The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-03-17

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WaTdnsT. idaho. testified In the Occur
d'AieRs iaVsst gAtion. He aid be did NOT
PiFtieiPats in the IioI, bat THAI soon after
.hat event Vas arrested by n squad Of
United States tTOops, who vent abJut the
slieets aTr1ssihg those PeIsons pointed out
~ this Quaker Hill. mIns spotisrs. Tao
spsrt4loTs on the street who stopped 10
see the soldiers and their pEisoness weIe
promptly arrested and pat Sith the other
prisoneTA
wiInaAs aid that one Of the prisoners,
Saeds. wAA taken NiIh . d., whereapon
= negro soldier sIruck him senseleas wtlh
tAs butt ii his qua The corporal d the
guard came up and turning over the fallen
nSn. sid: = guess you hKeA that faliow
III EtgAL" s-mpkans aid that one Of the
prisoners SAs robbed oi ~.
Oae Of Simpkins' tecitais caused sans
Thing Of . sensation. he sad he SAs
taken from the bull pm" BY . squAJ
II four soldiers and marched 10 the opSn
snrlosass AheFS be- as plAned with His
lack against the building The soldier
stspp~l back and cooked. their g0ns. sP,
paishliy mskiAg ready to shoot aim Al
shis Posnl he aid . high oftciL Of the
ii1hksT Hill mine apPesErd and aid they
aad evidence sn0ugh 10 hang The Ailness
~ s-nd him up ior many year,. but II he
Gnsa ubo blsa up TIE mali be uOald be
luraed lOosr. simpklns ssid be protested
that be did not khow sho the guilty par
Iias aess and the effort TO gel evidence
from him sas Anslly siven up
AitsF passing = nambeT 81 minor halls
Tuesday the hoOss pFocrcded 20 The COZ
si4sfaiioh If The conference report upon
.hs hRsnet.l tai Mr.. otsssueet. in
charge oi the report. s1PiAinod IN detail
The modihcailona Of the tall.
The oonistvnos FsPoEt co the financial
slll Gas adopted By tAs louise The vots
sass fsaA. leo, nays. lso, PScsent and
not voting. 10.
TheTe uas . spiTttsd consToveTsy 81 the
outsSt Of the CoSaT d Alsns Investigation
ahra representative LsniE called aiisn-
,ioa TO tslswrARs givsa out BY the wAT
dspastmrnG IN uhIeh capitalists had asked
ios pSvsrCtiOn 10 thsiT interests In the min.
ing oOua,iy. lie aid In vtsw Of ihe~s pub
ltCnttoas the country ought TO have the
sitAaaviis Psussn,sd BY SeAAtons Carter
ard nei,tsld 70 The pruaideni In which
promiHsnl otiieiAis Of mining and Labor OF.
CARNATIONS stated that martial Law wAs
pHBeossssry in the Occur d'Alens district.
The committee anAlly usas into s1eCu.
tive ssa.iOn on LsniEs Pc p s,ition and de.
cidsd not TO call on the president tot AZ
adASitA Al the oPening bearing the cSO~s-
examination Of Simpkina dUvclo ped many
additional incidents 81 dtsoTdsF. but In the
main the witness held to the recital gwen
On his dirrct examination.
fccling ran high al the Occur d'Alens
investigation helore 'Ae hou.c COMMITTEE
On military affairs woinsslsy, AMI 'herC
Nsre several spirited exchanges brtNetn
Chairman Hull and Representative ,en,E.
George Cornsll va. o. the stand SA,
ing his experience laIsng imprisonment,
~hich differed only in dan lram 'hosc
of the other wiinss-sA. Uae Of his rcitals
was a. to an ol soldi r vi" bs AUS II the
brutality Of negro soldiers toward him
took his Grand Army buirpn f,pm his
coat and with tears ia his eyes ;ntew Il
away. Cornell aid Re hid mem rim.
dun Of the affair but the book SIs taken
from him and he saW II aftcrNhTd IN pos
session 81 Bartlett Sinclair. the Roveinar's
representative during he tra,5lc. Sinclair
Who was present aro.e and declared that
there was no such soldier q. had lccn
described.
Lents protested aga MT statements no;
made under cath. He also gave aOticn tBat
he would call on Sinclair b. produce al
his books 10 locate .hs alleged sol1ier
entry.
Chairman Hull here interrupted the
speaker to remark 20 Mr.. Lenu that he
was not in a position individually 10 or.
der the production Of books, that this was
the province Of the committee and with.
out such acton Lent1's motion amounted
20 nothihR.
Lentz stated that Il wNs the usual 40.
tice that books referred 10 In the testi
mony would be callel for He Asked that
the committee make tho request and with.
out objection this was done.
tent2 also moved that the committee
call for all rolls, recorls etc. showing
the names Of those held IN the "bull pen, /"
charges against them, Csc.
The committee then went into executive
session 20 pass upon the nation. The
executive committee voted Q to D against
calling for the immeliI,e presentation Of
the rolls, records, etc, Of the bull pen.
II was agreed, however, that General
Merriam and others he requested to pre-
sent any such papers when they are
heard,