The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-02-14
CLEAR VICTORY
IN CONTEST CASE
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that he was paid for his work ,tnat
the committee had a campaign tund
of a considerable sum-, but that
ewing to the peculiar absence OF the
treasurer no explanation was mace
70 the court as to the use to which
the money was put. The court holds
that the Poplar supporters carried
on their activities in precincts Z, .
and a the same as the Wolf Polnt
partisans, not for the purpose OF
fraudulently influencing votes, put
for the purpose of gaining support
from the voters of the county Tor
Poplar for county seat.
In reviewing the evidence con
corning certain votes in contested
precincts. Judge Horkan says there
was nothing in the circumstances
surrounding these votes to Indicate
fraud. or that the parties casting
them acted in collision.
Acting on the knowledge that the
Hon. Judge Horkan had rendered a
decision dissolving the injunction IS
sued by Judge Green, a number OF
the county officials, assisted by cltl-
zens of Wolf Point, transferred their
records and came themselves to Wolf
Point. The transfer of the Clerk
and Recorders great register n
been held to be sufficient to consti-
tute a legal transfer of the seat OF
government. Records were trans
ferred from all offices except clerk
of the court, county attorney and
county treasurer, were brought to
Wolf Point and safely stored IN
vaults. County Treasurer r. M.
Kellogg is critically i'll, and his
friends advised against even dis
cussing the matter with him.
The officials who came to Woit
Point did so willingly and without
any suggestion of coercion. Asses
sor John Curran, with part Of his
office in each town, returned to Pop
lar Wednesday.
No Violence
The handling of the books, papers
and fixtures that were moved, was
attended by much care to insure that
nothing was misplaced or injured.
They we're packed carefully into cars
and trucks, carefully guarded on the
road and unloaded to places OF
safety, with the expectation that
permanent quarters would be ar
for when the commissioners
held their first meeting.
There was no force or violence
more than some loud talk during the
work of loading the county prop
ertv. A number of men, supposed
to belong to Poplar, stood about ana
watched the work from nine o%'clocA
until about 1920, when a party OF
perhaps 80 men arrived from down
town and one of their leaders an
nounced that they had heard from
Judge Horkan who ordered that
nothing should be moved. This sub
seouently proved to be absolutely
false. The parties doing the NOV
ing had all that they considered
necessary at that time, so got into
their cars and left for Wolf Point.
Attorney Mobbed
Down town things had been more
exciting. Otis A. Hallett, n OF
Wolf Points attorneys, was in Pop
lar to see that Judge Horkan's md
inos were filed at nine o'clock by the
clerk of Court and to file a Judg-
ment against DIR. J. L. Atkinson as
lite for the costs of the trial, a
sum slightly in excess Of $1,000. In
the hotel and on the street he was
subjected to threats and abuse
couched in vile language. When the
mob followed him to the train when
he intended to take for Glasgow the
situation became so serious that a
cali for help was phoned to Jaller
Rlackmon at the county Jail. Neither
Anderson nor Deputy Council were
there so Mr.. Blackmon called on
Constable Ed Nichol to go to the
station and protect Mr.. Hallett. w.
A ROGERS of this city vas nearby
with his car and he was requested to
rrsh Mr. Nichol to the depot, which
he did. Upon his arrival there ne
was arrested for speeding and
thrown into jail. Later he was taken
before a Justice and assessed $3.50
which he paid although he was with
in his rights when driving fast con-
sidering the duty which had been
assigned him.
A Losers Tactics
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