The Idaho Republican., 1914-03-27
THE CONSPIRACY
OF TWENTY-THREE
EXPRESSION OF PEOPLE OVEN
THE STATE. LEADING MEN
AND WOMEN WILL
HAVE TO BE SHOWN
Editors Taking u Hand

Dre6StOnS or OtnerS OUTSIDE Oi bldch-
foot who have been saying things In
relation to his case. When the prose-
eution was commenced, Mr.. and Mrs.
Trego received reassuring letters and
kilograms from many leading people
over the state and these continued
to be received as the case came to
look more and more desperate. They
are still arriving daily, but as they
are of a private nature we do not
presume to make them public, al
though a stack of them may be seen
at the Republican office If anyone
cares to know what they contain.
It was notable that the Blackfoot
correspondent of the Salt Lake Tri-
bune promptly wired the reports OF
Mr.. Trego's arrest, his preliminary,
his trial and the sentence-every-
thing so long as Trego was losing,
but nothing appeared from Blackfoot
when he won in the supreme court.
A brief dispatch from the Boise cor
respondent was all. A number OF
small newspapers in the southeast
had room for long articles on the
case so long as Trego was losing, and
have not yet informed their readers
of the reversal. One of such edi-
tors informed his readers editorially
that 1t was shame that Trego could
secure bail and that it was too bad
the constitution permitted him to ap-
peal to higher court, that he ought
to be hurried to prison. He has
not yet found space to mention the
reversal by the higher court. There
are a lot of others who have tried
to give both sides of the case as it
developed and we are giving our
space to them this week.
Kimberly Call
The Idaho supreme court did not
err greatly, it would seem, in grant
ing Byrd Trego convicted at Black
foot of statutory crime, a new trial.
Since under the law he could be con-
victed in case of this kind, upon the
uncorroborated evidence of the prin-
cipal witness (the supposed victim)
the trial court would certainly seem
to have erred in refusing to allow
this evidence to be impeached. If
this be law, they might as we'll tie
the moose around the mans neck
at once, without having any trial at
all.
New Meadows Eagle
The state supreme court has re-
versed the decision Of the district
court in the Byrd Trego case and a
new trial ordered. The court in re-
viewing the evidence found the state
ments of the complainant unsubstan-
tiated and not corroborated by other
reliable witnesses. The court re-
buked the trial jury and indicates
that the defendant had not received
a fair verdict.
The defendant is one of most fav-
orably known newspaper men in
Idaho.
Franklin County Citizen-Watkins L.
Roe, Editor
1t is refreshing to note that the
supreme court of Idaho has reversed
Judge Stevens in the sentence he i'm
posed on Byrd Trego, editor of the
Blackfoot Republican, for an alleged
statutory offense on young girl, a
ward in his home.
To blacken a mans character Is
very easy. Scheming men and wo-
men make the position possible for
slander by false swearing and in
trigue.
It will soon be found advisable to
have inaugurated a society for the
protection of men IL this kind of
work is allowed to 60 on.
Star Courier
F. /. Roberts, proprietor
The supreme court reversed the
decision against Byrd Trego OF the
Blackfoot Republican and has or
dered q re-trial. AS the Courier said
at the time. the story has all the ear
marks of dirty frame up. We con-
gratulate Mr.. Trego on this victory,
though he is not yet out of the woods.
Despite losses in money, present
fame, faith and friends, he is for
tunate in his home and in having
money to secure competent counsel
and pay the almost prohibitory costs
of appeal. Innocence without money
suffers along with moneyless guilt.
Lincoln County Times
L. T. Alexander, editor
Mr.. Byrd Trego, of Blackfoot. who