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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-08
Custer County.

Custer Idaho, offers
capitalists It's beautiful its enteprsing people,
led and its brilliant napy
the of General Custer whose dasng
tive career has become of national history Thryve
when placer prime quartz mining
in its infancy the territory embraced in its
known only to Indians and occasional party
travelling from Montana To wilderness the max
of it unexplored" pacers actively
worked in Stanley Basin what
1869 few ground
In 1870 other discovered yielded handsomely
until claimed attention. five years later region
forming Custer county practically to
1879 the fame of its rich spread capital
lists and increasing its popatonun the following year. by
legislative enactment Cuer county
since that time until today it has population 5000 people,
and has the following towns
ChalliS-County mining
Mackay-Mning and farming.
Honston--Farming and stock raising
MISUNDERSTANDING
Cayton-Mning farming and stock raising.
Bonanza-Minng
| Custer-Mining.
Stanley-Placer and quartz mining and grazing land.
Custer county also has valleys where
and stock raising pursued great Big
valley Thousand SPRING. Round Pahsamaroi Fork;
telope and Stanley.
Custer embraces irregular outline
miles ard it large the State of Connecticut larger
than Delaware and Rhode Island ogeher
no. it reached by the Oregon Short Line railroad
aud this road will probably be extended Cha The
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company have line Black
foot TO Chas The of Custer
mines and its agricultural grazing lands.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-11-08
ERMS OLE COURT.

FERNS OF COURT.
#ing is the terms of Court of
dicial District for the year
Custer County.
IL. .................... Sept. 18th
Lemhi County.
,th. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Goth
Bingham County.
October 18th
Fremont County.
srd.......June 1st........ Nov. 10th
EMES NJ. STEVENS, Judge.
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DISCHARGED POLICE ROB US.
TN THIS YEAR ALONE THE TAXPAYERS LOSS WILL
EXCEED 100000:
Remedies Suggested Whereby Dishonest Members of the Force Mag
Re Pit ont Qnd-Uhat Seems More Difcult-Kept Out.

hasIos by police
before hayets multed this extent
"purrng of Department has sc farce
Police
ton.s bcnpu backon by the
breaks recordsin history of the city
Their $626 $S6 incidental costs to
eofsa estimated
to havecos
ptromen guard the streets
Of the .Hy aginsci
that the fault lies with
of oicetr
the methods
be instead special tribunal should be established
only the police but also of the Fire and the Street
the head
him should another
court
Frank Moss Ab Elus who has defended
and their similar
the
oon consider McAdoo renstaenens
seriously denoralzed The that the problem vital
drecevct tn mosse
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OF dismissed policemen. to the great cost OF the
city. until the present system is abolished and
the trials conducted by a special tribunal
fashioned after the Court of Special Sessions.
When the long list of names of men who have
been put back the force this year was shown
to him, Mr.. Jerome said he did not want TO dis
the why and wherefore Of their reinstate-
ments.
81 don't want to criticise Individuals" he con-
tinued but the system When nineteen men
out OF the thirty-ive that appeal from the de-
cision of the Police Commissioner are put back
in the department, as has been the this
year, there is something vitality wrong. These
reinstatements not only prove heavy cost to
the city, but they work positive injury to the
discipline of the Police Department. When the
decisions Of the Commissioner are upset in such
fashion the rank and file of the department are
bound to regard his office with less and less re-
spect.
1T is my opinion that the only remedy for
such conditions is a special court OF four judges
of whom three shall sit at time. They should
hold their sessions in the different boroughs.
The tribunal might be modelled that of the
Court of Special Sessions which has now been
in existence for nine years. and which has
proved to be highly efficient. Few decisions of
that court are appealed, and still fewer of the
cases appealed are reversed.
The four judges OF this special court should
hold office for ten years. and each draw a salary
Of 50 900 a year. This would secure men of
sufficient legal ability. They should be appoint
ed by the Mayor and in the beginning one
might be appointed for two another for four
another for six and the fourth for eight years.
AS soon as the term of the two year man ex-
pred his successor should be chosen for ten
years, and after that ten years would be the
term of service.
TO this court all complaints received by the
Commissioner concerning his men should be re-
ferred. that they may be adjudged right or
wrong, and the accused officers found guilty or
not guilty. The findings Of this court viii then
be filed with the Commissioner. and If a man
be found guilty he will then punish him as he
believes the case demands. II the man is found
innocent why that, of course. ends the matter
There should be no appeal and no review
Il think that this court should also pass upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
COMMISSIONERS VIEWS.
Dir. McAdo0 Sorely Troubled By
ReinStdtements.

