Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-01-19
FOR CONSPIRACY.
state senator Jeweli to be Proceed.
cd Against.

washington couHtys w III JeWeil, MS
son, and Charles Christianson, stock
man, will in due time be proceeded
against IN the criminal courts upon q
charge Of conspiracy.
i The chief witness against them will
be Amsl Kromrie. IN ignorant sheep
herder, aged eighteen years.
Yesterday, by order Of Hon. Ed
ward Nugent, Judge Of the Third
District Court, Kromrie WAS released
from the custody Of the Sheriff Of
Washington county, by whom he was
illegally held. A partial review OF
the prisoners case has already ap-
peared in the Statesman, but his sto-
~, - related BY himself to reporter
yesterday, will be read with interest:
ION the 10th day Of December /
was, - sheep herder, In the employ
Of Noel Hopper and his three sons,
Pink, Charles and Ben. On that day
Will jewell came to my camp, about
ono and one-half miles from Payetts,
and told me that hs would give me
$500 in cash and job worth as per
month II would swear that / had
seen the Hoppers steal number Of
sheep. ! told young Jewell that /
would not toll such lie. After
little talk he asked mo to attach some
Of the HopPers property, a. hs knew
that they owed me some money. I
refused to do this. Then he told me
II did not como to Weiser next day
he would cause my arrest upon !
charge Of larceny. / did not 20 to
Wsiser. Charles Christianson, 1
sheep man, who claimed that the Hop
pers bad stolen soma OF his sheep,
told me that be would como and take
me to Weissr, but ! did not 20 with
him. Next day the deputy sheriff At
Paystte e. w. Ed~ards) arrested me
and turned me over to Will Jewell.
The latter took ne to Weiser but did
not put me in jail. We went to the
law Office Of Frank Harris, and there
another effort was made to have me
make false statement against tho
Hoppsrs. refused to do Is they
wished. and Christianson, who was
present, went for some whisky, say
ing that it would loosen up my
tongue. ] did not comply with their
wishes.
II was not locked up, but walked
around with Will Jewell, who finally
took me into q room at the Vendome
hotel, 1t Weiser, where were Harvey
Anderson, Senator Jewell and Charles
Christianson.
In the course OF short talk Al.
dsrson said that I was liar If de-
MED that l had said ! had seen the
Hoppers steal sheep. / called An
derson G. d. liar. He pulled
off his overcoat and wanted to whip
mo, but Win jewell intsrposed. Then
Senator Jewell said:
80 II the son of -- won't swear
that they stole sheep I'll get fifteen
men and hang him! Wen make out
= statement and he'll sign It'll or
we'll hang him!"
"He was very angry and l was
badly frightened. He started down
the stairs and then / weakened. / |
signed statement accusing tho Hop.
pers OF having stolen a lot OF sheep,
the brands upon which they changed.
The statement was false in every
particular, and | was compelled to
sign it.
T" young Jewell told me previously |
that he desired the statement because |
he wanted to recover some sheep and
TO break up the Hoppers.
Christianson also promised me
$500 IT ! would swear against the
Hoppers, and he and Jewell said they
would discharge one OF their men in
order to give me place worth $45
month. They said that IL | would
stand in with them would come out
all right. They also wanted me to
swear that the Hoppers threatened to
kill me IL | betrayed them for steal
ing sheep. ] would not make such
statement, for they never threatened
me, and they never stole sheep"
The Hoppers were arrested upon
the strength Of Kromries false affida-
Wit, but they were dismissed when
tho young herder divulged the con-
spiracy. The charge of larceny pre-
ferrsd against Kromrie was not pushed,
but he was arrested upon charge Of
perjury, preferred by Attorney Frank
Harris, notary public, before whom
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