Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-02-06
CONVICT deer HUNTERS
HOPE VERDICT WILL STOP
HUNTING ON RICKREALL
Jury Finds James Brady and T. M
Thrasher Guilty of Waiting For
Deer On Wet Stand.

Hunting deer out of season wa
given a severe blow Friday Afternoon
when I. NJ. Thrasher aud James Bra
dy of Falls City were found guilt,
OF waiting on wet stand for dee
on the Rickreall, a jury in Justice o.
the Peace Holman's court.
The complaining witness, Ro,
Bremmer, state deputy game warden
says that many people in Falls Cit,
and Black Rock and few in Dalla;
have been virtually living on venisor
all winter and that he is bound t.
stop the unlawful slaughter of deel
on the upper Rickreall. Hunters have
taken advantage of the fact that il
is hard to secure a conviction in &
game suit unless it can actually be
proved that game was unlawfully
killed, and have been hunting con
tinuously since November l, when the
deer season closed.
81 hope the conviction of these two
Fellows will stop the practice" said
Mr.. Bremmer, "but if it won't, III
arrest every person / catch on those
deer stands up the creek. Four miles
above Dallas, there is no one living
on the Rickreall and people that trav-
ell the Ellingsworth and Buell. trails
and frequent the stands known by the
same name are in there for deer, and
everyone l catch will have to explain
himself before a jury like these
young men did"
The law says it is unlawful to
lie in wait for deer out of season,
either on a dry or wet stand; it is
not necessary to prove that deer were
killed. Messrs. Thrasher, Brady and
Robinson were charged with lying
in wait on. wet stand, the Filings
worth stand. The evidence showed
that the three men left Falls City
early Wednesday morning and went
over the mountain to the Filings
worth trail. Nearing the Rickrealli
Young Robinson, who is only 16 years
old. left the train and made a detour
around the mountain. Thrasher and
Brady went down to the creek and
STAYED there at what is commonly
known to hunters as the Ellingsworth
stand. They got to the stand short
" after nine and were still there al
noon when Game Warden Bremmer
arrived on the scene with his depu-
ty, W. H. Harrison.
The defendants said they were
hunting eoons and bobcats but the
game warden testified that they had
felled trees across the creek to eaten
any deer that might be shot while
fording and be carried down by the
current. and that they had passed up
numerous coon sign, not leaving the
Fllingsworth stand for further than
100 feet in any direction, waiting foi
Young Robinson and his dog to drive
in deer. !,
Counsel G. 0. Holman for the de
fense objected to any evidence what
soever. at the outset of the trial, be
cause the indictment was in the dis'
iunetive form, charging one thing oi
another. He said they were not eharg,
ed with any specific thing and quoted
the supreme court of Oregon to sho"
that the Indictment should be IN the
coniunetive form. Justice Holman
overruled the objection, however. dc
said it was plain enough that the Is
sue was whether or not the deiend'
ants were lying in. wait for deer OIL
a stand. .A.oj
The Justice of the Peace assessed
the minimum fine of $25 and cost
On tbe two men, found guilty. DIS
tr;ct Attorney Piasecki conducted tnt
state's case and G. o. Holman anc
Joseph HelgersOn appeared Tor tn'
defense.