The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-10-05
THE HAwLEY CASE.

The dirty Radical ring at Boise City made
huge bluff, but didn't get away with it. OK
Affidavit" of the Statesman, made complaint
under oath, charging Hon. James H. Hawley
of this county, with having forged the resigna-
ton of Judge Lewis, and when warrant was
issued for his arrest, he accompanied the Dep
uty y. s. Marshal to Granite Greek to make
the arrest, and secretly endeavored to get Mr.
Hawley to confess his guilt and to falsely
charge Chief Justice Noggle and Judge Kelly
with being aiders and abettors, if not the prin.
cipals, in the forgery,--promising to let Haw.
ley go "scot free" if he would do so. His
infamous proposition was of course spurned
with contempt by Mr.. Hawley, who, conscious
of his own innocence, could not be scared
dragooned or coaxed into being made tool OF
to carry out the rascally designs of the editor
of the Statesman.
BY the newly imported carpet-bagger style
of packing the u. S. Grand Jury, an indict-
ment was procured against Mr.. Hawley, and
we are reliably informed that the Grand Jury
chosen to carry out the "ring" programme
was selected by the T. s. District Attorney,
and their names given to the Marshal or Depu.
ty Marshal to be summoned with especial ref
erence to this case, there being fifteen Radicals
and one Democrat on the panel.
After indictment, Mr.. Hawley promptly gave
bonds for his appearance, and was on hand to
await his trial when court CONGRATULATIONS
10 w. Huston, U. S. Attorney, assisted by
Judge John r. Mcbride, appearing for the
prosecution, and Major r. E. Foote, Col. S. A.
Merritt, Hon. j. X. Shafer and j. Brumback,
Esq, appearing for the defense. A motion to
quash the indictment was interpOsed by de-
PENDANTS counsel, which, after argument, was
sustained by the Court, on the ground that
there was no u. S. statute defining the acts
charged in the indictment as any ofense, aud
thereupon ordered the matter to be submitted
to the Territorial Grand Jury, which was then
in session; and that body having been fairly
selected according to law, and being composed
of the best citizens of Ada county, almost
equally divided tically,-after careful and
patient investigation of two days, unanimously
ignored bill. and Mr.. Hawley was at once
aud his bonds cancelled.
Thus ends this rather serious" farce, and
the villainous attempt to blacken an innocent
mans character because he is q Democrat,
and to involve Judge Noggle and Judge
Kelly, to crafty the personal aninosity of Jas.
5. Reynolds, and carry out the schemes OF
q dirty, corrupt riAg of scoundrels, has re-
bounded upon the villains whose reckless
swearing, if believed by a jury, would con-
sign any innocent man to the penitentary or
to the galows; and the ring" wouldn't hesi-
tate, be the result to others what it might, if
by so doing they could gain n point in their
programme. The Statesman, in giving an ac-
count of the case doesn't say a word about the
matter being submitted to the Territorial
Grand Jury, and that body having unanimous
y rejected it. Reynolds swore Hawley was
guilty, and the Grand Jury, by their action,
'ay that Reynolds swore to point blank le
Old Affidavit has proven true to his record.