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MEUFOKU, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1933.
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Comment
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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
CONGRESS, as you must have no
ted, has given President Roose
velt practically everything he hss ask
ed, even to the extent of a law giving
to the President the power to reduce
salaries o( government employees,
INCLUDING CONGRESSMEN.
Why has congress been so gener
ous with Its co-opcratlon with Presi
dent Roosevelt?
Well, patriotism Is one answer.
Since Roosevelt was Inaugurated, the
country has been lace to face with
first one crisis and then another, and
In critical times men forget petty
personal considerations and fight
shoulder to shoulder for the common
good.
THAT Is one reason why It Is true
that when things get Just so bad
they begin to get better. They begin
to get better because men forget their
petty personal differences and begin
to co-operate loyally for the good of
the country as a whole.
If all of us co-operated loyally ALL
THE TIME for the common good,
things would never get quite so bad
in the first place.
fJERE 14 mother reason why con-
gress has been so ready In Its
co-operation with the President:
All patronage Is being withheld un
til President Roosevelt gets his pro
gram Hirniieh the senate and the
house.
w
THAT does that mean?
wn in theory, vou know, the
President appoint ALL the new of
ficials. That Is to say. the new Presi
dent gives out all the new Jobs.
But In actual PRACTICE he per
. mlts congressmen and senators to tell
him WHOM to appoint in all but the
more Important Instances. So It Is the
congressmen and senators who actual
ly pass out the Jobs.
But they can't do It unless
the
President Is willing.
NOW you beglnto get the Idea The
President lets It be known that
no Jobs will be available until after
he gets the legislation he wants.
Senators and representatives are ex
ceedingly anxious to give out Jobs,
because they have promised them. So
they are In the best possible frame
of mind to hasten along the legisla
tion the President wants.
This man Roosevelt not only knows
what he want but he knows HOW
TO GET IT.
THIS startllngheadllne looms In
the papers: "fourteen Die As
Plane Crashes into House."
The house was In the outskirts of
Oakland. The 14 who died were sit
ting unsuspectingly In It, when sud
denly the plane came hurtling down
out of the skies, smashed through
the wall, scattered gasoline right and
left, there was an explosion and the
house was Instantly wrapped In
flames. The 14 deaths followed.
UR pioneer ancestors faced death
o
We think of them as leading an ex
ceedingly dangerous existence.
Probably If they csme back and
' faced the manifold dangers of our
time, such as automobiles that whiz
along the highways and airplanes
that come crashing down out of the
skies, bringing death to unsuspecting
people sitting In their own homes,
they would be frightened within an
Inch of their lives and would long
fn Vi rnmnarattve safety of the
plains and the forests.
TJERE Is
question that 1 being
asked rather frequently In these
days:
Should beer licenses be exceeding
ly high In price, so that the sale of
beer will be confined to a few places
or should they be low In price, so
that beer may be sold practically any
where?
nnHIS writer, who may be wrong,
and offers the opinion merely as
his own. believes that If we ere going
to have beer we should put the most
of the licenses low. so that beer mT
be sold on a strict commercial basis.
Just as milk and bread and eggs are
sold.
Exceedingly high licenses have
tendency to confine the sale to a few
places. In order to get back the high
cost of the license. thc places are
inclined to take on ctrtrr artwi-s
(Continued on Fige Two
FAMILY CONFAB
IS SLATED FOR
Accused Slayer of George
Prescott Whisked From
Grants Pass to Local
Bastile Without Trouble.
Llewellyn A. Bank, ex-editor and
orchardlst, Jointly Indicted with his
wife Edith R. Banks, for first degree
murder lor the slaying of Constable
George J. Prescott, on the morning
of March 10 last, was lodged In the
county Jail here shortly after 1 1
o'clock this morning.
The accused slayer was brought
from Josephine county Jail at Grants
Pass, heavily manacled and under a
state police guard. He was taken
there on the day of the murder.
Has No Cell-Mate
Banks occupies a cell in the county
Jail almost directly over the court
house steps, from where he preached
agitation, and threatened revolution.
In "protest meetings. He has no
cellmate. The Ceil is large and com
modious, but with no areaway In the
rear. The only means of communi
cation Is through the door window.
