The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-07-23

OU AnJnOny, lud., July II, lJUj.
The greatest round up of horse thieves
ever made in the history of Fremont
county has recently been made by
of Philippine fame has been engaged as
special counsel for the prosecution by |
the Frem ont County Cattle and Horse
Growers Association, of which he is
secretary.
Several "old timers members of an
organized band Of horse thieves operat
ing in Fremont County IDAHO Montana
Jackson's Hole, Wyoming and Utah,
are now in Jail at st. Anthony under
heavy bonds for appearance at next
term of district court. Eleven head of
stolen horses have been recovered and
many more located. More arrests to
follow.
Men above suspicion heretofore said
to be implicated by assisting the thieves
with food, shelter, money and advice,
which, under Idaho Statutes, makes
| them liable as accessories, for trial as
principals. County Commissioners,
Richard Costley and Edwin S. Little are
assisting the Sheriff by advising liberal
funds to be devoted to the prosecution
of cases to a finish. Public opinion is
so thoroughly aroused that every effort
will be made to punish the guilty ones
| and strike terror to the hearts Of evil
doers.
Sheep and cattle men are acting in
unity to put a stop to the wholesale
business heretofore carried on by the
bunch of rustlers. The laws so long
out of working order, oiled up and set
at work for the poor as well as the
wealthy stockman, to give him prOtec-
ton by the Fremont County Cattle and
Horse Growers Association, Col. Hamer
going at the prosecution as he led the
37th U. S. Infantry, and the First Idaho
Infantry in the Philippines. Weak and
inefficient officers, displaced by men,
who mean business. and know how to
trail stock as we'll as the men who have
J sucked the political and public teat so
, long drawing salaries for doing little or
nothing. A short time since, there
were nine head of horses gathered on
the Wilford range near ST. Anthony,
and started by Samuel Ireland and
Samuel Collett for Canada where horses
are worth better prices near Alberta
than about here, and the cost of pursuit
and recovery largely presented the poor
man from recovering his stock.
Without monetary pull the pleas of
the prosecuting attorney have been that
the county could not afford the expenses.
Open charges of bribery by the thieves
made against the offices of sheriff and
prosecuting attorney in the past, nc
stock recovered to amount to anything
compared with the losses reported
Samuel Colett, formerly of Utah, q
resident of Fremont county, with one
Samuel Ireland, were overtaken IL
n Montana with nine head of his neighbors
horses by Sheriff Harrop Deputy Henry
|. Jenkins and returned to st, Anthony
A preliminary examination was held
before Probate Judge Donaldson, and
t the culprits held in $500 bond for the
District court on one charge, 5 more
n being held in obeisance.
Under the sweating process ad
ministered by Sheriff Harrop they have
revealed the secrets of their alleged
gang and the methods employed. This
= led TO the arrest of Emery Seymour
better known rs "Trapper' Seymour, t.
livestock men all over the western
l. country Trapper is the hero of man
close calls from stock men, and ha
since served time on the charge o
horse stealing and cattle rustling, an'
= the decision of the district court wa
= reversed by the supreme court and afte
a time he was released
Samuel Ireland has five year
suspended sentence hanging over hin
for burglary, given by Judge j.. NJ
Stevens, of Blackfoot, where lrelan
has heretofore lived AT Challi'
Custer county, now in Jail are tw
IT, brothers of his on charges of hors
: stealing The stray pound brand wa
- omitted and the horses stolen wei
branded with this circle brand an
sold to the unsophisticated tenderfoo
or ranchers too far away to have muo
chance to know the stock was crooked
Bills of sale We're given not worth Il
paper they were written on and
worded that they were valueless.
i The illiterate purchaser often thinkil
40 as long as he paid his good money +
ICE the stock he was innocent. Peep
is, making complaints We're treated tal
dose of stolen, or killed stock ON T
range and an apathy on the part OF t
on prosecuting attorney which was II
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