Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-11-14
Rathdrum, Ida, Nov. Q.

Rathdrum, Ida, Nov. Q.
On Thursday the prosecution under
took to introduce the testimony Of her
and Mrs. Archie Phillips that was
given at the Wallace trial.
The Phillips people were jumpers
from the Marble Creek district who
gave the most emphatic evidence
against Adams at the previous trial.
They belonged to the crowd Of claim
jumpers who were banded together to
deprive the lawful settlers of their
rights. Prosecuting Attorney Knight
made affidavit that the state had tried
in every possible way to get these
valuable witnesses TO be present But
they had left the jurisdiction Of the
state and gone out of the country en-
tirely and could not be found Mr..
Knight further affirmed that the Phil
lips people had stated that they had
been so terrified by threats Of violence,
the attempted dynamiting of their
home and other outrages that they
feared to give any more testimony
against the Federation members. Mrs.
Phillips health was in state Of ner-
vous collapse and Phillips had lost his
job and could not get work, and since
the blowing up of Sheriff Brown, he
thought the best thing he could do
for himself was to get out Of the coun-
try.
Hepburn, the Demagogue.
A sensation which was yeritable
explosion of. political bomb in the
idaho situation, was caused by
knight reading a letter from Senator
Hepburn relative to Phillips appoint
ment to a government job because Of
the service he had rendered the state
by his testimony in the Adams case.
1t seems that the understanding was
that Phillips was to be rewarded for
his zeal in behalf of the state in these
cases by an appointment to a govern
ment position as timber cruiser upon
the ,Coer d'Alends Indian reserva.
tion. c. j. Shoemaker, treasurer Of
kootenai county, a political go-be-
weer made application for Phillips
to Senator Hepburn. But Hepburn had
got wise His party is after the scalps
of the officials of the Federation, but
he can't get along without their votes.
He knows the voting strength Of the
Federation in Idaho. Hence in spite
of the service that claim jumper Phil.
lipps has rendered the state author.
titles in trying to bring about tine con-
vietion Of Adams, Hepburn is sudden
ly struck by gripping pains in his
hitherto elastic conscience and writes
TO Shoemaker that he has discovered
thar Phillips was a jumper, and
; Judgment was in court against him on
that charge, and his appointment WIS
cut of the question.
1t leaked out that Shoemaker him
self was the man that wrote to the lanI
office about Phillips, and thence in.
> formed Hepburn, of the facts in the
ease. However, Heyburn throws Phil
lips overheard rather than go before
the Federation voters with him as an
incubus. According TO the letter
presented by Knight, Phillips gets it
back by cutting his job as informer,
, and the Adams prosecution is left
, dangling in the air metaphorieally
where it is their dear desire TO have
Adams dangling physically.
Pinkertonish Rubbish.
The melodramatic phase Of blood,
thunder and birthstone. has the old
- Pinkerton flavor. But the frame.up
'' was effective.
. Violate Constitutional Right.
Mr. Darrow made vigorous protest
" against any documentary evidence be
ing introduced against Adams wher,
. the defendant had no oportunity tc
face his answers. The Judge sent the
. jury out and the case was argued
:, . Knight said the parties were beyond
" the jurisdiction of the court. He hat
traced them to Portland, and from tn,
best he could learn, they were now il
British Columbia.
-, Mr.. Knight made these statements
under oath on tho stand. Darrov
:, asked him if when he was in Spokan,
= hunting the dynamite, he saw Thielc
the dcctivc also. knight admitted tha
~ he talked to Thiele. Mr.. barrow thcr
wanted to know il he had heard any
thing about who had killed our wit
ness, Harvey Brown.
49, Judge McBcll made the argumen
!, on the competency Of absent witnese.
The Idaho statute carries no provis
~ ion for such evidence. The right i
:" u fundamental one derived from Map