No undue excitement accompanied
Banks' return here. Few knew he
was coming. Jailers said he was cool
and normal and smoking the Inevit
able cigarette when marched Into the
Ja.il reception lobby. A regulation
search was made and Banks placed
In his cell. He saw no one but his
keepers. His cell Is away from the
department where former aides ac
cused of ballot robbery and criminal
syndicalism are kept.
His wife, who has not seen him
since the murder, and Mrs. Henrietta
B. Martin, president of the "Good
Government congress" and chief
side occupy cells in the women's
ward a considerable distance away.
Family to Confer
Banks, his wife, and brother, W. A.
Banks, and attorneys, expect to hold
a family conference' this afternoon.
W. A. Banks told-authorities that he
would have to return at once to his
business in California. At the con
ference It Is expected counsel will be
formally retained. Attorneys T. J.
En right and H. Van Schmalz have
been representing the Banks' to date.
Joseph Hammersley of Portland, and
Glenn R. Jack of Oregon City are
upstate lawyers here. Jack, accord
ing to Oregon City Information, came
here Saturday afternoon by plane in
response to a telephone call.
State police report that Banks on
the trip from Grants Pass had little
to say, but discussed the weather and
other casual subjects with officers.
He was whisked Into this city by the
Pacific highway, and down Main
street to the court house. The state
police followed the most direct route.
Arraignment Delayed
Arraignment, of Banks and wife.
and other Indicted men for ballot
theft is not expected until next week.
There will be no Judge on the local
bench until next week.
The grand Jury resumed sessions
this morning and will probably be In
session the entire week, probing oth
er angles to the Prescott murder, the
ballot robbery and the criminal syn
dicalism charges.
E. A. Fleming, Jacksonville orchar-
dlst, held In the county Jail on an
Information charging first degree
murder for the slaying of Constable
Prescott la worried and has lost con
siderable weight. Fleming Is also
under indictment, reports say, for
ballot stealing. Courthouse report
said he would be called before the
grand Jury some tune this week.
Fleming, who was at the Banks home
when the slaying occurred, was ar
rested when he attempted to floe by
the back door. His family had vainly
endeavored to keep him from the ac
tivities of the "Good Government
Congress."
Ward Still 111
Claude Ward, brother-in-law of
Banks, indicted as one of the ballot
stealers, is seriously ill at his home,
it was reported thia morning. He
will not be arrested until his health
is fully recovered. Ward Is the only
Indicted man not in Jail, or at lib
erty on bonds.
J. F. Wort man, named receiver for
the Suncrcst Orchards, Inc.. one of
the- Banks orchard holdings, has as
sumed charge. The Medford National
bank holds a $4500 mortgage against
It, in process of foreclosure. A simi
lar legal action Is underway against
the Banks home, where the Prescott
murder took place.
No further action hss been taken
In the affidavit of prejudice filed
against Judge W. M. Duncan by
County Judge E. H. FehL
Technicality Delays
It automatically delayed the ar
raigning ot Fehl to enter a plea. Last
week Fehl filed a motion to quash
the Indictment against him, on the
grounds that Judge Duncan had no
authority to receive the Indictment,
and that the grand Jury did not hold
Its sessions In the regular grand Jury
room.
Fehl contends that Judge Duncan
was assigned here February 7, to hear
the cae of O- B. Waddell against L.
A. Banks. The supreme court order
directs him to hear this case, "and
all other business of a Judicial na
ture that may come before him, until
further notice."
The district attorney's office holds
that the indictment against Fehl is
lezal and valid, and the room In
whlh tt w D-eaared has no effect
upon lta legality or validity,
Federal Farm Credit Agencies
Under One Head by F. R. Order
BY
AT
WASHINGTON,-March 27. (AP)
President Roosevelt Informed congress
today of an executive order establish
ing all federal agriculture credit agen
cies under one unit.
In the same order, the president
abolished stabilization operations by
the farm board.
The new agricultural financial or
ganization Is to be known as "the
credit administration" and will In
clude the farm board, the farm loan
bureau and various credit agencies
in the department of agriculture and
reconstruction finance corporation.
"A better coordination of the agen
cies Involved In our agricultural cred
it system," the president wrote, "will
produce a more uniform program for
agricultural credit and will result in
substantial economies.
"A saving of more than $2,000,000
Is the immediate effect of this or
der."
He emphasized the maintenance by
the federal government of the policy
of aid to the system of cooperative
cr (culture.
Henry Morgenthau. Jr.. chairman ol
the farm board, who Is expected to
hMri th new eovernment unit, was
called Into conference by the presl
dent later In the day.
