Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-09-07
NOT FL|NCH HING.
Idaho Can Rest Assured That
Local Officers Will Do Their Duty.
c)URT TELLS SOME TRUTH
Judge Steele Says Pardon Board
to Blame For Lynching.

Upon hearing of the lynching of
Peter Mallick, Gov. Hawley sent out
the following dispatch from Boise:
"a reward Of $1,000 is offered by
the state of Idaho for the arrest and
conviction, Of the persons who murder
ed Peter Mallick at Grangeville,
Idaho county, Idaho, on the FIRST day
of September, 1911. Said reward will
be paid at the treasury Of the state Of
Idaho.
James H. Hawley, Governor.
A reading of the above shows that
in order to secure the reward the ar
rest and conviction Of the entire mob
is necessary, indicating that the state
intends that none shall escape and the
mere conviction Of one or two men,
bers of the mob will not secure the
reward.
The Governor wrote the sheriff to
use every effort to run down the lyn-
chers and has ask Judge Steele to call
grand-jury to investigate the matter.
The people Of Idaho need have no
fear but what. the officers'of this county
and the Judge of the district will do
their full duty and can rest assured
that no stone will be left unturned in
seeing that justice is done. The sheriff
and prosecuting attorney are doing all
that is possible to ferret out the par
ties who took part in the affair and
the following letter from Judge Steele
to the Governor in reply to his tele-
gram covers pretty we'll the situation
as regards the court:
Grangeville, Idaho, Sept. 4, 1911.
To his Excellency, Governor Hawley,
Boise, Idaho.
Sir: Your telegram received.
Have no fear but what every step
within my power will be taken to
apprehend the men who were engaged
in the lynching of Peter Malleck in
the Grangeville jail. A grand jury
will surely be called at the proper
time.
Having held court in Idaho county
for over twelve years, feel that l
can say Of the citizens of this county
that there is no more law-abiding,
law-enforcing class upon the face of
the globe than are found among the
citizens Of Idaho county.
Permit me to suggest however,
that it appears from the actions of the
board Of pardons Of this state that
this board, Of which you are member
at present, fails to give proper credit
to the intelligence of the citizenship,
and that the board appears to believe
that the juries Of this county and the
trial court do not understand the con.
ditions existing. The board of par
dons has set aside the verdict of every
jury and the sentence of the court in
every case Of any Importance that has
been tried in this county for the pasl
twelve years.
call attention to the following
cases in which action has been taker
by the board as only partial list:
Rudolph Wetter, who was found
guilty OF killing two men, and who
the evidence shows, crippled young
BOY, SO that he is going through lif'
with one leg shorter than the other
was twice sentenced to be hanged, BY
this court. The board of pardon
committed his sentence to life, and th'
people are confidently expecting tha
ne will soon be released.
The board pardoned Ed Lancaster
sentenced for rape for six years, at tn
END OF three years after his sentence
This board, in the case of William
!. kooke, sent for ten years for horse
stealing, paroled him after shor
term.
Harry Shissler. who was sentence
LOT killing Williams at Sites, wa
released by the board of pardons upo
parole, after serving about one yeal
Bud Holt; who was sent for twelv
years for the stealing of cattle b
wholesale, was pardoned by the Boar
alter serving about one half of h
sentence.
~ hlchard Crea, for the killing I
lom Mcleod in a saloon in Grang
VILE was pArdoned by the boar
aiter serving very short sentence.
Max Geidl Who was sentenced Fl
nofse stealhg vas soon released /