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Show CHARGED WITH MANY CRIMES BoIro, Ida., Juno 10. Charged with terrorlzng tho settlers, in the Camas Prairie country in south central Idaho by the uso of Kontucky night rider tactics, and conspiring to defraud tho government of its lands, Charles M. I Johnson, B. C. Griswold, Harry Mc-Adaras Mc-Adaras Marvin, Ottls Wilsey,, Jerry Herple, James and E. Roy Hanford, all ontrymen on the Prairie, were placed under arrest today by Deputy United States Commissioner Baxter at Soldier and released on $1,500 cash bonds each. Although indicted by a federal grand jury in this city last spring the defendants wore not taken Into custody cus-tody until deputies could quietly lay ,thoir plans to effect their arrest, which was successfully accomplished all seven of the night riders submitting submit-ting when they realized that resistance resis-tance was useless. Their trial, it Is claimed by the goernment officials, will be ono of tho most sensational eer held in Idaho. When Joseph K. Vaught shot and l killed D. V. Emmons Just outside of the postofflco at Soldier, the facts surrounding the tactics followed by the night riders became known. Emmons Em-mons was in sympathv with them Vaught was not, and they quarreled. At the hearing Vaught declared that it was not uncommon for the riders to mask and travel in hands over the Prairie threatening to tar and feather entry men. This fact accounted for the mysterious disappeaiance of settlers, the sudden departure of I UjLSMMMd, .111 ., m.MW B ranchers who, fearing for their lives, hurriedly loft tho Prairie and for tho screams that had boen heard in tho dead of night but discussed only in private. Tho federal secret agents followed up the story told by Vaught, who was acquitted of tho charge of murder at his preliminary hearing. They placed a volume of evidence in the hands of the district attorney. He prosented it to tho grand jury and the secret indictments announced today woro tho result The first two Indictments namo James and E. Roy Hanford as the de-fondants. de-fondants. It is alleged in the true hills that the Hanfords conspired to unlawfully, feloniously, conspire, combine, com-bine, confederate, Injure, oppress, threaten and resort to unlawful means to frtroo on Thomas Wright, a sottler on the Prairie, to abandon his contest against a certain entry held by one i.tu;rlne M. Hanford, formerly Kathcrlno Kath-crlno M Burns. The contest waa filed December 21, 1910 Not satis-fled satis-fled with riding to the Wright placo and threatening the ontrymnn, tho defendants are said to have written threatening letters to him Tbo letters closs Wright's conduct I as contemptible, unprincipled, morally and financially dishonorable, and the M defendants and their friends declared l they proposed to help Mrs. Hanford. M Tho second true bill against tho Hanfords charges them with intimi- j dating one Deo M. Story on October j 22, 1910, and attempting to defraud IH him of his right and entry'. The third indictment is against M Johnson, ot al., including Groswold, McAdanis, Wilsey and Horple. Thoy H are indicted on three counts charging M them with threats to lntlmldato and M riding over tho prairie to threaten I M and torture entryniun. some of whom M are named in the indictment of Joseph K. Vaught and Albert T. Lick. H oo ll |