The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-05-12
MOSCOW VANDALS
TOAbE PROSECUTED
OFFICERS STOP DANCE IN THE
DARK IN CABIN IN WOODS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

Warrants are being prepared for
the arrest of a number of young men
and young women and boys and girls
said to be students of Moscow and
Pullman high schools, for criminal
trespass. Arrests had not been made
when this paper went to press but
John Nisbet, prosecuting attorney, is
preparing the papers and Mrs. Mac P.
Bailey, whose summer cabin near the
foot of Moscow mountain was the
scene of the revelry, will swear to the
complaint. The case promises to bring
out some very interesting details of
past trespassing in the neighborhood
of Moscow summer homes six miles
northeast of Moscow.
Prosecuting Attorney Nisbet is also
gathering evidence concerning the
acts of boy of about 18 and a girl
about 16 years old who spent four
hours in the woods together Wednes-
day afternoon. He feels that unless
stop is put to the actions that have
going to bring disgrace upon her
parents.
''The Worm has Turned
Owners of summer homes near the
foot Of Moscow mountain have tired
of suffering from trespassers and
will prosecute those who have been
tormenting them for the past several
years. A raid by three deputy sher-
ifs, the sheriff and prosecuting at
torney Wednesday night was the be-
ginning Of a crusade to stop the dep
relations of high school students,
university students and students
from Washington State College, at
Pullman, as well as others who have
been destroying property and annoy
ing owners of summer homes.
Cabin owners united some time ago
in an agreement to prosecute any vio- |
lators of law or property rights in
that neighborhood this year. They
were driven to this step by the out
lawry of those mentioned. 1t was not |
country jakes" nor ''wood rats" nor I
people who did not know better, but it
was young men and young women
who have. had advantages of educa-
tion and social refinement, who would !
never think of entering the home of
another, climbing fences, destroying
trees, furniture, shrubbery or fruit
vines or bushes, in own or city, but
who apparently lost all sense of COM
mon courtesy, manliness and woman
liness when they got into the timber,
who have been committing these dep
relations.
On a recent Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
M. P. Bailey went to their summer
cabin, taking some friends and
lunch. They found two fraternity
men and two sorority girls calmly
eating their lunch in the Bailey cabin.
The owners and their guests waited
until the intruders had completed
their luncheon, and then requested
the privilege of using their own prop
erty.
Some months ago Mrs Scott went
to their cabin on Sunday and found I
the door broken in and bunch of
university students having gay {
time in the Scott home. The intru- (
ders declared they had found the
cabin door open, but while they were
talking to Mrs. Scott some other stu
dents came and one, the daughter of J
a Moscow business man, said: Why, {
how did you folks get in here. We. ]
tried our best but could not break the {
door in" {
C. H. Patton's cabin door was l
terror wrecked Mr. Bailey says the |
intruders even burned their tables c
and chopped the wood frames of their /
oedsprings, doing many dollars worth
Of damage to the cabin in addition to |
shopping number of fine trees SO
that they will die. Mr.. Patton had i
made number of rustic settees for r
1is guests at has fine cabin, "Idler's
Rest" and all of these were burned. i
Last summer the wife of a Moscow b
business man took big lot of boys S
and girls to the timber for day. $
They visited a cabin where there is t
'ine strawberry patch, and the entire r
gang trampled the berry vines, not +
,nly taking every ripe berry but a
ramping the green fruit and practic-
lily running the crop for the season. t
\ revolver and a flash light were G
aiken from sleeping tent The own a
r learned the identity of some of the a
'oys and gave them certain number
f hours to return the stolen prop
rty They returned it and told the
James of all of those in the party and Is
he leader was Moscow woman ii
vhose husband is in business. I
l. 49, H. H.