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MEDFORD MSEC TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY. IS. 1931. PAGE SIS FOR FEHL FALSE (Continued tram page one) of Klamath county, Ore., will refute said affidavit by the testimony of both Mr. and Mrs. Fehl. Cite Court Records That teatlmony ihowi that on the evening of February 30. 1033, Earl S. Fehl and his wife, Electa A. Fehl, and aeveral other witnesses testified that between 8 and 7 o'clock on Feb ruary 20, 1033, said Fehl left his home on South Oakdale avenue In Medford, Ore., and came to my home at the corner of Eleventh and King, where he remained talking to me about a tax matter until almost 7:30, His testimony further shows that I waa Just about finishing my even ing meal at the time he came to my home, and, aa a matter of fact, I was not out of my house on the evening of February 30, except once for a period of five minutes when I went to the home of O. c. Murray, across the street from my home, to use his telephone, Immediately re turning to my own home where remained the balance of the night. I recognize the language of Earl H. Fehl throughout both of the affi davits and I bellove that he drew the affidavits and prevailed upon Bunch, likewise a convict, to sign them. In addition to the above, Burley Sexton was not arrested until 6 o'clock on the afternoon of February 31, 1033, and he was arrested In the court house of Jackson county, Ore con, by Chief of Police McCredle. The officers who talked to Bunch tn Roseburg were Chief of Police Mc Credle and James O'Brien, then tat police officer, and I have been Informed by Chief McCredle that at aid time said Bunch told Chief Mo. Credle and Mr. O'Brien that he did not know any of the parties who were In the Jail on the evening of February 30, and that be knew noth ing whatever about the ballot theft, In his conversation with Chief of Police McCredle and Officer O'Brien In the office of the sheriff of Doug las oounty in Roseburg. I have known Clatoua McCredle for over alx years, have had occasion to cross examine him upon numerous occasions and I have never known Mao to tell a falsehood, so that I know that Bunch deliberately lied when he aald a po liceman offered him a bench parole for perjured testimony. Anyone who knows Chief of Police McCredle knows hut Bunch's affidavit la a deliberate falsehood. Aa to Wilbur Sexton be ing carefully looked upon on Feb ruary 91, aa claimed In Bunch's affi davit, I have learned that Wilbur Sexton was not even arrested until February 33. , Fehl Is oullty Far from being an Innooent, promi nent oltlrnn Earl H, Fehl Is one of the guiltiest, double crossing citizens that It has ever been my privilege, or rather misfortune, to have been asso ciated with. To show you his caliber, I will cite one Instance, He was sued by Roy M. Parr for libel and a Judg ment obtained by Mr. Parr In the sum of 13,000.00. Among others, I was one of the attorneys foolish enough to go to his defense, and I believe all of the other attorneys who were asso ciated with me in the defense of that case will agree that they were like wise foolish for so doing. Some time In the summer of 1033 or perhaps earlier, Fehl,. through his "Chief Counsel," A. O. Hough, of Grants pass, Oregon, who by the way had taken no part In the original trial of the ease, settled the Parr Judgment for the sum of approximately $930.00, Pair Involved In Queer Murder Case Arthur C. Jamst (top) waa ex. tradlted from Wyoming to Norfi Dakota to face murder charges In tennectlon with the death at Far go, N. D 11 years ago of Marls Wick, 18-year-old girl, for whose laying William C. Gummer (below) waa convicted and esntencod to lift Imprisonment. It It the state's theory that James and a man known "Blackle" Carter killed Miss Wick. (Associated Press hotoe) . although Herbert Hanna and myself were two of the attorneys who origin ally defended Fehl In the action. Fehl continued to allow Hanna and my self to work on his appeal In the Parr case after It had been settled and the Judgment assigned to bis mother-in-law, Corlnthla E. Stale?. He contin ually pled hard luck that he didn't have money enough to pay for the transcript of the testimony and asked us how ' we were coming with our brief, long after the case had been settled and assigned to his mother- ln-lsw and I did not know until his trial was pretty near completed In Klamath Falls that aald case had been settled. I found out then through Hough and not through Fehl. Tried Betrayal of Pals After Fehl waa convicted In twelve minutes by a Jury of good citizens of Klamath Palls he requested that I secure affidavits from Walter J. Jones and T. L. Brecheen that they had planned the ballot theft and that he had nothing to do with It, I Informed Mr. Fehl that Walter J. Jones ani T. L. Brecheen were Just as much clients of mine as was Fehl; that I had never double-crossed a client of mine In my twelve or thirteen years practice and that I was entirely too old to start double-crossing. As another instance of Fehl's hon esty (?????) at the time Mr. Nleder meyer foreclosed his mortgage against The Pacific Record Herald Building, Mr. Fehl, who la a radical prohibition. 