will await the action ot tho grand jury. |