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Show yDAHO MIGHT -WSMNL ARRESTED Camas Prairie Settlers Are Charged With Employing Kentucky Methods. BOISE. Ida., June 10. Charged with terrorizing the settlers in the Camas Prairie country in south central Idaho ty the use of Kentucky night rider tae-- tae-- tics, and conspiring to defraud the government gov-ernment of its lands, Charle M. Johnaoa, John-aoa, K. C. Griswold, Harry Me Adams Marvin, Ottis Wilttey. Jerry Herpie, James and E. Roy ' Hanford, all ea-trymen ea-trymen on the Prairie, arere placed under un-der arrest Fridav by Deputy United Htatee Marshal Hodgins, arraigned he-fore he-fore I'nited States Commissioner Baxter Bax-ter at Soldier and released oa $1500 cash bonds each. Althouch indicted by a federal grand Jury in this city last spring the de-endants de-endants were not taken into euatody until deputies could quietly lay their plans to effect their arrest, which waa succesffully accomplished, all seven of the night riders tiuhmitting -when they rrslixed that resitance was useless. Their trial, it is claimed by government officinls, will be one of the most aeasa-tionsl aeasa-tionsl ever held in Idaho. Resulted in Shooting. When Joseph K. Vaught ehot and killed D. V. Kmmon just outside of the portonice st Soldier, the fact ur-roiiuding ur-roiiuding the tactics followed by the ii7t riders became known. Emmons Vv-f in sympathy with them. -Vaught 3 not, and they quarreled: "At the hinting Vaught declared that it waa not uncommon for the ridera to mask and travel in baada over the Prairie threatening to tar and feather entry-men. entry-men. Thib fact accounted for the mysterious mys-terious disappearance .of settler, the smMen departure of ranchers who, fearing fear-ing for their lives, hurriedly left the Prairie and for the screams that bad been heard in the dead ef night but discueseil only in private- The federal secret sgents followed np the story told bv Vsught, who waa acquitted of the rliarge of murder at bis preliminary hearing. They placed a volume of evidence evi-dence in the hands of the diHtrict attorney. at-torney. He preaented it te the grand jury and the aecret indictments announced an-nounced today were the result. Two Indictment. The first two indictment nam James and E. Koy Hanford a th defendants. de-fendants. It ie alleged in the true bills that the Hanford conspired to unlawfully, feloniously, conspire, combine, com-bine, confederate, injure, . oppress, threaten and resort to unlawful means to force one Thomas Wright, a settler on the Prairie, to abandon his contest seainst a eertaia entry held by one Karfcerine M. Hanford, formerly Katharine Katha-rine M. Burns. The onntest was filed December 81, 1910. Not aatiaded with riding to the Wright place and threatening threat-ening the entryman, the defendant are said to have written threatening letters to him. The letters class Wright' conduct as contemptible, unprincipled, morally and financially dishonorable, and the defendants and their friend declared thev proposed to help Mr. Hanford. The second true bill against the Haa-forda Haa-forda ehsrges them with intimidating one Dee MV 8torv on October 22, 1810, and attempting io defraud him of hi right and entry. Th third indictment is against John, son et el., including Greswold, Me-kAdams. Me-kAdams. Wilsey and Herpie.- They are idicted on three coonts charging them with threats to intimidate and riding over the prairie to threaten and torture entrymen, some of whom are aamed in the . indictment a Joeeph.K. Vaught and Albert T. Lick. . |