Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-06
CONFESSIONS
IN OPEN court
KENT AND BAUER, AT pRELIMI.
NARY, TELL OF HORSE STEAL.
ING BY THEM AT INSTANCE
OF HILL AND FORSMAN

The story of the horse stealing op-
erations of Edgar Kent and Henry
Bauer, by which it is hoped to con-
meet Cirnebar Hill snd George Fors-
maa wit, the crimes, was told to-
day in Justice OF the Peace Erb's
court, at which time the defendants
were given preliminary examina-
tions.
The fist story of the depreda-
tions of Kent and Bauer to which
they have made foil confessions to
the officers of Latah county, was re-
lated bv Kent, youth of IS years,
who with downeast eyes told how he
and Bauer had been approached by
Frank White and George Fersman
and toiL where they could secure
some horses with little trouble and
realize ecme easy money.
Kent said his father was dead,
but he has resided with his mother
and sterfather on American ridge
for the rast nine years. He said on
the night of September a Of this
year he took a horse from the pas
ture of Lorraine Schufer, near Julia
eta, and that previous to this he
and Kent had taken a horse belong
ing to Johnson and one belonging to
Groves in the Juliaetta section. They
secured the Schuf2r horse about 9
O'clock in the evering and went tC
Hu5bard's gulch with all of the
horses, where they stayed aboui
three no lrs. The purpose of the
testimony of Kent at this TING was
to connect Cinnebar Hill with the
larceny of the Sohufer horse, for
which crime Hill was arrested and
was before the court for preliminary
exapiinalieh ~N '-@n ..s@ ''" ~~
Kent said that he and Bauer ther
crossed the Clearwater river at Peel
and went to Russell, where Baue
sold the horse taken from Johnson
They then went to Nezperce
where they sold the Groves horse t.
Miller Bros, and after visiting Fer
dinqnd, Cottonwood and Vollme
we1t into the reserve near the hea
of Big canyon, wnere they stol
three more horses and then starte
for their homes at Juliaetta.
It was while en- route to Juliaett
from Big canyon that Hill is allege
TO have entered into the deal by az
cep-ing the schufer horse froi
Kent, which the witness stated HI
knew was stolen. as he had told hi
the horse was taken from Schuft
and that he did not want to take
back to Juliaetta with him. KeI
stated they met Hill in the roe
about II or IL o'clock in the ntgl
and recognized Hill by his vol"
He saiA thev had travelled on Il
road fo1 several miles and stepp'
at a stack near Lockout. where thu
spent several hours to let the horS
feed from the stack When tn
were "tadv to leave the stack
took his saddle from the Srhnf
horse and turned the animal ov
10 Hill who led It awav with {
understanding THAI he would Ike
It for Kent.
Kent stated that Hill told n
that hn was on the road that mig
70 give or receive signals, witne
was not sure which. and that pa
tv was supposed II have gone hur
ing, but in fact was driving ba
Of horse, out of the country tn
night for the Salmon river COUNT
Witness said that upon two oc'
sions while they were on the ro
that Hill went to gate post and
telephone pole, where he SAID
received signal that all was Gle
and the boys had passed.
He saia he had first met Hill II
threshing crew a year ago last
and they had worked together
two weeks. That during that u
Hill proposed to him to go TO
Deer creek country and get SO
horses. He also stated that dur
conversations with Hill the defe
ant hal told him Of stealing no
from Dick Ball which he dispo
Of in the Salmon river country
also Of taking a horse from the
mon river country which he took
the LAttle Bear ridge, where ne