The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-05-02

yesterday and dried on the stove overnight They
knew what place they were going to and were
tlcked to go. There was kidnapping or frame
up about it. The party broke up in ROW and the
girls were taken back to town and dumped on the
street
Somehow Oscar Collins and Grant Blackwell got
wind of the party There was their chance. So
the girls given a talking to and were told all
about reform schools and it did not sound good to
them. Two of the girls would rather go to court
and say anything they were told to say than go to
reform school. The third one told the county at
torney to take jump in the lake, and | rather
like her for it. If you want to be SPORT be
game one.
Sc Grant Blackwell had mig" and Fishbeck ar
rested two similar charges, some Gin
tention" stuff the other for giving liquor to the
girls, but nothing was ever done or said about
PalubicN and people were wondering what kind OF
"justice" that was. They again wondering
what to call it when the two men arrested on the
very same charge, one had to put up S5OOOOO
bonds and the other was let off with only 100000
They were wondering again why the county attor-
ney insisted on having a special term of court
when the two men were out bonds and could
just as well wait till the regular term of court.
They didn't know that Grant Blackwell wanted to
make hero out of himself so he could 90 to the
people before election and say: "Look what did. ,
Grant Blackwell also knew how hopeless it would
be for him and his assistant ever winning case
in court so he hollered for help and some heavy
weight from Helena came to his rescue. He was
the one who turned the trick. During the trial the
jury sat there and was not able to grasp what the
racket was all about: all they could get out of it
was that mig had pulled girls dress up six
inches above her lnees-not much of pull when
you consider the length of the dress. But, after
the orator from Helena had spoken, then the jury
knew all about what "Nig's' intentions were-the
girl never said word about intentions" but the
heavyweight and jury knew. So Mig was given 3
years in the pen and $4,000 fine not for what he
did, but for what the jury thought he intended
to do
At the time of the trial. when Grant Blackwell
insisted measuring the girls leg with his little
yardstick | was wondering what intentions" he
had. I was also wondering about his Intentions
at the time him in Dagmar election
day hauling the Gleason girls to the poll to vote
for him.
While the jury was still out on the mig" case
and everybody knew they standing II to
for conviction, the case against Fishbeck was dis
missed. They had to hurry up and do this, you
see, in order to save Fishbeck. 1t would have
looked too bad to do it after verdict of guilty
was turned in by the jury. They still had the Ii
quor case against Fishbeck and they could hardly
dismiss that also That would look too raw. So
they went with the show, but put up the case
in such way they knew they would lose it, which
they did
After Judge Felt had dismissed the case he got
up and said they had better case against Fish
beck and Palubcki than against 'Nig'-and he
was the one who had just dismissed the case
that's the kind of justice that is handed out by
Judge!
After the whole. show was over Grant Blackwell
got nervous had a warrant sworn out against
Frank Fishbeck and had him taken before Judge
Belansld, without anybody knowing anything about
it, where Frank was fined $500 and given three
months suspended Jail sentence. That cleared
Frank of further trouble.
Defending these three men is not my intention
neither do | to see them or anybody else il
jail on trumped up charges. They had no business
monkeying with the three little chippies; they
should know better. What l want to point out il
the Justice part of it. Here were three men ant
if what they did was a crime, Fishbeck and Palu
blcki, who planned the party. were more guilty
than "Nig''-and the judge said So "Nig" wal
given three years in the pen and 100000 fine
Fishbeck $500 fine and Palubich never arrest
ed at all If that is called justice then it is time
we get down our Bonded knees and cry to higI
heaven Good God Almighty, free us from Justice
Then the Plentywood Herald comes out SAVING
about Grant Bakewell: "He is not Red nor :
man who can be bought for money" Did YOU ev
er hear anything like it? But what else can Vol
expect from nut If the Herald had said: III
IS the biggest sap ever elected to office in Sheri
dan county and his assistant is still worse thar
ne Is, the Herald would have said a mouthful, bu
1t would have told the truth.
"He is not "Red," the Herald told the trutl
for once. l never thought they could No. no
Blackwell is not cred" We don't want him. III,
was put up and elected by the mainstreeters. the,
and their Herald are perfectly welcome to him.
A DAGMAR FARMER