The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 26, 1922, Page 1

200,000 EXTRA VOTE OFFER ENDS TONIGHT--BE SURE TO THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA; SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1922 MURDER MYSTERY SPLITS COUNTY \ WEATHER FORECAST — Gener- ally fair tonight and Sunday, cooler tonight. ESTABLISHED 1873 SLOPE FAIR 10 OPEN MONDAY: FOUR BIG DAYS New Sources of Amusement Are Planned for Visitors at Annual Fair PARADE TO BE HELD Formal Opening of Four-Day Exhibit to Be Staged at 10 A. M. Monday MISSOURI SLOPE FAIR PRO- GRAM. Monday. 9:30 a, m.—Parade. Stock judging. 10 a. m—Hogs. 11 a, m.—Boys and girls demon- strations, 2 p. m—Judging of Hereford cattle. 3 p. m—Judging of Angus cay. tle. Ladies style and driving con- test, + i Wild West feats—riding, roping contests. : Horse’ races, Indian pony races, first heat of relay race. Fireworks in: the evening. The ladies style and driving con- test,,, stock judging, wild west. fea- tures, and fireworks will all be fea- tures of the opening day of the big Missouri Slope fair at Mandan which opens next Monday morning with a parade at 9:80 o'clock. Business houses from both Bis- marck and Mandan will have floats in the parade which starts from the “dike” at 10 a. m. At 10 o'clock the stock judging will begin. This will take place in the open in a special ring which has been fenced off and! where seats have been provided for the spectators. which will begin Monday! will be car- ried over and completed Tuesday. Dr. B. K. Bjornson has announced the following judges for the live-j stock; E. S. DeLancey of Valley City, has been named judge of the horses; E. J. Thompson of the State Agricul- tural college, will judge the becf cat- tlye; A. M. Challey of Devils Lake will be judge of the dairy cattle; George Ilse of Mandan. and William Guy of Fargo will be, judges of the bogs and sheep. Fireworks at Night. Every day boys and girls demon- strations will take place at 11 o’clock in the. morning. Every evening at > o'clock $1,060: worth of fireworks dis- play will be put on. The Thearlw Duffild company of Chicago will show a program of mammoth set pieces and firework novelties. This is the highest priced attraction of the en- tire fair. The ladies style and driving con- test which will be one of the most interesting features of the fair al- ready has seven entrants. It will take place in the afternoon. Prizes in this will be awarded to the driver who apears in the best get up and handles her machine with the most grace and skill. Judges of the wi ner in this feature will be selected today. < Wild West Feature. The Wild West show has Vern Cohee, of. Solen, in “charge. He was formerly connected with a wild west show, punches ‘cattle’ in British Columbia and Montana, ’and Wyom- ing, and for several years carried off the prizes in the Miles City roundup until the management limited him as few would ride against him. The Wild- West will be a daily feature. Another feature of the fair wil consist of 12 or 15 acts in which! Miss L. Snyder, 12-year-old girl of Lisbon, who will appear with a bunch | of shetland ponies which she herself trained. The Indians will have big displays every day. There will be pony races, harness @aces, and stunt stuff. Twenty harness and running horses are stabled at the grounds and the patrons of the fair are assured of the fastest horse races in yeads. Some of the best pacers and trotters inthe tee and the whole subject went over} prevails in all sections. Only a few in various northwest are entered events. The horse races will take place every afternoon. On the last day arrangements will probably be} declined to discuss the situation in! Bismarck completed for amateur auto racus. Various novelty races, a Ford nov- elty race, and an_economy race in| members were insistent on having! Dickinson .. which new autos will be given a quart of gasoline and started out for distance in an economy’ test. The night life at the grounds will| their views on the proposal before; Grand Forks be all that music and fireworks can make it. The exhibits are larger and more varied than ever before declared J. J. Rovig, secretary of the fair associa- tion. Allen D. Deasom of Washing: ton, D. C., arrived yesterday to take charge of the Unived States govern- ment exhibit. All the heads of the various departments report that their exhibits have been almost doubled this year. / The government exhibit will occupy all the floor space m the front part of the main building.’ This is the first showing west of Fargo. Th state agricultural college will have two separate exhibits showing live- Vstock and giving special instruction 2 both concerning the barberry pest and how to control the damaging rust producing plant which is over-run- ning the state. These exhibits are the same that were shown at Chicago last year, The Northern Great Plains Experi mental station will have an exhibit (Continued on Page 3) The stock judging | NRS. IVAY GIBERSON, HER FA AND HAROD GA NUN. BY BOB DOR‘AAN. | Lakehurst,"N. J., Aug. 26.—This lit- tle village is the storm center of Orange county, a county divided into two hostile camps. Thé one absorbing topic of con- versation everywnere is: “Who killed William Giberson?” _The dissension has arisen over the holding by authorities of Mrs. Ivay Giberson to await result of investiga- tion into the slaying of her husband, found shot to death in his bed. The two cbnflicting camps are the friends of Mrs, Gigerson, indignant over her detention, and those who are: against her. r The woman about whom: the con- ict rages is short, stout, with blond i hair and blue eyes, weighing around 180 pounds. ie: | Active in Reform Moves. She has taken an active part in | work for the betterment morally and politically of her community. She has made herself conspicuous by op- position to illicit liquor traffic here. She is a member of the Methodist church. She has been active in Red j Cross work. Since women obtained the vote she has been a consistent worker for better and cleaner poli- tics, She and her husband had attained i? degree of prosperity by operation of a taxicab service. They had set- ‘FUEL AGENCY BILL BLOCKED | : : | Whole Subject in Senate Com-| mittee Goes Over Until . | | | Monday ee a i (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 26—Action on! the administration bill designed to! prevent profiteering in coal through | j extension of the powers of the In- i | terstate commerce commission and; tereation of a federal fuel distribu-{ tion agency was blocked today in the | senate interstate commerce commit-! to Monday. _ Chairman Cummings of the com-) mittee who introduced the measure, , the committee but Senator Pomerene, | Democrat, Ohio, declared several | | hearings and that he was confident | both mine owners and workers would j be given an opportunity to express | there was final action. | |PAGEANT QUEEN | NOMINATIONS TO CLOSE MONDAY, Nominations for the contest in which a Bismarck pageant queen will be chosen must be in not later tha.) Monday, it is announced by the pageant queen committee. Organiza- tions may nominate candidates. There now are six in the ring, and other nominations should be reported to J. C, Taylor or S. A. Floren. The six candidates now in the field are Evelyn George, Christine Huber, Dorothy \Skeels, Dorothy Landers, Vivian Murphy, Edna Patzman. Each was nominated by one or more or- zanizations. Votes will be cast by each holder of a pageant ticket. A friend in need keeps the dog while you are away on a trip. | g¢—_—_______—_- | THE WEATHE! THER, JOE RICHMOND (ABOVE, tled down to enjoy the fruits of their | business. Mrs. Giberson, under the strain o. | continual questioning, sticks to her) story that her husband was slain by robbers who stole $700 and bound and gagged her. ‘ But authorities have advanced a theory that Giberson was slain by his wife, This Mrs. Giberson persistent- ly ‘denies. Other Principals. Other actors in the drama are: Harold Ga Nun, who police say was the.author of some letters to Mrs. Giberson. Ga Nun has been absolved of blame in the killing but has come to Lakehurst voluntarily to aid in clearing up the mystery. Joe Richmond, father of Mrs. Gib erson and most active in her defense. He declares she ‘is being “framed” because of her activity against boot- legging. ‘Killing Cold-Blooded. The killing was a particularly cold- blooded one. The muzzle of the death weapon was held within six inches of the back of Giberson’s neck, Railway detectives, sroused by screams, rushed to the home to find Mrs. Giberson bound hand and foot and gagged with a napkin. In the next room lay the body of her hus- band in a pool of blood. Seven hundred dostars in cash was missing. R o— For twenty-four hours. ending at} noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday . Lowest last night... Precipitation .... Highest wind velocity. 54 78! 16, ai! Bz 1s! Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday, cool- er tonight. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, cooler tonight.’ General Weather. Conditions The pressure is high over the Plains States and Rocky Mountain; region and mostly faif, cool weather/ light scattered showers occurred. Lo oIn wi 48 00 p.c 52.00 i'r 51 00 cl’r 54: 02 cldy A4 00 cl’r AT 00 43 00 61 00 53 07 48 03 45 06 51 00 45 00 40 00 40 00 Amenia .. .. .+ Bottineau .. Devils Lake. Dunn Center Ellendale. Fessenden . cldy clay; eldy! Pc eldy! eldy! eldy| cr \eldy Jamestown . Langdon. Larimore. . Lisbon .. Minot. . Napoleon. .. |in North Dakota must virtually | and steady demand, he ddded. el'r cldy pe cldy 46 00 50 OL ets 52.00 Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. AWARD MADE ON CONTRACT The Farmer-Labor State Record of Bismarck was awarded the contract for printing the publicity pamph(et for the fall eleetfon: by the state printing and publication commission. There were several bidders. . The Normanden of Grand Forks was low bidder, the contract being awarded ‘o the second bidder, it was said, be- cause of the large amount of work now being handled by the Normanden. Pembina . .. Williston Moorhead LIGNITE MINES MUST DOUBLE. YEAR'S OUTPUT President of Association De- clares that Little Eastern Coal Will'Reach State © INQUIRIES ARE FUTILE) Eastern Coal Orders Not Be- ing Booked, Big Concerns Declare The state railroad commission, acting as the fuel administrative agency for North Dakota, prob- | ably will send a man to Duluth to see that North Dakota obtanis its promised share of bituminous coal coming from ‘the head of! the lakes for distribution over the Northwest, Frank Milhollan,, chairman of the commission, said today. Not much hope is held out by Mr. Milhollan for an adequate supply .of bituminous coal for North Dakota this win- ter. AS SR ly “I have written to a dozen big coal firms endeavoring to obtain shipments of coal,” he said, “in: each case the answer has ‘been ; that no orders are now being booked beyond the demand al- ready received. It does not look ; like there will be a large supply ; of anthracite coal offered in the ; Northwest. North Dakota must depend chiefly on lignite.” Asserting that lignite coal mines! double their capacity to take care of the demand for coal which they will have in North Dakota this fall and winter, Stanley Washburn, president of the North Dakota’ Lignite Coal Association, has issued an urgent request to 150 men interested in lig- nite mines to be present at the con- ference of operators to be held at the state capitol on the morning ot August 30. “In spite of all promises made there is little possibility of there being a large supply of eastern coal| available in the Northwest, and the price of the coal offered will rise to a new high price,” Mr. Washburn declared, stating that he had. been impressed with information concern: ing the coal situation given by rep-| resentative business men in the Northwest. “There is bound to be a shortage and it is very harmful to have assurances come from Wash- ington and elsewhere that there will be plenty of coal. It is the belief of men closely in touch with the situa- tion ‘that such eastern coal as 18 available will be sold from $12 to $15 a ton in the Northwest.” New Orders Received Mr. Washburn said that his com- pany for the first time in its 21 years of existence had shipped car- loads of lignite screenings to Minne- apolis, and that orders for lignite coal have come from Milwaukee, Chicago, Iowa, and other points close to central states coal produc- ing fields. This situation, he assert- ed, was indicative of the impending} shortage. The lignite operators’ conference will take up the problem of increas- ing production of lignite coal in North Dakota. Operators will be asked to come in and prepare a pro- gram for the advertising of lignite; and education as to its uses. ‘The question of a fair price also will be ‘discussed, he said, it being neces- sary that Washington fuel adminis- tration authorities recognize a price which will permit development. In addition to operators the asso- ciation president has invited to the meeting representatives of concerns which sell modern machinery to mines, with a view of forming a pro- gram for the increased production of lignite in the state and through in- stallation of new equipment, makers of stoves, and other business! men. The larger lignite mines cannot in- crease production fast enough to meet the demands, he said, and ex- tension of smaller mines can only be made with’ assurance of a fair price Fuel Distribution Up The operators also will consider making permanent the North Dakota Lignite Coal Operators’ Association) which was organized recently and/ which selected officers for its tem- porary organization. i On the afternoon of August 30 al fuel distribution congress will be held at the statehouse, on the call; of Governor Nestos, to consider vari- ous problems connected with the fuel situation in the state and North- west. The Governor urges attend- ance of representative citizens of all communities and cities in the state at the conference. ASK HEARING FOR GERMANY (By the Assoclated Press) Paris, Aug. 26.