The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-07-11
VOL. 36.
THEY SETTLED.
Paid Fine Of $50, Costs Of Prosecution
and Gave Up Their Seines.

ing near the Shaffer bridge for little
over two weeks. They were equipped
with all the necessary devices for the
capture Of fish in every conceivable
manner. They were out for rest
and good time, and to all appear
ances they were having it until Friday
afternoon, when they were detected
in catching fish illegally. From the
first day of their arrival 1t is said they
were engaged in the unlawful prac-
tice, but no one had been able to
catch them in the act.
Friday afternoon Paul f. Writ and
G. w. Welliver drove out to the
Company dam. They arrived just
in time to see the campers make a
rich haul OF fish with a large seine.
Mr.. Writ admonished them, but they
odiously told him to 60 to that place
where Ice is an unknown quantity and
where the sizzle of the soda fountain is
never heard, and was otherwise reviled
1T was in the evening of this same
day that new organization, the
.Bloomsburg Fish and Game Protect
i've Association, was perfected. 1t is
needless to say that the bold defiance
to the fish laws Oh the part of the
campers inspired its formation, and it
was decided to begin at once to make
an example, and to correct, if posi-
Bile, the evil that has long existed.
A warrant was accordingly sworn
out and placed in the hands Of Con-
stable Miles Betz to serve. He, in
company with H. G.. Eshleman, VIM.
Deitterich, Arlington Shultz and Har-
vey Gigger, started for the camp.
They returned in the course of an
hour or two with five men. They
were arraigned before Squire Jacoby
and gave their names John Nevins,
James Toohlg, Daniel Frazier, VIM.
Mitchell and John Mahaffey. All
are from Danville, excepting the lat
ter, who gave Klondike as his place
Of residence.
Two witnesses appeared against
them-Paul E. Writ and Thomas B.
Moore. The latter had spent Thurs
day with some friends not far from
where the campers were located. In
the afternoon he observed them catch
ing fish in large quantities by means
of a seine. There were no less than
ten men engaged in handling the net.
They had not impressed his percept-
I've faculties to any great extent, and
he was able to recognize only two OF
them-Frazier and Nevins.
Fred T. Ikeler, Esq, appeared for
the prosecution. At the conclusion
of the evidence the defendants asked
tor a continuance of the case until
the next day. The Squire SAID 1t
would be granted, provided that they
furnish bail in the sum of $Ioo each.
c. Z. Welliver, of Danville, who hap
pened to be in the audience, became
surety, and the hearing was ad-
journed.
The case was recalled Saturday
morning at ten o'clock. In the interim
the fishermen had secured counsel in
the person of VIM. Kase West, Esq,
of Danville, and he appeared for
them. A second warrant had been
issued in the morning for the arrest
of some others of the campers. This
was done in order that only the guilty
ones be made to suffer. Defendants
counsel was desirous of settling the
case without any further proceedings,
and upon his promise to have either
the amount of money that the Asso-
citation had offered to settle for, or
the men before the Squire Monday
afternoon, the men and witnesses
were discharged until that time.
The case was again taken up Mon
day afternoon. Daniel Ryan plead
guilty on the second warrant, and he,
with Samnel Mitchell, who was found
guilty on the first warrant, were
each fined $a5.oo and the costs of
prosecution. The party was also
compelled to relinquish the nets in
their possession. Two were gwen
up, one estimated to be worth about
$40, and the other, $a5. The fine,
costs and selnes, will aggregate about
$Iso. This was quite an expensive
fish, and it is to be hoped that it will
have salutary effect on those who
have been violating the fish laws for
the mast several yeass.
The Bloomsbury Fish and Game
Protective Association will prosecute
to the fullest extent all disrespectors
of the statutes, and a strict watch
will be kept that none escape.
Rev ID. N. Kirkby will sail from