Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1924-06-26
POKER LANDS.
IN.
CELL
travelling Man Finds Himself
5000 Short in Lewiston;
Gets Cash at Ferdinand
Draft Comes Back Unpaid
and Indorser Is Obliged to
Dig Up Seventy-fiveT Bucks

poker game played with friends
IN lewiston, in which he lost $500,
and as result found himself imam
cialy embarrassed, is the cause OF
CIV Austin, a travelling man, languish-
inc hehind the bars Of the Idaho
eonnty iail. because he can't raise
300 bond, ON which he is held 10
answer to the district court on a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Austin was apprehended in Cana
ia by Canadian authorities, at the
reouest of Sheriff Eller, and was es-
corted across the international line,
where he was taken in tow by offic-
ers of Stevens county, Wn., who held
him for the Idaho county sheriff. He
was brought to Grangeville late last
week from Colville, Wn., by Deputy
Sheriff Ben Robertson, and was
lodged in the county Jail.
TAKEN TO FERDINAND
On Saturday, accompanied by Sher-
if Eller, Prosecuting Atty. f. e. Fogg,
NJ. r. Hattabaugh, the defendants
counsel and Miss Florence Murray,
stenographer, Austin was taken to
Ferdinand, the scene of his alleged
carelessness with negotiable paper,
and was arraigned before Justice of
the Peace H. G. Sasse.
Austin waived preliminary examin-
alton and the court held him to an
swer to the district court on bond OF
$500, which he was unable to furnish,
and the man was returned to the Ida
no county prison.
According to the story told to the
officers, Austin had good job with a
Spokane concern, but took a few days
vacation with the boys" in Lewiston.
When the outing was finished, Austin
. turned his pockets inside out, and
they were empty. He needed money
badly.
He went to Ferdinand by automo-
bile, where he met ]. p. Gilbertz,
merchant, and an old-time friend of
Austin. Austin, it is related, induced
Gilbertz to indorse a $75 draft for
him. This draft was drawn on the
Spokane concern, by which Austin
had been employed. Austin took the
indorsed draft to a Ferdinand bank,
where he exchanged it for another
draft and departed
TIME THE ESSENCE
Austin, according to the story Of
his rQlQfnd fA fhn nffinnrc NV
driving in a car, expected to reach
Spokane before the original draft
was presented for collection. When
ne arrived in Spokane, he thought, he
could straighten things out" He
would simply 'hit his house" for a
little advance, to tide him over the
emergency. They would honor the
draft. He would resume work, and
everything would be o. k.
But things don't always work out
III accordance with ones plans. At least
AUSTIN found such to be the case His
employers had in the meantime
learned of his vacation in Lewiston
and gave him the hooks"
furthermore, the erstwhile employ
ers refused to honor the draft drawn
AZ ferdinand. 1t was returned to the
rerdnand bank, which in turn called
IN Mr.. Gilbertz, the indorser, to pay.
nus the charges of obtaining money
au raise pretenses were filed, and
Au0lin landed behind the bars.
authorities, it is reported, have
WIN consent of the prosecuting wit
nsss' expressed willingness to dis.
~ niss the charge against Austin, II
i ns VIII pay Gilbertz the SIS and re-
n,eurse the county the expense to
anacn IL has been placed in bringing
austi from Colville to Grangeville