| Show GENERAL MERRIAM 1 TESTIFIES ASTO COEUR d AFFAIRS only 1 to to rt lo 10 idab and nl 19 I 1 ill down aith at the examination ut of general mer ariam at the collir d alton lion tion by b r tim military 0 of the houche bonito he reviewed in detail lit his ln In truc in ft a telegram from secretary may 31 he bad referred to jeneral Merr lama origin original instruct lions general merriam testified that he had never received any original I 1 ewoud lie tile direction to p acted ocd to idaho to put donn do is the lu in tion lie ile had to the de apartment part ment fur for the original instruct ns n lul but had not lint lee beti furnished and he lie had come colue tu to the tile con clelon that aller au vias aa in error in to a sarit 1 of quntion general mierlan lan testified that martial lawr law WR wax declared lj the governor gore 0 of idalio idaho upon i lne hose ln e request the united states troop troops were nere and that the tri set tIon of tha the revised statutes re rt quiring the th president to 1 acx balm lalm a it state of ill tit I 1 not apply some of tho troop ho testified were ID in idaho and soma on their way then there before martial law was declared may 3 he lie had tied telegraphed may 2 to 1 its war department that he would exercise martial law if action wa was not approved disapproved til by the department up to the of lila life arrival arrests had been made mr Il Ro berteon bought sought to gain an admission that ome some of theae these arresta arrests v nere ere made prior to the go a i pi latu atlon but tout general merriam Merr lain denied thi tills emphatically producing lila his telegrams tele gramB to khov show that when he lie ordered the arrests be stated martial law waa tea declared when he hal directed that arrest arrests should be made by deputies he had not conceded that troop could not make be the arrests directly and without barrants viar nar ranta rants under martial law I 1 lou ou convened no military court to try those prisoner ioner 1 I did not the state court courts were open I 1 ton ou took no pains to determine whether information bad been loafed against the tile men arrested I 1 did ald nut not lou ou then lent soldiers to deputies dd putte who made arrests 1 I I did not nol I 1 sent soldiers to protect deputies and to receive and safeguard prisoners prito nera I 1 do you think there can be civil of ficen ficere under martial law I 1 I 1 do emphatically deputies exercising the functions of military officers I 1 ea under the direction of the gov arnor theral merriam Merr lain in to response ree to a question aa as to whether he DOIT now considered the people of shoshone county capable of self government said bo be was not in possession of sufficient information to gire give an opinion |
