American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-08-06
HEARING or EVIDENCE ENDS
IN DISBARMENT CASE
Ontario Attorney o. Annihilates Last
Yestige OF Yeracity OF william kep-
cher-Briefs VIII Be Submitted-y


tario was the last witness for thel de-
fense, and he left little worth while
Of the reputation for truth and Ser-
<icity of William F. Kercher.
1t will be recalled that KerchAT
testified that A. c. Haag offered him
an automobile to sign certain al
fidavit and that Attorney Bissell had
attempted to intimidate him. He also
said that sheet two of an affidavit I
signed by him for Haag had been sub
stituted for the original sheet and |
that it contained statements which he Z
did not make. Attorney Gallagher /
told Of the conflicting stories told him /
by Kercher, and of his advising ker-
cher as an attorney, not TO sign an
affidavit presented by BisseH; that
later Kercher and A. c. Haag re-
turned with an almost identical afti-
davit: that he (Galligher) dictated the
affidavit Kercher had questioned, in
Kercher's presence handed him sheet
bv sheet as it came from his steno-
grahper. and when the three sheets
making up the affidavit were COM
pleted and fastened together he read
them to Kercher. and that kercher
signed them without protest and
swore they were the truth. CALI
CHER testified that no attempt TO in
timidate Kercher had been made, and
that Kercher's reputation for truth
and veracity was bad in Ontario
The defense in the Hodgin charge
put William Marshal on the stand,
who detailed his visits with Hodgin
in Butte. Hodgin also attempted to
repudiate portions of an affidavit, but
before the cross examination was
completed admitted that the affidavit
stated the facts as he gave them to
E r. Dampier.
Marshall and Sheriff Jeffries visit
ed Hodgin in his room at Butte, where
Hodgin showed them a letter he had
received from Spencer L. Baird, re-
proaching him for having given away
The fact that he had told of signing a
criminal complaint against o. X. Baum
which complaint slumbered in Mr.
Baird's office until il was drawn forth
bv the defense at the hearing Jet-
fries and Marshall read the letter, the
latter put il in his pocket and mailed
il to Baum, and after its return from
Baum left it in Hodgin's room. he
said he did this because he thought
Baum ought to know what was going
on.
Marshall detailed the facts relating
m the making and signing of the af-
fidavit by Hodgin which Hodgin had
attempted to repudiate, suostanuatlhg
f r. Dampier's account of it. Mar
shall's story was told in a breezy
manner. which made him probably the
most interesting witness in tn case
Sheriff Jeffries caused ripple Of
excitement by calling attorney ber
Davis a liar. Jeffries was on the Wit
ness stand telling what Hodgin hac
told him about the Rockland land dea
and subsequent events. and of having
been with Hodgin and Marshall in the
California bar at Butte. Ben Davis
said to him: You and Marshall de
liberateIy got Hodgin drunk to ge
him 10 talk his head off, now didn'
you%
Quick as a flash Jeffries answered
You're a liar" The referee took M
notice of the language. but proceed
ings were halted a moment, and peac'
. reigned.
Impeaching Kercher. D. W. Davi
testified that he went to Ontario L
get Kercher to promise to come [
Idaho to testify in the case and tel
the truth. If Kercher would do $
he promised to see that he was pro
tected. Kercher told him. he said, tina
Baird had threatened to put him i
iai if he repudiated the affidavi
AGAINST Baum. and confirmed state
ments made by Kercher which wer
testified to by A c. Haag.
Lee French was the only witness
rebuttal. Gibson had testified that !
his Judgment the figures on the Hoo
gin check were those of Mr. Frencl
Lee said they resembled his ngures !
Two respects and were different
one. He could not say whether the
we're made by him or not
MIR. Baum put on large number
character witnesses from list
ahout $50. stopping when the refere
said he had enough Among the
- we're Bob O'Neil. ]. S. Schrock, o. v
Pollard. Z. Z. Geesey, E. E. zarin
p ID Durkee. G. W. Kerr. W. J. Han
son r W. Peterson. Miss F. Nett
Rice. John T. Coleman. r. F. Not
Mrs F. C. Howland. DR.. McKinnon
Aberdeen. Mr.. Evans of the c. W.
NJ. and Wnford Bennion.
II will probably be two months b
fore the testimony is Transcribed, al
probably the first of the year befo
The matter is laid before the supren
court.
The postoffice at Camp Lewis
yises the Press that the tollowll
Power county men have been tran
ferred TO France: II. NJ. Peterso
Jesse 0. Perry. Samuel {. SUIT. *.
banner, d. c. Olney, Ernest Popp
Rov Ervins, Fern Flint. Thomas I'll
bons. Myron NJ. Foster. Ernest Col
mons. Elmer Hartley, Grover Evai
John Schoenbeck. Fred Deeg. sol
OF these men have been over IN Fran
for some time. while others were tran
ferred only recently.