—British repara- tions officials will urge that Ger- many be given another hearing by the full membership of the repara- tions commission before final deter- mination of the reparations‘ ques- tion is made, it was learned in an authoritative quarter near hear to- day. Our objection to having a pretty stenographer is shaving every morn- ing ruins your face. Fsuch notes were valid obligations of / CONNOR WILL | | didate for United States Senator, will \the reception for Will H. Hays, the! LIQUOR CHARGE COMPANY WILL TEST LIGNITE J. W. Deemy of this city has re- ceived a request from the Erie City Iron Works of Erie, Pa. to ship a ton of lignite coal for experimental ‘pur-| poses in ‘the Pulverizer of the com- pany. Under this plan coal is pul- verized, dried thorough and fed in- to a furnace in a powered form so! that it burns much faster and hot- ter than in natural state. Mr. Deemy| says that he believes if the lignite coal stands the test successfully it will mean extension of its use in power plants in the Northwest. RECEIVER OF BANK IS SUED BY SUCCESSOR Adam Lefor of Stark County Is Accused by George Laney Dickinson, N. D., Aug. 26.—Charg- ing that Adam A. Lefor, while acting as receiver of the Farmers State Bank of Belfield, violated his trust, juggled thousands of dollars in se- curities and has negligently, wil- fully, knowing and fraudulently dissipated and squandered the as- sets of the closed institution for the purpose of favoring himself and his friends, George Laney, present re- ceiver of the bank, has brought suit against Lefor in district court asking judgment for the whole amount dis- sipated or squandered by Lefor and that the latter be required to make full restitution for his unlawful acts. : Lefor, ardent leaguer, member of the “inner, circle” and whip for the organization leader in Stark county and on the west Slope, was apointed receiver of the bank by Bank Exam- iner O. E. Lofthus shortly after the institution closed its doors on Feb- ruary 1, 1921. He continued in that capacity until April 1, 1922, when his removal was ordered and Laney was appointed in his stead. About three) weeks ago Lefor left Dickinson for an extended trip in Germany and Jugo-Slavia, Service of the com- plaint was made just as he stepped aboard the train.” : Transferred Paper | Included in the allegations made | by Laney in the. complaint is the charge that Lefor, who is also pres- | ident of the Citizens State Bank of | Belfield, a “competing institution,” in violation of his trust as receiver | and. to the detriment of disadvant- age of the creditors of the Farmers State bank, took out of the assets of said bank certain bills receivable held by him as receiver, aggregating, without interest accrued thereon, ! $3,333.84, or thereabouts; that all of the makers; that all of them were! collectible and worth the several face | amounts shown thereon, together | with interest:from date thereof; that i receiver, assigned such bills receivable : to the Citizens State Bank of Bel- | field in exchange for certain bills receivable ‘of said bank, which were; then, and have been at all times; since uncollectible and worthless to! the credi of the insolvent bank.” | i Demands Accounting Laney further alleges that “Lefor had information that certain of the notes of the Farmers State bank ex- changed as ‘aforesaid, would be paid | and that they were paid immediately after the exchange took place; that; the Citizens State bank received, and | has since retained the proceds and that the amount of coliections made upon such notes are unknown to the plaintiff and that Lefor has refused | to comply with the demand of the; plaintff’s to restore the proceeds and) account fully for the assets so di-| verted.” BEGIN EARLY Says in Twin Cities He’ll Start Campaign Sept. 1 J. F. T. O'Connor, Democratic can- open his campaign about Septem- ber:1, he has announced. Mr. O’Con- nor plans for a busy speaking cam- paign uuntil the November election. He was in the Twin Cities yesterday on business and conferring with friends. He was expected to meet Governor Nestos, who is presiding at “czar of the movies.” 