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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-31
GERMAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH

There will be special services Sun
day morning in memory of the Re
ormation brought about by DR.. Mar
tin Luther In the evening services
will be held in English at 1880.
o. Heggemeier, Pastor.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-31
SPOKANE EXCURSIONS
November 9, 10, II, 22, 20

Via Oregon Short Line for Nation
al Apple Show, National Grange
Meeting and American Mining Cen
gress. See agents for rates and
further particulars. 44tn2S
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-31

fost between the Y. M. G. A. and
- Golden Rule Store a small pearl
,na,ed penknkife with Irene" en-
arod on handle. Finder return to
this, office.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-31

For Rent-Grain land on shares.
VIII offer a very attractive PROPOSE
tion to the right man.. G. A. Berd-
ing, Payette, Idaho. 4Otf
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-31

Election returns at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Special messenger.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25

Frank A. Jones, of orofno, has
announced his candidacy for joint
senator for Lewis and Clearwater
counties, subject to the will Of the
Democrats at the primary to be held
next Tuesday.
Mr.. Jones was one Of the original
homesteaders on this prairie and
still has his ranch and other inter
ests In this county. His home at
present is at Orofno, where be has
been engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness during the past four years. Mr..
Jones Is a wideawake business man,
has made a good success in all of
his undertakings and II nominated
and elected would make an excellent
legislative officer for this part of the
state, as he knows the needs of this
section as well as any one and you
could always depend upon him work.
ing for their interest and for what
he believes to be right. His cam
paign motto Is. "Your interests are
mine. F"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25

The fight Of Jake Simmons to es,
cape arrest on the charge Of incest
and which ended in his killing neal
Chesley Monday night, after he had
shot Sheriff Shockley, according to a
vollmer dispatch in Wednesdays Lew
iston Tribune, was started in the
streets Of vollmer Monday afternoon
shortly after O'Clock. The warrant
charging Simmons with the crime was
issued at the instance Of G. A. Hall
after he had heard Simmons threaten
to kin his daughter and then end his
life because she had told County At
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25

toney FOgg Of their alleged crimina
relations.
The warrant was placed in the
hands Of Constable William Kincsid,
who went to Simmons house TO make
the anest. Mr.. Kincaid is suffering
from an injury TO the knee and uses q
crutch. He was unarmed and as he
approached the Simmons home Sim
mons leaped from a rear window and
made a run for Vollmer, where he pur-
chased supply Of ammunition. He
made a circuitous route through town
until he had eluded the officer and
then dashed into a wheat field adjoin-
ing town.
Because Of his crippled condition,
Constable Kincaid was unable to give
chase through the fields, but a mes
sage was sent TO Sheriff Shockley.
The first intimation Of Simmons
criminal relations with his 14-year-old
daughter was secured by ladies in 10
about two weeks ago, when the girl
left her iather's house and refused to
return.
Simmons was unable 10 establish
communication with his daughter until
Sunday evening, when he met her on
the street in 10. He told her that he
wanted her to 20 home with him and
when she objected he asked her Il she
had told anything about their relations.
She told him that she had told every
thing to County Attorney Fogg and it
was then that Simmons threatened
within the hearing Of Elmer Howerton
and G. A. Hall to take the girls life
IS well as his own. The girl nan to
these gentlemen for protection and
Simmons went to his home. It was
Ibis scene that caused Mr.. Hall to
AXE the initiative in the prosecution
,f Simmons, and he was the com
planning witness in the action fled
Monday, in which Simmons was
charged with criminal assault upon his
laughter.
Simmons was one Of the first settlers
n the -vollmer district and owned
considerable property in the old town
4 10. He was a carpenter by trade.
The body Of Simmons was brought
o Ilo and the funeral took place
Wednesday forenoon.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25
$4,000 Pounds of MCCOrn


