The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 3, 1917, Page 2

Jhe framed an alibi for himself thar | NEWS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST “GAT TRUE,” DUNN'S ANSWER TO PLOT GHARGE Montanans Tell Details of Revolt- ing Crime Which They Say Prisoner Planned ALLEGED MURDERER ADMITS KNOWING MEN Threads of Evidence Being Knit Stronger Around Husband of Deid Woman Face to ‘the two Montana ranchers their story of how more mur ago he plotted with them her and her father, J.P. Me iste W told in de Qnillan, Yi Y CHARGES MADE ‘Confronted hy County Attorney 0’ Brien, Chief of Polic "Connor, De- tectives Dawson and le and his two alleged co Dunn heard the ranchers assert he offered them his wife; ked them to “get” her fathe! he outlined in detail the murder plot so her death should be certain and thet he considered) would be airtight, APPEARS DET Haggard sand dejected, rns of his chair and fe a and unclasping his hands, ! avoiding the sof the men in the; about him, struggling, it ap- peared, to keep back his emotion Dunn silently listened while the rane ers told their story, police say. EYTING MONEY cot him for $6,000; 000 when we came to TELL OF nd then we $1,000 at first, § jas a result of av {iment league, an inte door going out at the rear of the building, Dunn found his voice, “It’s not true, It’s not. true,” he ‘ Unbroken through all the ques- ng, he denied any part in the plot we of it. Swaying slightly he wal emerged from the chief's office to be tnken back to the county jail, = Mr. torney, conferred with Connor and County Attorney After these men had gone a-court reporter, Who bad been conceal- fed behind a pen, taking a report lof the ineeti ime out. GODFREY EXPLAINS IT “Tounderstand Mr. Dunn fo say that ithe ranchers were two of three men {who showed him about while he was there,” Attorney Godfrey said after- ed, Dunn rom what he told me he did meet them here relative to the Jand deal, jiut he did uot send for them, ‘The {deal did uot go through and the two fanen returned, “Dunn asser s before that the i Istory of the plot is a pure fabrication. Why these men should tell such a story ix a gnystery to him unless they have dangerous knowledge und to incriminate hin to save themsel MIGHT RIDERS” ~ FHL ATTEMPT “TO GET OFFICE Station Agent of Kulm, N. D., In- dicted by Federai Grand Jury as Liquor Agent (Tribune Special Service.) Fargo, N. D., May 8.—The first in- dictment. ¢ returned in a federal court in North Dakota against the agent of a railroad company, charg- ing him with acting as the agent of a. liquor hb was turned against G. W. Kollings, agent of the Soo radl- road at Kulm, N, D., and reported to the federal court y day. Kollings was a ted a week ago to Kulm of of- ficers of the North Dakota Enforce- incident nuloand then $7000 to kill his is pia . 3 sea Wife.” said one rancher, facing Dunn, | Peg a ‘night rider unt in’ which “It is true, Duin, and you know it,”| & crowd of men, evidently bent upon County Attorney O'Brien said. turn- king vengeance upon F. 1. Wat- ing on the aceused man quickly. superintendent of the North Da- ‘Ma Enfsveement league, partially DUNN IS SILENT P i -xrecked the business establishment. But Dunn did not admit Mri or a man whom they believed was O'Brien's assertion, Instead, his head! qiging the law enforcement author dropped and he maintained his silence, : t pre Howas just a few minutes after 2) “syony window in the ‘Andérson P.M. when Dunn was taken to Cen- tral “© ostation from the county Ed Quinlivan. Dunn handculfed. SEVERAL CONFER A few minutes later his attorney, Perey D. Godfrey, arrived, followed later by County Attorney — O’Brien, the two Montanans and Detectives | Dawson and Lavalle, who — brought them to St. Paul to aid in solving the} mystery, Afternoon paper: the street and newsboys were shout- ing the news of Dunn's alleged wife- murder plot as he left the jail to hear