The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-08-19
Refuses to Submit to Arrest on Properly
Certified Warrant.
POLICE ARE LAUGHED TO SCORN
By the Thieves and Thugs at the Circle Bar Dance Hail.
The Night Force of Buecoats Powerless to Preserve
Ha Order or Make Arrests

At the time of the Ii <et alton of
the new regime in the m. i af-
fairs of the city, the citizens IS
pell generally were regaled with stor-
les of what would be done with the
different resorts on Second avenue,
and particularly the notorious Circle
Bar dance hall run by Josh Arlss.
With a blare of trumpets the new
mayor announced that the disgrace
full proceedings that had been carried
on in the place must come to stop
and that he would see to it that they
did. In his assertions to this effect
Mayor Logan was backed up by all
the law abiding element OF the city
who had long been nauseated by the
orgies carried on at the dance hall,
besmirching the fair name of the
city.
In order to make his statement
"good," as the saying is, it was conf
IDENTIFY expected that the mayor would
appoint men on the police force who
were not afraid to carry out his or
ders, even to the extent of bringing
their man before the bar of justice
dead or alive The night police force
especially, it was expected, would be
men who feared no one, and would
not take a bluff from any man they
had warrant for. At the time OF
the mayors appointment of the night
force. there was much surprise eX-
pressed at his selections, and it was
freely predicted that the lawless ele-
ment would soon size up the situa-
ton and by blufing the officers would
gain an ascendancy over them that
could not be overcome. That these
predictions have been fulfilled is
reckoned in the light of recent events.
1t has been common talk for some
time past that Kalispell had two may
ors, one for the decent, law abiding
citizens of the city, and one for the
1awless element of the west side. The
first is Mayor Logan and the second
is the infamous Josh Ariss who but
last week asserted his power and
proved that he was superior to the
officers sent to arrest him for bru
tally beating frankie Rice, who runs
a house of prostitution next door tc
his dance hall.
This last occurrence happened laS1
Tuesday night and was the most fla
grant defiance of the law that Ariss
has yet been guilty of, and he has
been guilty of enough crimes since
his residence in Kalispell to land hin
behind the bars for years to come
and at the same time it served tt
show what kind of a night police
force the city has, and proved wha
has often been rumored, that they arr
not men with the requisite nerve
for the positions they hold and shoulC
be engaged in far more peaceful pur
suits.
Some days ago, Ariss, the re
doubtable, the man who openly de
fies the laws of decency, became en-
gagged in an alteration with woman
who has been living with him an
proceeded to 'beat her up" as it i
termed in the language OF the row
After knocking her down he beat an
kicked her in most inhuman man
ner, and it is said that if it had no
been for the interruption of his fiend
ish attacks by some of the peopl
near by he would have killed tn
woman.
The affair happened on the side
walk in front of his dem and too
place in plain sight of passersby o
First and Third streets. Plying th
condition of the victim of Ariss' a
tacks, frankie Rice took her to he
home and cared for her until she wa
able to be about For doing this tn
Rice woman incurred the enmity {
Ariss, who took the first opportunit
to vent his spleen by an attack o
her. This was late Tuesday nigh
when she entered his place. Aris
struck and beat her and as soon q
she escaped she had a warrant swor
out for his arrest, and this led to tt
pitiable fiasco and display of VIII;
has Justly been termed cowardice c
the part of officers Shea and Matt
son who were given the warrant
serve.
It was between 2 and O'Clock
the morning when the officers entert