room to get dry clothing when sherii
ShOckley raped on the door.
The testimony Of Banks and his sol
was clearly favorable 70 the officer
and in the stories told by the four mel
there was no variance, both Banks and
his son and Deputy Warren telling d
the movements Of Simmons on the in.
side Of the house, while Sheriff Shock
ley related the happenings outside the
door.
Il would appear that Simmons was
not expecting to be covered through
the window, as the ripping Of the wire
screen did not attract his attention,
nor did he turn his head when the
window glass vas broken. The report
Of WaHen's revolver, however, followed
instantly. The bullet entered Sim
mons body almost over the left kid
ney and came out TO the night and be-
low the navel. The weapon used was
a Colts 32-eailber automatic, shooting
a steel jacket bullet.
The officers had been on Simmons
trail since about the middle Of the
afternoon. Both men we're mounted
on saddle horses and at times worked
together and then separated to make
inquiries from farmers and people tzav-
cling on the roads. Late in the alter
noon Deputy Warren saw a horseman
riding fast toward Reubens and as he
discovered il was Sim
mons i7-year-old son. He stopped
the boy and at first the boy said he
was going to Reubens to have a good
time. He was warned BY Deputy
Warren that he had better be careful
IS he might get into serious trouble.
The boy then told him that he was go
ing to his father and would find him in
The woods or at the George Banks
ranch. Warren then went TO Sheriff
and they proceeded to Reu-
pens, where Ray Liford was secured
o guide them to the Banks place.
The jury summoned to make the
investigation was composed OF A. c.
Grant Bryant, Emmett
Webb, Urban Sims, S. +. Rckman,
Dick Linville and Ray Guthrie. The
is the text Of the verdict re-
urned. I
we, the jury empanelled to in
luire into the death Of Jake Simmons,
or our verdict find: ID
That Jake Simmons was killed in
he county Of Nezperce, state Of [
daho, and at the residence Of George q
Y. Banks, during the night Of July z
p, 1919. That the said Jake SIM :
mons was killed BY wound from a B
un shot fred from a pistol held infn
he hands Of one Fred Warren. That ]
aid Fred Warren inflicted said gun /
hot wound in a lawful attempt to ar b
EST the deceased and while said de- a
eased was resisting said arrest unlaw- 1,
lily, and with arms. That said Fred 4
Warren was acting at the request OF q
VILLAIN T. Shockley, sheriff Of Lewis 9
ounty, Idaho, who held a warrant for /,
le arrest Of the deceased on a charge \
incest, the said Shockley being :
len and there present. :
we further find that the killing Of
le said Jake Simmons was necessary
preserve the lives and persons Of A
Ie said Shockley and Warren" !
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25
THE STOCK SHOW
And FARMERS PICNIC
The First Annual Lewis County Evsnt
Turns Out Wen Despite Rain and
Short Prspsratisu

The first annual Lewis County
Stock Show and Farmers Union
Picnic, held at Nezperce last Satur-
day, was well attended and the pro-
gram enjoyed so far as it was not
interfered with by the elements.
The affair had been gotten up on
rather short notice, especially for
the stock feature, and the entries
we're not 50 full as they should have
BEEN However, many of the best
cattle and horses on the prairie
we're here and held the attention Of
the admiring hundreds of spectators
from far and near.
The crowds, and such of the stock
as had not been brought in the day
before, began TO arrive early in the
morning, and long before the time
for the parade the business streets
we're vel filed with people, Who en-
joyed the band concert and other
features of entertainment while prep
arations for the parade we're being
made.
About IL o'clock the parade
startled. It was led by Col. w. w.
Hammell, marshal of the day. who
was followed by the Nezperce band,
which IN turn was followed BY a
grand display of the finest registered
and grade horses and cattle that
sver assembled on the prairie. Fol-
owing these came various floats,
most noticeable among which we're
3rissette's famous pig team from
2eubens, drawing a small wagon on
which the Felt Mercantile Co, Mil
er & Schultz real estate firm and
Madison Sharkey, candidate for the
Republican nomination for sheriff,
large advertising banners;
nd w. G. Billy Mclennan's
Ioat, blacksmith forge in action;
nd P. W. Harding's grain bsdecked
Succeeding these came
ONE fine road teams and rigs and
ady equestriennes, and then about
nirty automobiles, the whole ex-
ending over a distance Of a half a
lile.
When the parade had finished its
curse about town, the dinner hour
as at hand and all sought refresh
ient for the inner man.
A bowry had been erected BY the
armers' Union contingent in which
hold their speaking and general
rogram. and after dinner the crowd
,sembled there, but scarcely had
iese exercises opened when il began
rain in torrents. and the crowd
as driven to more permanent
ielter. The rain continued and the
hristian church vas secured. in
hich to hear the speaking. and
60. Reed of Pullman and J. &.
ough q Clifford addressed the as
mblage there.
Judging Of the stock vas next IN
der and, the rain having ceased,
E crowd amassed at the crossing
Oak street and 4th avenue. where
had been announced the judging
,nld take place
Prof. E. ]. Iddings Of the Idaho
niversity Experiment station had
Continued On last pagcl
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25
JAKE SIMMONS KILLED
RESISTING ARREST.
Charged whh Iusssi. He Becomes Fu.
gilivs; 0vsrtaksn sIsar cks.Isy,
Sheets Sheriff; Thea Shst
By Dspuly.

