The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-05-25
OROFINO BURGLARS
GET PRISON TERMS
SEVEN YEARS AT LEAVENWORTH
ELLIDGE FOUND GUILTY ON
TWO LIQUOR COUNTS

WoOuSOu, OTOIlnO post ONCE robbers
found guilty of burglarizing the Oro-
fino post office May 5, were this morn
ing sentenced to seven and one-half
years Imprisonment in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas
Each man was also fined $1,000 by
Judge Frank S. Dietrich The SEN
tence imposed was on a basis of two
and One-half years imprisonment for
each of the three counts on which
the men were found guilty.
The jury returned its verdict at
8:15 last night after having deliber-
ated on the case little over five
hours. McKeen F. Morrow Of Boise,
assistant United States district attor-
ney, was in charge of the govern
ment's case. The three men with
fourth man, who has been been ap-
pretended and who escaped with the
loot, blew up the Orofino post office
safe and obtained $500 in stamps and
$50 in small change
Criminal Records Known
All three of the men are known by
federal authorities to have long
criminal recorus. Sam Rose has
served time in the state penitentiaries
of Washington and California, and the
other two men have served consider
western states.
A sealed verdict returned this morn
ing at 9:30 in the Tom Ellidge case
found the defendant guilty of posses
sion and sale of liquor. Ellidge is
from Lewiston and was charged with
possession and sale of liquor in four
counts. He was acquitted of the first I
two counts. The case was retired |
yesterday after a jury in the previous |
trial had failed to agree.
Tom Ellidge Sentenced
Ellidge was sentenced to pay fine
of $500 for possession of liquor and
to be imprisoned in the Nez Perce
county jail at Lewiston for three
months for the sale of liquor. Ellidge
received the lsentence pronounced up
on him without emotion.
The three lOrofino post office burg
lars received their sentences without
the slightest display OF meotion.
Five Years at LeayenWOrth
Joe Deckard of Culdesac, who plead
guilty at theI beginning of the term
to resisting /. revenue officer with a
deadly weapon, was sentenced to five
years imprisonment in the federal
at Leavenworth. Deck
ard and the three post office burg
lars will be held in Moscow until
the conclusion of the Occur d'Alene
term of court, which opens Monday,
and will then be taken to Leaven-
worth.
The retrial of Earl Mashburn for !
white slavery opened this afternoon.
A jury late Monday night failed to !
reach an agreement on the case and
was dismissed. The jury was selected
his morning and the government |
opened it's introduction of evidence at q
, o'clock McKeen F. Morrow is pro- 9
scouting attorney and the defendant I
S represented by Attorneys McNamee L
md V. R. Clements, of Lewiston.
Court Room Crowded
The court room was packed with a
Ipectators, many Of whom were forced II
O stand The seventeen-year-Old girl o
llleged to have been transported by e
Iashburn for immoral purposes was r
he first witness called by the pro u
ecution 1t is expected that the en- q
ire afternoon will be devoted to the a
Introduction of evidence and the case Il
will probably not go to the jury be- v
ore O'Clock tonight. I
The Mashburn case. is the last to II
ONE before Judge Dietrich at this e
erm of court. The spring term OF Ct
he federal district court at Occur 81
'Alene will open Monday. r
Jurymen in the Mashburn case are "A
T. Owings, Moscow; Frank Slater, o
Ioscow John Miller. Moscow; Will "
am G. Short, Kamiah; John D. M
chadt. Nez Perce; Ray Carter, Mos ST
ow; Fred Veatch, Moscow; HI. N II
Vilson, Moscow; R. B. Ward, Mos &C
ow; c. Lucier. Moscow, and John TO
aylor, Moscow