The Constable, the Warrant, and the Empty Jail Cell
A Newport constable accused of beating a man badly enough to send him to a Spokane hospital is himself wanted by the sheriff — and nowhere to be found.
Constable Newsom, of old town, takes exception to the write-up in last week's Mixer and claims that it misrepresents him. His victim, Smith, was taken to the hospital at Spokane for treatment last Thursday evening and is now reported to be recovering. Sheriff Doust was in town Friday looking for Newsom with a warrant, but Newsom made his get-away and has not been seen since.
“Sheriff Doust was in town Friday looking for Newsom with a warrant, but Newsom made his get-away and has not been seen since.”
A sworn peace officer accused of injuring a man in his custody, a warrant from the county sheriff, and a suspect who simply vanishes — the Miner reports it in six flat sentences and moves on to the next item. Questions of who polices the police have not aged a day; what has changed is that a disappearance like this would now be a statewide manhunt rather than a paragraph in a personal column.
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