Sheriff ShOckley vas summoned 10
vollmer last Monday afternoon 70
arrest Jake Simmons Of 10. Who vas
charged With having assaulted his
daughter and who after resisting the
local officers made his escape into
the country. Sheriff Shockley depu-
tised County Surveyor Warren and
IN the latter's automobile they went
10 the scene Of trouble. After a hard
search through fields and woods,
they located Simmons about I0sis
P. N. Al the home Of George Banks,
one aad one-half miles west Of Ches-
ley. When notified that they we're
oihcers conc 70 arrest him. Simmons
opened Gre, striking Sheriff Shockley
ca the back Of the hand. and vas
then shot and killed By Deputy War
ren.
The story Of the affair as told by
those present Is as follows:
The killing Of Jake Simmons at
the George w. Banks ranch vest Of
ChesIey vas declared justihable by
the coroner's jury called Tuesday
70 investigate the circumstances
leading up to the shooting. The
killing took place in Nes Perce county
and the inquest vas conducted by
Justice Of the Peace George &. Erb.
Of Lewiston, who acted in the capac-
isy Of coroner in the absence Of Cor
oner c. ]. vassar. Justice Erb was
assisted BY County Attorney d. Z.
Hodge and Deputy Sheriff James +.
Rice. c. S. Boren, stenographer,
recorded the testimony submitted.
The Lewiston party arrived At the
Banks place shortly before noon In
an automobile and the taking Of the
testimony vas started as soon as the
jury was secured. There we're but
four Witnesses before the jury. they
being Sheriff W. T. Shockley, Of
Lewis county; Deputy Sheriff Fred
Warren, Of Lewis county; George
Banks and his son, Andrew Banks,
Who we're in the room with Simmons
At the time Of the shooting.
The evidence brought out Tuesday
showed that the shot which killed ,
Simmons was fred by Deputy Sheriff
Warren through the window after
Simmons had fred one shot at Shcr-
II Shockley and was crouched before
he door and in the act Of opening Il I
o shoot again. The evidence show
ID that the officers had been warned
It Ilo that Simmons would not be
akcn alive and had left a threat 7
hat someone would get killed Il his n
'rrest was attempted. As Sheriff a
and Deputy Warren ap-
'roached the Banks house. Warren 4
Vas instructed not to shoot until af- !,
er Simmons had opened ERE. Both h
hicers went to the kitchen window 4
here they could see Simmons in the v
bonn with Banks and his son. War a
en- was stationed at the window and "
hockey approached the door. He n
'pped on the door and when there i
as no response, he announced that D
e was peace officer and wanted adj q
Iistance to arrest Simmons. lB
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25

