, 1889-09-19
THEY WILL FIGHT.
The Offioials Accused of Stealing
Supplies Brought Into
Court.
They Engage Legal Counsel and
Prepare for De-
fenso.
The Cases Continued by Justice
Dunning Until Saturday
Morning.


ination of tho accused city officials
Tuesday afternoon, Justice Dunnings
Office was packed, and even the halls
and stairway leading to his Office were
thronged with people, who were curious
to witness the uncommon sight of city
officials arraigncd at the bur of justice
on such serious charge. The council
mon were the first of the trio to enter the
courtroom, arriving shortly before 2
o'clock, and they were followed n few
minutes later bv Officer Gillespie.
Messrs. Gritfitts, Moore & Feighan
appeared for Mr.. Ducber; Messrs. Tur-
ner, Forster & Turner and Colonel w. NJ.
Ridpath represented Mr.. Waters, while
Colonel Ridpa,h was counsel for Mr.
Gillespie.
Colonel John w. Feighan, OH behalf
of the defendants, moved tho court to
GRANT \ coHTIYUAYCE,
and suggested that the examination
ought not to occur until the excitement
had subsidized, nor until the election was
over Colonel Turner suggested that he
would be compelled to attend court at
| Rathdrum and would not be back before
saturday. Mr.. Forster wanted the
examination set for Monday. 1t was
claimed by the defense that they desired
time to procure certain important wit
ncssos.
Colonel Winston arose and on behalf
of the prosecution said:
"Aftcr consultation with the gentle
men who appear ns counsel with me in
| these cases, desire to say that the ap.
plica,ion to continue these cases will
not be opposed by us, provided that II
/ continuance Is not asked for longer
/ thnn ncyt Frilnv. We will not enter.
/ tain for moment the proposition to
! continue the cases until after the eleC.
/ ton; nor the other proposition to con.
| tinuc the eases until after the term of
/ the Ruthdrum Cot,rt--a Court in another
| territory. lfthc counsel for the defend
/ ants will name u day at which they Will
agree to 20 10 trul, VIC will consent TO
/ that IL II IL within reasonable time;
| but they do not do this. They ask for u
continuance TO find out when they will
be ready.
FRIDAY ~ LONG ENOUGH
] W Hllu Nilut out dlNi IL lllc tustN ~
over beyond that time it will be done
! without our consent
Mr.. Graves, in addition to the colonCls
remarks, suggested that II the defense
desired postpOnemcnt ON account OF
the unayaiiability oi certain witnesses,
the prosecution would insist thnt they
make ailidavits sCttiug forth the names
of the witnesses they desired To procure
and what they intended TO prove by
] fhn.l Witnussa- tp ltruNpS added iIr-
ther that to put the examination oil un-
, Ill Saturday meant that they would 30
over until next week, and the prOseCu-
ton would not, for certain reasons
which IL was not necessary to state ut
present, consent TO that.
After considering the matter few
/ minutes, Judge Dunning announced
that the examination would be set for
Saturday next, ut o a. NJ, and later
notified the counsel that IL would be
held in the city hall.
THE wirNEssrs.
The witnesses for the prosecution were
| then called that they might be rccog-
! nizcd by the court, I'm order to secure
| their appearance when needed. one OF
/ the witnesses was required to give $500
| bond, but none of the balance gave more
| than SlO0 bonds. while others are on
/ their own personal recogniznnCe,
| In the case of MIR, Waters, the follow
! ing witnesses have been subppnacd:
! Harry Parker Mr.. Leibcs, Harry Hill,
| f. A. Bcttis, William Cowell, William
keislc, James Abcrny, j. NJ. Adams,
Evcrt Gee. Frank Avery, Thomas
Thwaitc, William Mckenzie, l.. +. Ice
| The following witnesses appear III the
casuof Mr.. Ducher; William Cowcll,
! William Mckenzie, H. l.. Swnrts, ;. ii.
| Mckcnzie and Martin Rudolph.
| In Gillcspic's case are the following
witnesses. Colonel jenkins, q. Palm-
| tag, Fred Mason, William Bodinc, III. \.
| Fisher, Henry Oliver William Cowell,
man, ). II. Mckenzie, William Seahorn,
/ Evcrt Gee and NJ. !. Haynes.
! \ majority ui the witnesses are drivers
| of express and delivery wagons, who
have quito knowledge of
WHERE Gnurs WERE DELIVERED,
and upon whose orders they were dcliv-
cred. NuuGrnu. incidents came under
I their observation during the day follow
Ing the great lire that Will add no little
interest to the case.
The three defendants are under bonds
of $1,000 each for their appearance Satur-
day.
The best legal talent in the city ap.
pears in the case the prosecution Will
be conducted by men of eminent ability,
while arrayed against them Is about as
strong team ais the defendants could
obtain, and II was frequently remarked
yesterday that this would be one OF the
best logpl contests ever known in the
history of the courts in Washington.
The citizens committee disappointed
a subcommittee, 10 receive additional
subscriptions and donations to the fund
already started, to dcfrly tho expenses
of the prosecution of these cases,
the following gentlcmcn Mcssrs. j. ID,
Sherwood, Ilcnry Brook, |. ). kaufman,
Ii. Bolster and l.. G.. Gillian. The com.
lmitteo Is more determined than ever TO
push the matter to the end, and will be
unrelenting in their efforts TO have JUS.
tico meted out to those who havo brought
disgrace upun the city,