the story told in detail. KNEW HIS ACCUSERS When the gathering complete, ief O'Connor signalled to Dunn’s ac-+ cus and they stepped from behind} a screen, sreeting him. Dunn admitted he knew them, say-j} ing that they had looked up some Jand there for him and that he paid $50 to them for their search for a! ranch location. He said he has a ceipt in full for the amount pai STRAIN THLLS ON DU the men continued with their story, interpolated here and there with questions from one o nother of those | present or words or explannation by: his attorney, the strain told more and more plain] onge:the re lready were on ting details of the scheme i Is accusers asserted was worked out by him, meg on the point of over- coming him. PLOT LIKE FICTION Rivaling fiction to its culmination in the search for the white-masked a sassion of Mrs, Dunn, who was shot death in her bed early Jast Thursda morning, and almost as horrible as that deed, the plot regounted be- fore the man accused of its inception. ,.,When the ranchers, with the detect- ives, left the chief’s office by a side on Dunn and more than; Bros. store at Kulm, reports say, was smashed out, and a general wild ses- sion was indulged in—but Mr. Wat+ kins rode safely through.the storm, without injury and without coming in contact with the raide BECKWITH ADDRESS SUNDAY SCHOL WORKERS Sunday Schoo! and Church Work to Feature Convention to Be Held in Fargo (Special to Tribune) a Fargo, D., May 3.—-Country Sun- {day school and church work is to be featured at the approaching North Dakota Sunday school conventions to be held here June 20 to June 22, The northern part of Minnesota is to co- operate in this convention through arrangements hich have been made ; With the Minnesota association, F. | H. Beckwith, communi betterment isuperintendent, a rural Sunday school expert of the New York Sun School association, from Alban Y., will be one of the principal speak on the regular program and will also assist in conducting a rural work conference at the time of the convention, The report of the Will iams county survey will also form an interesting part of -the program, | with nature’s remedy—S. S.S. It ity to impoverished blood, making | vesist the germs of disease, and strength to | drive out disease if it gets a foothold in your | system. If you get sick you have a better i chance for recovery if your blood is pure th if it is run down. It is important to keep i | your blood pure at all seasons. | Seeaerae, or Malariay ruption, take thort af CZ evidences of disordered blood and cet | purifier to drive eut the ties. S. teed ig especially | as a blood tenic. | "Get S. S. S. at any drug store. Don’t accept @ substitute. for booklet f Starting On The Road To Health Segttable blood sar whieh to forniebed without charge. Advise, Medical 16, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. A eee TL ANTA, GA, gives vital- it easier to ie guaran- recommenced alee Medical Addr THREE THOUSAND IN DICKINSON LOYALTY PARADE Taylor Business Houses Closed and Sent Big Delegation to the ‘‘Queen City 2,000 OLD GLORIES SOLD BY COMMITTEE (Special to Tribune Dickinson, N. D., May $.—May 1 was Loyalty da Dickinson and was fittingly obse ery one. At 1 o'clock all business houses of every kind were closed until the end of the ceremonies, and nearly every one turned out to participate. It is estimated that nearly taree thousand persons were in the parade, including about a thousand school children. Sold 2,000 Flags. ved by nearly ev- the crowd is through the flags dis- posed of by the Red Cross society. The committee of the day had two thousand flags on hand, and on tae morning of the celebration the flags were all gone, Parade Formation. The parade formed on First street north, about a block trom the city hall in the following order; A car with a lady dressed as Columbia, then the spirit of 1776, Uncle Sam, the /Dickinson band, a car of the civil) war veterans, Spanish American war veterans, and former members of Company K, city and county officials, and lodges of the city headed by tae} Elks, Taylor Houses Close. Special mention must be made of| the Taylor people, who, it seems,} The only count that.was kept of; TEACHERS D0 SCRANTON IS BOWING FROM ~ LIGNITE OUTPUT i Briquetting Plant to Be Tnereased to 13 Times Its Present Cap- | | acity, Say Officials ' { \ | { H { lNEW LEASE OF LIFE | GRIPS DAKOTA TOWN) he. (Special to Tribune) | Scranton, ‘N. D., May %.