nan otofm Docs Oteat DADABr
The first hail storm to do exten-
sive damage on Nezperce prairie
swept bet<een Nezperce and Voll-
mer about 10 o'clock Last Sunday
night and devastated grain fields,
orchards and gardens to the extent
of about $4,000. The first effects
of the storm we're felt about 9 miles
southwest of Nezperce and IT trav-
eled thence in a semi-circle to about
6 miles northwest, where the dam
age stopped At points it spread
miles vide and at other points in
its path it narrowed until there was
no percePtible damage. In all IA
quarter sections felt its brief fury
First reports indicated a vide
spread loss, but as more conservative
estimates come in, the loss dimin-
ishes.
N. ]. Weber, near Christman's,
was the heaviest loser, the entire
crop on his quarter section being |
practically ruined. Among the
other ranchers who sustained more
or less loss we're: Messrs. Christ
man, Hills, h. J Meines, Brooks,
E. Henrichs. Eastman,
McClintock. Mcbride. Jack
son, Dunham, Warnicut. Stigum,
Gauksheim, Pollock. P. Flke. Meade.
Ed Anderson, Ed Hobart, carley,
N. Meiners and J. W. Henrichs.
Considerable rain and bail fell in
Nezperce at this time. but no dam 1
age has been reported here.
Weather conditions on this prairie !
have been extraordinary throughout =
his year. There has been an un- {
lsual amount of rainfall accompanied q
~ more electrical disturbance than {
vas ever known, and though hail /
las visited this section now and 4
hen at this season in past years. Z
I vas only in small spots and did 7
10 considerable hurt. The condi- y
ion is so much out Of the natural L
rider as to border on the phenom- 4
nal. R
A considerably more severe hail d
TORN than this visited Grangeville a
bout 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Il
Ding extensive damage to that city. a
; we'll as the farming country Al
lrrounding it. 81
A later report from the Grange Ia
lie section in Tuesdays Lewiston Il
ribune states that in the districts te
isited by the hail storm Of Sunday m
flernoon very serious loss has
zen sustained by q large num- &
r Of farmers. The path of the "
orm vas about five miles vide and m
n miles long and in many sections
is feared the crops are almost a F.
,mplete loss. Horses we're STAN to
.ded by the hail and driven into pr
e wire fences and we're seriously as
jured. tn
The most serious damage appears to
be between Grangeville and the Va
lse Of the mountains, but reports sh
ON the Tolo. Addison and other CT
strlcls show that much damage WI
Is inflicted and that many Of the G.
nall farmers are hard hit. La
Yakima valley and other points in ser
E northwest also report damaging
il storms on Sunday, showing that or
E stormy condition vas more or tn.
IS prevalent through this entire of
nnlry. afa lit
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25

Net with MIS-. J. L. Kelly yester-
day afternoon aud held a very en-
joyable session. The usual progrsm
was concluded With an excellent
course luncheon. The next meeting
will be held with Mrs. v. E. Coch-
ran.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25


The testimony Of both Banks anl
his son was 70 the effect that when tn
officers first raped on the door. Sim
mons saids MY God. there the.
are; where can ! hide7" Banks sais
he told Simmons TO get in the pantE.
and that Simmons started for the pantr,
door. but turned and advanced toward
the door upon which Shockley uas
npping.
The witness stated that a. Simmons
approached the door. be drew bis re-
volyer. and, as he opened the door.
be thrust the weapon full into SheaH
Shoekley's face and fred. The shot
vas answered almos, immediately BY
shoekley and Simmons was then in a
hal-kneeling position before the door
and vas slowly making an opening
through which 70 shoot when Warren
fred through the window and Simmons
spzng up with the exclamation Il
am shoti" He thTeF his hands above
his head twice and made two attempts
to Ere q bullet into his biain. but his
strength had iailed him and he stag
gered into an adjoining room and fen
dying on the floor.
The testimony Of Sheriff Shockley
showed tha, his life was saved only
BY his action in striking the revolver
held BY Simmons when the latter frsi
opened the door and fred. When
the officer heard the bolt slide on the
door he vas on the alert and as the
door opened he saw the cleaning bar
rel Of the revolver in Simmons hand.
He struck the gun upwards as the
cartridge exploded and the bullet
passed between the second and third
ingers Of the night hand and cane
put on the back Of the wrist. Sheriff
gripped his revolver with his
EFF hand as the weapon was falling and
ifed through the door where he sup
posed Simmons to be standing. Sim
mons had already dueked and the bul-
ct intended for his breast only creased
lis left hand where Il leaned against
he door.
Deputy Sheriff Warren told how
le stood at the window and saw Sim
mons advance on the door and FIRE
,oins blank at Sheriff Shockley. The
herin was around the corner Of the
iouse from where Warren was standing
nd the effect Of Simmons shot was
lot known to Warren, but he tore the
IRE screen from the window and broke
he glass with the barrel Of his gun.
n the meantime Simmons was getting
sady for a second shot At Shockley
nd the bullet fred by Warren found I
$ mark only IN time to save the life !
Shockley.
Both Mr.. Banks and his son told :
ie coroners jury how Simmons had !
.sched the house only few minutes 4
head Of the officers. They had retired
hen Simmons raped on the door. I
he elder Banks responded and Sim Y
IONS made himself known before the
Dor was opened. After he was adj
tilted he told Banks and his son that
icy had been talking about him over
Ilo and that the officers were after Ct
in. He told how he had eluded a
Ie officers during the afternoon and =
rs wet to the skin nom the rain and y y
aveling through the grain fields. He Is
Is told by Banks that he had made 81
istake as the officers would surely 81
ok for him there, but Simmons ex- g
aimed that he was wet and hun y I.
y and wanted food and dry clothing. "a
inks had just started to an adjoining III
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-07-25

Horse and COW sale At Miller's
barn Saturday, July ~, at ? P. m.
See big I'd: 10 this paper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-09-15
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER is. 1912.
Roosevelt and
Publicity.

