The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-02-05
ACT OF COOPER
IS JUSTIFIED
Grand Jury Releases Him:
Other District Court
Matters.

w. G. Cooper. who killed I'd.
Spencer at Roosevelt, Dec. 31st. ar
rived here on Saturday nights stage
from the long, snowy trip from the
Thunder Mountain country, accom-
panied by his two companions Orin
Goodrich and julius Colemorgan, who
took hand in the arrest of Spen-
Ger and later witnessed the killing
OF the man by Cooper. Upon his
arrival Cooper at once surrendered
himself to the sheriff and was placed
In Jail, where he remained until Tues
day. Cooper and his two witnesses
were called before the grand jury on
tuesday, and after hearing the whole
story as related by the men, he was
Justified In the act, the jury fail
ing to find a true bill against him
Tor the taking of Spencers life. The
story Of the men was practically a
repetition of the circumstances here
tofore related. Spencer, 1t would seem
mad been caught pilfering about the
camp at numerous times, and when
finally caught in the act of stealing
things from the Dewey mine, 1t was
decided to get rid of him by arrest
Ing him and bringing out to the coun-
ty seat for trial and conviction. It
was while the arrangements were be-
Ing made to bring him out, It Is stat
ed, Spencer undertook to wrench the
the gun from Cooper's hand, and was
shot by him. Cooper Is said to be
one of the prominent and active min
Ing men of the Roosevelt district,
and Is held in high esteem.
The Bull Exonerated.
In the Kooskia damage case. in
which s. T. Rossiter sued Carl YEN
ny and Allen Agee for injuries sus-
tained by the plaintiff last fall from
an attack on him by a Jersey bull be-
longing to the defendants, the Jury
arter an absence of a short time.
Drought In a verdict In favor of
the defendants. 1t was a hard fought
battle with w. H. Casady. G. r..
mcdonald and w. H. Campbell on
the side of the plaintiff and Wallace
~ Scales for the defence, with many
humorous incidents arising during the
examination of the Witnesses. But
when the jury had summed up all
the evidence bearing upon the con-
auct OF the male bovine, they de-
cided that while unquestionably he
mad In the instance under considera-
tion committed an assault and has
seriously injured the plaintiff, that
1t was not entirely unprovoked under
all the existing conditions, and that
therefore the Impeachment of his
character had not been fully estab-
lished and his reputation for useful
ness In the community ruined. The
result of the trial was a pretty hard
blow to Mr.. Rossiter, who is a
worthy citizen, and in the result of
the case has not only sustained H.
nancial loss but severe physical in
jury. Resorting to law is all too
frequently unprofitable-in fact one
side. or the other always has to lose.
and sometimes both are the losers.
Plaintiff Lost Well BORING Case.
In the suit brought by r. A. Lew.
is against Robert Long to recover a
balance claimed by him for boring a
well for the defendant under a verb
al contract, the Jury gave the de-
fendant a verdict for $1.OO on the
counter claim that Lewis had not car
ried out the contract under which he
had been given the job. Judge Vine
yard was counsel for the plaintiff and
w. N. Scales handled the defense.
The grand jury has been earnestly
investigating the horse stealing case.
In which five head Of horses we're
stolen from some Indians over be-
tween the Salmon and Snake rivers
and the brands changed all being
finally recovered by the officers but
one. 1t looks like there might be
omething interesting doing there