DEPRESSION ENDS
PLANS ADOPTED
WASHINGTON. March 37. (API-
Complete enactment of President
Roosevelt's program by June la the
aim of Speaker lialney, who declared
hla belief today "the depression win
end when that is accomplished.'
Success so far. the speaker told
newspapermen at a conference, has
been "due to tremendous almost
unanimous popular support." If
the people will, continue to support
the president, I at least, will do
evervthlna I can to see that his
plans become law," Ralney added.
The program of things yet to be.
come law, he said. Includes: Un
employment relief through refores.
tratlon and a permanent and broad
er plan yet to be completed, along
with additional direct relief for the
states.
Legislation to provide some kind
of home and farm mortgage mora
toriums.
In order that nouse Democrats
may continue to work with the pres
ident, Ralney and the other party
leaders have definitely discarded the
practice of rushing legislation thru.
Numbers of them talked with some
new members who had shown signs
of objecting to a continuation of past
practices.
Because of the new order of things,
Ralney said, "We can't keep on mov
ing as fast as we have been." He
added, "and since we can't, It likely
will be Impossible for us to adjourn
congress by the first of May as we
had contemplated.
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IN G. PASS VISIT
A deleestlon of a-wut 20 members
of the Medford Chamber of Corn
mere, including directors and com
mitteemen, motored to Grants Pass
tody for the chamber of commerce
forum held at the Redwoods hotel.
The meeting in ne climatic city
was arranged for ttday to further
cemrtit the goodwill program under
taken by the local chamber. A united
southern Oregon is the aim and a'-l
problems of interest to both cities
and neighboring igricultural regions
were considered -
Tacoma Mining '
Man Dies Here
Frederick "William Thorne. Tacoma
mining man who had been here for
the past two months, died Saturday
nlzht at a local hosDital. following a
j brlPf 1IlnWB. The body was whipped
I to TftCOm bv the Perl Funeral home.
for burial. Mrs. Thorne and son. who
were here for a few days, returned to
their home in the north.
BAKER. March 27. (AP) Michael
Rouse, prominent cattleman of this
section, died at his home Sunday
n.aht of a heart attack. He appar-
I entw had ben in good health up to
the time of his death.
Back to Scene
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i(fMj-aaiifc W m&tWmmsA
Llewellyn ,. Banks, Indicted with
of Constable (icoree J. rrescott. was
where ho lias been loilced In Jail Im
sentiment here was at lilfilt heat.
KISS REFUSED SOLDIER
MURDERS PAL, BEATS GIRL
SAOSALITO, Calif.. March 37.
(AP) A strange moody soldier, who
allegedly killed a man and injured
two girls when one of the gins re
fused him a kiss, sat in the guard
house at Fort Scott today, seemingly
in a stupor, unable to answer ques
tions. The man Is Private E. L. King 53,
until yesterday temporarily In charge
of the Fort Barry rifle range In the
hills weBt of here.
Private John Smith, 25, coast ar
tillery. Is dead. Miss Irma Talbot,
17, high school student, Is suffering
from three bullet wounds. Doctors
consider her condition critical. Miss
Katherine Talbot, 20, her sister, is
recovering from head wounds after
being beaten Into Insensibility.
DIPLOMAT AND FAMILY
DIE IN AUTO SMASHUP
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Msrch
27. (AP) Christian Channing Oross,
soldier and diplomat, his two chil
dren and his mother, Mrs. Natalie
Oross of Chlcsgo. were killed yester
day when their car overturned at a
curve during a trip that was part of
a family reunion.
The children were Peter 10, and
Barbara, 8. Oross father, Charles W.
Oross, retired executive of a Chicago
meat packing concern, was Injured
t-C. CAMPAIGN TO
OPEN IN MORNING
Everything is in readiness for the
chamber of commerce financial cam
paign which will officially start with
a breakfast at the Medford Hotel to
morrow morning Is the word from M.
N. Hogan, campaiRn chairman, today.
In connection with the campaign
Mayor E. M. Wllron has Issued
the
following statement:
"What the chamber of commerce
means to a community is shown by
Its accomplishment. Working pro -
grams of the past have brough much
to Medford and the Rogue River vsl-
ley. What is to be done In the
future, with activities of great im-
portance now definitely outlined, de-
pends upon the financial and moral
support extended by every one of our
citizens. May the campaign for funds
be well supported
I (6 gned) E M. VtlLSON, Major.
of Slaying
Ills wire for the first degree murder
returned todoy from (irants Pass
mediately following the crime when
The Tslbot girls said the two sol-
dlers had dinner at their home Sat
urday iilgui, then the four went to a
show and afterward for a drive, end
ing at King's cabin at the rifle range.
