Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-11-05
KNOWS OF GAMBLING
prosecuting Attorney is Hum.
bugging the People.
nuer ms Nose-if Not by His OF.
hclai Observation-Disclosures Hold
Forth in COIfax.

oi fnerlt,so to speak. 1t is Admirable tr,o .I
better tb 1nSt new mas made good record
deserves reelection laT pIre9ecessors he
true that if Mr., Mathl vs bos 10y II IS equally
record as officer he deserves Jof laue good
His Side of Tho c.
IL. VI me Case.
I'll I'Sn L loL MS Slde OF the case. In prn+od
~ "mlCn !as Deen extensively circuateJ
- r. "nI0n nc Dsses his speeches of,eT,FA
o,,io s anu concerted congratulation Of tha
people LOT the purity and strano+b &c {. '!e
Tea aJa ~ ne compares the record
1 n w $500 ~ -; hcOroskey j. N. Pickrel
u n w. C@hneId and j. w. Mathews IN me
tern, % y,rosoo,,.s each mans respective
e. 80 PtooocuIlhg attorney. According In
nor orr,-ro -s J en court expenses averaged
| r r WcCros i.9 roiio"s'
j. n PicEreiI '---'' --....-....$5 ,0S6 Is
H. W. Garfield. ...........' -'-''--- 6'45513
}. w. Mathews. ..........,.. '''''''''' 2'.o552
But Mr., Mathews splendid record AZ l,l4z'oo
close here In his speeches his hearars aro nu'
sured that he stands for claw and order Do
| implication his predecessors have stood e.
law and disorder. But particularly dos i ho
s sd a. loE tne enforcement of the liquor law
| his predecessor a." again by implication
| opposed to the nnforoor,oo.se " having been
hearers are asgra5 b1 Oh these laws His
| people who habitraIi son1iehan, That the
have been "bumped bv b,Es, o'S Lnese laws
! hard" W Hnh-and bumped
Fioures On,
NJ 1ro.L.s O"o way.
oo-'t uoeS not enter into the superior
tb"t 80 "a eouses, ana the natural inference il
Cn"T Iilo record IN this respect would not make
sum a g .% showing. This is Mr.. Mathews
sue OF MIR. Mathews own case.
MO HT possession OF information TO complete
81 -Iatne%s comparative statement, Q search
Vi the records has been made, and the result
are gwen:
DurlnS 1881 and 1892, while T. L. Metros.
| Key was prosecuting attorney there 49, "a
| criminal cases docketed in the suna,,o "oie 80
| OF those accused of crime 10 ,Uero oo.:.s
and 80 dismissed. or tbeso 800 ooIVIcSeo'
| Croskey, four were murder tr;aIs uiuoi NC
the men is nov, sarv;-C- 80 'il@ls, ana one OF
| for mnrder W., ' fn oue twenty year term
| ,r5or NTc,o1Y &c" 81 tne cases brought
tbr - oehey, "ere Tor mlsdemeanors but
peries siv h,Trois;en 20 murder hive for
| STEALING coses @IlG q morse ana cattle
was held in tha oaaa Is ll examination
=; go. - tile oaSe u every felony charged
60, @,,a1 ins.ances tne preliminary examina
U''n WAS Ieu8tny ana necessarily expensive.
| Record Under Pickreu
| J. n P;ckrelI ,,rosoo.-.:..
| 1909 on5 1cot - 10 S"''hs attorney during
sI,nor;nr go A1T ~ cases docseted in the
| i; ,i 80 ~ seCuteu % convlctlOns--
| nasas 80 - SHs7 ditef a Jury trial Of the
murder and ~ lnml' were I'VE on charges, If
same character as with McCroskev. sn,e,.,. 7
the preliminary examinations were {hos,,@af
| Gown and Geo. Parker. Each vases fsSrssye.
Defendants made 4-sspcrot- fellt fors;,ss and
liberty-sIls,Doenaed 6ori.f dsSs ", az a.
nassos- oil ~ ,,t AZ 49, 80 : III
1880 'l ~ ~ sgsssisY :" siiofhhoas
4
H. w. Csnfieid. observation-disclosures d,,.v
1909 al Icne ~ - - etsss 1891 "uiks~
: A ie"o, ii' ~ $3.50 oVsSeted IN nc
1TP C"u''' az 49,. II No1vietOHI
~o OF tnsse were Trials am IN each
held During the latter hall Of Cn6eld's
administration the supreme court le,;5ed tbet
in casas Of felony II was not r,ecessa,4'to bol5
a preliminary examination, but the nersOn
could be informed against 1t Directly IN the So
perlor court. AFTER CnaC Cline' preliminary
examinations were not necessary IN cases
where a felony was charged
No Serious Cases for Mathews.
D. W. Ni Sd prosecuting attorney since
January, 1891 had I3o cases docketed in the
and of the 80 convicted Al plead guilty with
out a trial OF Mathews $50 cases, more than
one-haH were OF misdemeanors, and none of
tnoSe brought 10 triaI were q serious char
S Wo4E me two PrincIPaI cases tried during
case, where ysrdict of rnansIotn' G oy1neS
reached, and the McGilverv case lie ter was
of attempted raDa RotL Al
trials were conducted ENTIRELY which, ,t Tnese
ows' assistance. "''lou' Ma'h-
For purposes of reference 70 co,,,,,I...
Mathews comparative statement i'm nnpi tnf
lowing is given: '"o ioi-
j, CASES FILED.
T. \ 4 P PicfEToisikey -. years .-.. 70
H. " CanfeId 5e yasrs
J. W Mathews, q months ......-.-.. =
CASES c0Nyicr,I.r,, .-......l@6
R. / l. Bn;e si.;I 80
i N w. F GoS3 9dI5 -.-.....- ...... 81
PLEAD GUILTY -..--,.-....-. 50
T. y, { Ga9ieId . -......... ..., y;
Not n Ctaar % ''..'-- u
prosecuting attorney one case aSo of @,s. Work
' "anst T9s discovered Thus was thee
2 4anden n'iI PaIh, tor the murder of OlA
hat through 6 MP me- Mat reader can remember
ase was lvn" abs1al H. against whom he had no
Donald. whose Sn;t F wae the case against Nc
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