No has been more disturbed by the re-
instatements of dismissed police officials than
William McAdoo the present Police Commits
sioner. He has declared that under the exist
ing system of trying members of the police
force it is next to impossible to keep a con-
victed captain inspector out of the depart
ment. The effect of the reinstatement of a dts
missed man, he said. especially demoralized and
Iessened the discipline of the department.
The Commissioner said that he studying
the subject as thoroughly as it was possible.
but he had not yet arrived at plan OF
remedy which he wanted TO make public He
had considered the Introduction of system of
court martial into the department, by which
men might be tried as they are in the army or
navy and from the decisions of which there
should not be any appeal except in questions of
law In questions Of fact the decision Of the
court martial was final. That he was in favor
of such a plan. however, the Commissioner
would not say. He realized that 1t might fill the
minds Of some Of the force with fears of high
handed justice and a cuTtailment or their rlshts.
even though even handed justice was meted
out.
"An of us want justice" said the Commits
sioner, and all want 1t administered at the
original inquiry. The trial of an officer should
be fair and square and searching and COM
plete that there would be no need or appeal
The reinstatements of men. even when man
is innocent, is nevertheless loss 10 the depart
ment and TO the city 1t not only uses up the
peoples money, but it is a moral loss as we'll.
The policeman who comes back TO the depart
ment after a period of absence is not as good a
policeman as he was before. He has lost ms
grip on things. The work of the department Is
changing all the time, its methods are chdhg
ing and a policeman must keep right IN touch
with it to keep abreast of the times
THE reinstatement OF inspectors cross ahu
Grant Is another Illustration Of the fallacy OF
the present system Only fifteen inspectors were
allowed by law. but with tho reinstatement OK
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THE Graphic

trials should be reviewed by power which IS
outside of the department. The decisions should
have no effect until this review is made. This will
protect the honest policeman, and in way hinder
the execution of justice toward the guilty. This
power might be branch of the Corporation Coun-
sells office a special judge judges elected
by the people the same as are the justices OF the
Supreme Court
The review of police dismssals by the Appellate
Division of the Supreme Court. according to the
method is not practicable for judges neces
sarily apply only legal principles to procedure
which IS chiefly disciplinary. The present process
of appeal is also too long and far too expensive.
Few citizens realize what drain the city treas
ury results from the cases that are adjudged
against the city in single year l have no doubt
the expended would pay the salaries of fifty
more patromen and would thus serve 70 lessen
the prevaency Of vice by that much. because of
stronger Police Department.
Il might give after of The courts revers-
ing the decision of a Commissioner because they did
not the disciplinary side. For instance, tried
a man ana dismissed him for abusing a citizen. \
redler made the complaint 1t u winter
morning. and according his story he and his
partner had gone TO get their pushcart in vacant
lot when they were nabbed by officer. who
marched them down 10 the East River and ordered
them to jump In. There was some snow the coal
barge moored alongside, and the peders heSitated
Jump or III shoot said the policeman. and with
this threat the officer fred at the mems feet. One
Of the pushcart jumped into the icy water.
The other somehow made his escape. After swim
ming away the pedler struck the shore. and climb
ing out. he said he made his way TO the station
house. where he dried himself.
None Of the police OF that precinct would admit
that he had the pedIer inside the station
house. with the exception OF the doorkeeper who
testified that the fellow had come In dripping and
stood by the stove. Evidence was also given that
there had been many hurglaries in the precinct
and that the policeman accused by the pedler had
mistaken the pushcart man for one had followed
him far from the beat. and then in his chagrin at
finding the a mere huckster had let his feel
ngs loose him Such act was not in the
least at variance with the reputation OF that pre-
cinct Many members of the force there had be.
come notorious for their cruelty and the sta
ton had come 10 be called the slaughter
house Yet the courts reinstated the man and
the decision said that the evidence against the man
was unbelievable
IL Is wholly possible. think" said Mr. Moss
70 constitute tribunal of review which viii
ContInued third pax>
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COST OF RELNSTATEME\TS
Almost impossible to Keep D's-
CHARGED Officers off the Force,

