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rETVFOTtD MXIL TT?TBITyE, ,M"ET)FO'RT), OflECiON. THURSDAY. JTLY 27. 1933. PAGE FTVB PROSECUTOR SAYS FEHL 10 HALT KLAMATH FALLS, July JT. (Spl.) In hi opening statement to the Jury yesterday on behalf of the itate, As sistant Attorney General Ralph E. "It appeared upon tha face of the .t...in Mtiim. a. tabulated hv the county clerk alter the last November election that Earl H. eni was eieciea county Judge and that Gordon scner nierhorn was elected sheriff. Proceed-' Inga were Instituted by Ralph Jen nlnga who was a 'write-in' candidate for the office of sheriff, contesting the election of Schermerhorn, and demanding under the statute a re count of the votea cast for the office of sheriff, claiming that that recount ..ii .hnnt .ia.t. .Tennlnee was elect ed sheriff rather than Schermerhorn. "The ballot pouches and boxea containing the ballota cast at the 1932 general election when returned to the county clerk's office were piled on the floor, or In a corner of said office and not placed in the vault. 1 They were not placed In the vault until New Year's eve of 1833. When It was learned that there was an at tempt to have the votes of the No vember election recounted consterna tion possessed Fehl and his adher ents. It was determined by them that no recount of the ballots'should be made and that all means neces sary were to be adopted to prevent the recount of the ballots. During the latter part of November or the early, part of December Fehl, with I another, tampered with the ballot boxes which were then on the floor of the county clerk's office and had not yet been placed In the vault, and a few of the seals were taken off of these ballot boxes by Fehl and some others so as to Indicate that the ballot boxes had been tampered with and thus prevent the court from I allowing a recount. "In the contest proceedings objec- tlon was made to the recount of the ballots by reason of the ballot boxes I presenting physical evidence of hav- I lng been tampered with. And It was the understanding of the parties who were Interested In preventing the re count that If the Judge should allow a recount notwithstanding the phys ical evidence showing that the ballot box had been tampered with that such other means would be tsken or I adopted as would be sufficient to prevent a recount of the ballots. I When the Judge ordered a recount of I the ballot It was then Intended to steal the ballot pouches from the messengers who were conveying the I pouches to and from the court house I basement vault to the courtroom. I However this plan or scheme to steal I the ballota from the messenger boy 1 for some reason or other was not ac- I compllshed. However an endeavor was made to accomplish this tneit- After the ballota on the evening of the day that the Judge ordered a re count to take place the next morning I were placed In the vault It became I necessary in order to prevent a re- I count to arrange for the breaking Into the vault and the stealing there from of the ballots. This was accom plished. Arrangement having been I made by Fehl, and those associated I with him in the conspiracy. "Schermerhorn was kept out of the state from the time that proceedings I ' Instituted against him to recount the ballot until he took hi oatti or 01- flce, and qualified in the early morn- I lng hours of January 3, 1933 thua permitting him to remain In office during the pendency of the contest proceedings against him. Had he not absented himself from the state bo that service could have been made on him the election contest and the recount of the ballota, had they been there to recount, would have taken place before his term of office began. I While Schermerhorn was absent from I the state he was In constant touch with Fehl, and obeying hi dlrectlona I and on the early morning of his re turn Schermerhorn appointed a his deputy the ones that Fehl and Banks directed him to name." "The evidence will show that Fehl was aware and present around the I nremlses at the time the actual bur- alary took place when some 36 ballqt pouches "were stolen from the vsult I and the ballots subsequently destroy ed by those who carried them away. It waa evidently the Intention of Fehl to prevent not only a recount of I the office of sheriff but to prevent a recount of the votea of any other office the county Judgeship Includ ed. The evidence will show that there wa a meeting In the court house In Fehl's- office on the late afternoon of February 20, 1933, after the Judge had ordered the recount i to proceed the following morning. This wa a secret meeting at which I were present Fehl, Bsnks, Ladteu, Jones. Schermerhorn, Brecheen. Glenn, Amos Walker, and others I whose identity the evidence will re veal." O. Coilins, Herb Drey, H. L. Nobllt. O. L. MacDonald, A. Smith. Lieut. J. B. Heybura and A. H. Banwell. 