Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-07-07
CORRESpONDEN L..
Mt, idaho, ]. T. july 1881.

MT, luaho, ]. /. July 1901.
DEAR Teller. Court matters are
+ oyressing toa close, aud will prob
ably terminals Tuesday or Wedncsda,
next week. The amount of bushes,
is not large but some delays have &c
CURED hy reason Of absence Of wit
,ess-s and attorneys not having thei'
cases ready for hea,ing. The Judg'
is urging things forward as fast a. h
CAN under the state ofthing~. One con
tempt case was heard and The accu.rc
discharged. 1t was in matters con
n~cted with the taking OF of the wit
nr.ses. Mrs Rhe,t aud Mary Jan.
Or stcin, in the Rhe,t case. Rhs,,
va. also unds, arrest for contempt i,
he same matter and was in charx.
of the sheriff, and his contempt was t.
have been heard this morning out "Lc
and behold" WHEN tn mornin. cam.
Khrtt had escaped from the custod,
OF the officer aud could not to found
has not t-t found since and no trac,
OF him - far as | can learn. 1t wa.
a surprise to his counsel and the cou,,
and officers, for he had been in att+n
dan'sa court CIV ~ day since cour'
had been in session, and old his coum
\ ! aud Others as late aS half past tel,
last night that he Was ready Tor tria
both on the contempt aud the indict
'"rnt against him, and his witnrsse,
had l,sen suhp9naed and mo Of them
lad appeared in court. The cause Of
his leaving is Gully u matter Of conf c
ture and ~ many different opinions
have been xpreSsed as there have
been persons who have given expires
sion OF their opinion. One OF biz
horses liz mis>n: hut 10 hing ~ bu,
himself. so far as l can learn. A bench
warrant WAS issued this morning tC
tho officer for his ,ear'est. The pre-
is that he his concealed him
self somewhere in the mountains or
fled to get out Of the territory. Wh-th.
or or not the officer will offer reward
for him remains to lie known. Tn.
findings of the referee in the Brown 4
Shrarer case have been x.epted 10
by defendant Shearcr and these exccp
tons will he considered on Tuesda,
next. which, among other things, will
detain counsel here ill they are pre-
scented t" the court Ivy argument. On.
ease will 10 tried Ivy the court wi,hou,
a i'ry, to morrow. Quackenhush, the
District Attorney leaves for lewiston
i'll the morning from which may !w in
ferred that he does not expect the re
arrest OF Rhett. so as to try the case
this term Of court. So much tor cour,
matters. In my next will give some
thing If Importance IN mining mat or,
that has been told me since here b,
parties Of responsibility who claim tc
know tn" facts. Developments have
recently been made within 40 miles o
here that promises remarkably we'll
shall ascertain more fully the speciti,
facts. 1t is enough to say that man,
are very confident that the drvelope
mentS u 9 rich. L
MI. IDAHO, July 4, 1881.
So far as this place is concerned tn.
memorable 4,h WIS usher+d in thi,
morning Ivy the firing Of a few shot.
from a pistol or u shot gun. I know
not which. as l was in my bed. Blu,
soon after breakfast l noticed som,
preparations TN the par' Of host o.
drnizrns of tho place to I'e pres
rlt at a gathering at Horton's Grove .
few miles west of thi' place. where i
was advertised that 4. F. Parker, o
the .EeUs, W 'uId crate and q collatio,
would H. served to these in attend
ance. was so engaged that l coul'
not So, aud SO ! furnished my team
and hoy to drive Mr.. Parker to tn
scene. caparisoning the team will
small colors of the nation. llavin.
finished my business. now say few
things for the benefit Of the readers O
the TELLER, and when h. c-l-hrator
return tn eve. l will give all GU lin
or synopsis Of what was done there
IN the first place l will relate few
facts furnished me by Joe. B.ker. II
relation u the new L tile Slate Cr-el
mines. Mr.. Baker is a claimant i,