- .,,a On the history of the city has the
reinstatement Of police officers VINO nave nee-
-o,,nd guilty and dismissed from the loi0e
5rained the pockets Of NeW-HorA IaAP0S0A.
more heavily than this year. since January
~t,e,aan men have been put back on the force
whose back salaries and the coss u
trials will take more than 100000 from the city
,rsasurv They include two inspectors. three
contains three sergeants and eleven patrolmen
MOST If them were dismissed under Commits
gtoner Greene. as the results Of his efforts TO
1UAed out the crooks in the department" as he
EXPRESSED it. Others. however. were tried ana
found guilty by Commissioners Partridge ana
gfurnbv. Two formerly belonged TO the Police
repertment Of Long Island City before the con-
ssl!dation Of greater New-York
one Of the police officers who now gets BACK
- the force will cost the city as much as s1@'-
IA IN the case Of Inspector Cross, who was
dismissed on May 6, 1903. and reinstated on
November II. his back pay will amount to
$1,000 and the expenses of his trial to $1,000.
I This. of course. does not include the salary Of
regular city officials who have given up weeks
and months in preparing. prosecuting and re-
cording the case.
A comparison OF the long list OF reinstate-
rnents this year with those Of former years
enables one TO see the force Of Police Commits
sioner McAdoo's recent statement. Mr.. McAdoo
said: Under the present system Of police trials.
It is next to impossible to keep a convicted cap
tain or inspector off the force" In the year
1893 only ten officers reinstated. Of whom
one was a captain and nine were patrolmen. and
al a cost Of $4,000. In 1902 only two were put
OF the force costing $4,000: in 1901. seven.
$4,000. and in 1900 two $4,000 All those
vsinstated in these last three years were patrol
men.
Nor is the list Of 1904 believed to be COM
plete. To the nineteen names upon 1t, IT
is believed that more will be added. Captain
Diamond and Acting Captain Churchill are
lighting for reinstatement. and their counsel as
sert that they VIII be put back. Az this list
now stands, however showing the amount of
back pay and the contingent expenses Of trying
their cases. the bill to the city is as follows:
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All accusations made against members of the
Fire and Street Cleaning departments which are
similar IN their systems of trial and punish
nents. This would take away a certain amount
OF work from the heads of these departments
which now overburdens them, and thus leave
then Tree for the better administration of their
olnces- 1t would assure to the men accused
1alr and impartial trials for the members of this
court being removed from any influence of bias
or prejudice would pass on each case according
10 Its actual merits. Nor would this plan lessen
the discipline of any Of these departments
For the reason that the Commissioner in each
case would have the power of exaCting punish
ment, he would therefore compel obedience and
respect.
AT the present time cases are often tried be-
fore commissioner of the Police Department
without any real prosecuting officer. A rounds
man makes a charge against patroman. He
appears without counsel unless the Commits
pOration CounseIs office. In most cases he does
not The accused man. however. is generally
represented by an attorney one easily
see, therefore, how such trials differ from those
of a regular court.
Now, with the establishment of a special trial
court the Police Department would have
regular assistant assigned permanently from
the Office of the Corporation Counsel. When
ever complaint came in he would draw up
the proper specifications and submit them to the
Commissioner In some cases the Commits
siOner might dismiss the case then and there,
but if he thought the charges serious enough
ht would file them with the special court. and
there the Assistant Corporation Counsel would
appear the prosecutor In this way the
proper evidence would be brought forward and
the trial conducted according to strictly legal
principles.
Such a system would be far cheaper to the
city. The court would not cost more than $50
half what the reinstatements Of police made
so far this year has cost in the way Of back
pay and fees and other costs. And, as II would
try all the cases of the Fire and Street Clean
city all the expense Of these trials especially
those of the Fire Department, and. for ex-
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Half Our Own Regular Prices

