Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-03-14

high collar friends to keep the af-
fair out of the papers. The first
case tried by this Kangaroo court
this past week was jeff Whitsop.
He rode his wheel on the side walk
in front of the ''court ROOM (iail), /
entered the De Fountain office with
grin on his face as it he owned
the whole city, such conduct being
strictly against the peace and dig
nifty of this court, Mr.. Whitson was
coaxed by force to enter the court
room, was tried and found guilty
and fined fifty (5o) cents. Mr..
Whitson, requesting that he be per-
rnitted to pay his fine on the in
stallment plan on account OF hard
times, no coal, small profits, too
many black diamond agents, MIR
Howeth went on a cash bond for
him for IS cents, so MIR. Whitson
went on his way rejoicing.
Victim No. 2-Cat Creek Bob,
charged with pai taking too freely
of Mountain Home bug juice, and
further charged with blowing up
the streets OF Mountain Home with
his heels, and tearing holes in the
atmosphere with heart-rending
yells. Bob paid his fine of $1.00.
Bob objected to paying the fine but
his objection was overruled by a
club about three feet long SO he
paid If the Justice court will turn
it's business over to this Kangaroo
court the county will be $40. 90 to
the good. Some screw loose some
place.
Victim NO 3.-Tim Murphy,
charged with willfully and mali
ciously breaking into the presence
of this court, was tried and found
guilty and fined so cents. Mr..
Murphy could only dig up As cents,
but Sheriff Fountain loaned Murphy
5 cents so he was liberated.
Levi Mellon was also brought up
for trial charged with chasing Tim
Murphy to the sheriff's office with
a bottle of Ben Ross cramp cure !;
for such conduct Mr.. Mellon was
fined IS cents, paid his fine and
then laughed at the judge for being
so lenient. Come again Mr.. Mellon,
and we will hand you bunch.
Now Mr.. Editor herein enclose
letter of coincidence sent to me for
Mr.. McNeely. 1t shows how liber-
al the saloon keepers of Mountain
Home can be but this court is will
ing to bet that the school children
. donated the whole thing.
Signed, Judge of the Kangaroo
Court, Mountain Home, Idaho.
Mr.. R. c. McNeely, Elmore
County Jail.
: Dear Sir and Most Esteemed
, Friend: We the undersigned citi-
zens of Mountain Home send SYM
: pathy and coincidence to you, in
your late trouble, and think the
4 punishment placed on you is an inn
! position, which is too much for
: your august and esteemed person
= age to Withstand. AS you have
: been one of our most honored and
: influential citizens for the past
decade, we deplore the acts of our
: esteemed officials in placing you
: in confinement and beg further
: to say that we are taking up a SUBJ
S scription for your liberation, and il
: you be patient for a month or sc
t and endure your solitude, we are
Y certain we will have enough in the
4 treasury to pay your fine. We al.
4 ready have % cents which has beer
t subscribed by the citizens ano
children of this village, which 1:
r doing we'll for So short time, anc
t which makes us positive we will
: have enough subscribed by the enc
a of the month.
: You can see for yourself the es
d TEEN you are held in when ever
e the school children send their pen
MES to the fund to get you out
: Hoping you will be patient anC
: bear with your punishment for ;
a short month, we will close will
e our sympathy.
d Attest, Yours truly,
: Billy Daily, John Burke, e.
n Meyer, Joe Busch, ]. X. Ben
n nett, Andy Burrell, Sand
e Cotton, Tim Murphy, VIM
d Lasham, c. M. Nicholson, w
e K. Wilson, Elmer Wheeler
:, Frank Goddard, Ray Nielsen,
e r. Jreome, L. Herr, Louis He
d bert, w. II. Manion, F. w
It Boyd.
n P. S. On account of the defec
d tivcness of your eyes, we address
y this to Judge Thomas, Judge of tn
: Kangaroo Court of Elmore Count
Jail, to read to you, SO that yo
l. ~o,, Hottor 0,,r faof,-ne