Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-10-16
Dirty Tactics

=, ,~ytlicg they could possibly think of in
IS committed III this coun-
& as4nInistraton ana where the
ot.eI4ac.s nave not been unprecedented.
They seemingly forgot the conditions
that existed in Sheridan county previous to
present administration. They would
e it appear that Sheriff Madsen has been
.aithful in his duty to the people of this
unity.
They would lead people to forget the
wide open saloons such as the one operated
by Mig Collins here in P~lentywood. A blind
pig that was run with the knowledge and
apparent approval of Sheriff Salisbury and
Co. Attorney Erickson. A bar room where
almost kind Of an intoxicating drink
could lined if the purchaser had the
price. s.5or - openly and in defiance
Of the federal laws Of this country, and the
c,ly excuse which Salisbury and Erickson
10 offer was that they could do moth
as the people Of Montana had killed
ne state prohibitory liquor laws. Those
same officials did not remember that every
kind Of gambling game was also operated
in that saloon. Roulette, f~an-tan, poker,
black jack, dice games and everything else in
the line of games of chance with cards and
dice. They would have you forget that
Chief of Police Oscar Collins raided that
place in cooperation with federal officers
and took over $4,000 in cash off of these
gambling tables and the liquor which was
seized was enough to float a battle ship.
They would have the people forget
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county the same conditions existed during
salisbury producers News re-
i, and that the offenders were never mo-
lied by the officers.
They do not call attention to the rob-
Dry of the, Outlook bank, the Mike Ken
nedy murder, hold-up of Gottlieb & Stadig
pool hall, the many store robberies, nor do
they want the voters he to know that in
almost every instance the offenders are still
at large.
They would make it appear that the
Sheriff should have captured all the offend
ers in this county, and they know that some
people may swallow this line of bunk, but
most people here do not forget the many
crimes that were committed in the Salisbury
regime and where the offenders escaped,
and Salisbury and Erickson were reelected
time and again in spite of the failure to cap
ture Offenders.
J..y { snort time ago a skeleton Of a
man was found near McElroy and indica-
tons point that this man had been killed and
that such killing had occurred in 1923.
We could go on and fill column after
INN with facts pertaining to non-arrests
Salisbury. There are possibly one nun
Led felony and misdemeanor warrants is
sued in the courts Of Sheridan county, which
have never been served and most of these
were willed to Sheriff Madsen by his pre-
decessor.
Go into any sheriff's office or police
hall and Glance over the data pertaining to
wanted from all over the United States.
The re of Chicago indicate that less
than seven port. of the murders that &C.
cur there are solve and other crimes are in
q ike proportion. Why should anyone ex-
1t our sheriff to apprehend every evil
dorr here, when only seven per cent are cap
tured elsewherea
But the Producers News spent possibly
the price Of ten or fifteen subscriptions in
order to have a cartoonist prepare a cartoon
p%ortraying Hans Madsen the way they did.
They will more than likely bring out anoth-
er one against County Attorney Blackwell.
And why2
Why 80 much interest in defeating these
men for Office? Why spend money this way2
The reason is obvious. These two men are
doing their duty in driving out crooks and
thieves from Sheridan County and they re-
fuse to submit to the dictates of Taylor and
the few remaining gangsters. They want
Sheridan county rule once again under their
thumb Thew want o,+l,,, co.J;.;..-