Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-16
ELK RIVER MURDER
AROUSES PEOPLE

Il prosecution VI LdDuke. ne was
told by Deputy Sheriff Leeper, Mar
shall Kreisher and others. He paid
no attention. Did nothing. The wit
nesses are still acre. When is he &C
ing to prosecute? If not, why not?
THE MURDER CASE.
On Saturday night, October 10th,
about half past ten o'clock, fight oc-
cured in ONE OF THE HOUSES
OF Ill FAME, about half-mile
west of town. A drunken row was
in progress there and one Melrose.
who was fighting with one Bakavich,
was stabbed several times by Baka-
vich, while another man was also hold
died in about half an hour. The dep
uty sheriff was notified and summon
ing posse started search for the
murderer. He hasn't yet found him.
the coroner's inquest. He made a
failure of it as the written testimony
will show. He wound up the inquest
as speedily as possible and fastened
to the train to get away from town.
He had more important business else
where than looking up simple MUIR
der case, or prosecuting notorious
bootleggers, or closing houses of pros
titution, or prosecuting the landladies
who premit minors in their places of
business. The testimony of James
Traaen, one of the witnesses at the
inquest, shows that he was but 10
years of age. Holsclaw evidently
failed to get the figures.
THE HOUSE WHEREIN THIS
MURDER OCCURRED LAST SAT-
URDAY NIGHT IS STILL RUN
MING IN FULL BLAST.
Does Mr.. Holsclaw claim that he
ordered the sheriff to close it and that
the sheriff refused to do SO? Ask
him. Probably Mr.. Holsclaw hasn't
yet discovered what kind of place it
is as in his questions at the inquest
he was careful to refer to it as a
"ROOMING HOUSE" Perhaps he
was afraid to wound the sensitive
feelings of the LADIES who room
there. He even failed to question
the witnesses as to the use of liquor
there that night; whether the parties
to the fray were under IT, influence
of liquor or not, and if SO where they
got it. In fact the examinations
seemed especially interesting for what
they don t show. The witnesses were
dismissed and the case apparently
closed.
ANOTHER CASE.
On the 26th day of last March one
John Marshal was bound over to the
District court for bootlegging. The
papers were Immediately transmitted
to the Clerk of the court, Mr.. Leeper
being the messenger. The county at
torney now reports that he is unable
to find anything of the papers in the
case, including the bond. He can t
even smell Exhibits A and B.
This is on par with everything else
he has done in this community. How
many successful prosecutions of boot
leggers has he conducted? How
many successful prosecutions of any,
thing has he accomplished?
Has he prosecuted or defended the
criminals?
Mr.. editor, the people are indig.
nant at tie way things have been car.
ried on By the officers entrusted with
the enforcement of the laws. The,
feel that they have been betrayed by
, those who should have protected them
and now when their neglect or incom
potency or standing in, or whateve,
, il ny b. Il "A IL, n ! 7.
! er, the. .e poop n,
= county shoL. nc whit has te "A go
ing on in Elk liver. The prescott
I ing attorney AM the sheriff are ask
! ing for reelection. THEY Arr
RUNNING ON THEIR RECORDS
In the light of this record what supper
are they entitled to?
, How long is this farce to be contin
n ued? How long, 0 God, how long?
. Yours for fair play,
j. H. HULING.
. Portion of Ordinance No 81