The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-11-27
ELEVENTH YEAR No. 4s.
CONSPIRACY.
That Is the chnf,e Made Aaainat One Of ne
Deputy Game WarJens.

day 10y Deputy Gnme Warden Nicl"an
fur hunting without license. The stoiy
which the Young man tells casts a Seiy
dishonnrabc shadow about This IIrsh
Youth from the lower peninsula aud
suggesis that the gnmp wardcns ARE here
Tor tie purpose uf making n show re-
rardleSs 81 what methods they resort
To To make il.
In order that there may he no hcresay
about the above story u rcpurter i0r
The DIAMOND DHn.L visited Young
Arseneau ia jail and secured the follow
ing affidavit from him
STATE OF MlClllGAN,l
COUNTY or IRoN.
William Arscnenu being duly sworn
depoSeA and SAYS. that am 4 resident
81 the city of Mhrinette, in thu state 81
Wisconsin. and that have ben work
ing for the IL. Witbeck Company az
Sagola. Michigan, Tor the pist four or
five weeks, that came 10 crystal Falls
on Wednesday November 9th. \. D.
1897, that took up lodging with one
Alex Cannon in the village oi C,y-Lt
Falls. While | was eating dinner with
several other parties who were strangers
10 me, | was approached by one oi
them, who afterwards lenrnod was one
Joe Needle, a deputy state game wau
den, who asked me II would moi like to
go out hunting deer with lin after
dinner lie told me that hc was n
stranger around this pnrt of the coun-
try aud that hc would like to 80 hunting
deer | told Sni,l deputy tlht | had 10
gun to hunt deer. that was ou my way
up to camp to pace called Sandy
Spur where expected to lind employ.
mont, bat that II could get a gun |
would 90 hunting for mstlnc. He
said has he knew where | could get "a
gun that | could borrow aud he pointed
To another person in the room, who |
afterwards learned WIS Deputy State
Game Warden Watkins aud he (Necdle)
told me To nsk sald Watkins furthe gan.
went to Watkins aud made an a.
tempt To nsk hun II could not have hir
gun, Nltl i ntHiltltll lhNlHNt liit AttHl'l
about borrowing a gun from sliHngr
Said Deputy Game Warden Needle SAID,
"Gu aud ask him nud dou't hc airHid.
and encouraged me To ask Watkins iur
his gun | therefore asked Watkins ii lac
was going hunting that afternoon, aud
he replied that lac WAS not nnd Hs>eo
him il ! could not borrow his gun
Watkins snid Tint | could and tmmi
Warden Needle went up stairs AMI got
tho gun aud brought IL duwn and gave II
to me. Needle aud myself then slarlc,
out 60 walk over 10y the cemetery au,
past Ruukel Lake md on to ah olt
logging rond, we saw track whirl
Needle said WAS q dcrr track aud ",
went down that road. saw a rabbit .
track Ia the snow feslilS made an,
followed That up and told Needle tina
there were mo- deer close 10y hnl that wt
could 60 down in tile swamp and hun
for nck rabbits that they were plentiful
in this pnrt oi the country aud that w
could hive n very pleasant time huntur
rabbits, but Needle Insisted iu fpllpwiu
this track on the road aud il clrclrd a
round in the woods ~ lttle WAYS an,
led az out to the main road. We rod
ashort dstnnce with some obi gentle
man Who was hauling wood and the
IL began To snow and we returned &
town. Said Needle asked me ii had
licence to hunt deer aud told hun tina
did not WITS then arrested hy sal
Needle and brought before a Justice &
the Peace. some time between i've M
six O'Clock in the afternoon. H. wa
after dtlk aud was nskcd by the .lu
tice of the Pence II ! hnd been out hnn
ing with game warden Needle in Il
afternoon and told him that | wa
and il appears that ! was bound ov,
10 the Circuit court without IN opp
tun ~ 90 procure counsel. Az | n
stranger ~ llic place could not secu
the necessary bonds nnd | have br,
Obliged tn STAY in jan 90 await my tau
in the Ctcuit coat, which couvcncs
February.
WM ARsENEA
Su,sc ibcd and sworn to bcfutc u
this 26Ib day oT NoVetul,pr, \ ID ISo