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Show ROW IN COURTROOM. Sensational Sceno in Which. Guns and Axes Figured. Special to Tho Tribune. BOISE, Ida,, Oct 24. A Honsatlonal sccno was witnessed today In Justice Dunbar's courtroom ovor tho possession of eleven slot machines captured Saturday Satur-day evening. A replevin suit was brought In the District court by the Mills Novelty company and a writ placed in the hands of Sheriff Agnew, commanding him. to take possession of tho machines. When Agnow arrived to aorve hla writ ho had two policemen with him. Justice Dunbar had Just Issued an order directing direct-ing the constable to take tho machines out and destroy them. Agnew interfered, inter-fered, claiming tho right to take them under his writ. He socured a largo number num-ber of special deputies and Constable Anderson An-derson did likewise Tho Justlco was advised that the machines ma-chines were In the hands of the law to be destroyed and could not bo takon and hla conslablo proposed to carry out tho order. Axes were finally procured with which to smash the machines up In tho offlco. Agnew commanded them to desist de-sist and advanced In a threatening manner man-ner upon Deputy County Attorney Klnn- von, who raised an axo with which to defend himself. Though tho Sheriff leveled lev-eled his weapon at the prosecutor blood was not shed. Finally It was agreed tho machines should be left In the hands of a committee commit-tee representing both sides until the return re-turn of Judge Stewart, ho being In Owy-hoo Owy-hoo county holding court. |