1st, became possessed of a bottle or whiskey and went to the home of J. B. Thomas In Ashland and led Mr Thomas to believe that Nledermeyer waa foreclosing upon all of the build ings at the corner of Sixth and Ivy streets, stating to Mr. Thomas that he was about to lose $30,000.00 worth of property on approximately five thousand dollar mortgage, and pre vailed upon Mr. Thomas to lend him the sum of $3000.00 for which he gave his Demand note and drew an agree ment whereby Mr. Thomas and Mr. Helmroth were to bid In the building at the Sheriff's Sale, take the certifi cate of said Sheriff's Sale In their name, the same, however, to be left in the office of the Oounty Treasurer for a period of one year until the time for redemption had expired, aald Fehl agreeing in the meantime to pay the amounts of money Which Mr, Thomas had advanced for the pur chase of said property at aald Sheriff's Sale. The year's period of redemption expired on or about January 10, 1834, and at the request or J, B. Thomas I went to the office of Mr. Walker, thi) County Treasurer, and demanded the Sheriff's Certificate so that I could obtain the Sheriff's Deed for Mr. Thomas and Mr, Helmroth. Fehl hai written on the envelope In Mr. Walk ers office that the Certificate waa to be delivered only to he or hi wife, Electa A. Fehl, and thereupon Mr. Walker refused to deliver aald Cer tificate to me. Trickery Uncovered That, thereafter, and on or about the loth day of April, 1034, Mr. Helm roth having In the meantime retain ed Mr. Oeorge Nellson aa his attorney, Mr. Nellson and I went to the office of the Oounty Treasurer and made demand for the Sheriff's Certificate of sale, and after Mr. Thomas and Mr. Helmroth agreeing to hold Mr, Walker harmless aa to any autt or ac tion that might be instituted by aalit Fehl, we obtained possession of said Sheriff's Certificate and on th? same day got Sherlff'a Deed to th-' property. At the time the money was advancer! by Mr. Helmroth and Mr. Thomaa. Fehl represented to them that th? taxes were paid upon said property, a statement he knew at aald time to he false; he also stated that It was t'w entire property located at the corner of Sixth end Ivy streets In Mcdfora. a statement he knew at aald tlmo. likewise, to be false Inasmuch as Xt foreclosure only covered the Psclflc Record Herald building Itself, and wo have alnce learned that there are up wards of 11300.00 unpaid taxes against said property. If auch double-crossing methods, so practiced by Earl H, Fehl as abovo outlined, constitute a "Black Crim inal Political Plot" by ths district attorney's office against him, we wilt have to seek further than Webster's dictionary to find such a deflnlton of criminal plot, I have probably been as active In the trial practice of the law during my over alx years residence In this city as any other lawyer, but even a lawyer feels hurl when someone he supposed to be a friend and whom he supposed to be honest turns out to be not only dishonest but crooked. I have never minced words and have always spoken my mind, and It Febl or his wife desire to resent the fact that I aay, at least, he Is dishonest, I welcome the opportunity of arguing the matter with him In court or else where. As for Bunch, he Is only a petty larceny convict, for whose opinion I care nothing. Incidentally, I may add that I never was a member of the Good Govern ment Congress or The Committee of One Hundred. I love my Independ ence too much to be dictated to by any Individual, group of Individuals, or association of Individuals. When I waa first admitted to the bar and took -the oath which la required of all attorneys who are licensed to prscttce, that oath meant something to me and I have always endeavored to, and believe that I have, lived up to the letter of that oath. Perhaps I have made this letter unduly long, but I feel that the people of Jackson county are entitled to know what kind of a person Earl H. Fehl Is. Yours very truly, T. J. ENrtlGHT. P. B.s Sine writing the above let ter I have learned that ths Bunch family, in its entirety were recipients of chsrlty from the county court at the time Fehl waa county Judge, which might also be Interesting to the voters of Jackson county. Sent to Camps A number of Ore gon CCO boys, on 'duty at headquar tera, were