Theodore Roosevelt announced sew
eral weeks ago that he believed he
would be elected IL he could get himself
before the people. meaning if ne could
secure sufficient newspaper publicity.
He is doing this to the queens taste.
No candidate before this ever got SO
many columns daily in the newspapers
all over the country. Reporters are
already beginning to cali him the daily
scarehead.
Unless something entirely unforeseen
and unprecedented takes place within
the next six weeks, Woodrow Wilson
viii De elected president It is hardly
conceivable that either Roosevelt or
Taft will carry over a half dozen states
each. When the votes are counted, it
my be found that Mr.. Taft has fallen
below this allowance and It may be the
Bull Moose will have gone slightly
above it.
But the fact remains that Roosevelt
has the best organized, the best
equipped and the best financed organi-
zation IN the campaign. He has the
best publicity bureau this country has
ever seen.
This is an age of advertising and
Theodore Roosevelt is man that lends
himself to advertising. To succeed in
politics as in business, publicity is
essential The colonel has, and always
has had, the knack of keeping in the
limelight.
All this means that Theodore Roose-
Welt will get very large popular vote
ard a respectable electoral vote. II
also probably means that Mr.. Taft viii
probably be the most badly defeated
presidential candidate since Greeley
even If he gets as many votes al
Greeley did.
Time alone can tell what will be the
future of the Republican. party, If il
has a future.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-09-15
From the HickeyviIIe Clarion.

Mr.. Zebulin Hicks, the talented and
versatile superintendent and hired
man Of Mr.. Elias Handy's agricultur-
al estate. had labored since sunrise
the other day and when night came
he was very weary. He had been
scratching the earth with an old hoe
and had jabbed away with this i'm
plement Of torture until every bone
in his body ached like the toctache
With the setting of the sun he hast
ened to his boudoir under the apex
of the roof of the ancestral castle of
Mr.. Handy.Sgleefu1y shaking off the
shackles of toll, pair of blue over.
ais, and leaped playfully into bed. He
did not crawl in as ordinary mortals
do, but leaped over the footboard,
having taken a running jump. Mr..
Hicks was not conversant with the
fact that Mrs. Handy, the cheerful and
spick- nd-span helpmeet of the lord
of the manor, had removed the vital
portions of said bed, even unto the
springs and Stats, for the purpose of
airing them, and had forgotten to re-
place them. What Mr.. Hicks thought
was regular bed was only the frame
of one and when he leaped over the
footboard, head first, he went clear
through to the floor, shooting through
the air like a meteor cast off the
planet Mars. Mr.. Hicks struck the
floor with a thud that has been de-
scribed as dull and sickening. He
broke a collar bone and ten command
ments, and the old hoe knows his
ffiendly grasp no more. Mr.. Hicks is
recovering rapidly and will be out in
a few days. MORAL: Look before
you leap.
Mr.. Rufus Doolittle has just COM
pleted an invention known as The
Animated Work Harness and expects
to make a fortune out of it, which
he probably will if it sells well. The
harness works by electricity and
when a button is pressed it jumps
of the harness hook and lands
squarely on the back of the horse,
said horse having been led out to
the middle Of the barn. The harness
| then proceeds to buckle itself on and
bitches itself to the wagon when the
horse has been backed into the thills
Mr.. Doolittle claims that this is one
of the most wonderful inventions
since the patent elastic sleeveholder
which came out in 1894, and no doubt
| it is. Mr.. Doolittle expects to try
out his new device next week and see
how it will work.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-09-15

prevails in Kansas and to a certain
extent in other states. It is hardly
honest and in no event can such sharp
practices be called the right thing.
In this connection the statement is
repeated that Republicans have no
business voting in Democratic pri-
maries. This practice has prevailed for
q long time in Florida and we hope the
state committee will take some steps
to put an end to the evil.
Now, when we are nearly two years
away from a general primary election
ana when no personalities can enter
into the plan, is very desirable time
to make the change.
This evil crept into Democratic poll
tics in Florida unawares, and just al
the close of primary, when the re-
form can do no possible injury to any
candidate or proposed candidate, is an
ideal time to bring about this reform.