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i WEATHER FORECAST Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, Warmer east portion tonight ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, LL ee eet CLEAR MURDER OF2UNKNOWNS _ TWO CONVICTS ESCAPE FROM PRISON THIRD FAILS BREAKING LEG IN20-FT. FALL Arthur Smith, Bad Ghnesieen Serving Long Time Sen- tence, Among the Escaped HUNTED WEST OF HERE Men Believed to be Hiding in| Fi River Bottoms West of | 0 Bismarek, by Warden | Arthur Smith, 28 year-term for byrglary, and William R. Burgman, 22, serving a five-yeu term for automobile theft, were be- ing hunted the river bottoms west of the city following their escape from the state peniten- | tiary east of Bismarck last night. | John Longre, third prisoner in, the | escape, suffered a broken leg in drop- ping and was found by guards The men escaped from the butcher shop in the prison, while other pris- | oners were at dinner last night. | Burgman, who was working in the | shop, is believed to have sawed two bars with a butener’s saw, permitting the men to squeeze through after | they had shed their coats. They got hold of a piece of pipe, a butcher hook and some wire, scaled the 27- foot south wall, and dropped from the wire extended several feet over serving a 17- | i in | today, from the wall, the wall. | Prison guards 4nd bloodhounds traced the prisoners through Bi marek and across the Missouri river, the trail being lost on the Red Trail west of the river. Warden Lee be- lieves the men hiding in the brush and woods along the river. A general alarm was sent to author- ities throughout this section today. The prisoners crossed the railroads near the penitentiary, went through Bismarck, crossed the river on the ice and came out on the Red Trail. Smith was serving a 17-year term | vi sent up! i + had been in nbout a year.’ He is described as five fect six inches tall, grey eyes, scar on’ left ear on the left side of the neck, alee about 130 pounds and has three gold teeth. Burgman 190 pounds x feet tall, weighs | is it eyes, medium | has blue brown is light complexioned, “good looking.” He has served about two years of his five-year term and the pardon board, impress- ed by his prison record, was consid- ering a parole next summer. John Longre has been in prison three years, serving a 15-year-term for highway robbery from Ward | county Warden Lee believes that Longre planned the escape but that Burg- man did most of the work. This was Smith’s second escape. He is known as Arthur Smith, Harry Smith «and H. A. Williams in the prison records. He was received at the prison November 29, 1921, es- caped January 9, 1922 was captured | Jan. 17, 1922 at Terry, Mont. He was arrested at Cooperstown Novem- ber 7, 1921, for burglary and grand larceny atid was wanted in Cas county and Bottineau county, a cording to a note in the prison rec- ord for that time. MISSIONARIES TO COME HOME Grand Forks, Jan. 7.—Prof. and Mrs. Bernhardt Hoff, missionaries who were seriously wounded by Chinese bandits a few days ago, ere to be brought back to the Unit- ed States as soon as they are suf-' ficiently recovered from their in- juries, it was decided Friday even- ing by members of the mission board of the Church of the Luth- eran Brethren of the United States Mrs. Julina Kileni of Northfield, Minn., who was, captured by the bandits during their raid on Tsao- Yang, will also be given the priv- ilege of returning home as soon as she is freed. Prof. and Mrs. Hoff, son-in-law und daughter of President B. M. Broen of the Lutheran Bible school of this city, will undoubtedly come immediately to Grand Forks upon + their arrival im this country, it is expected. ‘SCHOOL COST _IS DECREASED Dickinson, Jan. 7.—The cost of ~ Tunning the schools of Stark coun- ty was several thousand dollars less im. 1922-23 than it was’ \the - school year previous of 1921-22. This information i {ranking minori may be PSapetd "3 FIGURES IN PRISON ESCAPE Smith, William also R. ~Arthur middle, ams; Longre, ‘DEMOCRATS ALSO PRESENT TAX MEASURE Varies’ from Mellon Tax Bill, in. the Exemptions and Surtax Charges INCLUDES REPEALS Washington, Jan. 7. A> Demo cratic substitute for the tax re- ion program is before the Con- and ithe country. I® presents harp departure m the Mellon plan in favor of the smal] taxpay and to the disadvantage of the large taxpayer. Sponsered by Democrats of the house ways an] means committee who made .it public last night through Rep.. Garner of Texas, the member, the sy- stitute provides An increase in the exemption of heads of families from $2,500 to $3,000 and single men from $1,009 to $2,000. A reduction of the normal tax rate to 2 