| Show celebrates anniversary AN OGDEN VETERAN WHO TOOK PART IN STIRRING SCENES IN EARLY LIFE PASSES THE MILE STONE TODAY he was one of the principal figures in an incident of the ante bealim days which resulted in the of a slave from the batters Lat master judge james stout commander of the local post of the G A R is today cele bratnik the anniversary of his birth at hh home at washington avenue DIP occasion is being quietly and there ia little to remind one of the stirring scenes through the veteran wonderful longevity s the occasion 0 abc event passed in bia eventful life judge jamea stout was one of anc most conspicuous characters of antebellum days in central illinois and with a brother and one other accomplished the noted jim rescue which was one of the national crises of that period jim was an escaped slave who was captured by his master in illinois and upon trial in court alie supreme court of the stale gave the master the t chake the slave back but judge stout and some others took the slave from the court room and aided in his escape to canada judge stout was later arrested and indicted for alic part he had in the affair but was acquitted after an exciting tn al he was born at cadiz ohio and came from an old time abolition family after passing through college he went to kentucky and taught school but was later driven out of that state because of his abolition utterances a lie then went to illinois where he took up tho study of law and later newspaper work HP enlisted for the first period of the war in the eleventh illinois volunteers and at the expiration of the term of lw enlistment he wept to pontiac ills and took charge of the sentinel then cama the incident of the rescue of jim and the succeeding trial during the course of this trial akere was one unique and stirring incident A judge of the supreme court had been subpoenaed and waa asked to state what ho thought of sir stouts sentiments and what he believed were the lattera latt erg thoughts mr stout who tried his own case interrupted with the demand that subpoenaed L issued for god almighty as said the prisoner lie ia the only one who knows my thoughts he i not in my jurisdiction baij uio sheriff mr stout said well go find him and then he from he bible seek ale and yo shall find me I 1 in liter life mr stout was appointed the receiver ot the land office at city and took a part in the building up of idaho and utah |
