The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-09-29


finally searched by the sheriff's Of
flee and two or three men were
found on the inside, the worse fol
liquor, and q gallon jug with only
about quart of moonshine left in
it, was seized. Mr.. Henesh was
held as the man responsible for the
presence of the moonshine in his
basement. One or two Of his friends
who had imbibed enough to be ex-
citable were allowed to go. '
Charge Against Sheriff
A day or two afterwards Sheriff
Simmons received an unsigned let
ter purporting to be written by OF
for ten different men who wanted
to convey to him the message that
they knew he was taking money for
protecting individual bootleggers and
that he did not try to catch them.
They charged that he was only
catching the bootleggers who would
not put up hush money to him. After
stating that they knew these things
to be the fact they said that they
were going to defeat him for re-
election. They were going to go out
and turn all the votes they could
away from him and to the other fell
low. Then they went on to say in
another paragraph that II he would
get busy and catch Mr.. So and So,
naming an alleged bootlegger, that
they would forgive him all the trou-
BILE he had made them and their
friends and the fellows who would
not put up hush money, and they
would not only vote for him for sher-
If but they would go out and get
everybody else to vote for him that
they could. Having this evidence
that they were a high-minded bunch
of patriots they then and there
brought their letter to a close with
the assurance that they meant bust
ness.
At about the same time Editor
Trego received an unsigned letter
charging Sheriff Simmons with con-
Quoting the Jail in basely immoral
manner and the writer of the letter
said that he was prepared to furnish
the proof of the charges he made
He was very anxious to have Editor
Trego get busy on the case, investi-
eating things that happened last
winter and said he would be glad
to be informed as to what Editor
nd n,,t IA
brought his letter to close with
out signing his name. The letter
was posted over in the Boise coun-
try.
vIe5 Jail Found o *. |
Editor Trego has inspected the
Jail from time to time and pro-
nounced 1t kept in very clearly
and sanitary condition and has as
surance that the rules and regula-
tions for handling the two classes of
prisoners, the male and the female,
when there are any of the latter, are
such that the matters referred to in
the Boise unsigned letter could not
have happened. Women Of the town
who have been in the habit of visit
ing the woman prisoner in the Jail
have not found reasons to think that
the, upholding of morality in the
jail had been in any way neglected.
The records of the probate court ,
indicate that several persons had
parked their cars wrong and paid /,
$500 each as reminder to park
them according to the traffic rules.
John Monson, Charles Merrell, and
s. A. Sibbetts have paid fines for )
wrong. A complaint was :
laid against Walker Rich for park
ing wrong and the court was await
ing his arrival to attend to the case. ;
Twitchell had fuss with 5
m Indian and they did some boxing :
and Mr.. Twitchell was fined $1,000
Tor it.
One night during the fair couple
If young fellows at the dance be- l
1aved as if they had been imbibing
something and an officer decided to
AXE them into custody. Two of
heir friends, white boy and an I
indian boy, appealed to the officer
% allow them to take the near Of
lenders into custody and promised I
hat they would be responsible for
hem for good behavior from that
moment on and the officer accepted
heir proffer. The four went away
ogether and no further evidence of
disorder was seen by the officers. I