per cent on incomes of $5,000 cr less; to four per cent on incomes from $5,000 to $10,000 and to 6 per cent on incomes in excess of $10,000. A maximum surtax of 44 per cent ‘on net incomes in excess of $92,000 ‘but with the surtax rate to start at $12,000 instead of $10,000 ag pro- posed by Secrtary Mellon. An advance of 3344 per cent on eamed income with this provision extended to imiclude farmers and! small merchants who combine capital with personal services. ‘A more sweeping repeal of the so- called nuisance taxes than is pro- posed im the Mellon bill. The treasury draft proposes no change in the existing exemptions allowed heads of famities “and un. married ‘persohs while the reduc: tion in normal tax rates are, small er than proposed by the Demo- crats. .It would reduce’ the present 4\per cent on incomes § $4,000 or less to 3 per cent and the present | 8 per cent rate on incomes in, ex- cess-of $4,000 to 6 per cent; earned income allowance proposeil in the treasury draft is limited to 25 per cent and would not apply to fanmers and tradesmen. MANDAN WINS ' AT BASKETBALL to the general ielief of the tax pay ing public but figures compiled the records of the county su- perintendent H. ©. Pippinfield show that in the totals there ig 1 reduction. ts Mandan high school defeated Dickinson high school’s basketball team Saturday night by a score of 22 to 9. Dickinson had nosed out a victory oyer Biemarck Friday night, 18 to 13. known Bury who broke a leg in attempting to escape. * the | and H. A Smith who escaped; gman, MEMORIAL TO | JUDGE YOUNG HERE TOMORROW 1 services for the €. Young, n the supreme court tomor- 1G . ssociation. The services wil ypen to the public. ‘HOLD REBEL PURCHASE OF Attempts by Agents Will Fail | in United States, Wash- ington’s. Prediction Ww by ington, Jan. Attempts agents of the Mexican revolu ‘tionary group to» purchase muni. | tions in the United States are ex pected by officia little if a as tance to the ; Overthrow the Obregon govern. | ment. jand ammunition in the the revolutionists and it is also re. garded as unlikely that an Amer. ican manufacturer would enter in ernment. | Se WEATHER REPORT ‘noon today. Temperature at 7 a. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday ' Lowest. last , night Precipitation Highest wind velocity . Weather Forecast | For Bismarck and vicinity: Unset: m. | colder Tuesday. For North Dakota: night and. Tuegday. portion tonight. | Tuesday. Warmer eas! Weather Conditions. Low barometfie pressure, panied by moderate temperati prevails from the Daketas north-| Idaho, warmer Utah and Nevada. It east of the Rockies from which re- ports are received. No precipita. except at a few places in the Great Pacific coast. ORRIS W., RO! lower — Jack late which will be! will be in charge of the state ARMS BALKED, Is here to bring; De La Huerta forces in their efforts to The supply of military rifles hands of private concerns is thought to be insufficient tp meet the needs of to a transaction known to be in ‘conflict with the policy of his BOY For Twenty-four hours ending at 30; 40} 34 | embraces 28 | kota 0) and the branch is \made especially 1 |tled tonight and Tuesday. Somewhat Unsettled to- Somewhat colder westward while high pressure andj fair, cold weather.overlies Wyoming, was in Bismarck this morning at 7 a.m. than at any other station| tion Sccurred in the United States Lakes region and along the north ‘FIELDS NAMED TO NEW PLACE BY HARVESTER Manager of _ International Harvester Company Here Promoted TO SUCCEED TAYLOR | moted, Taking Over Reins | of Local Organization | PLR. marck Fields, manager of the Bis- branch of the International Harvester company, has been pro- | moted to the of the | Grand Forks branch of the company, jJames C. Taylor, assistant manager, | has been appointed manager to suc- Mr. Fields, and A. K. Tice, of Aberdeen, S. D., has been named in Mr. Taylor's position, it was an- nounced today. J. K. Tipton | Chicago, sales manager of the north- | western territory, today transferred | the management of the local plant | from Mr. Fields to Mr. Taylor. ‘Mr. Fields will leave in a few days for Grand Forks, where he will suc ceed Charles McManus, retired. Mr. Fields’ departure from mirek will bring general expression of regret) not only because of his success in the management of the harvester company’s affairs but } cause of his contribution to the civic and fraternal life of the city. He | came to Bismarck in January, 1911, managership | ceed tant to R. C Battery, man }ager. In 1917 he was named to suc | ceed Mr. Battery, who went to Mon- tana, and since jin charge of the house. | Mr Tipton paid a tribute to Mr {| Fields’ managerial