Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-19
SHOPMAN GETS
OUT OF TOWN
ON QUICK TIME
Accused Worker Promises to
Leave to Avoid Fine
of 500.

o roll for $500 was the issue de-
Dated in police court Friday afternoon
in the case of Stanley Bielski, ar
raigned for disorderly conduct. The
odds were heavy against Bielski-and
he lost to the tune of a 500 fine. sus-
pended with the provision that he leave
Great Falls Immediately.
Bielski was arrested wednesday
night on complaint Of pickets Of the
Great Northern shops that he was try
ing to impersOnate an officer. he has
been for several days in the employ of
the Great Northern car repair shops.
Charges were made in police court
against Bielski by George Speck. a
picket from the striking shop crafts.
He had stopped Bielski and another
man at the entrance to Whittier park
Wednesday night and asked them if
they were in the employ OF the Great
Northern at the car shops, Speck said
Bielski replied that he was a deputy
United States marshal and that he
would youch for his companion, accord
ing to Speck's story.
Speck said that Bielski later re-
turned alone and told him that he had
a grudge against the companion who
had been with him a short time before
Bielski told him. Speck said, that the
man Ddu u Dk Uuuh IOI Vh I'm '1
that they could get him away from the
light and roll" him for about $500.
Speck said that he replied that he was
a peaceful strike picket and not q
boldup man or thief and refused to
have anything to do with the PROPOSE
ton. He said that Bielski told him
that the man owed him $40 and that
when he had asked him for a loan of
s 1.5O he replied that he didn't have the
change, but exhibited q roll of 20 dollar
bills.
Denies "Rolling" Story
Bielski told Magistrate II. A. Shep-
pard in police court that Speck's accu-
sation about rolling his companion
for $500 was untrue. He said that he
had asked the man for 81. 80 to find out
if he had any money. for they had both
been working in the shops and he had
loaned the man $40 several days be-
fore. and needed the money. When he
learned that the man had plenty of
money. he asked him for his 500. but
the man refused 10 pay it and. as he
was bigger than Bielski, it was i'm
possible to obtain the money by force
alone, Bielski told the court.
Questioned by City Attorney Charles
Davidson, Bielski admitted that he
wanted Speck's assistance in taking
the $50 away from his companion, but
said that he merely mentioned that the
man had about a 300 dollar roll with
no intent to infer that they might way
lay him for the whole amount Asked
by the court if he did not realize that
such an assault was against the law
and punishable by a penitentiary SEN
tence. Bielski said that all he thought
about was getting his $40 and knew
hat he couldn't get it alone. He
thought of appealing to the police, but
couldn't find a policeman, he said.
Four other strikers from the Great
Northern shops. who were in that Vi
cinity Wednesday night. appeared to
testify that they had heard part of the
conversation between Speck and Biel-
ski and that thev interpreted part of
it to mean that Bielski's intention was
to obtain help to rob his companion.
None of them was quite sure whether
he suggested rolling the man for his
money or whether he said that the man
had n $500 roll. but all We're sure that
the word roll had figured in the
conversation.
Bielski said that he was from Bay
City. Wis. and that he intended to go
hack home. He said that a girl friend
of his had obtained the $40 which his
working companion owed him and
brought it to him in his cell at the city
Jail Friday morning. He produced the
bill. all the money that he had, he
said. He had no money when he was
arrested, Jailer Otto B~jornstad testi-
fled.
After his first bitter denial Of
Speck's charges, Bielski stood suller
and silent while the other strikers told
their angles to the story.
Have you any reply to make TO
these men?' Judge Sheppard asked. /
Frameup Is Alleged
No" he said. They're all to-
gether and have their story all made
up. It's just a frameup. No, / haven't
got anything to say"
The 500 bill which Bielski produced
In the court room helped his case.
Judge Sheppard said. because it in o
way bore out his statement that his