Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-07-20
y. +. AILSHIE INDICTED.
But the Grand Jury RecOMsidcrs
and WithlrGsCs it, Facts
For the People to
Consider,
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PUBLIC.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PUBLIC.
1t will be remembered that in
March last / exposed in the FREE
PRFss the efforts of certain attor-
neys to unduly influence and OBJ.
struct the course of justice in the
court Of Justice Robbins at Cotton
wood. am informed that an ef-
fort was made by attorney F. Z.
FOgg and other members of the
Grangeville republican ring to have
me indicted by the grand jury last
week for criminal libel on account
of this exposure. This was in re-
taliation for the part l took in
informing the said grand jury of
the means used by j. F. Ailshic,
president of the Idaho County Bar
Association, and member of the
State Board of University Regents,
to improperly influence County
Commissioner Henry Meyer in
appointing a Clerk of the District
Court and ex-officio Auditor and
Recorder of Idaho County to sue
ceed the late G. w. Case.
The facts called to the attention
of the grand jury are as follows:
Sec. 7O32.-Every person who
knowingly and wilfully sends by
telegraph to any person a false or
forged message, purporting to be
from such telegraph Office, or from
any other person, or who wilfully
delivers, or causes to be delivered
to any person any such message
falsely purporting to have been re-
ceived by telegraph, or who fur
nishes or conspires to furnish, or
causes to be furnished to any agent,
operator, or employe, to be sent by
telegraph, or to be delivered, any
such message, knowing the same to
be false or forged, with the intent
to deceive, injure, or defraud
another, is punishable by imprison-
ment in the Territorial prison not
exceeding five years, or in the
county Jail not exceeding one
year, or by fine not exceeding five
thousand dollars, or by both fine
and imprisonment.
After the death of G. w. Case
and while the appointment of his
successor was pending before the
Board of County Commissioners,
j. f. Ailshie rode out to the resi-
dence of County Commissioner
Henry Meyer and delivered to him
a message written on one of the
sending" blanks of the Inland
Telegraph and Telephone Compa-
ny, and in the following words:
Moscow, IDAHO,
Dec. %, 1913. !
To Hon. HENRY MYERS,
GRANGEvILLE, IDAHO
FRIEND MYERS: BY all means
vote for a Republican for Auditor
and Recorder Idaho County.
w. j. MCCONNELL,
Governor.
This message is apparently in
the handwriting of a lady, as il
received and mailed by some lady
telephone operator. 1t was enclos.
ed in an envelope, directed to Mr.
Meyer in care of J. f. Ailshie
The postmark is unintelligible, but
seemingly a counterfeit, and the
envelope stamped. This message
was submitted to the grand jury
together with the following letter
which is in the handwriting O
j. F. Ailshie, to wit:
IDAHO, COUNTY, IDAHO, |
Dec. 26, 1893. !
HoN. w. j. MCCONNELL,
BOISE CITY, IDAHO.
DEAR SIR:-As yor
no doubt, have learned ere this, {
vacancy has recently occurred il
the office of Auditor & Recorder o
this County. We have Republi
can Board, and still they are talk
ing strangely of appointing Dem
ocrat. We have done all we coult
to get them to stand by the party
and as a last resort one of then
has just received telegram, o
which the following is copy:
Moscow, IDAHO, !
Dec. %, '93. !
Hon. HENRY MYERS,
GBANGEvILLE, IDAHO.
FRIEND MYERS: By all mean
vote for a Republican for Audito
& Recorder Idaho County.
w. j. MCCONNELL,
Governor.
If written or questioned in re
gard to this you will understan
and act accordingly. This we di
for the good of the party.
Yours Sincerely,
A REPUBLICAN FRIEND.
The parties who submitted til
foregoing evidence to the gran
jury asked that the telephor
operators at Moscow and Lewisto
be subpGned to show that no sue