capacity her | last year at ‘the annual banquet of distributors of the harvester com- | pany, announcing that the Bismarck branch had scored the greatest per- centage of increase in busin 0 all the branch houses in his terri- tory, which extei through the Northwest from Chicago to the Pa- cific Coast. The gain was especial- ly notable in view of the agricultural situation in the territory. Directed Pool Campaign As exalted ruler of the Etks lodge for two years, Mr. Fields put through the outdoor swimming pool, one of the most important contribu- tions to the civie life of the city in several years, and under his direc- part in many Rotarian, a- director of the Associa- tion of Commerce and in financial and business circles Mr. Fields made his influence widely felt in the cit; Trustees of the Elks lodge, learn- ing of Mr. Fields’ promotion, met last night and presented him with a life membership in Bismarck lodge No. 1199, B. P. O. E. The prescn- tation speech was made by S. W. | Darrick, who emphasized the growth made by the order here under M Fields’ leadership, the largest in its ‘history. The présentation complete surprise to Mr. Those present were Truste; S| Derrick, Jack Oberg and Jack Geor -|Exalted Ruler Alex Rosen and itary L. K.~ Thompson. Mr. Taylor Congratulated. Mr -} friends in the city. Mr. Taylor, too, the important civic affairs of the city, and has contributed greatly to ;the building of the Association Commerce and other city organiza- tions. Mr. Taylor came to Bismarck six years ago from Watertown, S. jD., and has been with the Interna- tional Harvester company for 18 "| years. | The local branch of the harvester ‘company employes about 40 people, ‘and has scores of distributors in southwestern North Dakota and | southeastern Montana. The Grand Forks’ branch territory northeastern North Da- nothwestern Minnesota, and important because of a big experi- j mental farm maintained by the har- vester company near Grand Forks. being installéd in his new position. KEEPS CHURCH TEMPORARILY Hazelton, Jun. 7.—Dr. B. A. Fahl returned home from Grand Forks where the spent a week get- ting things in shape at his new of- fice of Grand Secretary of the In- dependent Order of Odd Fellows for the State of North Dakota, the appointment which he received the week previous, Asked as to what hia plans were, Mr. Fahl replied t/that it would be possible for him to continue serving the Hazelton church with one service a month during the remainder of ie Rapa it ROBERES, Meteorologist.! year. which endg March 31: Assistant Manager Also Pro- | of | Bis- | that time has been , tions the lodge took an important | As al Taylor's promotion also will | bring congratulations from scores of } has taken an active part in all of} of | Mr. Tice, who becomes assistant j manager, was in Bismarck today, also ‘FRAZIERS ON | COOLIDGE YACHT Washington, Jan. Undeterred by a howling northwester ahd the colddest weather of the winter, President and Mrs, Coolidge and a party of about 20 friends cruised for almost seven hours Saturday on ‘the Potomac. The weather didn't appear, however, to affect the pres- ident—a man who was born and raised’ among the cold Vermont hills and who has been alarming frienils for weeks by walking bout Washington without an over- ie The party included Senator and ne Frazier of North Dakota, and IR. W. Frazier of the North Dakota ) Republican Central committee, ‘WINNING BOK _ PEACEPLANIS MADE PUBLIC No. 1469, Whose Identity Is Kept Secret, was Awarded The $100,000 Price PLAN GIVEN Will Go Before Public on aj Referendum Under the Plan of the Donor New York, Ja 7.—-No. 1469, whose identity wit not be revealed |until early in February, following a referendum by the American people, has been selected from among 26,165 | entrants by a jury winner in the 1 $100,000 American peace award cx ated by Edward W’. Bok for the be: ‘practicable plan by which the United States may co-operate with other na. | tions’ toward prevention of war. The’ prize-winning plan, in brief, | proposes: |. 1. That the United States shall immediately enter the permanent court of international justice (the j World court), under the tated by Seere Hughes President Harding i in Februar: Co-operation With League. 