The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-21

hurt; he was quite sick for twt
hours and vomited l am preju
diced against the warden and hav'
personal animosity against Guart
Roberts; l did not have a CONVEX
sation with McGinty, in which h,
said, "Now, Mitchell, when you &c
before the board do not deal in per
sonalities; make the board believ.
you have no luminosity in this mat
ter. Of course we have. but do moi
let that appear before the board.
Howard French has been drunk ano
asleep on his post it was early in
July at 5 o'clock in the morning; ]
did not see any other guard drunk
on duty; MIR. French took whisky
there, carrying it in his pocket; the
men in these (sparring) matches
were injured more than ordinary
McCreary got body blows that made
him sick Dunlap's nose was in.
jured Alexander Roberts told me
that he had SIS bet with French on
Dunlap; l told reporters about af-
fairs at the prison and am authori-
ty for the published statements, but
the accounts were embellished; my
object was to have them printed.
James A. Hayes testified to hear
ing a conversation between Mitchell
and McGinty in which the two men
agreed to present the high moral side
to the board, not the personal side.
Howard French was recalled and
denied Mitchell's allegations regard
ing the introduction of liquor into
the prison said he saw Mitchell
bring liquor to the prison on the 4th
of July-a bottle Of beer-which
Mitchell gave to French; Mitchell
was insubordinate and was laid off
in April for sleeping on duty.
j. l.. Smith was recalled and said
that French was pointed out to him
one day as being drunk looked
like he had been having a good
time but was not drunk.
Alexander Roberts was recalled
and said French was not drunk on
the morning referred to by Mitchell.
CIV. Roberts testified that Mitch
ell told him there had been a fight
at the prison, but it did not amount
to anything. It was not half so
bad as reported in the papers.
w. S. Mack, recalled Had never
seen French under the influence of
liquor, and never saw him asleep
on his post; had heard that Guard
Roberts had slept on his post, but
on watching him closely had always
found him alert.
E. Merrill and J. Ellsworth testi-
fed that Jacobs behavior was very
bad; he often spoke of the warden
in a foul manner. Merrill never saw
any of the guards drunk or asleep
while on duty; never saw any Of
them bring liquor to the premises.
w. F. Goodwin, a guard, thought
he had seen Mitchell asleep on duty.
T. T. Huntington, a guard, had
seen Jacobs play cards in Koney's
room all night when he was sup
posed to be on duty.
II. J. Syms, a printer, saw part of
the Braithwait-Dunlap contest. He
thought the gloves were eight
ounces. The shorter of the men had
blood on his nose; could not see
any marks on either of the men !;
there was nothing brutal-it was
just a boxing match.
Anent all Of this mass of doubt
full veracity and trash, we have aft
davits which we shall present to our
readers next week. These afidavits
cannot, of course, falsify the testi-
mony above given; but they can
and do establish the fact that the
charges against the board have not
been based upon idle rumor, but on
statements verified by the oaths of
men, at least one Of whom is in
good standing at Boise City. When
we have published our counter aft
davits we expect to submit some
editorial comments on phases of
the boards defense that do not ap-
pear to be consistent with the best
interests of justice and public en-
lightenment.
- NJ Lao