4 D PEARS PROLONGED LIFE TOM EDISON Mors glory vu added to th rep utation of the Rogue river valley pear yesterday, when the aubject ol Ita food value came up again In I conversation on West Main street. Homoe Bromley of the California Oregon Power company announced that the pear waa Thos. A. Edison's only food for many days. That when his health had reached a condition where he could not eat anything else, he was fed pears, because of their sugar content and unusually high tood value. He lived many days, sustained by pears alone. The story, Delroy Getchell, champ Ion of the pear, declared last night, further proves his contention that the pe&r Is a food of remarkable medicinal qualities. FEHL'S EFFORT TO HINDER PROBE OF THEFT REVEALED KLAMATH FALLS. July 37. The state In the trial of Earl H. Fehl, county Jude. on trial for ballot theft conspiracy Wednesday afternoon. In troduced for purposes of identifica tion, files of habeas corpus proceed ings. Instituted by Fehl last February against Chief of Police Clatou Mc- Credte, to aecure the release of Vir gil Edington. C. W. (Chuck) Davis, Tom L. Brecheen, and others arrested for ballot theft. To halt the proceedings launched by Fehl. an injunction waa obtained in circuit court. County Clerk Carter testified that he had nrocured the records last 'Monday. July 34, the day the present trial started, rrom Mr. Ingrld Holmes, secretary to the county court, who took them from Fehl's desk. The document were the originals of the abortive action started by Fehl when the arrests for ballot theft were launched. Fehl was In attendance In court In thi city when the document were turned over by his secretary In Med- ford. Their appearance came as ft sur prise to the defense. They were Introduced by the state aa part of the chain of evidence show ing Fehl's interest and aid to those accused. AS ROGUE RIVER IS Coos Bay Lumber Shipments Grow MARSHFIELD. ' July 27. AP) Rail shipments of logs and lumber out of Coos Bay have Increased 100 per cent over a year ago. shippers estimated today. A switch engine crew and three c.her new employes were Added to the Southern Pacific force f.ls week to care for Increased business. Lumber from Winchester Bay and Coqullle is being sent to Coos Hay for export. KLAMATH PALLS, July 37. Real cent of Rogue River, attending the Fehl ballot theft conspiracy trial here, bring the news that Wslter J. Jones. convicted of ballot-theft has resigned as mayor of Rogue River, and thst "Daddy" Fnow has been named to fill tht vacancy. Jones was the second of the ballot theft defendants to be convicted, and the evidence showed that he was the ' eUnalman." and "ffenerallasmo" of the crime. Jones, in January, when the Banks demonstrations at the courthouse flourished, presented & petition, de manding the resignation of Commis sioner R. E. Nealon. He was named road supervisor by Fehl, and later re signed that post. Jones is scheduled to be called as a witness for the Fehl defense. Gor don L Schermerhorn, former Sheriff. also convicted, and John Olenn. for mer county jailer, and pensioned i Spanish American war veteran, ac-1 quitted on the Fourth of July, by a Jury of which Charles Bylaeaa was foreman, are also slated as defense witnesses. RELIEF COMMITTEES The work of the Jackson County Relief committee was described . at the l&3t meeting of the Klwanls club by Mrs. R. E. Green in an enlighten ing and Interesting manner. All workings of the group, created by the governor .to handle distribu tion of relief In this county, made possble through the reconstruction 11 nance corporation, were explained by Mrs, Green, sir 47 I i I; TJltfWr M WANT A, CAMEL g A I I AFTER A swim v j -l--;v 7 &mlj( LV JJ :'&JMA? ME TOO! 1 i V y, j SRflf THEy SURE 1 I J x HIT THE SPOT. 3 Wf0fiA ;.iAv : ',;'ay CctHb C&Zkcr&.coOO NEVER GET ON THE NERVES . . . 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