Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-11-21
ROHLFING CASE
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blood, which connected it with the
mans head. Mr.. Reynolds picket
up a small stone, which he believed
showed evidence of having been hi
by bullet.
Joe Mcconnell, mechanic for the
King Motor Company, of Boise, stat
ed that on the morning of June
9th, just after he came to work
a Star car, occupied by young man
and an elderly gentleman drove up
to that place of business TO have a
new hub cap put on their car. He
identified the defendant and stated
that at the time that they were at
the garage, Rohlfing wore a pair of
blue trousers, a white shirt and had
a black muffler tied about his neck.
Immediately after they left the
garage they left in the direction of
Mountain Home.
Ben Johanessen, proprietor of the
store at the Boise tourist park and
also supervisor of the park was the
next witness on the stand and he
stated that on the evening of June
26th, while he was making the last
rounds in the park, a negro came to
him and asked him to quiet a dis
turbance or quarrel in tent immed-
lately adjacent to their own. Mr..
Johanessen stated that he went to-
ward the tent indicated by the ne
gro and as he neared ii he heard one
OF the occupants, in a more or less
excited voice tell the other, II don't
owe 1t to you, If / had any money,
/ would give 1t to you" Mr.. johann
essen asked them to keep quiet and
in doing so he went into the tent
and recognized the occupants as be-
ing Minis and Rohlfing. AS he was
leaving, he heard a voice, which he
stated impressed him as being that
Of the defendant say: I'VE will set
tie this later" AS Mr. Johanessen
was leaving Mr.. Mills followed him
out and told him that he was sorry
that 1t was necessary to speak to
hem and that he would assure him
hat there would be no further dis
urbance as he was a gaw-abiding
,itizen.
The next witnesses were II. j.
<niefel and LaVerne Bullen, who
we're harvesting the hay crop on
he Kneifel ranch. near Mountain
Home. They stated that about elev-
n O'Clock on the morning of June
9TH, their attention was attracted
y an auto that was going out
through the sage brush. Their at
ention was drawn to the machine
wing to the fact that it was travel
ne at a very good rate over coun-
ry of sage brush and large lava
ocks, where there was not a semb- s
lnce of road. They stated that
ne machine kept on until it reached [
ne pole line of the Idaho Power o
and followed the line over a
nearby ridge where 1t disappeared Y
'om sight. a
Gilbert Nettleton stated that on l
me 9th, the defendant came to his t
ouse about one O'Clock in the af- e
noon and asked for drink of wa 1
r. He stated that he had been C
alking for quite a distance and Il
ished to be directed to Caldwell. At t
lat time he wore the same clothing f
J described by Mr.. Mcconnell and f
ore slight moustache. The last n
TAT Nettleton saw OF the defendant c
} was making his way across a field I
the direction Mr.. Nettleton had r
vised him was the way to Caldwell. t
that time he was carrying a straw o
itcase and a black leather hand q
lg. The testimony of Nettleton G
as corroborated by his twelve year t
d brother Marvin h
Mrs. III. j. Adams, who happened "
be riding horseback, was the next "
'rson who saw the defendant and N
e met him about a quarter of a h
lie from the Boise highway. He a
IS at that time making his way H
ward her home ranch. When she 81
1t him they passed the time of day fc
d he inquired IL she had some wa 81
: with her and failing to have any M
e directed him to a nearby spring II
the time the witness stated that
appeared slightly nervous and she n,
agined that he was some one who
d lost his directions and was on
3 wrong road. He, at this time
II had both suit cases and still
d on the blue trousers and white