The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1919, Page 2

SLAYER IS NOW ‘ASKING PARDON * Matt':Holum‘of Milton Again Protests Innocence of Crime for Which Convicted —— SAYS: BAD HORSE, GUILTY Grand Forks, N. D., April tlary under a 15-year senten killing his wife, is seeking a accotding to letters received men of Grand Forks ‘county, w! trie@ =the case. The trial was trans- ferred from Cavalier county to Grand - Forks. under .a change of venue be iets cre guage W. J, Kneeshaw. Attor- Sinkler appeared for Mr. Holum, and the, state was represent: | ea by Attorney General Andrew Mil- Ter, State's Attorney Grimson and Attorney Johnson of Langdon. -The;case was one of the hardest fought murder cases ever tried in Gratid county. HISTORY OF MURDER According to Holum’s story, he was away. from the house one day duri the preceding fall for a load of straw. Returning home he found his wife lying unconscious in the barn behind a horse called Charlie. This anfinal, accérding to his story, was very vicious and in the habit of kicking every time anyone appeared behind him, He car-' tied Ris wife, who was unconscious at the time, according to his testimony, into the house, where he laid her on a couch; leaving’ her almost immediately in ofder to get help from one of the neighbors. STATE'S SIDE OF THE CASB The state introduced witnesses show- ing that Holum at the time he ap- peared at the neighboring farm for help, bad a clean shirt on. A shirt covered with blood was later found by the state’s' attorney during jnvee pean, of. the premises, hid. in th ith shop on the farm. A hat. pres also found, and investigation showed that it had human blood on it. Mrs, Holum had three cuts. in the head, and in order to get these cuts the state contended that she must have turned ‘her head in three different di- rections if'she had been kicked by the horde. It was argued that if she had been; hit -by the horse thé impact of the horse's hoofs ,would have been sut- ficiently heavy to'cause her to fall with her ‘hénd™’away from the animal. Blood from her dripping head was also found on her dress and on her shoes, e had been: standing up when Feceivpd' thé blows. ‘BLOOD<FOUND AWAY FROM’ SCENE A large Amount. of blood was also found ‘for <stallsenway from the horsé, \Chartie, ‘and no blood was found behind iim, ‘The state’ was able to introduce evi- dehce t6 the effect that the couple wei inthe’ Habit of quarreling, and, the sieht, previous to the death of Mrs. were heard by neighbors, by the farm. It was also by the state that the mur- have been committed the ight before, ag the blood on her per- son. wis dry when she was found. i ai HOLUM PAROLED “‘ ping. sent. to.the, state pent- Holum, formerly a farmer, near Mil- | ton, who is now in the state peniten- | of love, mystery and adventure. BY EDWARD M. THIERRY. N. E. \A.. Staff Corregpondent. Paris, April. 2.—Preliminary terts to the Inter-Allied) Olympiad, to be held in Pershing staudium. just out- side Paris, about June 1, easily gave the French the lead for the military cross-country championship. Eight. runners from the Amerjcan army competed. Although they were untrained, and six of them had just come all the way from the Rhine, they made a showing against the 400 French runners. These ‘Yanks promise a surprise to the French runners when the Olym- piad is held. The first American to finish was William Kennedy, Port Chester, N. Y., Twenty-third Engineers. He won the Marathons at St. Louis, in 1913, at Chicago in 1914, and at Bostog in 1917. The race was run over a heavy course, due to mud andi .ain. Thej distance was 12 illomet.rs (7 L. miles). M. D. Huct, a Frenc sma, was first, doing the distance in’40°19 min ‘utes. Kennedy finished thirty- third in the field of 408. Second among tne Americans was Corporal Eugene Snydeg, Erie, Pa.,| 76th Field Artillery. ’He finished tentiary at Bismarck, Holum_ has 21 been paroled, and worked last winter as janitor at St. Mary’s school in Grand Forks, and has since worked for the board of control in the capi- tol building. heard the case, he writes: “I know in my own heart because so many, false witnesses testified. be- fore the judge I lost my freedom. I have been told by many.” conscien- tious people in Grand Forks tliat lots. of people there offered to bet $10 that no jury! in North Dakota could con- vict me ‘on the evidence offered.’ “The hatchet that was alleged that I had used to end my wife's life was brought up as evidence twice, and the third time it ‘was again brought .