1S BROUGHT Sheriff Finds Man Running Still on Farm Fred Binder, farmer living north of Arena, was arrested by Sheriff Welch on a charge of manufactur- ing intoxicating liquor. The warrant against Binder on which the arrest was made was sworn to by W. P. Robbins, a government agent. When Sheriff*Welch arrived at the Binder home he found the still in operation, he said, under a hard coal fire. Binder is a middle-aged farmer and is lame. There are 2174 characters in the works of Charles Dickens. .CK TRIBUNE | (Leased Wire of Associated Press) FIRE FIGHTING TROOPS ARE TO! BE SENT HOME Demobilization of Guard) Troops Is Ordered by Governor Preus DANGER SEEN PASSED! Favorable Weather Brings Comfort to Those Fearing Great Losses (By the Associated Press) St. Paul, Aug. 26.—Demobili- zation of all state troops called out for ‘fire fighting duties was ordered this morning Governor J. A. O. Preus upon his return to the state capitol from Duluth, Adjutant General Rhinow said. He said that a majority of the troops would be demobilized today. DEMOBILIZATION SUNDAY (By the Associated Press) Duluth, Minn., Aug. 26.—State troops who have been cooperating with the state forestry men in fight- ing the fires in northeastern Minne- sota will be demobilized Sunday, ac- cording to a statement of Adjutant General W. F. Rhinow, in Duluth, this morning. General Rhinow stat- ed that the men were in Duluth at present, having already been called in from the fire lines. ANTHRACITE COAL STRIKE TO BE ENDED, Senator Pepper States that Prospects for Settlement Are Now Bright (By the Associated Press) Philadelphia, Aug. 26.—Belief that; the anthracite wage dispute would; be settled amicably, without govern- ment seizure of the coal mines wi expressed today by United States) Senator George Wharton Pepper, who was‘ understood to represent the| administration in its efforts to bring about another conference of opera- tors and miners. The senator had just talked by telephone to Secre- tary of Commerce Hoover in Wash- ington. “While I can make no definite fore- | cast,” said Senator Pepper, “until Ij have had. the same opportunity for, a conference with the operator asj I yesterday had with John L. Lewis and Philip Murray, President and Vice President respectively, of the) the United Mine workers of America | I see no insuperable obstacle to: amicable agreement. I am distinctly hopeful the disputants will find a; way to avoid government seizure.” Mr. Lewis said there was no change in the situation so far as the mine | workers were concerned. Samuel D. Wafriner, spokesman for the opera- | tors, was out of the city. FORD PLANT TO CLOSE DOWN. Detroit, @ug. 26—The Ford Motor company plants at Highland’ Parc, Dearborn and River Rouge, suburbs, will close down Sept. 16, because of lack of coal, it was announced by Henry Ford today. The suspension will affect upwards of 50,000 wrokers! in the three plants and indirectly several hundred thousand others throughout the country. Assembly plants of the Ford com- pany throughout the country also will be closed, it was said, bringin the number affected by the suspen- sion to aproximately 85,000, 45 MISSING IN SHIP CRASH, (By the Associated Press) Brest, France, Aug. 26.—The French dreadnaught France has capsized and “is sinking: in ten fathoms of water in Quiberon bay after striking a rock, The number of casualties is unknown. 15 MISSING (By the Associated Press) Paris, Aug. 26.—Fifteen members of the crew of the dreadnought France are missing and it is thought the vessel will be a total loss as & result of striking a rock and cap- sizing today. The French dreadnought France was completed in November, 1912, and'has a normal displacement of 23,120 tons. She is 544 feet in length with a beam of 88 1-2 feet and car- ries a crew of 1,108 men, NVITE LADD TO W.C.T.U. MEETING (By the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., Aug. 26.