The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-08-03
FATHER PURCELL OBJECTS
cGuR p,ALEsE. Jolly 81. 1901.

cGUR D'ALEsE, July 81, 1901.
Enron PREss;
Well has IL been said that - news
paper is 4 great force either Tor good or
for evil" and this h especially true Of .
country paper, for In many cases there
d no other weekly visitor TO the home
Of the farmer, and the result Is that he
forms bis opinions by what he reads In
his town paper. II that town paper Is
sound In its reasoning, and fair and Inn
partial 10 the news it attempts to give,
MI who read Il viii be benefited there
BY. IT on the ether hand Il ID false In
its reasoning and partial In its news
then Il Is responsible for the effects Of
such reasoning, and such news.
In The last issue Of your paper there
appeared nm article under the heading
orphans Have Disappeared" and IL
contains many statements that are IN
true and consequently misleading. and
TO them object.
The truth about the matter ID simply
this: When Mr.. Pine was arrested at
Standpoint and brought back 20 Rath-
drum, there was q hearing before Judge
Mayhem duly IDth) for the granting Of
. writ OF habeas corpus. That petition
was dismissed solely because had not
qualified as . legal guardian for Mr..
Brady's children. Bat the judge In
open court said shat he could not a.
low the'chlldren 10 be taken out Of the
Jurisdiction Of the court"
The following day Mr.. McBee was
appointed probate judge. As soon as
possible after his appointment 1 filed
the necessary bond and received letters
Of guardianship which now possess.
1 then called on Mr.. Pine and demand
cd the children but could not get them.
Another petition for writ Of habeas
corpus was made out and the writ was
issued and presented By me In presence
Of = witness 10 Sheriff Dyer who re-
fused 10 take Il. What right had he to
refused was IL because he did not
know his duty In the matterf II he
did not know his duty, then he should
In justice TO the people who elect him.
step down and out for they want 3
man in the sheriifs Office who win not
ignore such an important document az
writ Of habeas corpus. When the
sheriff refused 10 take the writ / went
10 the jail and handed Il to Deputy
BrndburFy who lost no time in inform
ing Mr.. Dyer Of his mistake.
In The third paragraph Of your article
you mention rumou that have been
circulated about Brady's condition at
the time the win was signed. All who
visited Mr.. Brady during the time he
was at the hospital were astonished 1t
the clear condition OF his mind. He
knew every one that came 10 see him
and talked with them all. Sheriff Dyer
and Dr. Barker are the witnesses Of
that last viii and testament. After the
win was signed the sheriff wanted him
to make another deposition As to who
shot him. As he BRADY had made
such 4 deposition on two former Occas
ions this was not necessary. II Brady
did not know what he was doing why
ask for depasltiong
The day before this win was signed,
July I4th, Mr.. Brady made known TO
Mr.. John c. Callahan his desires 10 re-
gard 70 his funeral-who should attend,
etc. Mr. Callahan took lt all down and
that document now possess In that
document, which is = statement OF his
desires. he appoints me the sole guar
dian Of his children. When this state
ment was penned BY Mr.. Callahan l
was ct Trent and when / returned 10
Spokane that night ! was told OF Mr..
Bradys desire that I should act Is guar.
dian for his children. I went 70 his
room and taking him BY the hand said.
"Jndge Brady you little know what q
burden yon are placing on my should.
ere but it is your wish aud accept"
Who win deny to Judge brady the
night to appoint me, or any one else
that he saw at, or thought capable. to
be the guardian Of his childreng Is
not The father the master in his own
houseg Has he not a God right to pro-
vide for the spiritual rs well as the
temporal welfare OF his childreng No
sane man will deny this. Such being
the case, what right has any one, even
Mr.. Pine, to interfereg IL the dying
wishes OF Judge Brady concerning his
children are not to be respected what
guarantee have We that the dying
wishes Of any one else shall be respect.
edS Are men Of common sense TO be
swayed by sympathyp This Is no place
for sympathy, but justice TO prevail
and let us have that though the heavens
fall. sympathy" says the Silver Blade
in It's last issue, rs with Mr.. Pine" Il
there no sympathy for the aged grand
father whose feelings. as well as those
Of his unfortunate son, were ruthlessly
trampled under foot by bIgOt like AIR
PineY
As 70 the validity OF Judge Brady'I
win, It will be time enough TO comment
upon Il later Let It snliice here to say
that lt Is very plain and simple in
strnment, and some queer stories vii
have to be ted to render IL null anC
void.
"Plne's mo tive IN taking the chIldreT
Is TO raise them among relatives. and