The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-02-18
Ely, MIMI, February IA, 1916.
Editor Ely Miner,

Editor Ely Miner,
Dear Sir
If you can spare the space to print
few remarks that want to make
on your article in last weeks issue
Under the heading, ''Game Warden
Wood" will consider it favor if
you will do so. l will guarantee that
l can prove everything l say, and
stand ready to bear the consequences.
II Game Warden Wood and a few
other game wardens would spend their
time and energy, and the state money.
on game protection, instead Of play
ing low down, dirty tricks under pre-
tense of law and color of office on
people who are not favored with the
good will and friendship of those high
and mighty state officials, they would
have the cooperation and moral sup
port Of the majority Of law abiding
people in this part of the state.
One man was railroaded about the
County for five days and lodged in
four different jails on a charge Of
game law violation sworn to by this
Game Warden Wood. In reality all
this man Game Warden Wood had
against the man, was that he testified
In a case where Game Warden Wood
was found guilty Of larceny. In this
case Game Warden Wood testified
that he stood in front Of the Burnt
side Hotel, forty or fifty feet high,
and could see men shining the shore
for deer for mile or mile and a
half along the shore of the lake.
will leave it to any man acquainted
with the shore in front of Burnside
Hotel to judge how near Game War
den Wood came to telling the truth.
Game Warden Wood swore to this
to make an excuse for taking property
that rightfully belonged to another
man. The excuse did not work and
Game Warden Wood was sore.
The man who was railroaded about
for five days and lodged in four differ
ent jails, is poor man working for
ordinary wages trying to save enough
to build little home Of his own. He
has wife and three children to sup
port. 1t cost him somewhere in the
neighhorhood of hundred dollars to
defend himself against a charge Of
which he was not guilty, because he
had the temerity to give testimony
tending to prove Game Warden Wood
guilty of larceny.
When Game Warden Wood was
found guilty of larceny in the NUM-.
cipal court at Ely, one of his friends
remarked: Before Game Warden
Wood paid that fifty dollars fine i'm
posed on him for larceny by the NUM-
cipal court of Ely, fifty foreigners
would pay fines of fifty dollars EACH"
Game Warden Wood did not pay hi g
fine. The State of Minnesota paid
out good money for lawyer to defend
him. His case was appealed to the
District Court, and Assistant County
Attorney Edward E. Boyle had the
case dismissed in that court.
The man who was railroaded about
the county for five days and lodged in
four different jails, paid his own
lawyer and his own witnesses ex-
penses to get his case dismissed, while
his prosecutor Game Warden Wood
was paid by the State of Minnesota.
The dear people of the State of Min
nesota paid all expenses on the side of
Game Warden Wood.
Two other game wardens recently
tried to dictate to a witness what he
should swear to and then threatened
him with persecution because he
would not swear as he was dictated to
by those high and mighty State
officials.
Poor old James O'Niel. man about
eighty years old, made careless re-