yesterday assigned to re port to various camps In the district. Wlllard L. Coffman, Robert Heuu worth and August B, Slngler, all will go to Camp Dog Lake. Earl B. Irwin Is being assigned to Company 1596 at Camp Annie Springs. Herman E. Flynn, now on duty at Camp Hilt, in northern California, will report to headquarters detachment for duty. Returns from Seattle Mrs, Julia Mitchell, who was called to Seattle recently by the death of her brother, Curtis Abbot, hss returned to this city. She la staying with the J. F. Wortmans, who reside on the Pacific highway" south of Medford. PARK OFFICES TO LAKE TOMORROW Another Indication that the aum mer aeaaon la fait approaching the Crater Lake national park office will move tomorrow to Government Camp in the park, after having been located In Medford ilnce last November. The mild werther of the past, win ter has left a minimum amount of snowfall which facilitates the mov ing of the office at this time of the year, the earliest on record. Just a year ago snow waa still ten feet deep at Government Camp and at the present time it has practically dis appeared. Local people wishing work at the park are requested not to drive to Crater Lake at this time to make applications, as no authorization has yet been received from Washington, O. C, for summer projects. As soon as such authorization has been received, It will be announced through the press. As far as appli cants for work at Crater Lake mak ing the trip at the present time, there will be no encouragement for them when they arrive in the park. It Is possible applicants will be cleared through Medford to avoid the necessity of the 160 -mile round trip to the park. With a point par basts of play In suring all entrants an equal chance, the mat tournament which is under way at the Rogue Valley Golf club Is proving a real treat to those who are participating, and at the same time supplying the course with six badly needed mats for the tees. The winners of the tourney will have their names attached to the new mats and, Just to show that the women players are also supporting the event, one of the prizes will go to the winner of their contests. En trance fees go entirely to Improving the course, which dub members are anxious to get Into the best pos sible shape for the coming Jubilee, when a host of visitors are expected. Those who entered the tournament yesterday afternoon and were unsat isfied with their scores, will be able to pay the fee of 91 and try again today. Larry Schade. chairman of the tournament committee, an nounces that club members "may as well play," because those who don't will be called upon personally by the committee and asked for a do nation of a dollar or more to help pay for the mats. Those who play more often than most are also ex pected to dig deeper than others, as the course must be put Into top notch shape before the Jubilee, both to Justify the pride of the club mem bers and to favorably Impress Jubilee visitors. Still Seriously 111 Miss Dorothy Reynolds, instructor in the Ashland schools, who haa been seriously . ill for thfl past ten days at the Sacred Heart hospital, waa yesterday reported somewhat improved, but still In a serious condition. Obituary Helen Seraphlne Marlon Helen Seraphlne Marlon passed away at their borne three miles north of Central Plont. Friday afternoon, after a long Illness of tumor of the brain: aged 85 years, 4 months and 30 days: born at Rolett, N. D., De cember 18, 1898. Helen 8. Marlon waa married to Norman A. Marlon, November 31, 1823, at Plentywood, Mont., and had resided In the Cen tral Point dlBtrlct for the past 11 years. She leaves her nusband, Nor man A., and one daughter, Norma Lee. aged B years. Requiem mass will be offered at Sacred Heart Cath. olio church, Monday morning at 8:35 o'clock, Rev. Francis Black, celebrant. Recitation of the Rosary will be held, at the Perl Funeral Home Sunday, evening at 8 o'clock. Interment In the Pankey cemetery In Sams Valley, Undergoes Operation C. H. Corey; underwent en operation for eppendl cltls at the Community hospital yes terday, and Is reported aa getting ilMia nll-AlV. " TOO LA1E TO CLASSIH FOR SALS Blectrlo refrigerators, lut year'a models; new. can make you a big saving. Terms. See John Denlson at 101 Crater Lake Ave. CASH PAID for men'a 3nd hand aults. hats and shoes, will H. Wilson, 83 No. Front. TOA1LHH3 and trailer hitches made to order. Hl-Way Exchange, soutl of Phoenix. Ph. 341-J-3. '30 FORD A-Ton Truck for sale or trade fur car. Ph. 341-J-9. AUTO REPAIRING Careful personal attention to everv rintitl "AhArtv" Barber. Hl-Way Exchange Oarage south of Phoenix. Ph. 341-J-3. FOR SALE '38 Chev. Rdstr. with pick-up box. 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