-—The bri-; | quetting plant recently installed here | i tor the purpose of briquetting lignite; j coal Without the use of a binder, is | to be increased this season to 13 ; Umeg, its present capacity and work fon’ the additional 11 units will be be }gun.within the next 30 days, The | Plant: has been in operation but 10; j days. ’ | } Emil Fernholtz, the inventor of the; | machinery and president of the Fern- | | holtz Machinery company of Los An-} | geles, Cal, has given the finishing of this ‘plant has personal supervision | jand in company with Charles A.} |Jonnson, president of the Johnson! | Fuel company of Fairfax, S. D., own- ers of this plant, left here for Fair- fax yesterday to convene with the! members of the board of directors of ; the fuel company for the purpose of; authorising the building of the 11 ad-; ditional units and to ratify the pur-! chase of a steam shovel with which: to strip the eoal. i Tais city is taking on a new lease! of life since the briquetting plant be- gan operations. Seemingly in the space of a night's time, it has be- com one of the biggest and busi- est mining points in this section of the northwest. Tons and tons of lig- nite ‘briquettes are being shipped from here. The machine now turns | out a. minimum of 100 pound bri-/ quettes per minute. were nearly all at Dickinson. All business houses in ‘aylor were | closed from 1 to 5 o'clock in the af-j ternoon, and headed by their band,j{ they very enthusiastically joined in| the parade! Gladstone here, and also a large from Belfield, When the procession arrived at the place,.ot, the speakers stand, the first) number jon tae program was the sal-| utation of the flag by the North side} SCh@O; Hdren. 2} .$ {Big Men on Program. Then’ the Southside school children} sang “The Star Spangled Banner,” } this being followed by a very patr otic talk by the Hon. H. C. Berrs Rev. R. H. Craig then followed with! another rousing patriotic talk, Sena- tor L. A. Simpson, Judge W. C. Craw- ford and Rev, John Dignam followed was also represented | delegation | 1 very patroitie talk and put up a good many reasons why Company K should have more volunteers, and a larger membership. "Between the speeches the Dickin- son''miile quartet sang the “Battle Hyiifi’of the Republic” and other pa- posed ‘County Auditor J. L. Hughes, Deputy Superintendent of Schools O. H. Pippin, Cashier D, Mars and Wm. \Noggle, who number among the best singers in the country. The meeting ended with the play- ing ‘The Star Spangled Banner” by the combined Dickinson and Taylor bands, Ideal weather was responsible for the large turnout of the Dickinson people. BULLET THROUGH HEAD R. H. Hanson, Fargo. Machine. Expert, Found Neat \Red River, ‘Believed. to Have Killed Self. of (Special to Tribune.) Fargo, N. D., May 3.—R, H. Han- son, aged 40, a machine expert, was found dead here yesterday near the Red river, this city, with wound in his head. He is said to have killed himself because of mental de- rangement from brooding over his OTHERS’ UB BALLOT Mrs, Harold Graves Elected President of Jamestown Club—Mrs. Buck Is Vice President. (Special to Tribune.) Jamestown, N. D., May 8.—Mrs. Harold Graves was elected president of the Jamestown Mothers’ club at the annual balloting held this week. Mrs, C, S. Buck was elected vice pres- ident. The other officers are: (Mrs. P. W. Eddy, second vice president; Mrs, A. W. Guest, third vice presi- Mrs. L. E. Goodwin, and correspond- ent, Mrs, W. H. Noel. Once Famous Lady Character of the State Passes Away (Special to Tribune.) Amidon, N. D., May 3.