The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Officers Hide Tialas and Ham II
Indiana Jail; Bonds Of $3OOOn

and has three small cbilds married
His arrest followed tSo
tempt to break up the ae,l last at.
a shout, the farmers ascfN S; With
steps and seized Bowser .'' T TIE
ton however did not prev aue a.
offering of the bid by M GtfSSnt ! TIE
hind closed doOrs.-Ed.J he
Working as Organize,
Many farmers who had nat
with the original crowd 70 Az cone
house abandoned their VOL s court
pushed to Warsaw as news W. !, and ~
impending trouble spread thu y %s
out the county. They cams V y
all directions clad in their ron ION
clothes with serious and d Solt
mined faces. Us's''
ros+no,,on,c $3.50. VI 4lala forced II.
was scheduled to give befess be
group of farmers at Srarrsa ..
urday night. He has been 80. Sa''
nizing the farmers tbron UIss'
KOscuisko county and a ser;s u0s !,
organization meetings have '' S.S q
scheduled. "eea
After his arrest he said.
THE farmers are determi,.,
Mr.. Gearhart is going to sts ,1 !
his home. The farmers ALL
business men not to buv farm S
tax sales and those who A. .S
be regarded as enemies bv f.' WIN
ers." ''n'
What the paper omits is ~.
the sheriff originally planned 1' !.
make the sale at 10 O'Clock H..
that the mass action of the f.r. ~
ers effectively prevented that. TRs
sheriff issued a general call f.,
aid to the adjoining cities to msn
the Infatuated farmers. En-.
squads of police came with o.,
bombs and riot guns.
Although they were not aBs ),
disperse the crowd, they were an
to arrest Tiala and the other t ~.
under cover of the confusion.
And they were able to bols n.
sale only behind closed doors with
Frank McKrill, former sheriff.
making the bid for Bowser. whom
the farmers held imprisoned.
When the farmers learned tbs.
! their leaders had been arrested
they went to the sheriff's Office
The sheriff answered that thew
only wished to question Tiala and
would free him in ten minutes
. After ten minutes elapsed. TN
farmers demanded the release 4
the prisoners, but discovered thai
they had been spirited away
through the back door, to Goshen
A letter from Elkhart says ths
"The farmers were ready to tea
the jail down brick by brick unit
they found for sure that they ha
been taken away for safe keeping
The public sentiment around SYs
cuse and Warsaw is very strOngt
in favor Of the action taken by III
United Farmers League in then
> struggle to save mortgaged farm
"The farmers for many mile
around are aroused over the al
fair. In spite of the fact that III
= sheriff was able to sell the farm
= the farmers feel that they hsv
gained a great deal through h
experience. The spirit OF battle
growing hourly.
After his arrest, Tiala Is re
q ported to have said: 1.-THE famsl
= are determined to see that N
!, GeaThart stays in his home. II
IL United Farmers League which
being organized in Indiana will r
- double its efforts to see that Z
Go eviction of the Gearhart family vi
not take place"
3 A little paragraph from the 70
y Wayne paper shows the fear whit
the authorities have, now that y
= farmers are thoroughly aroused
- "About 100 angry farmers BE-
!, a protest meeting at Syracuse Sa
! urday night, but no trouble =
suited. Efforts to identify the "a
to which the trio was spirited wei
!. unavailing."