2. That without becoming a member of, the League of Nations as at present constituted, the Unit | States shall offer to extend its pi ent co-operation with the league and participate in the work of the lea- der conditions which— Substitute moral force and pub- }lie opinion for the military and economic force originally implied in Articles X and XVI Safeguard the Monroe Doctrine. lopment of international law. Name of Winner Not Known The name of the winner is (Continued on Fase 6) not 40 ABOVEIS SUNDAY MARK’ Weather Man’s Prediction of | Relief From. Cold Wave | Made Good Che prediction of the Bismarck weather ‘bureau was made good jover Suniday. } From 29 below at 5 a. m. Satur. Iday the temperature soared to 30 above at 7 a. m. today, a variation of 59 degrees. The thermometer j@lso rose to 40 above on Sunday, with a Chinook wind blowing springtime into the atmosphere. No weather ‘s in the United States, as shown in the reports of the local bureau made up chieflv low zero’ temperature today. |OPPOSE CHANGE jtion that efforts be made to prevent the changing of the name of Sully’s Hill National park, suggested by his annual report to Congress, is creating much of a stir throughout the state and in Washington, D. C., where North Dakota Congressmen {have taken up the fight to prevent the contemplated change. Congressman Young" recently went on record as being opposed to such! change, offering his Services to pre- vent it, and in an answer to a re- cent letter to O. B. Burtness, North Dakota congressman, A. B. Jackson, ir., of the city has received from Mr. Burtness a letter containing a pro- mise to do all within his power to prevent any change in the name of North Dakota’s national park, conditions | . {go into details of what he believed ; gue as a body of mutual consent un- | Accept’ the fact that the United | States will assume no obligations lunder the treaty of Versailles ex- cept by act of Congress Propose that niembership in the! {league shall be opencd to all na- tions. Provide for the continuing devel- ;of northwest points, showed a ‘be-; OF PARK NAME! | Devils Luke, Jan. 7—The sugges-| Secretary of the Interior Work in! TAKE PRISONER OVER SCENE OF TAXES, DRYLAW} MURDER OF TWO FORM SUBJECTS sc ut FOR SPEECHES Berger in Bismarck Congress Goes Into Debate on Many Questions While Awaiting Committee PRISONER TREMBLES (Special to The Tribune) Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 7.—Ident- ity of the two men whom Joe B ger confessed he slew at a uw stack in the northwest city limits of Jamestown about four mon/hs ago, y be established throug) checks issued by Frank Fletcher, farmer, to harvest hands. Berger was taken over the scene of the crime this morning by of- ficers here Frank Fletcher iden- tified Berger as the man who worked for him, States Attorney Ohase said, and authorities and Fletcher are go'ng through cancel- led checks seeking a clue to the identity Fletcher says if they worked by a few days he may have paid them in cash, aves: ARMP ROR IGT p-|.. “Berger went over the scene of hieeae ds prohibition were sub-)the crime with us, showed where jects ofs et speecheg in the house | j¢ occurred,’ where he threw the jwhile in the senate the question of| pocketbook and where he got the the recognition of the Soviet govern- Pimp latidie wad Gtalelg Autor: ment of Russia was up for discus-| hey Chase. he story checks j sion. Chairman Lodge of the foreign! with what he told Chief Martineson relations committee had prepared an] of Bismarck in the first plece and address in support of the administra-| with known facts. tion's policy of non-recognition and] “We are satisfied Berger com- Senator Borah of Idaho planned a] mitted the murder and are getting | gupely in support of his recogni-|ready to hold a preliminary exam- tion. ination on a first degree murder With an extended debate in pros-| charge.” j pect, Igaders sawli ttle possibility of a rénewal today of balloting for a chairman of the interstate ‘Com- merce Committee. Should there be such balloting, some believe it would prove futile as there appeared to be no likelihood of a break in ’the dead- FARM MEASURE IS U $50,000,000 Loan Plan Advo- cated by Coulter To Be Discussed in Committee Washington, Jan, 7.—Congress still awaiting important legi ion from its OATEAR, ad the way clear to- scussion of important nd international issues. domest Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 7.