| Show THE ARREST OF B W DRIGGS yesterday among our western news items mention was made of the arrest in idaho of B WD rigga riggs of pleasant grove under very peculiar circumstances we are today enabled to give further details of the occurrence as furnished by mr brigga himself the gentleman was arrested in montpelier on the of this month by deputy marshal hobson housou but he refused to go with him without a requisition the marshal then turned him over to another deputy and went to the U 8 commissioner of montpelier and swore out a complaint charging him with the same of feuse adultery in Idaho and covering the same period of time as the utah war warrant rapt the hearing was set for september and bonds were given when the case came on it was dismissed by request of the prosecution but hobson still held his bis prisoner on OB the utah warrant the counsel told him he had bad no right to do so but he replied that he anted under instructions from the attorney for the territory fremont woods and U 8 marshal wilson the attorney of mr driggs now had deputy marshal hobson arrested for kidnapping and the trial was set for the dinst but in the meantime hobson turned his pris oner over to othor other deputies who took hold of him and held him by main force as if they were afraid that be contemplated running off marshal whetstone istone now arrived from utah but without the necessary papers wherefore mr driggs attorney still refused to deliver up his bis client warrants to have the marshal arrested were maile made out but the sheriff and his deputies went out of the way leaving none to serve the papers the prisoner was then taken to the marshals room and chained to marshal whetstone during the night it appears that marshal wilson had bad for the occasion at least at deputized whetstone to act as 88 marshal in idaho the hearing of deputy marshal hobson came on before a justice of the peace but his counsel objected to the proceeding claiming that the court had bad no auf juf jurisdiction is diction wherefore the case cane was postponed till the following monday an attempt was made by the district attorney spence to get the authorities of the state to interfere but for some cause or other they could not be reached he consequently advised mr driggs to go to jail promising promis trig that he would endeavor to obtain a requisition fo for r his jr elease and bringing back to idaho acting on this advice mr driggs followed his hie captors to this territory and was taken to the county jail in provo prove where he be rema inel for five days without hearing anything irom froin his counsel in montpelier he was released from the prison on bail while the prisoner was in the jail it was discovered that the indictment on which he was first arrested was defective and a new indictment was consequently made out by the grand jury then in session some of mr driggs family were to appear before commissioner hill and his bis honor suggested that defendant waive examination as the grand jury have already found an indictment |