—Senator E. F. Ladd has been invited to address the state convention of the W. C. T. U. here September 21-25 as well as Governor Nestos and”Miss Anna A. Gordon, National President, accord- ing to announcement here today. Amundsen is coming back from his arctic trip. It will return the visit this winter. “| Judge Finally FAIR WEATHER IS FORECAST (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 26,—Weather outlook for beginning Monday: Region of the Great Lakes: Gen- erally fair and moderate tempera- ture but with probability of show- | ery weather the last part of the week, : Upper Mississippi and lower Mis- | souri Valleys: ‘Generally fair and moderate temperature but with prob- ability of local rains by middle of week, ATTORNEYS IN THRUSTS OVER PROPERTY SALE Price of Lot Which Is Boosted} to $15,000 Is Subject of Debate in Court FRAUD HINTED; DENIED) Ends Argu- ments by Accepting High- est Bid Before Him Exchange of verbal thrusts be- tween attorneys marked the conclu- sion of the hearing before Judge 1. C. Davies in probate court late yes- terday on the sale price of the build- ing lot at the corner of Broadway and Second streets, for which KE, A. Hughes and E. G. Patterson were bidding. The building lot was finally sold: to Mr. Hughes for $15,000, or $5,000! more than he had agreed to pay the! administrator of the R, H. Treacy estate for the lot. Protest was en- tered against closing the proceed- ings by William Langer, attorney for Mr. Patterson, he declaring that there should be a re-sale within two: or three weeks and adding that if} certain reports could be obtained by| Mr. Patterson he would bid $20,000! for the lot. E. B. Cox, attorney for Mr. Hughes, opposed the contentions of} the attorney for Mr. Patterson vig- orously Mr. Langer, resenting what he deemed intimations that his cli- ent was not acting in good faith, de- clared that Mr. Patterson's bid in the. morning had resulted in Mr. Hughes increasing his bid from $10,- 000. to $15,000, thus making $5,000 for the heirs of the state. Situation Tense The situation was more tense be-) cause Mr. Hughes had already ex- cavated and put in some foundation work on the lot before title was ob- tained. Judge Davies said that he wanted to be very careful in his pro- ceedings because he did not want to furnish a title which might be ques- tioned successfuly in the courts, Mr. Cox held that under the laws the court could accept the highest bid before him’ or if he believed @ better bid could be obtained read- vertising hold a new sale. Mr. Lan- ger declared a new sale ought to be made and said that more money probably could be obtained for the lot. A protest against acceptance of | the Hughes bid also was made by the guardian for the minor heir of the estate. The history of the morning ses- sion was restated. Mr. Hughes had| agreed to pay August Johnson, ad- ministrator, $10,000 for the lot, and began work before the confirmation was held in court. Confirmation day was yesterday. E, G. Patterson ap- peared with a bid of $11,100. Mr. Hughes put in a bid of $15,000. Both bids were submitted to the judge without knowledge of the other, there being no auction. | Hints 7-Story Building Mr. Langer declared that Mr. Pat- terson had not known of the possi- bility of buying ‘the site until short- ly before the confirmation in court, assuming that Mr. Hughes had al- ready bought the lot before he be- gan work on it. He said that if Mr. Patterson received favorable reports from engineers he would bid $20,000 for the lot and erect a 7-story apart- ment-office building. August Johnson, adminstrator, favored acceptance of the $15,000 bid. George M. Register appeared as attorney for him. ® Judge Davies said he did not want to let a good sale get away at the time and if there was chance to get more money for the lot later he wanted to do so. When the court had indicated his determination to sell the property Attorney Langer entered objections, stating that the property had been appraised for $5,000 and that the appraisement was to low that if it were not fraudulent the court would presume fraud, that his client had offered’ $11,100 in cash and that he belived that there was prospect ot the estate obtaining more money for the lot. Mr. Langer declared an appeal would be taken. Mr. Cox retorted that Mr. Langer’s intimations were an insult to the court and without foundation. Burglars Get Only $150 From Bank (By the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., Aug. 26.