-—-Joe Berger, who confessed yesterday in Bismarck to murdering two unknown men in the northwest city limits of Jamestown four months ago, today was being taken by officer’ over the lock. scene of the murder, and about the Speak on Tax Bill country in an endeavor to locate the Two members of the ways and]farm on which Berger und the two means committee in considering] victims worked. By this means the Mellon tax bill had — time} authorities hoped to corroborate his story and perhaps learn the ident- ity of the victims. Frank Fletcher, farmer, on whose farm it is thought the victims work- ed, suid over the telephone that he had harvest workers coming and go- ing frequently and that he paid some of them by check. The checks also it is thought, may covery of the names of the two wen. Berger told officers. where moon- shine which the trio drank before the murder was obtained, and also show- ed the place from which he said the allotted them for presentation to the house of their views‘ on revenue leg- islation, Representative ‘Garner vf Texas, ranking Democrat on the | committee, was prepared to claborate on the Democratic substitutes for the Mellon proposal while Rep, Frear of Wisconsin, a leader in the Repub- lican rgent group, intended to should be done in amending the pre- sent law. Another row over prohibition was nein by the determination of Rep. Hill, Republican of Maryland, to] Pump handles used by him in the |make sharp answer to the address| murder, ken. |Tast week of Rep. Upshaw, Democrat,| The prisoner is a wreck in tremb- of Georgia, who demanded that all; ling fear of violence. All night he | xovernment officers, high and low,|cowered in his cell at the county jail strictly observe the Volstead act. {like a wild animal, his nerves kept more on edge by the yells of another prisoner suffering from delusions Authorities believe Berger is telling « the truth but are checking the story carefully to ascertain whether gt could be the delusion of an unbalane- At least half a dozen house com- mittees confronted with important legislation renewed their afforis to | report to the house this week and there was prospect that the first of the appropriation bills at least weuld come up for consideration on the]ed mind. | floor before the end of the week — Bonus Decision Meanwhile house Republicans will L KS {be faced with a decision as to whe- \ther tl ure to put the soldiers’ {bonus ahead of the tax re j gram. A pet'tion for a jference Thursday night | mor signatures has been + Chairman Anderson HIS INSURANCE Hail Loss Sustained Must Be containing than the required number of presented to of the corfer- ‘ence who is expected to issue the i [formal call in a day or two. | Bore By Him | Confronted with the necessity of i making a report to the house next Mon y as to revision of the house rules, the rules committee speeded | up its consideration of various sug- “In this case the equities are all with the plaintiff, but the plain word- ing of the law is clearly against him,” said Judge Fred Jansonius in district gestions offered by various insur-|court in deciding in favor of | the gents, Democrats and regular Re- ¢ hail insurance departme t | publican members. There also was linereased activity among the serate | committees, the senate agricultural {committee having called before it a jnumber of farm leaders to give in- jformation concerning the Conlter | $50,000,000 bill, during the week. i ere | GRANT HEARINGS | Washington, Jan. 7.—The senate agricultural committee will, during the coming week, hear witnesses on the Norbeck bill embracing the €oul- jter plan for a $50,000,000 loan to lencourage diversified farming in the | Northwest, the Sinclair-Norris and other agricultural bills. The house agricultural committee has granted hearings on the Coulter bill for three days, beginning Frida: against Christian Friesz, Grant coun ty farmer, whose hail Joss had been adjusted at $2,219.61. The facts, as stipulated, showed that Friesz on July 2 went before o notary public and made application for reinstatement of his insurance totalling $10.00 an acre. The appli- cation was mailed, reachey eg July 3 or 4, and because J a holiday was not received by county auditor until July 5, Since the law states that applications for re- instatement must be filed prior to July 5, the state hail insurance de- partment held Friesz had not -on- plieq with the law and declined to pay the loss. The contention is sus- tained in court, the judge holding that filing cannot be completed by mailing the application in the po: office, NEW SCHOOL IS IN USE Hazelton, N. D., Jan. 7.—The Hazelton schools opened following the holiday vacation, in the splen- did new school building which has been erected during the past six months at a cost of approximately $57,000. While the building is not entire- ly complete, it is near enaugh so that the school can hold its ses- sions there, and not interfere with the work tO be done. hig work consists of putting in. the toilets, Painting the radiators and steam pipes, installing the blackboards and several other minor details. SCHOOLHOUSE BURNS Claim for $11,000 insurance be- cause of the burning of a frame schoolhouse at Kulm, LaMoure coun- ty, Friday, has been made to the state insurance” department, i Santee Payment Is Delayed Ft. Yates, Jan. 7.