The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-08-19

to use the force given them by their
office in upholding the dignity of the
law, which Ariss was SO openly show
ing his defiance of. Evidently fear
ing the result of an attempt to arrest
the criminal by force Officer Shea
weakly offered to make a compro-
mise by Ariss giving a cash bond OF
$25 for his appearance in the police
court next day To this Ariss at first
refused to consent, but afterward
agreed to do so, first telling Shea to
write out receipt for the money and
give it to him. Being. either badly rat
tied or scared, and from his actions
the latter seems most reasonable, the
officer handed Ariss the receipt with
out first securing the cash bond. TAX
ing the receipt, Ariss coolly placed it
in the cash register and said, in eff
feet, that he had the receipt and the
otncers could go to - for the
money and again began cursing the
officers, winding up by telling them
to leave the place and get out of
there, and refused point blank to
either return the receipt or give him
the money, and above all he swore
that he would not submit to arrest.
To settle the question some of Ariss'
| friends who were present raised the
necessary amount and gave it to
Shea as security for Ariss' appear
ance the next day. The officers then
beat an ignominious retreat and left
the drunken buffer the master of the
| field
Ariss' place since it was first
opened up in Kalispell has been a
stencil in the nostrils of the law
abiding citizens of the city, and that
his license has not been revoked long
ago is a mystery that can only be
solved by the powers that be. Every
kind of meaness and crime has been
committed there, and the list runs
from brutally beating poor, help
less drunk that had spent his last
cent in purchasing the vile decoc-
lions sold over the bar, up to murder.
Time after time some poor, battered
wreck has appeared before the police
with story of how he had visited
his den and for some trivial cause
had been attacked and abused. The
police records will show that there
| has been more crimes committed at
the Circle Bar dance hall than in any
other place of the kind in the city.
When arrested Ariss' witnesses
are always culled from among the in
mates of the place, who, from sell
interest testify in his favor and he
has seldom been punished more Sc
verely than having a fine imposed
upon him. The actions and stories
of the witnesses in the Hawkes. muir
der case prove this. By his proficien
cy in disabling helpless DRINKS il
the many fights that he has had il
his place, Ariss has secured the title
, OF being a bad man, and in his en-
deavors to live up to the name HI
: does not hesitate to openly defy thu
law, as it adds to his reputation tt
bluff the officers as he did last Tues
day night. 1t is doubtful if in an,
other city in the state there is
place that equals in all kinds of vile
ness the infamous Circle Bar dane
hall, or for rank brutality its pre-
I prietor. The officials of the cit
$ have been much too lenient, and
: is high time that mere political o
Y mercenary motives were cast asid
+ and the place and proprietor be deal
+ with according it's deserts
: What led Ariss to so brutally a
tack the woman who has been Twin
with him for the past year is nc
|. known, but it is said to have resulte
J, from his attentions to heretofor
y respectable woman who has so ia
forgot all decenlcy as to quit HON