The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-11-19
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sEstis C1aiEnaD ~ L Nina
| On the forsnooa Of election day 4
was Uncovered that bogus ballots vsxy
being used By democratic workesa Tn
scheme was first discovered by one Of
the fellows who had basn ..iixed- Twins
the acheme away. Later man named
Steye Rainsforth was caught In one Of
The booths sith two ballots in his pos-
session. one Of which was found 70 b
bogus but was = good imitation Of the
Official ballot The scheme was to buy
votes making the purchased voter vote
the bogus ticket aud return the olscial
ballot, thus making it positive how he
voted. The tickets were all straight
democratic except that they voted for
nOust, Frixzell and Ellis.
Seventeen Of the ballots were found
in the ballot box. The source from
whence the tickets came was soon
traced to Julius Runkle, who, it was
supposed, got them from E. L. Nina
chairman Of the democratic central
committee, who came into town the
night before and went into hiding.
So positive were people that Minis
was the man who procured the stamp
and tickets that feeling ran very high
against him. Minis did not appear until
about noon, and again went into hiding
about p. m, and did not again show
up on the street, but ut train time slid
out the back way for the depot. He did
not even show up to help the boys cele-
brate their victory. But Minis was
spotted The crowd was mostly demo-
cratic, too, and when he came out of |
the depot he was thoroughly rotten
egged and afterward marched back to |
town and escorted to a hotel.
He kept hid all the next day. At
night he tried to dodge the officers, but |
Constable Carlton caught the flying
fugitive and had the train stopped and
brought him back to town.
He was given q prelimin AIRY examina-
ton on charge of violating the election
laws. At the trial Fred Morley swore
to evidence tending to show that Minis
was up to some rascality. He said that
Minis had put up scheme to change
ballot boxes here the day of election, re-
placing the official box with a stuffed
box. This statement was corroborated
by Constable Carlton, who swore that
Minis and Morley had come to him with
the scheme, but he declined to have
anything to do with it.
Morley also swore that Minis showed
him an impression of the stamp to be
used in counterfeiting the official stamp
in his office at Rathdrum, and stated
that it was for use on bogus ballots.
Julius Runkle swore that he handled
the bogus tickets; that he got them of
E. l.. Minis and returned him what he
did not use. He also admitted getting
money out of Minis to use on election
day. Other corroberative evidence was
presented.
But the court did not see it as others
saw 1t, and dismissed the case.
The fact that Judge HOban did not
bind him over does not remove a belief
from the mind of anyone that he is
guilty as charged. That he should be.
'mirch the fair name of Bonner's Ferry
With his hellish rottenness is deplored
by democrats as much as republicans.
Half the circumstantial evidence has
not been told. But enough has been ,
'ointed out to show that he is a creature
o be Stunned by all honest men. The
,rand jury sits this month.-Bonner's
Ferry Herald.