The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-06-17
WANT $4,000 DAMAGES
CHARACTERS WERE RUINED
Wtittana Rass@il and Fred HarneF. Alteg~d
RtE~sags. sas PROMINENT People hoh
sasFaFtaaa IL TasiE AstsFasy-kspt In
Jail ana Deprived % FsFntnE LlsinK.
The ssrvIne Of summonses on A. V.

The serving Of summonses on A. v. 4
hambsFiin, Y. ". Sander. @. }. 1
shosmAkaF. d, X. Lewis, William
Dollar. james Roche and +, NJ.
Crandhli, Tuesday, In which William
J. Russell aud Fred HornoT, IN two
separate cases, ask damages Ia tho
sum "a $40. 600 from ths defendants,
for delamatioB o. character and false
tmpEis0nmsnt, IL the begluaiue Of
another chapter 10 the arson cases
whieh have houn ia the district court
Tor tho past few months. The damage
czses came - something Of q surprise
10 defendants and are brought by
II. +. Mcfarland Ra attorney for the
plaintiffs. Tho circumstances lead
Ing up 20 thesa damage sutts are
familiar 10 the public
Thr uas~a are brought AZ a result
% che arrest % Russell aud nornoE
on tbs charge Of bsing implicated Ia
sitting firu % ono of the warehouses
ot the Idaho Mercantile company on
tho nlsht Of January IL, 1904. The
complaint sets forth ths arrest Of tho
plaintiffs on April II. 1904. on th"
charge % arson. BY E. a.. CrandAii,
on = uuFrAnt saufu COT before Justice
Bfsnnan. that the defendants
tnalioiuusly and without just CAUSE,
conarirud aud agreed 10 prosecute
tho plaintiffs upon thS charge Of
harnius the warehouse. aud that they
we're bound over 90 tho district court
and lmpriHouod In tbs county jail,
baIl being fixed at 5000. which
they were unable TO provide and In
default thereof wcTs imprisoned until
June. whOu they were released under
a reduced bond: that after the trial
In tho district court, where ala the
evidence vas produced. the plaintiffs
were discharged and by the court
fully acquitted and SHoneratsd. that
ell che acts OF the defendants In the
damage case worc In fuFthsrauec of
the conspiracy TO ininrc the good
nasnca Of Russell and Horner and
done without any reasonable Gauss
therefor. II is further alleged that
the plaintiffs we're detained In jail
Il daya aud that their prosecution
and imprisonment we're extensively
published In tho Occur d'Alsne ProsI
and Spokesman Review; that th'
plaintiffs, vhp we're strong aud able
bodied men and were earning e.
DAY working In the sawmilis, an'
- ~. a.-s awl tr,wvtHun man
deprived them ~ the right to honest
~ earn living. causing a lose II
wages. aud that It cost them seyera
hundred dollars in attorneys fees 70
lawyers TO defend them against tn
charge % arson. The kernel 10 tb
nut is found In tho following para
graph In the complaint which ask
for damages In the cum Of s20s COO (;
That ny reason Of the acts Of tn
defendants In causing plaintiff Go b
prosecuted aud imurisoned, he hs
been greatly injured in his credit
good name and reputation, hrough
into public scandal, infamy and dis
grace. aud suffered great shame
humiliation, anxiety and pain {
mind and body, and was lowered an
beiittled In the estimation an
opinion Of HE friends and acquain'
anoes, and that by reason of the pai
acts Of the defendants complained {
and tho premises aforesaid, the plair
till was aud IL damaged In the suI
of twenty Thousand dollars $40. o0C
damages. This action IL brought
recover said sum-"
Asked what action they woul
tsAxe some of the defendants did n,
think the matter very serious viii
others were of the opinion that q
case would be fought 70 the bitt
end.