The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Report of the Interference With the League
Meeting at Miles City, Sunday, April r,
1918, Together with the Law and De-
cision of the Supreme Court under which
the kidnapping Cases were Instituted.
THE Law ISABSOLUTELY Y DEEIED AND
STATE AUTHORITIES ARE INSULTED

with his shoulder and said "get into
the back seat, while the getting is
good.
The car into which I was forced
was driven by State Senator Rolla
Hern, Nugent and others do not
know acted as guards and they drove
east on Main street to the next
street, then north in various direc-
tions until they arrived at the Elks
Club; the basenA mt of which is oc-
cupied by the Chamber of Com
merce. They stopped at the side
door, ordered nAe to get out and
follow them, turned to the right
into a cement walled .dungeon-like
room used for bath rooms, where
TIN " had chairs all arranged in a
semi-circle. After a long wait some
ten more men were seated. and a
little later a flw more, came in. A
hf avy iron grey-haire1 man called
the meeting to order and said:
Gentlemen, the meeting will come
to order and you i1now our business
and Mr.. SFarr will render our de-
cision".
Mr.. Farr said: There will be no
discussion here on this decision, 1T
is already decided. This meeting
VIII not be held tonight. and a COM
mittee of you men will see that the
speaker leaves town on the first
train in either direction.
They filed out leaving me in
charge of a guard of four men;
among those I recognized at the
meeting were Senator Hern, Atty.
Farr, secretary of the Chamber OF
Commerce; Robinson, McClintock
head of the Custer County Bank;
McVey, former salesman for Cud-
hay; Nugent, Shothill, Contractor K.
l. Woods and Pete Jensen, ranchers
of Powderville, Mont. y
-:At about 6:30 p. m. they asked
me to follow them. out to the same
car and driver and drove around
] back streets until they saw the Mil :
wau;1ee. train NO.. IL coming, when
they drove up to the depot and with
guards all about me, asked me to
not get. on until the train was ready
i to leave. / got on and bought a
i ticket to Forsyth. which is the first
stop made by this train. | return
ed to. Wibaux through Miles City
i on N. P. train No. A that night.
j At 10:40 p. m. I telegraphed the
facts to d. C. .4Dorman.
i J. A. McGLYNN.
Subscribed and sworn to- before me
i this 18th day of)April, A. D. 1888
!; Art E. Jpffers,
i Clerk of the District Court,s
,Wibaux County, Mont,
DISMISSES
! THE CASE
!, Upon the presentation of the evi.
ence above set forth, the Justice OF
the Peace, -. ......., refused
! to hold the defendants for trial, anc
i declared that they were not guilty
Of the charge of kidnapping, MOT,
WITHST ANDING THE FACT
THAT THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF sMONTANA
HAS HELD IN THE CASES OF
; ST. ATE VS.. MCDONALD AND
STATE VS.. BRADLEF, 149 PAC
8 279, THAT SUCH EVIDENCE Is
! SUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN A
CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING.
THE LAW
ON THE CASE
s. f. In the Mcdonald case, some of th'
: members of labor union anon;
E whom was Mcdonald, ordered mel
d belonging to tfes old labor union
h out of line, and inspectfd d their un
: ion cards. Mcdonald was charge'
4 with kidnapping man by the nam
! of Towey, who was found passing
d through the conipanv's yard and wa
] held, while other members takel
d into custody were questioned. Nc
e Confined on Page Two)
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