|forth, together with a chisel and the last time blood was found on the hatchet, which was not there before. God is my witness that what I have said is the truth and many other things I could say. I will ask that you have compassion on me and send DE me a letter that) will help me get back my freedom after so many years of suffering and sorrow.” LUXE and KETTLE FINISH HATS The PEs pes refined to the nth power, $6.50 2 Praue yu desite:- BEPATUING; ‘REFINISHING—WINDOW SHADES _ $7.00 . % ' 3 Dainty Charming Anita Stewart, who in the character role of Marie, the mysterious beauty from nowhere, scores the biggest success in her career. “A Midnight Romance” is a wonderful story In his: letter to the jurymen who STATE. BONDING. DEPARTMENT CAN, GO THE ‘LIMIT Authority to Assume ‘All Risk and’ Reinsure as It Sees Fit Gi Schlenker ° of: Sheridan county, ip which the latter refers to his difficulty in inducing old line bonding compan fes to accept 40,000 on their county treasurer, who is bonded for $50,000. the former legal limit, with the state bonding department, Deputy T. J Sheahan calls attention to the fact that the bonding act was amended at the last-session to enable the bonding department. to assume all the risk on county and state officers, the bonding department then reinsuring such por tion of the risk as it might deem ad. visable. “Auditor Schlenker's trouble, {says Mr. Sheahan, has arisen from This record-breaking production wilgbe shown tonight at the Bismarck theatre. For this engage- ment admission price-has been advanced to 25c. FRENCH LEAD IN CROSS COUNTRY; AMERICANS. MAKE GOOD SHOWING seventy-fourth. The others were CaF vin Burns, Ducktown, Tenn., 38th In- fantry, finishing eighty-third; Frank Learned, Methune, Mass., 76th Field artillery, eighty-ninth; Lucien Nayart, a Belgian-American, 38th Infantry, ninety-first; John Baker, Wilkesbarre, Pa., 76th Field Artillery, ninety-fourth Two others did not finish, Hopes are strong among the French that they will do better in’..tennis events in the Olympiad than they did in a recent. open tournament held in Cannes. There the old American champion, Captain R. Norris Williazas. emerged victorious, ‘The French army’s best.men are Decugis, Ger- mot and Gobert, though Decugis, play- |ing under the alias of “CapWain Stan- hope,” was one of a pair badly beaten in the doubles by Captains William jand Washburn. The Rumantan army; has a champion in Mishu, and of course the old British cracks will be| strong competitors. Rowing events are included in the Olympaid and a good line v.. .we mer- its of various teams will be furnished in the regatta to be held on tie Seine river, April 21. Teams are entered from England, Australia, New Zeala- - Belgium, France and the United States. NEW_ REPUBLIC WITH BELGRADE AS ITS CAPITAL London, April 2—The newspaper Vetcherni Listy of Agram, Jugo-Slavia according to a dispatch from Rome, anonunces . that’ the Karageorgevitc dynasty has been deposed and a re- public proclaimed with Belgrade as misunderstanding of the act as amended. The state bonding depart ment, the deputy states, has found ne opposition on the part of bonding.com- panies to the acceptance of ‘reinsur ance offered by: the state. LANDSLIDE FOR PRENCH- AND LARSON; HOWELL PROVES ‘ EASY © WINNER (Continued from Page One) and had a large personal’ following. None of the candidates engaged in any fnud-slinging, and they have prov: ed “conclusively” that decent ‘politics is a possibility in Bismarck. Who They Are. ‘.John P. French came to Bismarck 1884 as a young man. He has farmed and operated a hardware bus- itess here for 35 years, and there are few men in ‘Bismarck or Burleigh county better known or better liked. Hé has made a. success of his own buSiness; he served successfully for |. twovyears as sheriff of Burleigh coun- ty, ‘and his public’ career.is a monu- ment to his efficiency and intégrity. John A. Larson is a native. son, of Bismarck. At least the capital city has always been proud to claim him, even jthough he was born on his father’s farm a few miles north ‘of the city. All of his life has been spent here. He has been actively identified with the progress of Bismarck from the time hé was a young man, and he has established a reputation for business ability, civic pride and gen- eral: good: citizenship. He has for ;years been manager of one of the larg- est lumber: companies in this section of the state. E. H. Howell, Bismarck’s new po- lice magistrate, came here as man- ager for thg:Finch Lumber Co. many years ago, amd he has welded himself into the civic and community life of Bismarck. He has been prominent in the commercial and social develop- ment of the icity, active in church work and in the promotion of the moral welfare of the community, and his talentswhould make hintan excep- tionally fortunate choice for the police magistrateship. “Bill” Harris, the new city justice, is a young businessman whom every- one knews and admires. He is typi- cal of the newer blood which has been injected /into thé commercial life of Bismarck, and he is a very worthy member of the quartette which was honored by being oleyated into public the capital of Serbia and Jugo-Slavia. NEW BUILDING AT s NOR. PRODUCE The Northern Produce’ Co: is mak- ing some extensive improvements at their large plant in this city. It is‘just finishing up a new cream re- ceiving station ‘building-which has vastly increased thefr capacity