The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-06-09
Charges Will Be
Investigated.
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS MASS MEETING
Public Wants Biteman To Continue Fight Against
Alleged Graft Conditions

and that instead of it costing
the city $1,000 it cost $2,4 to
move the bodies.
He took up the matter of Chief
of Police Cherry and retold the
story of the special meeting of
the council and reiterated the
story which he told through the
papers.
He also read a letter from one
Norman O'Keefe of Bovill, in
which he told of having paid
Cherry $40 for his trouble" in
a certain case.
He challenged anyone TO dis
prove his statements and said
that he expected that the accused
officials would be present at the
meeting and had two witnesses
here from Tacoma to prove the
true facts of his arrest on the
charge of accepting bribe and
the means that were used to
bring Martin back and secure his
statement.
He asked that the meeting ap-
point a committee to investigate
his statements and the actions
of the officials, and said that if
those present were not satisfied
that he had made case he
would lie down and stop his
fight.
He was vigorously applauded
when he sat down.
He waited for a few minutes
for some one to say something,
and then asked them again to
name a committee to investigate.
Some one suggested that as
there was no chairman, Mr.. Bite
man should name the investigat-
ing committee. He named Jas.
Nevins, f. R. Scott and w. q.
Shaw, and requested that they
appoint two more members Of
the committee, and asked that
this committee make a thorough
investigation, not only OF the
charges that he had made, but
The entire transactions of the
city officials. He spoke of the
city council having ordered an
auditing of the books of the city
and suggested that this commit
tee would see to it that this aud
iting should go further than "A
mere statement of the money re-
ceived and expended, but should
show how every dollar of the
city's money had been spent.
He then stated that there was
another thing he wanted done:
lie wished the people to say
whether they wanted him to con-
tinue his fight or to lie down and
he asked that all who wished him
to continue the fight to make it
manifest by either standing or
raising their hands. Nearly eV-
eryone in the room raised their
hands, indicating their desire
that Mr.. Biteman continue the
fight which he had begun.
Mr.. Biteman was carried away
by this expression of confidence
and lost his head. Not satisfied
with thanking the people for
their expression of confidence
and his intention to carry the
fight to the end, he stated that
he would be a candidate for may
or at the next election.
+. W. Trueman was present
and arose and addressed the
meeting. He said that he could
save the committee lots of trOu-
BILE in investigating the sewer
contract of district No. 3. That
he was president Of the sewer
commission of that district and
knew all about the transactions
i'm putting in the sewer and max
| ing the assessments.
That an accurate record of all
the proceedings had been kept
and could be found in the city
clerks office. He then explained
the contract.
He stated that it was true that
there was one bid for 81 400, but
none of the bids guaranteed
against hardpan. The engineers
estimate was for $1,000. That
Mr.. Purvis had offered if there
was change made in the depth
of the sewer and certain man
holes cut out he would do the
work complete for $4,000, the
amount of the engineers esti-
mate. He said he knew the sew
er was not put down as deep in
places as the original speciiica-
lions called for; that there was
not as many manholes, and thai
i'm some places the joints were
not cemented, but that all the