The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-10-27
|SCOBEY SHERIFF HAS
EXCITING EXPERIENCE
All Legal Wrinkles Known Used in
Getting Prisoner Out of State
of Washington.

Sheriff Martin returned to Scohey
last Friday bringing with him Edward
Nelson, wanted by the state Of Mon
tana to answer to the charge of arson
in the second degree which the coun-
ty attorney with the cooperation of
the state fire m%arshalIs office saw
fit to place against him.
The sheriff had been gone for a
little over three weeks, the time being
spent before the governors of three
states and a half a dozen different
courts to get his man, and he finally
had to resort to "gum-shoe" work
and strategy to out-wit Nelson's at
torneys in order that he might be able
to get Nelson to Scobey in time to
appear in Daniels county's next term
of court.
Sheriff Martin first went to Hell
ena where he had extradition papers
signed by Governor Dixon, and by the
time he arrived in Portland, Nelson's
attorneys had already filed habeas
corpus proceedings. A hearing was
held before a judge at Salem, Ore,
and the writ was denied. An appeal
was asked for and a hearing held be
fore the governor of Washington, who
held that 'they," Nelson's attorneys,
chad earned their fees in the case and
that Nelson should be returned to
Montana" Their intentions were to
start an appeal before Sheriff Martin
could get started for Montana. The
sheriff had hid Nelson in one of the
jails at that time and Nelson's at
torneys were unable to find him, nsi-
Their were they able to serve restrain
ing orders on Sheriff Martin as the
prisoner was not in custody. Two de-
t~ectives were put on the sheriff's trail
in an effort to locate Nelson, and
when Sheriff Martin left Portland
they had applied for a writ of habeas
corpus in Clark county, Wash. When
Sheriff Martin got across the line in
to Vancouver, WASH, a distance of
about nine miles, he was met by Mel
sons attorneys and a squad of po-
licemen who induced the sheriff to
abandon his trip for the time being.
NV "CIiC III COuIU Ill WdSulHg-
Ion on a writ of habeas corpus which
was denied by the judge after which
another appeal was made and a bond
of 5000 was fixed which was furnished.
IN the meantime Sheriff Martin wired
for a new bench warrant and extra
dition papers, this time from the
state of Washington, and so the bat
tie waged, first in Oregon, then in
Washington, with Nelson being spirit
ed back and forth across the line in
an effort by Sheriff Martin to shake
off his pursuers and have a chance
to start for home with his nal and
still be within the law.
His chance finally came and it was
the last chance that would present
itself. Immediately after the hear
ing before the governor of Washington
and before a restraining order could
be served upon him, he telephoned to
a waiting deputy to start with his
man towards Montana. Nelson's at
torneys soon became aware of this ac-
ton and AM attempt was made to stop
him and all railroad terminals were
blocked to keep him from getting out
Washington. Sheriff Martin,
knowing of this play, Communicated
a Packard twin-six, o~verhauled the
train at Kelso, a small station out Of
Olympia, took Nelson off the train and
the entire distance, $50 miles,
across the state of Washington, never
stopping except for gasoline, until
they reached Sand Point, Idaho, where
boarded No. a going east. The
went as far as Eureka where
put up for a few hours needed rest.
Arriving at Poplar he was met by
of his deputies who finished the
remainder of the trip with him and
his prisoner.-Daniels County Leader.