The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-16
Five Young Men and Two Boys Taken
Into Custody.
THE BOYS TURN STATES EVIDENCE
Preliminary Examination Before Justice Brennan
Hank Smith is up in the Court-0ther
Cases to Follow.

ss'sh q the alleged Gre bogs are
abaef arrest Al o'clock Monday
iAoFhlug Detective Mccormack. OF
The F1sksstoa sgvhey. made a raid
ST The suspects AID found thea ali
le led 81 their respective hotaes.
he arrested persons arc Bert Wssks.
osost hchnvidef. William Russell.
hsAl hmiih. Fred Horbes. Arthur
AGfes snd Carl hsaa. Their agas
raass 'sUtE &c 10 "a years. The
ds'sseil's sac assisted ID The raid b.
Asfshsl Crabdai, iAs,sOltnsH klAppeu
6sse shd CuHsgAtle NARROW. The
Fgsas iuf The czfGGre we're veil laid
Aba ffuts'd tnust successful Church
AID A~sh ere hefr b0yS aud the
ofi1osss took thea iuto custody sau.
asy nigh, Sbsa they usfe taken be
'uss City Attorney tANsipe aud q
sisaag'Af hst fru~ur,'i. ~ho look The
asFos3lioaas infiacaiiuE iboss tAkeu
ID - ths ofspvss early The beat
u0tuiHe
Tie csines to' ~Alch the gang IL
arrested ssfe sIsuue cut over tho
sfssoe q, yeaf AID sotne siitihuie
=rsssficna nfus &c tbera. az f,ast
q 'heFr. az isf tiack az the hufuing
. e ihs I'D r,usiefilos 81 tho corner ~
'ss.e1sss3 stsd Shefaaa strse,s uuftug
ies f,ass leaT The idAbo MsTcautiie
oaHfsuY srsHs 20 hare t~sn a special
aaask q The incesdiaFsss- II pAs on
qelss sapdSY stsulng 90 The ioih
q: MArcA. 1893. thai ihs large ware
suss~ q The Oompnby located along
sac sidlss - the NoStbsTp Pacific.
lass aasth q! the depot. tool Gre and
u&s oeaatls,sly destroyed. causing .
iass Il $1,000 on THURSDAY even
( 5bs. lansary ~. The his warehouse
4 tAs oonPaay located in The rear 81
F., tie ssass uss consumed and the fol
gosIne ssst on The uiRht Of the 9Th.
T Orc sss discovered 10 The KseseusysE
uaasshi sAich 10 Located IN a ruu q
,rAwss haildlngs Tits blaze YES 81
I ,jnsuisAs5 viii bot li,,ls damage
. On ,hs niss, 81 March ~. the third
ssfshouss q The Mercantile company
sect up In flames, All q ,bese fires
ssss considsr~d ipoobdlSry from The
Tact that 20 other reason could he
J.. assigned aHd circumstances confirmed
The belle.
Arss the second are = detective
uss employed and came here from the
Piuksgtos agency IN spokane After
pocafins ubAt information he could
quietly. 30 WeBt TO woTk on the case
srd aoou became satisfied that at least
some II ihorr nov ubdeT arrest knes
q great deal abou. The Gree. He
uufksd himself into their confidence
I 70 degree that enabled him 20 obtain
sops good Information and ono nigh,
uas surrrised 10 have the Night watch
man demand an inspection Of bic
bands lie bad been pooling ss q
miner, bat the eIamius,ion proved
that bic hands we're strangers o the
rick and shovel and the suspects i'm
msdisteiy became suspicious Of the
detective and he soon left the city.
After the two last Gree he returned
horp aud boeau an oren investigation
uhloh resulted In the arrests above
mentioned.
The prisoners we're srraianed he
fore Justice brennan Monday after.
noon and the preliminary hearing Get
for Thursday. They we're all taken
to Rathdrum Tuesday and lodged 10
Jail for safe keeping
[ Thursday morning the prisoners
usro returned from Raihdrum and
the examination began al o'clock.
The case against Henry Smith va'
called and James Roche, secretary
and treasurer Of the Idaho Mercantile
company. placed on the witness stand.
Mr. Roche stated that there was no
aove In the burned warehouse In the
,.ar If the store at the time Of the
Are aud that the building was not
Wired for electric lights, The attorn-
svs for defendant tried Go show by
crnss examination that there we're
horses tied In the shed adjoining the
uarehnuse at the time Of the Gre, but
tho witness could not testify TO this
from HE own knowledge.
The next witness placed on the
.,.na vas Carl Swan, a boy 10 years