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Show GERL CHARGED " WITHJ HUE Boise, Idaho, Nov. 28 A graduato of one of the most prominent private schools of 'this city, educated and refined, re-fined, protty Miss Marlon Klrkpatrlck, an orphan girl, was cast Into Jail In this city on the charge of horse stealing, steal-ing, later taken from her cell on tho payment of a $200 cash bond, roleased only by the united efforts of the women's clubs of Bolso and Is now being detained in a private home here awultlng trial In the district court. Hhe Is the personal ward of Mrs R. L. Nourse, wife of a prominent physician, physi-cian, and a desperate legal battle will be made by the women's clubs to prevent pre-vent her conviction. From the story of" the alleged crime It appears that Miss Klrkpatrlck, who has had a wide experience on the ranges of the west and rides a horse with the oast of a cowgirl, "rounded up" a bunch of horses belonging to an Owyhee county rancher named Marshall, Mar-shall, who has his ranch near Oreana, and alone and unaided selected from the lot tho atee'd she considered to be the finest, roped and saddled It, and rodp to Boise, where she disposed of the animal. The trip made by the dashing young woman from Boise to Oreana is known to have been a sensational ono, for after she reached the broad and almost al-most unlimited range In Owyhee county, coun-ty, she encountered a terrible wind and snowstorm that buffeted her about. Although she lost her way several times she always managed to stray back on the trail and once having hav-ing reached the Marshall ranch sho lost no time In selecting tho animal she so much desired. It Is charged that Miss Klrkpatrlck made quick plans to dlsposo of the horse after her arrival here to Edward Ed-ward McGuffln, a local horse dealer, a veterinarian, residing at 1520 State street. IcGuffln claims to have paid the girl $45 for the horse. When he learned that tho animal he purchased was said to be stolen property McGuffln promptly swore out a complaint for the arrest of Miss Klrkpatrlck. She was token into custody, arraigned before a Justice court, pleaded mot guilty and, following a preliminary hearing, bound over to tho district court for trial. Through the entire ordeal Miss Klrkpatrlck has and still maintains her Innocence; that she came by tho horse honestly and had a right to dispose dis-pose of the animal at any price and to anyone to whom sho wished. Her determined stand aroused the women's clubs of this city and a combined effort ef-fort was made to fight hor case in the courts, something never before attempted at-tempted by clubs here. The Columbian Colum-bian club took tho lnltiatlvo and when Miss Klrkpatrlck was given a preliminary prelim-inary hearing, that organization employed em-ployed counsel to represent her. They raised tho necessary bond money and placed her In tho hands of Mrs. Nourse as a personal ward. Mrs. Rose Carteo and MIbs Keonan. members of the social committee of the club, and two of the society leaders of Boise, secured employment for the alleged horse thief and replenished her wardrobe. That "tho female of the species Is more deadly than tho male" appears evident from tho activity activ-ity displayed by the women. At least It was more offectlvo. |