—The Santee | payment, on which the late Major | McLaughlin was working at the time of his death, will not be made for some time. This information was recently received by Supt. E. D. Mossman, in a letter from the as- ‘sistant Indian commissioner, F. B. Meritt, who writes: “In reply to your letter of Decem- , ber 3rd, you are advised that every {effort is being made to expedite the the completion and approval of the roll for the Santee Sioux payment so | that the checks therefore can he mailed out at the earliest practi- cable date thereafter. However, no information can be giver as to the probable date when this will be, as it is a work of considerable magni- tude and will require some time.” lead to the dis-; THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE [am] * PRICE FIVE CENTS LABORER TELLS HOW HE KILLED 2 FARM HANDS Joe Berger of Richardton Ad- mits Responsible For Jamestown Murder TELLS MARTINESON Local Police Chief Given Con-| fession of Man; Taken To Jamestown Joseph Berger, 25, formerly of Richardton, North Dakota, driven by a haunting con- lence and pressed to unbur- den his story by Chief of Po- lice Martineson, confessed here Sunday afternoon that he killed two unknown men at a strawstack in the north- west part of Jamestown over four months ago. He slew| them, he said, because they had laughted at and “kidded” him, with perhaps robbery! also a motive. After Berger had repeated his story and ii was checked, he was taken 1: Jamestown late Sunday authorities. Berger, declared a moron by Chief of Police Martine son, had been racked by a vis- ion of the two dead men whom he partially coverei with straw after he had slain them with an iron pump handle. He wandered many places since the murder was| committed between August 18 and September 4, 1923, and] finally ‘arrived in Bismarck, Friday night penniless and out of work. Relief which| followed” his telling of the story of the murder was su ceeded’by a realization of pos- sible life imprisonment fo first degree murder, a ne worry for him. ‘ There was no hestitancy on the part of the farm hand in telling his| story to Chief of Police Martineson| and State's Attorney Russell Cha of Stutsman county Sunday aft noon, after he had previously con- fessed to Martineson. In pantomine| he convinced the officers. Given. tae {iron pump handle picked up near the} scene of the murder and brough here by Jamestown officers, he ‘stood ‘up in a little room in the police sta tion and went through all the mo: tions of the slaying. Found Sept. 4. The two unknown dead were found Jon September 4 by L. L. McCarthy who had gone to the strawstack td get some hay. He saw the shoe: of vue many sticking out and then unvovered the bodies. Both wer found with heads crushed by a blunq instrument, their pockets rifled an a blood-stained iron pump handld nearby. Both bodies were badly de composed and were unrecognizable b: the many persons who sought t identify them. Since the murde: scores of people in all parts of th country have written for descriptiond of the men, but none have place them as missing relatives. One mail was thought about 20 to 22 years ol and the other 28 to 32 years of age Berger told the authorities that h was working on a threshing rig nea Jamestown with the two unknow: men, both of whom carried 1. W. W cards. The three decided to knoci off work. They drew their pay and proceeded to get a bottle of hom brew for a little celebration. The; went to the strawstack, drank an talked. It was night. Bergey whose sub-normality appears ~ ve evident to officers, was the butt o| jokes cracked by the other two, hi suid. They wouldn’t let him sleep They fell asleep, warmed by thy home brew. Berger decided on hij revenge. He walked over to ai abandoned shack he said, picked u the iron pump handle, a bar tw inches wide and three feet long went back to the strawstack knocked one over the head. without a struggle. and as he did Berger “socked” h murders were committed between A 18, when the straw was threshed, a Sept. 4. Berger then rifled their pockets He found $50 on one and $100 on tl other. He tore up letters, tossed Pocketbook aside and went back the farm where he was workin, thought by Jamestown officers have been Frank Fletcher's farm. worked there a couple of more day: escaped suspicion which attached tf scores of intinerant workers in neighborhood, and then went to Glad stone. Frof Gladstone he took job on a farm along the Heart riv. near Mandan. He drifted on an came back to Jamestown on Decenf ber 4. Hag: Been in Jamestown. Deputy Sheriff D. C. Ross Jamestown remembers Bowie pearance in Jamestown in Dece He was up by Ike Siltma r¢ ued ob Page 8)

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