Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-10-13

turned down Dy Cne DeHoCTdliC or-
ganization. SUCH is NOT THE
CASE. l did not resign until II e
following January. After l handed
in my resignation to the Commas
sioners, and before it was accepted,
both Mr.. Zelenka and Mr.. Torgerson
requested me to withdraw my resig
nation. Mr.. Harrison also asked me
if the Board had done anything which
offended me that caused me to send
in my resignation. / told him that
my relations with the Board were as
pleasant then as they had always
been in the past; that / had propo-
sition offered me which would be bet
ter than the office of assessor. had
reference to the promise by Pat
Blake, then Chairman of the Demo-
cratic County Central Committee, of
my appointment as Postmaster at Oro-
fino.
Shortly after my resignation Pat
stated to me that there was a short
age of 5000 in the previous campaign;
and in view of the fact that l was to
, get the post Office, one of the best
, positions in the county, they had de-
, cided that levy of 500 should be
made on me. $50 on Mr.. Kaufman,
$25 on Mr.. Shreve, and $25 on Mr..
Holmberg. Messrs. Kaufman,
) Shreve, and Holmberg paid the
, amounts levied on them. l also gave
Pat check for my 500 assessment
: which l presume should have been
e paid in cash so the record would be
r clear. But, as it is, hold the cam
celled check with the name of P. H.
: Blake as Chairman of the Democratic
f county central committee, endorsed
t on the back thereof.
d AS Secretary of the Democratic
d County Central Committee Mr..
$ Shreve kept a record Of all moneys
n received and paid out for campaign
/, purposes. Pat never turned this 5000
i over to Mr.. Shreve. After this time
l Pat requested Mr.. Shreve to let him
e have the Bank deposit book and the
Secretary's cash book, as he said he
o wanted to balance them and clear up
y the record. Mr.. Blake being chair
;e man of the committee, Mr.. Shreve
lie readily handed the books over to Mr..
l. Blake. Pat has failed to make any
report or return the books to Mr.
n Shreve.
Z, To further corroborate my conten.
ic tion that there is ar organized con
to spiracy to maliciously injure me,
will cite the Miller case, in which ]
w. Blake brutally assaulted Mr.. C
w. Miller and kicked him out of thu
Fidelity State Bank on October Is
1918, mote the date,) in the presence
of Charles Strickfadden and myself
Mr.. Strickfadden was the Book keepe
in the bank at that time. Note tn
result. Miller sued Blake for $25, 00
damages. was witness for Mile
at at the trial. was the only eyewit
ks ness in the bank at the time VIII
4 . testified for Miller but was coror
borated by A. l.. Thiele, Rober
Cook and c. 0. Portfors. Thes
three gentlemen saw the assault O
to the outside of the bank.
re | When the case came to trial, be
ng ing the principal witness for Miller
d. testified first. This gave Blake tn
ut chance to coach his witnesses in orde
on to impeach my testimony, if possible
ne Strickfadden was the first witnes
Ter for Blake. He swore that was nc
in the bank when the assault occurred
ito but, on ross-examination admitte
ge that | had access to the vault an
a, books of the bank up to September Il
his 1914 The next witness for Blak
1t. was one Blair Hoar. who was not
ed the bank when the assault occurred
nd but, instead, he swore that was nc
to in the bank when this occurred; an
to that he, Blair Hoar, was there. H
of said the reason he was so positive thu
q was not in the bank at the tim
nix was-because l was out in the cOuntr
mt during the month of October, collec
yer ing taxes. To refute this | produce
,c- my bank deposit book on the Fidelit
he State Bank to prove that had mac
~, deposit in said bank on October q
1918, as tax collector. The amount
90 this deposit was $40, and this was Il
90 only item of personal property tax
90 collected during October.
90 The only other eyewitness to the a
ne sault inside the bank was Jim Blak,
" In his dire extremity to pervert tt
vi ends of justice, take notice of h
in testimony, viz: On cross examin
as tion by the attorneys for Miller,
is order to further entrap this ms
sed Blake, they got him to state definit
ult ly just what date | was in the bar
- the last time. He said June 81.
Is, was the last time beyond any qu
of tion. Here is where he MET HI
ci- WATERLOO. l Immediately produ
4 r Al MI