Katherine Talbot, said during the
ride he asked her for a kiss and she
refused. He became silent. Stopping
suddenly at the cabin he dashed in
side, returned In a moment with his
service revolver, and opened fire.
The older girl fled from the other
side of the automobile as her sister
and Smith were shot, but said King
overtook her and beat her with the
butt of the gun until she fell.
King apparently climbed back into
the automobile and started to drive
to Sausalito.
seriously, but physicians said he pro
bably would live.
Oross, who packed Into 37 years of
life an extensive study of the law,
military service In Frnnce and Siberia
during the world war and several
years in the American diplomatic ser
vice, was reunited with his children
and his parents at Palm Beach Sat
urday night.
Yesterday, they planned an auto
mobile trip to Miami and were en
route when the accident occurred.
BE TOLD
Tommorrow's issue of the Mail
Tribune will carry the complete sn
nounoement and lists of awards In
the cake baking contest which will
be sponsored this week by the Amer
ican Legion auxiliary. Lew Boyd,
representative of the General Foods
(Corporation and A. M. Arila of Swift
te company are in Medford arrang-
I ing for the participation of their
j companies in the unique contest
1 which will test the skill of Rogue
river vally hotisewives.
Both cash and merchandise awards
. will be featured and four six-pice
cake sets will be Included among the
prizes. The cakes will be displayed
I In a prominent local store and sold
j by the Legion auxiliary members,
, the proceeds going to welfare actlv,.
ties of that organization, according
to Mrs. K. D. Rosa.
FRUIT DISTRICTS
SPOKANE, Wash., March 37. (AP)
The Spokane loan agency of the Re
construction Finance corporation re
vealed today It would advance from
1,500,000 to 93,000.000 to apple and
winter pear growers in Washington,
Idaho and Oregon an finance pro
duction of 1933 crops. .
The R. P. C. agency commitment
brings from $10,000,000 to 915.000.000
the sum pledged for financing 1033
production of fruit crops in three
Pacific northwest states.
The Federal Intermediate Credit
bank of Spokane has pledged about
$3,500,000 and Is expected In author!
t&tlve sources here to pledge another
$500,000 to $1,000,000. The Spokane
Regional Agricultural Credit Corpora
tion has announced a program under
which it expects to loan from $5,-
000.000 to $10,000,000 to growers.
The advance of 58 cents a box will
be made on a budget basis, so much
for dormant spray, so much for calyx
spray, for pruning, packing, and oth
er operations, as the money Is need
ed.
FAIR GOLD PANNES
CHALLENGE
STATE TITLE
Mrs. Dale Sheley, who won first
honors In the women's division of
the panning contest, sponsored here
Saturday by the Southern Oregon
Mining association, has Issued a chal
lenge to any woman In Oregon for
the state championship. It was an
nounced today. The contest Satur
day was attended by more than 1000
onlookers and six priws were award
ed. Three In the men's division and
three In the women's division. Other
prize winners were O. A. Rlcketts,
Raymond Pierce and J. H. Fredericks.
In the men's division: Mrs. Bessie
McConochle and Mrs. H. C. Hansen
in the women's division.
Mrs. McConochle was winner of
first prize In the first contest held
here. The Mining Review of Salt Lake
carried two references to the first
contest end a full page, front cover
picture, of the two winners,
Prizes for the contest were award
ed by the merchants of Medford.
There were 20 contestants in Sat
urday's contest and five different
gold saving devices were exhibited,
Horace Bromley of the Cslifornla
Oregon Power company took motion
pictures of the pauners
STORY AN ERROR
Tniough receipt of Incorrect infor
mation last week, the Mall Tribune
in a story regarding the circulation
of the petition to retain in office
Sher?. Gordon L. Schermerhorn, ;
nou need that Mrs. May Murray, as
circulator of one of tne petitions, got
slapped when she cal.ed at a certain
Medford home. Announcement was
made today by friends of the family
that ;t was not Mrs. Murray but her
daughter Effle who was circulating
the petition, and who was slapped
by one of the person upon whom she
called.