which are always "a Less than Elsewhere"
For the coming Holiday season nothing
could be more opportune or fortunate. Every
article in the sale appropriate for Gift We
list few examples
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Not yet taxed
Ihese expenditures. with the salaries Of city
757. P-'''
As soon as a man is discharged from the police
- io"duays ne appeals TO the Appellate
-i'-7-oL' u ths supreme Court. He usually en-
Plo!s TIE ablest counsel he can Obtain on a rom
ungent basis In case be WING bic 80 ,,a+s
-l0-H one 10 Two thirds Of his back nav. The
CITY advances this back pay as soon as tho man
comes back although il has been v,itbou+ bie
services and has been compelled TO en.plox, me-,
"a Nae mean time 70 do his work This r,o,,a,
e,e4oie' Is a dead loss TO the city In aadftio,
u the Oaek pay the city must expepd much -.
ti-oiIes II preparing. prosecuting and IN a.,
'iis 0he case on appeal In the Cross co. -
are more iaan three thousand pages ~ e,.,aa.
WING" H@o 10 be printed for the AppelIa,a Go.
M, q - d page, cost over $1,000 Tho
'Heie ar 'le additional expenses for tvuev,rti,,c
the eVlcence, expenses for witnessed 80 -1'-'s
s o-s---S ga i'si'-S' winch IN the Cross case
amount to about 5000 Besides AL TIT -
are the salaries Of assistants in the corr,oot|
Co1nseTs and the District Attorneys CO...
In the Police Department. for each cssa "--a
can hardly be computed but which for
teen cases may be estimated AZ S15oon
raising tn total 10 100000 mus
mas mas been estimated that the aroo,,-4 ,
noi;S .gst 10 the city in the reinstate,nrt 81
So,,oe onlcizls would employ one bnnGa1 OF
RE tatsi 10 guard the streets against crjr-oa
Is 5000 IN uaI cost Of the Police Deparfna
raiyst. ~ me worst features Of such vbolso,
,ndgeS Of men whom their superiors Lte
cereors II.t 70 guard the city's interests x 81,
itsejf - non caused 10 the Police Dera eiie
spect OF the rank and file are jnsj u,i,it
punisbet b ehief when OUT of three me- re-
year car Walk GS ms, as is the average this
nSao OF Its commanding Officer ,'' ''iieh' over
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(which shows how evidence which might convince
the lay mind of the guilt of the prisoner was ad-
r1itted but which had no legal status. captain
was being tried for having violated command OF
the Commissioner in detailing men to certain parts
OF his district and for other nfractions Of the po
lice rules In the trial evidence was admitted show
ing that the captain was the owner of great blocks
of real estate and that his salary for the time he
had been I'm the department would hardly amount
to the cost of a small slice OF this property. AL
though such evidence might suggest certain
thoughts to the ordinary thinking man. yet ii had
no legal bearing the captains insubordination
and accordingly the courts reversed the decision or
the Commissioner
81 have often appeared as counsel before certain
trial commissioners who would asl, advice from
the prosecuting attorney Al other times they
would openly admit that they did not know the law
on the case. l think. therefore. thar these cases
should be tried by special tribunal which might
well be called the Disciplinary Court. Here cases
should be brought from all the big departments
of the city, such as the Police. the Fire and the
Street Cleaning departments The court had best
consist of a single Judge OF the S me rank as the
s1n~en,e Cont iusfices and accordlncIy elected
along with them At a regular election by the
people In this way policeman a fireman or a
Street sweeper would have a fa.r and Impartial
hearing and not incur the danger of becoming
victim to personal bias and spite The trial. too.
would be conducted strictly according 10 law. and
its decisions would thus be far more likely of being
sustained by the higher courts.
The expense Of these cases to the city is far
expense of printing the evidence n the Cross case
alone will amount about 5000. 1t comprises
nncessar~ and might he cut down 10 great ex-
tent even without any change in the present sys-.
tenn. The evidence brought out m the hrst tIial
word for the Appellate Division. but instead might
be summarized In about one fourth to one-tenth
the space. Such a method OF sJmmarizaton IS
practised in appealed from an ordinary court
OF record and with great saving Of expense, Inc Inc
cost OF legal printing Is about 81 page. SO one
EXPENSE would
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Disciplinary COURT.
Its Formation Suggested by La7cyer
Experienced an Police Cases.

