The Idaho Republican., 1914-05-15
CONSPIRACY OF
TWENTY.THREE
Chapter Six


The conspiracy were very busy just
a year ago. Most of them have got.
ten enough and quit. Some of them
are still busy and very bitter. We
have sometimes been puzzled to
know who were our friends and who
were only posing as friends for what
advantage it would give to the op-
position. There are some things the
reader can exercise his judicial
mind on just as well as we can, and
we are going to relate circumstance
without naming the people. There is
{ proper reason for withholding
names in this article, and there is
also a proper reason why the public
should know of the circumstance and
the pressure brought to bear to en-
barrass and rob the defendant.
On the evening of the 10th of May,
1913, the writer received telephone
call, and mans voice said, "This
is ........... talking, am at my office.
Could you come up here right away;
y it is important to you"
went to his office and found him
sitting alone. He said, "Trego they
have made frame-up here to send
you over the road and I don't want
to see it for don't believe you are
guilty, myself. Are you satisfied with
your lawyers? Don't you think you
ought to have more legal help?"
I told him did not think so.
He continued talking and said that
certain lawyers were in town, that
they had come down to make arrange.
ments to go into the case against me,
and if they did ! would be sent over
the road. and he did not want to see
that. He said the crowd that was
against me was going to hold meet
ing at the Opt mist office that even
. ing to make the arrangements.
told him I did not think anybody
was sufficiently interested in my
downfall to hire lawyers to fight me;
that the county attorney was for that
purpose and I did not think even
the fellows who did not like me were
so unfair as to take that course; that
I had committed no crime and relied
upon the truth coming out at the
trial and that would satisfy even my
enemies.
He said there are many innocent
men serving time in the penitentiary;
that DR.. ................ next door has a
classmate sevring a ten-year sentence
for a crime that he never committed
but he had to serve just the same
and they we're framing up to convict
me whether | was guilty or not.
| said l could not prevent them
hiring lawyers to fight me, and asked
him what suggestion he had to offer
He said it had occurred to him that
if got ahead of them and hired those
certain lawyers myself it would be a
cinch that l would come clear.
replied that l could not hire all the
lawyers in the country, and that there
would always be others they could
employ If they wanted lawyers.
~ He said he had my interest a
heart and he was anxious that
should confer with the men he hat
mentioned, and it would at least de
\ no harm to see them and talk it over
before letting them be employed by
the enemy. That If I approved he
would telephone and have them come
right up which he did.
While they were ascending the
stairs l reviewed the situation an(
did some hard thinking. If l die
not hire these men they would taxi
sides against me for the purpose o.
sending me over the road whether
guilty or not. If l hired them thu
enemy could and probably would g
out and hire others. If attorney
would take case under threat lik'
this seemed to be, would they be tru'
to the one who hired them? l dit
not know much about lawyers ant
their methods but this did not lool
good to me and did not see how 1
could look square to anybody else
After talking with them a couple o
minutes I said I would submit th
matter to my attorneys and tele
phone them my reply which was @~ne