Tho report of the Incident brought
to t)'e newspaper, through a misun
derstanding unfortunately named
Mrs Murray as the person involved
CLASS IN MINING
The first class in the mining school
made possible here through ledeml
funds obtainable through the at part
ment of vocational education., wss
held this morning on the lot .near
the chamber of commerce and an en
rollment of 23 persons was reported
The class wss conducted by George
S. Barton, C. C. Clark and J. V. Neff
and attracted much Interest from
local citizens and miners. The sum
of 919o wss appropriated to the cause
by the county.
The school Is sponsored by tl
Medford school system in cooperation
with the Southern Oiegon Mining as-
soclatlon.
AWARDS 23 ENROLLED FOR
JAPAN NOTIFIES SCHERMERHORN'S
LEAGUE NATIONS OUSTER DECISION
OF
Inability Or Unwillingness of
Leaguers To Grasp Facts
Of Sino-Jap Controversy
Is Cited As Reason.
By GLKNN' RA5H
TOKYO, Mar. 37. (P) Japan for
mally ended today a membership of
more than 13 years in the League of
Nations.
Th.i final action was taken by the
privy council, meeting In the Imperial
palace, and the long-awaited decision
was transmitted to Geneva with the
approval of Emperor Hlrohlto.
A 700-word messagi to the league's
heatquarters asserts that Inability
or unwillingness of league members
to crjsp the facta Imolved In Japan's
controversy with Ohlna over Man
chur'a resulted in the league assem
bly', report a month ago condemn
ing Japanese military activities in
that territory. It said this report
fulle.l to contribute to the cause of
peacft which It caKed Japan's pri
mary objective.
I Ian flu Untmnltoneri.
The message did not mention the
South Pacific islands lying between
the Philippines and Hawaii, former
derma n possessions ever which Japan
was g ven mandates by the league. It
was stated officially that Japan Is
determined to hold the Islands and
will continue to make the required
annual reports to the league man
naUs commission. If any question
, (Continued on Page Five)
T
TO AVERT FIGHT
By J.Ml:S MrMUM.IN
(Conyrlghted by MoC.lura Newspaper
, Syndicate.)
NEW YORK. Mar. 27 The"' best
Informed observers here say that
MaoDonald's visit to Italy was more
of ft rush Job then surface reports
Indicate. The objective Is seen ss
rather desperate effort to dissuade
MuasMlnl from going along with Hit
ler. The mission la expected to prove
futll.i.
New York la watching the European
situation very attentively. This la
the way It Is sized up In hlgft quar
ters:
Tlu. powder keg Is all set for an
explosion.
The Polish Corridor Is the most
likely fuse, although friction between
Italy and Yugo-Slavu. could also set
off tre first spark.
Munsollnl'a strategic position makes
him the virtual master of Europe's
Immediate destiny.
' Prance Is not anxious for trouble
but her relation with the Little En
tente may get her In up to the ears.
Narl mllltantcy is expected to
grow
On v the atrongest and most skllirui
Joint effort by England and Prance
can -avert a war. -
A by-product of the situation will
probably be a vigorous elfort
Pranw's part to regain American
(Continued on Page Two)
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FAMILY IN SLEEP
FAROO, Okla., March 27. (AP)
The explosion of a gasoline stove,
burning under a small whiskey still,
took six lives In a small farmhouse
near here late Saturday.
Trapped In their sleep, most of
the victims perished before they
could struggle from their beds. A
uvfHh member of the family Is Jt
perted to die of burns.
The dead: Nick Smith, 60; Mrs.
Nick Smith, M; Mrs. Marie Stelnment.
a married daughter. 2S; Mr. Roy
Smith, daughter-in-law, 24; Jack
Smith, two-months' old child of Mrs.
Roy Smith, and Donald Roy Smith,
her two-year-old son.
The 2-year-old boy died In a Wood
ward hospital where hla father. Roy
Smith, lay at the point of death.
The father, who seized Donald, rush
ed through the flames and Jumped
into his automobller
"I'm going to die and I might as
well tell you the truth," he told
physician. "I had a still in the
house and It blew up; I was trying
to make a living to keep from iu -ing
to death."
WEEKORJO DAYS
Judge Duncan To Study Evi
dence Given At Hearing
For Findings To Be Sub
mitted to Governor Meier.
