Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-06-28
STRANGE DOINGS !!
HOW G.. W. CRANSTON WAS NAL.
TREATED IN BELLEVUE.

In close confinement, anu tortured
for q Whole Night-Attempt to De-
banch and Intimidate one Of Hailey's
Judges OF Election.
When the testimony on behalf of
Bellevue, in the county-seat matter,
was all in, last evening, the attorneys
for Haley declined to call any wit
nesses, and both sides rested their
case, The attorneys for Haley felt
SO sure Of winning that they even Of
fered to leave the matter as it stood,
and submit it to the Court for final
Judgment, without argument. But
to this proposition the Bellevue attor-
neys demnrred, and the Court ad-
journcd until 8 o'clock this morning.
Soon after leaving the courtroom
yesterday, G. W. Cranston, one of
the witnesses for Bellevue, who had
been brought in from Muldoon, I'M
der arrest on a fictitious charge pre-
ferred by citizen of Bellevue, and
who had been kept by them under
arrest, in room. without being per-
mitted to speak to anybody not on
Bellevue's side, was discharged and
released on writ Of habeas corpus.
He then went on Main street, in this
city, and revealed to some Of his
friends here the manner in which he
had been treated BY some Of the at
torneys for Bellevue, and some Of
their party. When the case was
opened this morning, he was there
fore put upon the stand, and exam
ined under oath.
His testimony was substantially
as follows: During the past few
weeks man claiming to hail from
San Francisco and to be on the look
out for good prospects. visited his
camp at Muldoon. repeatedly, slept
and ate with HIM, talked about mines
and mining, and about almost every
subject under the sun, including the
county seat matter. Day before YES
terday Cranston was arrested BY
Deputy Sheriff Hi. Hunter, who told
him that he did not know what the
charge was. Cranston was taken to
Muldoon and on to Bellevue, where
he was not permitted to see any
body or give bonds, and was led to
the office Of y. NJ. Ruick, one of the
attorneys for Bellevue, where he met
the man from San Francisco. This
was about IL O'Clock Sunday night.
The San Franciscan now disclosed
himself to Cranston as detective
who had been brought from San Fran
cisco, and who had been engaged for
the past six or seven weeks, in look
ing up evidence in the county seat
matter; and as he was satisfied that
Cranston knew something Of the
frauds alleged to have been commit
ted, he proposed to make him disclose
it.
Cranston protested that he knew
nothing at all about any frauds, and
added that as he had expected fraud
to be practiced OH election day he had
taken particular pains to see that there
was none where he had any say, to-
wit: at the HALEY polls, where he
was one Of the judges.
n. NJ. Ruick then took hold OF
Cranston, and told him that he had in
his possession sufficient proof OF
frauds committed on election day to
send four men to the Penitentiary,
and unless Cranston testified straight
he would go there too.
Cranston reiterated his oft-repeat.
ed statement that he did not know Of
anything wrong, and demanded to be
released.
But his captors refused to release
him, and worked upon him continu-
ously, plying him with questions and
hints, and filling him with whisky
but positively refusing to permit him
to sleep or to go out into the open
air. This torture was continued al
night, and yesterday morning Deput,
Sheriff Hunter gave him FIVE horns
of whisky and brought him here
when, his condition being apparent t.
everybody who saw him, he was turn
ed over to the care of the sheriff, VIII.
made him take bath aud few
hours rest before going to testify.
As may be supposed Mr.. Grams