The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-01-13
FARCIAL TRIAL
WILL BE GIVEN
BY LEGION POST
Clever Entertainment for Public D.
Planned for Next Thurs
day Evening.

A mock trial II To be staged b,
members of the local Legion post a
Reybroco hall next Thursday night
The trial will start AT ) O'Clock. ano
h. pablie Is invited A charge o
20 ceats will be made 70 spectators
The press agent for the Legioi
promises dive entertainments for the
ease in Legion eeGrt. Filler District
State OF Idaho. when desperate
criminal will be tried,
Neither the complaint against the
offender nor the offenders name has
yet been made public. presumably
because Sheriff Bin Diehl and Dep.
uty Sheriff Claude Neal have not as
yet taken the alleged criminal into
custody. Rumor has IL. howsyer that
he is charged with being a shame
less, shimmy-shaking simp" aud that
among other minor offenses II Is al
legged he has committed homicide
arson. mayhem. kidnapping. libel. cat
tie rustling. sheep stealing. altering
brands, riot. forcible entry aud de-
tainer. forgery and count rfeitlng
malicious mischief and criminal syn
diealism.
This is known: THAT the de-
fendant has employed ms, his
attorney Earl Munyon. who In n
statement TO our reporter said: Il
cannot disclose my clients al name
at this time. although he has been
known under various aliases. such as
Rough House Red. slippery Bill"
and Booze Hound Hen" but when
the trial Is over not only will my
client he cleared OF all the charges
brought against him. hut We will In
all probability have convicted the
prosecuting witness. most Of the
jury and the Judge. ! now hold In
my left hand evidence showing that
the jury will be tempered wish.
1T Is not true. as has been stated
that my client will plead emotional
insanity-he never had an emotion
in his life -
When asked II Il Is true that his
client beats his wife. Mr.. Munyon
said with deep feeling: Such charges
are base and false. II b true he once
beat his wife in two-handed game
OF pinochle. but he did that but
once. That slip occurred several
years ago and he has since been a
model husband Since the price OF
raisins went up he has seldom even
been convicted OF being drunk and
disorderly."
The prosecuting attorney for the
Legion court. Juneau Shinn. said the
grand jury OF the Legion has brought
m a true bill charging the defendant
on SO counts III we don't conyict
him. we certainly will convict some
one Our case is one OF the strong
est | ever saw. We have a great
many OF our witnesses In Jail so that
the defense cannot buy them OFF. AL
ready they have run off Jack NJ. Tan
nenbaum who Is leaving for Utah 10
visit his new heir and doubtless In
this manner seeks TO avoid giving
testimony. The defendant or some
one Il without doubt desperate
criminal. shall fearlessly perform
my duty and II ! don't convict the de-
f.ndant I'll surely convict someone. "
". ID. ellis, who will act as judge
OF the Legion court aud will preside
al the trial said. when shown the
statement OF the defendants lawyer
that he would free his client and con
Wet the Judge and jury. This Il
clearly contempt OF court but have
no statement 10 make AT this time
except that ! am strongly preiudiced
against one side or the other. but
against which side Is the haffling
question.
A large number OF Legion men
have been subpoened TO serve on the
jury The trial will start al ) .. M
next Thursday and the public l. In
vited.