—Burglars who broke into the vault of the First National Bank at Mooreton early yes- terday morning escaped with about $150 in cash from the bank till, H. R. Peterson of the North Dakota Bankers’ associaion Secretary's of- fice announced this morning. REPORT LAST EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS POSSES TAKE 8 CONVICTS; ONE KILLED Refusal of Boatman to Ferry Party Across Aids Pursu- ers in Taking Prisoners SHOOT DRIVER OF CAR Negro Who Was at Wheel Killed and Car Goes Into Ditch (By the Associated Press) Murdo, S. D., Aug. 26—Four Mur- do men, it was revealed today, wrote the final chapter in the 8-day pursuit of the four convicts who es- caped from the Sioux Falls peniten- tiary, August 17, shooting to death one of the convicts, seriously wound- ing another and taking uninjured the other two. The Murdo men were E. B. Town- send, A. T. Wilson, C. C. Cline and Theodore Hubbell. » Their deciding clash with the convicts was near Pe- dro, north of Creighton in Penning- ton county after a long automobile pursuit. Henry Coffee, the negro convict was killed and Joe Foreman, leader of the quartet was seriously wound- ed. J. B. King and Joe Teel were the two taken unhurt, King was brought into Murdo about 12:30 a, m. today and Coffee’s body was brought in here an hour later. Townsend, Hubbell and Wil- son returned with Teel and Foreman this morning. Foreman’s wound is in the right leg and he cannot walk without aid. The convicts will be returned to Sioux Falls late today. (By the Associated Press) Rapid City, S, D., Aug. 26.—Kefusal of a boatman to take them across the Cheyenne river at Pedro, S. D., and quick work of a telephone operator at Creighton, in notifying posse men were mainly responsible for the cap- ture of the three conyicts who escap- ed Aug. 17th from the Sioux Falls penitentiary, and the killing of the fourth, it became known as addition- al details of -the- sensational hunt reached ‘here. Today two of the convicts, Jeu Foreman, leader of the quartet, and Joe Teel were in jail at Murdo, and the third, J. B. King, is on his way to the penitentiary at Sioux Falls. The fourth ‘Henry Coffee, negro driv- er of the convicts’ cer, was killed and his body taken to Murdo. Foreman was wounded in the foot but will re- cover, it was said today, From the time Friday morning when they overpowered three officers east of Stamford, seriously wounding State’s Attorney M. L. Parish, and stealing his car, the trail of the four convicts led north and west. The authorities commandered all tele- phone wires in this section and man- aged to keep close check on the move- ments of the escaped prisoners. Passing through the sparsely set- tled country to the east of here the convicts gained the Cheyenne river at Pedro. Here the boatman refused to take them across declaring that the river was too swift at this point. After making futile attempts to get across, the convicts started fe, Wasta, planning to cross over the Cheyenne bridge there. Stop at Creighton. They stopped at Creighton for gas- oline and.oil at filling station in front of the telephone office. The operator immediate broadcast news of the con- victs’ arrival and several posses start. ed for Creighton. Pursuers headed by Deputy State Sheriff Wilson were soon close on the trail and a mile and a half south of Creighton came within rifle range of the fleeing desperadoes. A bullet from Wilson’s gun struck Coffee in the head, killing him in- stantly and causing the car to go into the ditch. The other three men were thrown out and ran for cover to a nearby corn field. i Foreman was shot in the foot and fell. The corn field was surrounded and all three surrendered. Teel, the last man captured, begged j his companions to shoot him rathe: | than let the officers seize him. This ended an eight day chase through South Dakota and parts of Nebraska, which started after thy warden at the penitentiary had been kidnapped and his deputy wounded, in the convict’s dash for liberty. State’s Attorney Parish was taken to a hospital at Mitchell and his con- dition early today was reported criti- cal. His wounds may prove fatal. Sheriff J. C. Babcock of Jones county, and J, A. Robertson also were wound- ed but they are expected to recover. RESTING EASILY (By the Associated Press) Mitchell, S. D., Aug. 26.—States Attorney Martin L. Parish of Jones county, who. was shot by one of the Sioux Falls convicts caught near Wall, S‘. D., late yesterday, is rest- ing easily at noon today in the Methodist State hospital here. Two charges from a shotgun were fired at Parish at close range. His neck and shoulders were peppered with small shot and one of the leaden pellets is buried in his head. X-ray pictures have been taken of Parish’s skull in an effort to locate the lead. Dr. W. R. Ball, Parish’s physician declares Parish probably will re- cover. Los Angeles pugilist takes his ninth wife. When in Los Angeles do as the movie stars do.