It will be a week or ten days be
fore Governor Julius L. Meier may b
expected to render decision in the
ousr move against Sheriff Gordon
h. Schermerhorn. Testimony In the
proceedings was finished lste Satur
day. Circuit Judge. W M. Duncan of
Klairpth county, who heard the evi
dence, said he would lequlre a couple
of days In which to study and pre
pare his findings. They will be sent
dlrecVy to the governor.
Sensational Testimony.
Tie hearing lasted two days, and
sensational and damaging testimony
was divulged. Salient points in the
hearing revealed that.
Chief Deputy Phup B. Lowd had
loaned his Hudson sedan to Arthur
LeDieu and Wesley M-K It trick, under
Indictment for ballot-stealing, short
ly after midnight on the night the
ballots were stolen; the testimony was
given by Deputy District Attorney
George W. Nellson, nd corroborated
by Lowd himself. Only part of the
statement was revealed In court.
That Sheriff Schermerhorn's ap
pointments were hand picked by
County Judge Pehl. and sworn in at
his home, on the morning of Janu
ary 2 last. The appointments were:,
John S. Glenn, former county Jailer,,
under Indictment; Clark Thomas,
deputy Jailer, who resigned Saturday
night, and Amos W. Walker, who
resigned a week ago, as1 probation
offlofT. working out of the county
Judge's office. Lowd, the other ap
pointee, is still on duty.
Solicitude for Banki.
That Deputy Lowd wrote a letter
to L A. Banks, ask in? when he could
serve -a warrant for criminal ; libel,
and srarngtng for the presentation of
Banks to the Just I court in Ash
land, following a "Congress assem
bly" nt the Armory, where Banks was
speaker. -
Thtc Banks had called Schermer
horn to his home, and proposed that
the official "name CO. 100 or 1.000
deputies to take over Jackson coun
ty." This -was on Monday, March 13,
three days before the slaying of Con-
staole Prescott.
Tiat Sheriff Schermerhorn had
been "solocltous" of the return
newsprint seized ' In Banks paper
hald maintained an "attitude of en
couragement" to the "Banks guards,
had Ignored threats made by them,
and had taken no action to keep the
courthouse corridors clesr. or act to
suppress seditious talk In the court
house and auditorium. . .
Fehl AIro Regarded Highly.
Thar Sheriff s-?aermerhorn had
shown . reluctance to serve a legal
proccbs on the salary of County Judge
Fehl, and had gone into conference
with Fehl following its tssusnce.
That there was evidence to show
that Sheriff Schermerhorn had been
under the dictation and domination
of Banks and Fehl.
T?.st the sheriff had assisted In
moving furniture into the Pacific
Record-Herald, after It had been
taken from the Banks paper, when
Banh was dispossessed on a court
order.
The.t Banks-Fehl henchmen had
eaten frequently at the county Jail,
when not inmates ot the Jail.
That Sheriff Schermerhorn's bond,
as f led in the county elerk's office,
was approved only by County Judge
Fehl, and not the other commis
sioners. Claim Unfit ne Shown.
The state attempted to show that
Sheriff Schermerhorn was unfit for
the position, and "barged that he
had shown favoritism to "Congress
men" and had '"obitructed Justice."
The state also showed by testimony
of Uie district attorney and the atate
police that under Schermerhorn'i
rule "conditions wer- unsatisfactory
In the county Jail."
In derense. the tferlff presented
test'mony to show:
'Thai the service of the criminal
libel warrant upon Banks was made
aa soon as possible after he received
It.
Tliut he did not know of the exist
ence of the letter written to Banks
by h's deputy until Its , Introduction
in court.
That he had conducted an unusu
ally lirge volume o? business through
his office, and hla chief legal deputy,
Olga Anderson, test'lled the office
had been conducted aa efficiently as
the wo previous administrations.
Fehl Ordered Meals.
That "outsiders'' eating In the
county Jail had been upon the orders
of tVe county Judge. L n, -Fehl.
That he acted under the orders of
the county court, and that It was nt
his suggestion that the halls of tht
courthouse be kept ;iear.
Tha deputies attending the "Good
Government Congre"' meet had re
ported to him "everything was or
derly and nothing said out of th
way."
That he bore a good reputation .n
the county, and that he agreed to
the appointment of a new Jailer, and
to step aside for 90 days, but after
wards changed his mind "because X
guiUy of no wrong. nd have done
my best."
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