American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-08-19
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GUS mien of the defendants bespoke
their concern. NJ. ]. Unger, Mac Huls,
H. c. Wones, Cleave Farnham, R.
Foster Lamm, and Stanley Matthews
were summoned as jurors. The de-
fence objected to Mayor Wones on
the ground that as a representative of
the city he would be inclined to show
objection. VIM. Shimek was allowed
to sit in his place.
The prosecution opened the case
against the defendants by calling to
the stand A. X. Dahlen, assistant chief
of the fire department. He had con-
siderable trouble in explaining TO the
jury why he was allowed to act as |
assistant chief with so slight exper-
fence in fire fighting, and admitted
under grilling cross examination that
he did not know whether there was a
fire at the Old Chief Cafe Friday |
morning or not. l.. N. Rose, proprietor
of the Old Chief, where the party was
held, was next called to the stand and
admitted that there was fire in the
kitchen stove of his establishment and
that the alarm was not turned in from
his place He admitted however that
the telephone was in the front of his
place and that he was in the kitchen,
outside the building, waiting on
parties, much of the time, and that
there was music going on much of
| no al "
took the stand and after listening. 70
the solem oath administered by the
Judge refused to give evidence OF any
nature other than that she was at the
party and that she did not think the
alarm was turned in from the Old
Chief Mrs. Utley told the jury and
court that she was where she could
see the telephone, and that she did not
see 1t ring once during the evening.
Tom and Foxy oliver were called
in the order named and testified to
series of framed up stories, with no
corroborating evidence, that were dis
allowed by the judge in his instruc-
! tions to the jury.
The defendants protested their in-
nocense on the stand and gave a clean
straightforward story which the
Framed" jury refused to accept at its
face value. Their attorney stood In
| with the game or they would have
} produced very positive evidence that
the alarm had originated from other
, sources. Though Miss Anita Barn
: yhD at
: the time the alarm was turned In Of
: fered to swear that the alarm came
: from the Old Chief Cafe, her testi-
, mony was not produced. She says
: that the only calls she received during
the evening we're from Arnolds Pool
Hall and the Old Chief Cafe. Attor-
ney Grisfold however refused to
: subpoenae her as witness.
/ The case was placed in the hands
of the jury at 10:45 p. m. and they
7 filed back to the court room with their
1 verdict at 11:00 o'clock. The verdict
) read by the foreman of the jury, r..
/ Foster Lamm is as follows:
. We, the duly empaneled jury In the
{ above entitled case, find the defendant
I Kirby Torrance, alias Scoop, the cub
, reporter, guilty as charged in the com
= plant and hereby fix his punishment
! as follows, to-wit: Said Kirby Tor
rance, alias Scoop, the cub reporter
3 shall hence forth and at once pro-
( ceed to write a truthful account, If cap
!, able and II not violating the ethics OF
q is alleged profession, which article
= shall be inserted I'm the American
r Press. more commonly known as the
[ "windy sheet and that the said
v Kirby Torrance shall hold himself up to
q the public ridicule and scorn for his
n part in this contemptous and BASTARD
e ly crime, which has reacted upon his
o immature nut, skull, pate or head
: And we the jury do further sentence
h the said Kirby Torrance that he shall
J. before being released from the custody
8 of this court and In the presence OF the
court shall give ample and profuse
: apologies for the far fetched and libel
: GUS article appearing this day In the
e American Falls Press, In which arti'
o Gle said Kirby Torrance tried to pass
d the bucket to innocent parties.
: We, the jury impaneled In the above
d entitled case do find the defendant
=. Frank O'Keefe guilty as charged, and
g hereby fix his punishment as follows
G to-wit: That said Frank O'Keefe shall
l. on or before "a hours from the rem
= ditton OF this verdict, cease and re
If frain from wearing shoes OF conspicu
!. ous hue, that is to say. white shoes
3 ladies shirt waists, and other femin'
n apparel. Whereof fail not
l. We, the duly impaneled jury in tn
1T above entitled case find the defendant
l. Harold H. Albers, alias Red Kelly o
h Soda Squirting fame. guilty as charges
lie and hereby fix The punishment Of sal
C. Albers as follows, namely: The sal
m Albers, alias Kelly shall within one
Dr. half hour of the rendition of thi
IT judgment. conduct this faithful, tru