Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-11-23
.RObS 2 HOMES
ANDTHENSETS
ATTIRE
Carries Two Guns, Butcher
Knives and Bloody Ratchet
When He Is Arrested
0lney and Missing Partner
Planned to Burglarize
Whitebird Bank, Is Story

Languishing in the Lewis county
jail at Nezperce is Ed Olney, 16-
year-old Lewiston boy, after a brief
but notorious career of crime. Olney
was arrested late last week near Cot
tonwood by Village Marshal A. 81.
Nau, after he had robbed the War
rem billiard home, south of Craigmont
and burned the Kittrell schoolhouse,
also in the Craigmont vicinity.
Lewis county officers for time
sought partner of Olney, whom he
called "Jim," thinking that tJim"
had been murdered by the Olney boy
and his body burned when the school
house was fired. Inspection Of the
ruins of the schoolhouse, however,
failed to reveal trace of the body,
and later Olney admitted lis part
ner's name was Harry Rae, but Of
ficers are baffled as to the where
abouts or identity of Harry Rae.
QUARRELs WITH PAL
Olney said he met Rae near the
and that together they burglarized
the house. He said, following the
robbery, he and Rae quarreled be-
cause Rae wanted to burn the Dill
lard place, and that at that time the
two parted company.
Robbery of the bank at Whitebird
was planned by the two prior to their
disagreement, said Olney, who de-
clared Rae possessed high explosives
and burglars tools with which to
blow the bank safe.
When arrested, Olney had in his
possession guns, butcher knives and
a blood-stained Ratchet
The Dillarl home was robbed while
the occupants were absent. When
they returned, they found blood on the
curtains and on the floor and a guam
tity of food and trinhets missing.
ADMITS ANOTHER ROBBERY
Olney also has confessed to the rob-
berry of the Fl. Matthews home, near
Reubens, prior to the robbery Of the
billiard home. At the Matthews place,
he stole the butcher knives that were
in his possession when he was
arrested.
Hugo Hanses, on whose farm stood
the schoolhouse that was burned,
found where camp had been made
about a quarter mile north of the
'chool almost in direct line with the
billiard home, which was about one
mile further north toward Craigmont.
The camp was in a timothy stubble
asd no tracks were visible, but Hanses
said that it bore all evidence Of be-
ing the camp Of two, from the
fact that the shells of a dozen and
! half eggs were found there. Some
IF the pins, jewels and trinkets taken
from the billiard home were found
here as were jars and a guam
-ity of unused food
Stories Olney tells the Lewis coun-
" officials are inconsistent, and fire.
Iuently he contradicts himself.
When Ben Olney, of Lewiston,
father of the lad, arrived in Nezperce
he asked to see his son, but the boy
'emained in the back part Of
he cell, apparently ashamed to
zee his father. Olney then asked
o see Prosecuting Attorney Pencil,
md the sheriff informed him that
hey had planned to have meeting
With the boy in the office of the
ounty attorney later. The father
hen went out to dinner. A deputy
heriff then asked the boy if that was
rs father and he answered, "I don't
now
When the father returned the boy
vas taken from his cell into the office
# the sheriff, and the father greeted
lin in low voice, efHello, son. The
boy hung his head and answered,
Hello" The father then asked his
on who the boy was that was with
Tim, but the boy pulled his cap down
,ver his eyes and turned away. When
he father repeated the question the
10Y after a moment pause, answered
IT don't know