for handling cream and other products of the dairy line. This new building is equipped with great vats for stor- ing and handling the lacteal fluid and it is so arranged that it consumes very Kittle time in handling and minimizes loss in the process of separation and redistribution, ; Bismarck has become a great sta- tion for handling cream and - dairy products and the big forge ahead in this -business -is largely due-to the management-of Cark: Nelson, -who | conducts the Northern. Produce: Co. business in -thig city..,Ha.is a loge: student:of-thes markets jana ke abreast. of the ‘times-with a View better advising -his trade*on the prob- able’ change . in conditions - which rilsht affect the products of: the farm. id x 800 TAGS SENT OUT Motor Vehicle Registration De- partment Working The motor vehicle registration de partment is falling into its stride, and 800 tags have been mailed out to date. Schedule “No. .2, listing registration fees fora. second’ group of cars, is now in the hands of the’ printer, and avers 3 will be ready soon, ‘ ‘ MAY AND SMITH NAMED New Members of Bo of. Board of Edu- _ cation Appointed Governor Frazier yesterday. ‘appoint- ed to’ the state boardof education Dr. S.T. May; president of the Dickinson normal, to ‘succeed Dr. A. G. Crane of the Minot. Normal, dnd -Fred, E. Smith, president of the state school of science at Wahpeton, to ca gener ‘W. Smith, ‘head of the state forestry at Bottineau. tions on the state board‘ of education }rotate among the heads of ee ag weal schools, | RAILWAYS MUST 1 life yesterday. JOINS CANNIBALS, ESCAPES; WAR Konrad Hetzler, German engineer, escaped the horrors of war by living four years with canibals. | Hetzler was surveying the German-British Papua boundary when the war ‘broke. He shed his uniform and beat’ “it into the bush wearing only.a waist ' band. For four years he lived with a cannibal tribé. One day he learned of the ar- tiistice and came out and donned his clothes again. His skin was @s dark as a native’s. He's interned here now. FRAZIER NOTIFIED THAT PETITIONS ARE ON HAND wh Secretary of State. Hall yesterday officially’ notified’ Governor Frazier that on March 31 petitions to initia- tive.and place before the electors;at the next general election of the state @‘nonpartisan election law, rural cr its law, home building law and mil and elevator law, signed by 20,929, 21,, 580, 19N15 and 20,274 petitioners, re: spectively, had been presented to him and that the’same had been carefully |¢ checked aver by his department and found correct and that sald petitions were then on file.tn his office. Reading ‘an interview with Auditor BATH iNTERRC PEED AWARDED $25,000 MRS, MARGARE T RELVES To invading the privacy oj an's bath, $25,000. Thees Chicago jury alowed Mrs. e bn a eeves. The tives who were Jooking “for Mrs, Reeves’ husband on a burglary charge. They found Mrs. Reeves in the bath and made her get out and dress and go with them. She resented their standing around while sffé got into hef! clothes, and brought siut. SIR JAMES M’K DAVIDSON, FAMOUS SURGEON, IS DEAD. London, April 2—Sir James McKen- zie Davidson. wi ely known surgeon, died here today” One of his inventions | was the precise means of localization through the X Ray of bodies:in the invaders were a pair of: city detec- iCASTO R lA rbe placed this week: to |AIPOLEON’ MAN: NAMED. J. J. Marauette, a iwell’ known. Na poleon farmer “nd ‘mercharty has een appointed by Governor’ Frazier’. to be a member of.the state yighway - commission, vice, Ed. White ‘of Ren- yille county, who resigned some 'tima ago to accept a salaried position on the staff of the commission. NEURALGIC PAINS. Give Way to Soothing Hamlin’ s \, Wizard ol. Hamlin’s Wizard Oil is a safe arid effective treatment for headache and neuralgia. Rubbed in where the pain is, it-acts as a tonic tothe tortured nerves and almost invariably brings quick relief. Its healing, antiseptic quatities can always be relied upon to prevent in- fection, or other serious results, from sprains, bruises, cuts, burns, bites and stings. Just as good, too,’ for sore feet, stiff neck, frost bites, cold sores and-canker sores. Get it.from druggists for 30 cents., If not satisfied return thebottle and’ get your money back. MENSHIVIKIIN COUNTER REVOLT Another of the 57 Varieties of Russian Revalution Is Seet si agile usted London, ‘April 2—Reports titat & revolution against the iets gove- ernment had broken out’in Petrograd are supported ‘by an official wireless message received here which/says there is a serious ‘strike of railway men in the Petrograd region.. ‘The strikg it says, was fomented by the Meysheviki and the revolutionary” 80- cialists. “The Mensheviki and the social rev. olutionaries are calling ous ‘the’ rail- way men, and railway, communications have been stopped,” *says the mes- sage. GREATEST - ROAD-BUILDING CAMPANGN IN, HISTORY. OF AMERICA IS IN PROSPECT. Washington, D. 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