Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-11-26

htnAon W tue breaking into aud rob
berry Of the store Of Geo. :. Rice & Co
OF this place. Owing to his sudden
liethoric purse aud extravagance a
young man named Mark Phelps was
snrpieinned. AMI up0n being accused
y ~ the crime he confessed and returned
part II the stolen money. w. have
not time to-day 70 give details and can
enly say that the boy escaped aud was
last night uveThauled and arrested by
Sheriff Hill ON the we.t.bound train
GEAR Payette. He was brought back
and hearing before Judge Sinnot,
was set at O'Clock to-day.
Because of the printing Of the
above paragraph last week the ed
itor of the BULLETIN was waited
upon in his Office last SUNDAY by
Mrs. Naomi mcdonald Phelps, the
mother of Mark, and given tongue
flashing such as he hopes never
again to be the recipient OF from
any woman. She said it was "a lie
that her boy was thief" it was "a
lie that he had returned any stolen
money" and wound up her TRADE
of abuse by using some very naughty
language regarding this scribe's
honesty and integrity.
The BULLETIN RETAINED from
publishing any of the rumors that
had been street talk for two weeks
regarding the burglary of Rice &
Co.'S store, ON the I'd in this place,
but when the thief was arrested by
Sheriff Hill and brought back
here we deemed it a duty to the
public TO give the facts, notwith-
standing our sympathies were with
the mother and relatives of the pris-
oner. Ii matters not who a guilty
party is-who ere his relatives, his
standing in society before the crime
etc.--he should be brought to JUS
tice and punished for an act like
the bold one committed by Mark
Phelps. 1t is an injury to the nu-
merous lads now growing up in our
midst and a premium for robbery
offered by the powers that be" in
endeavoring to shield this young
fellow and permit his escape from
the clutches of the law We might
go further and speak palmer in this
connection, but forbear for the
present.
Sheriff Hill informs us that he
was refused warrant by the Pro-
bate Judge for the arrest of Mark
Phelps upon the usual application,
and the Sheriff could not and did
not get warrant of arrest until he
procured the dispositions Of two citi-
zens setting forth the required in
formation. Before these were OBJ
tanned, however, the house-breaker
had flown, but he was overtaken by
the Sheriff and arrested at Payette
He was brought back here and the
Probate Judge set the hearing for
the case at 1 o'clock last Saturday,
but it was not called till 3 o'clock,
when, without the hearing of any
evidence whatever, and upon request
Of the prisoners attorney, the Pro
bate Judge placed Phelps under the
enormous bond of 5000 for his APP
pearance before the grand jury next
April-about 800 less than the
amount stolen, including the $7S
check.
The judicial farce was ended and
the young fellow again took his de-
parture for the west.
In order to prove that the BULLE-
TIN did not lie, as accused, we APP
pend below the affidavit of Mr.. F. J.
Shields, of the firm of George s.
Rice & Co.
In Probate Court OF Elmnre county in the State Of
idaho.-The state OF Idaho ". Mark Phe ps-
Deposition for Warrant
State OF Idaho. County OF Elmore, - Frank j.
Shields being duty dep1ses and sayS: M
IL Frank }. Shields 81 years. reside Mountain
the Arm Of Geo 5. Rice Co, Of said Mountain
Home. On or about the night OF November 2, 1892,
the building occupied by the firm OF Geo. \. kice q
Co Of said Mountain Home, teloniously entered
by person breaking opening in a window Of said
building and entering said building through said
opening made. The person making this feioniOus
entry unlswtully took, stole and carried away
drawer In said building the Of S225.UO. lawful
money Of the United States the property Of Geo. s.
Rice Co. The firm offered rewards AZ follows
FIFTY dollars for OF money aul fifty dollars
reward for evidence that would lead 10 the convc.
ton Of the thief oi said money. Since the rewards
we're nderei some Of the money returned 10 the
hrm--the Of s32s.p1. | have reason To belieN e
that certain person entered the store unlawfully
and unlawfullY took the money thrreirom and that
the said person Is Marx Phelps. make this
statement for the that the said Marx Phelps
| told the theft that he committed H.
lsignsdl b. J. SHIELDS.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this 18th day Of
! November, is92 AUG N. sINNOTT,
| Probate Judge.