—Cassie Parker is dead. Every cowboy and ranchman in the state will read of her death ywith bowed head. Cassie Parkér was noted as being the pride of western North Dakota ranchmen, and was known as the girl who could take a place in the roundup and hold a firm seat in the saddle while riding the open range. She. for years held the distinction—and carried it with her to the grave— of being the best woman rider in the west. Death -occurred at Jamestown, where she was sud- denly taken ill. in order, and each one delivered al) triofié, songs. This quartet is com-/ a bullet; wife’s death at McVille last January. | dent; Mrs. Charles Smith; secretary,’ NOT RUN THER STHOLS RIT Odense Farmer to Be Examined! by Insanity Board at Man- dan Tomorrow ‘ (Special to Tribune) | Mandan, N. D., May 3.—Eugene | Luffy, Odense farmer, was yesterda imoning arraigned before County! Jedgo Johnson for an insanity her: ing. | Duffy believes he owns all the land! in the,¢ountry and thinks that school-! teachers @o not run their schools | he. i His main delusion is that he brews over the fact that a man should own} jall the land north of a section line} when the description of the land says It makes no difference to him | Whether it) 4s the Northwest One | Quarter of Section 10 or not so long asijit has the letter “N” in the de- seription ‘the owns all land north of} that piece of land. In reality he owns 160 acres but he emphatically insists that he owns 800 acres. He has worried over the mat- |ter until he has become insane. | He also harbors the belief that all} the school children are in trouble, and that they have not the proper kind of seats, believing that if they lean one certain way they will severe- jly injure themselves. Before being taken into the custo- ey of the county officials he visited a rumber ofschools and advised the | i teach that the seats would have tu be fixed differently, | Duffy has been a_ resident of} OcGense vicinity for a number of! | years. He is a singfe man and is \ ——————— 5000000 CORKS ~~ LTED RIGHT OF! Try 2 Drops of Magic “Gets-It.” | | There’s a wonderful difference be- tween getting rid of a corn now and ‘the way they used to try to get rid of it only four or five years ago. “Gets-It” has revolutionized corn his- “See? Just 2 Drops of ‘Gets-It. Now | Tomorrow PAdust Peel ThatCorn | Right Off— and It’s Gone!” that acts on the new principle, not only of chriveling up the corn, but of loosening the corn off—so loose that} you can lift it right off with your fin-| gers. Put 2 drops of “Gets-It” on that | corn or callus tonight. That’s all. The corn is doomed sure as sunrise. No} |Pain, or trouble, or soreness. You do; ‘away once and for all with toe-bund-| |ling bandages, toe-eating salves and| irresponsible what-nots. Try it—get | | surprised and lose a corn. j “Get’s-It"is sold everywhere, 25c al bottle, or gent on receipt of price | by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, Ill. Sold in Bismarck and recommended | as the world’s best corn remedy by/ Finney's Drug Store. tory. It’s the only corn remedy today} | di a ~~ - is the companion for any and all. times. It puts work into the ‘worker and think into the thinker, gumption and makes smiles for miles. Iv’s wrapped tight so it keeps right. You : get all its goodness, fresh, clean and full- flavored. ‘WRAPPED IN (Beware of € util | imitations — none can equal the WRIGLEY quality — materials, flavor and Jasting goodness.) Chew it | after very meal It puts the gum iS i Mb $2, Sages yy Officer Casey says: “When I’m on duty I have to let the smoke-stack do me smokin’—but nary the toime do I Jet the choo-choo } do me chewin’.” pp DOUBLEMINT OPE LP EFOMTI NT: into SPEARMINT tt PERFECT GUM V/42! oo THE FLAVOR LASTS ahout 45 years old. He will be ex-| summer, but the new gasoline launch’, D, COMMITTEE ASKS amined by the insanity board tomor- row, and will no doubt be committed io the state asylum, 310,096.60 Gain in Postoffice Receipts For First Quarter, ‘For the first quarter of the year— or the one ending March 31—po office receipts here show a gain of} 310,096.60 over the corresponding per- iod for 1916. MRS, STICKNEY HEADS DICKINSON ORGANIZATION (Special to Tribune) Dickinson, IN. D., May 3.