The Idaho Republican., 1914-04-03
REDUCING THE TAXES

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ley saying that good many encamped the
bank and thought that chickens had been stolen
them and perhaps other property disturbed 1t said that
they oafed about the village and did accept work when
offered and Sheriff Jones brought sixteen of Black
foot and lodged them in a They kept from day day
without being arragned and without explanation until about
the fourth day. informed and then they charged
with vagrancy Most them defiant and plead guilty. and
time set for trial the week following the arragmen When
the day for the trials date fixed about week
later
WhyWere They Held?
In the meantime it costing the county $S day board
them and the sheriff making day the restaurant
making We enquired every day what be-
done with them and informed that they just being held
When asked why they held received explanation
They all interviewed by the officers they would
work if released and all but indicated that this
their business and that the county had business with
them they ready do business Those who expressed
desire get and work released after being confined
short time We did not keep record of it but believe the
last of the discharged after being held about fifteen
twenty days. and without being tried and proven guilty of ofen
The to the county about 500 They spoken of
in the press and about the house the W. WIS this be-
ing abbreviaton of Industrial Workers of the World estng
stated Il won't work, want whisky"
Nine Men Araigned
Wednesday morning o'clock, April st nine men were
brought up of the jail the house and ushered
the of Probate Judge L. Jensen They all ordered
the corridor and then brought and deah with
time As looked them good class of
throughout but three young fellows looked like they
taking the Indifferent feeling of the tramp They all
looked like working We took and studied them
fully they stood before the judge and give observations
the reader calling the by number instead of by name for
reasons that will be apparent.
Charged With Crime
Number The judge read the complaint that he had been
charged by Deputy Sheriff Facke with being vagrant which
being of employment for period of ten days more
begging loungng sleeping premises without the of
the being dssoute assocatng with dssolute people
II Decent Looking FeIloV
He clean looking young fellow, alert and intelligent
and said his home Spokane and he going home via
Butte Was of employment and had 81 money when
arrested Had begged stolen disturbed anybody had
put in with another and bought food and
had eaten down in the edge of town and had gone camp
fire the open and while they getting the city marshall
had arrested the crowd He had started the fire. had simply
been warming himself for few minutes with the others who
strangers him. When asked if he guilty not he said
he supposed he had violated the that read him.
by resting by the fire without the of the of the
ground He did think he had done anybody any harm and had
paid for his lunch before eating it. He given days the
county JAIL and the Judge informed him that generosity him.
he would suspend half of the sentence and he could get
days
Working Man run in
Number two After having the charge read him he was
asked how he wanted plead and he said he did think he
had done any wrong had started the fire. but warming
by when he arrested He 81 years d his way
from Emmett Lima and because he short of money and
could get no employment he walking He had been employed
the 400 foot of the Canyon Canal company EN-
NETT and had been working the all the up his
ankles but he stuck the job until DONE He had received
time check and when he presented the he simply
stamped the back and handed it back him. 1t read
Presented for payment and paid for lack of funds He
had to have money and sold the bank for 5 the
dollar He communicated with sheep man-Patterson-a Lima
Montana and had the promise of employment through lambmg
he got Lima by the 9Th of April and he of getting the
Job for the could be there by that time The judge nepoed
You'll not get there though by that time The said he
could still make and that he would have been long up the
road he had been arrested 1t the first time in his life
he had been taken into custody this way and he could see
where he had done He had caught ride part of
way from Pocaelo with coming through with wagon
had bought food for his evening meal and had down by
the track had drank cold with his lunch which he had
shared with another fellow who cook and entirely ou
of money They chilly after eating their lunch and drink
ing the water they the fire and getting when
the officer bunch that would have waked