Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
MAKES nine
INDICTMENTS
Grand Jury Completes Task Last Fri
day-66 Witnesses Examined
at Standpoint
ARRANGEMENTS HAD WEDNESDAY
Grand Jury Makes Many Suggestions
Concerning County Affairs

AlldlS nnlculs VI pei SOILS luulCl-
ed by the grand jury last Friday
occurred Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock before Judge Flynn
Those against whom indictments
were returned and who were ar
rested and arraigned were. Denver
P. Dayton of Naples, charged with
extortion; John w. and Grace Pax
son and John c. Davidson and his
wife of Meadow Creek, charged
with perjury, and John c. David
son charged with subordiuation of
perjury; Albert Davis, petit lar
cepy; Gus Borgas of Naples, Great
Northern section foreman, statu-
tory offense. The offenses are of
minor character for the most part.
The Paxson and Davidson cases
grew out of an assault case against
Malvina Templeman tried in dis
trict court year ago last winter
in which the Parsons and David
sons testified that Mrs. Templeman
pulled a gun on Mrs. Davidson
and denied that Mrs. Davidson had
a stick or club in her hand at the
time. 1t is claimed Davidson not
only swore to this but that. he in
duced his wife 10 testify to the
same statement and upon that
ground he is accused of subordina-
ton of perjury as we'll as perjury
itself. Davidson appeared in court
with little baby in his arms. He
said he had no money whit which
to employ an attorney, had no
property and was working on Pax
sons homestead. H. H: Taylor
was appointed by the court to de-
fend the Davidsons and O. ]. Bau-
delin was appointed to defend the
Paxsons.
Albert Davis was the youth re-
Gently arrested at North Yakima
for stealing a pair of shoes from a
Great Northern box-car en- route
between Leonia and Boomers Fer
ny. Borgas. it is claimed, is the
father of child by his stepdaugh-
ter.
The charge of extortion against
Denver p. Dayton was founded up
on a deed executed and delivered
to him in September Of last year by
Jane Hawthorne, an elderly wom-
an residing at Naples. Mrs. Haw-
thorpe's son, Wilbur Hawthorne,
was conducting the store and post
Office at Naples for Dayton. Day
ton claimed that young Haw-
thorne was short In his accounts
with the portoffice department and
it is claimed, secured a deed from
Mrs. Hawthorne for SO acres of
land upon the threat that he would
expose her son and that his arrest
would follow at the hands of the
postal authorities. The deed by
which Mrs. Hawthorne turned over
the land to Dayton was witnessed
by w. +. WHITAKER and o. ] Ban
delip.
1t is claimed that Dayton at once
gave a mortgage on the land to
+. w. Wheelan and that the mort
gage was filed. Dayton claimed
that he had made a contract with
Mrs. Hawthorne that upon the re-
turn of $3.50 within six months at
10 per cent interest he would deed
the property back to her. The
land covered by the deed is valued
at $1,000.
When arraigned Judge Flynn
held Dayton to bail i'll the sum oil
81 900 which was furnished.
The accusations against Commits.
sioners McColl and Nagel near
that they will have TO defend an
action in district court upon the
accusations made by the grant
jury. If the charges are sustained
by Jury in district court it viii
result in removal from office. TIL,
action is not a criminal one. Coun
ty Attorney Costello states tina
notice will be served upon the tw,
commissioners to defend an actor
seeking removal under section IA
of the Revised Statutes. The trial
will come up at the Septembe
term of court,