Abram I. E!kus. who has won most of the big
police reinstatement cases of recent years. who
was the counsel for Devery in 1893. when indicted
for protecting vice, for Inspector Mclaughlin Cap
tain Flood Captain Heriihy and Inspector Gross.
and who obtained the reinstatement OF all OF them
said that fewer policemen would get back on the
force after being dismissed II the trial commits
siorer were a lawyer. He said that under certain
Administered lions the deputy commissioner knew
little about the police and still less about the law
Consequently he allowed a lot Of evidence to GO
In which was irrelevant, and which lost the case
as It reached the Appellate Division.
st recall one case in particular" said Mr.. Elkus
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
POWER TO REVIEW CASES
What EE-C commissioner Frank MOSs
Urges.
Urges.

The use of the Police Department for political
purposes is the chief evil resulting from the present
system of dismissing and reInstating officers.
cording to Frank Moss. AS president of the Police
Commission in the last year of the administration
of Mayor Strong. as prosecutor of hundreds OF
counsel for the LeXow and Mazet committees. Mr.
Moss has know the workings of the Police
Department with especially keen insight. He
said that police trials under a corrupt admnistra
ton might be conducted as to make utter slaves
OF the men, so as to build up within the depart
ruent powerful cIiques which might operate vast
schemes of graft without fear of interruption, and
in which favoritism and spite would influence de-
cisions more strongly than the spirit of justice.
''I have not studied any plan to its precise
Ietais which will solve the problem" said Mr..
Moss but am certain that the decisions at police
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
MAYOR MCCLELLAN NoN.CoMMITTAL.

Mayor Mcclellan declined 10 advance any opinion
in regard the present system of trying pOceT
or as 10 their reinstatement by the He said
however that he intended to talk the subject over
in detail with Police Commissioner McAdoo but
even after doing that he would not be ready TO
make any public statement He said ii incum-
bent upon him TO keep silent for the reason that
there might be Hesitation passed at Albany next
year which would provide change in the present
system, and which would come 10 him for his APP
prevail or veto. The question 10 a most vital one,
added the Mayor. with much ernphasis 'and should
receive the most careful thought"
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Continued on third pas>
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Grant a special ordinance had 20 be passed in
creasing the number to sixteen. Similar action
will have to be taken to make place for
Cross"
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ample, such trial that of Croker which was
especially expensive to the city.
THE legislature could establish this sort OF
court, and l would like 20 see a bin providing
for it introduced at the next session"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
A REFORM PLANNED.
Mr. Jerome Would Haze Special
Court for City Employees.

According to William T. Jerome. District At
torney. there will continue TO be reinstatements
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-09-02

mining company property on the upper
Snake river. Mr.. Crow reports> the
property to be showing up in excellent
shape. A force OF men are at work
on the development of the property.
P. Thompson Of the Potlatch arrived
in town today.
r. D. Barton and family arrived in
the city this Afternoon from Lapwai.
Judge f. c. Steel arrived in the city
this evening from Moscow. He will
go to Idaho county tomorrow to hold
court.
Mr.. Simpson and family arrive in the
city this evning from st. Paul. Mr..
Simpson is one Of the collectors on the
Northern Pacific trains and made the
trip here today for the purpose Of see
ing the city.
Professor Earl s. Wooster OF Choir
lss n. Y, accompanied by his wife
arrived in the city today after spend
ing a few days at the worlds fair
while enroute. Prof. Wooster will oc-
cupy the chair Of science in the Lew
i ston state normal.