—At a short business meeting of the Dick- inson Federated club held in the St. Charles hotel, Mrs. V. H. Stickney was elected president, and Mrs. James Soules named as a candidate for re-election to the schoolboard. The club pledged its support to her. The club members will be patron- esses for an operetta to be given -by Miss Bradford and members. of the glee club for the benefit of the patri: otic aid, NEW ADDITION TO _ DICKINSON PLATTED (Special to Tribune) Dickinson, N. D., May 3—A new addition to the city was platted last week and lots are now offered for sale in Young’s ninth addition. The lots are located close to the Heart river and are ideal spots for garden- ing purposes. The lots are, owned by the Guaranty Investment company | of this city, of which Senator Mc-} Bride is president, and W. F. Bur- nett, secretary-treasurer, STERLING NOTES. Among the Bismarck visitors Mon- day were W. E. Runey and Y.’S. cer. Leroy Walsi working for Lang, was taken suddenly ill Sund and removed to the Iismarck hospi- tal Monday, Mrs. S. T. Parke was in the capital city Friday. Mr. dnd Mrs. Martin Van Hes turned Friday from Miles City, Mont. Mrs. Emil Lang and baby daughter: jarrived home, Thursday from the Bis: | marck hospital. On Sunday S. T. Parke gave his lfamily a boat ride, it wasn’t just like CORRESPONDENCE zr | | worked fine. W. C. Belk is painting the interior of the E, lL, Hurr home. ‘Mrs. Margaret O’Hara left Tuesday |for Maiden Rock, Wis., to visit her ‘ daughter, ‘B, H. O'Hara went to Bismarck on | Tuesday and left on No, 4 for points lin Florida. \GENTZLER JOINS THE RANKS OF BENEDICTS (Special to Tribune.) Fargo, N. D., May 3.—Russeil W. Gontzler, formerly in the insurance ‘business at Fargo and one of the pop- ular young men of that city, was mar- ried last week at Lincoln,. Neb., to Miss Nelle M. Knopher of Omaha. In- vitations announcing the wedding have been received by friends in {eity. The groom is manager of the Gothenburg Automobile company at Gothenburg, Neb. You will find more of the leading the Radisson than at any other hotel in the Twin Cities, nis | people of North Dakota registered at! FOR A SEPARATE FAIR (Special to Tribune.) Fort Yates, N. D., May 3.—A com- {mittee of delegates from the South ; Dakota portion of the Standing Rock [Indian reservation appeared before jthe directors of the Standing Rock | Fair association at a meeting held ihere this week and presented a peti- tion asking that a separate fair be held for the Indians in that part of the state. To the Wife of ‘One Who Drinks |_I have an important confidential ;Message for you. It will come in a | plain envelope. How to conquer the i liquor habit in 3° days and make | home happy. Wonderful, safe, last- jing, reliable, inexpensive method, Woodsguaranteed. Write to Edw. J. Woods. , Station E, New York, N.Y. his to others. Who Will 2, Many visiting women from May 7, 1, .Three very fine speakers—Suffragists? 3, The best’ women of Bismarck. | Where? AtPresbyterian Church Be There? neighboring towns, 8 and 9 | | ; class {command Big Pay. \ If you are not satisfied with your ipresent earning power, let us tell you (others, WANTED Stenographers and Bookkeepers We have several calls for High- clerical help—help that can what we have done for hundreds of Write G. M. LANGUM, Pres, (<) mismarce L, r ees oe he GUI UM ALNOKLEY ee North Dakota , ’ . ” “ > “ ’ § | | ’ \ ‘ 5 { f i s % : ‘ ees 4