Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1934 ia 8 beth tibrescbedtbnn ated og! Ww TURNING THE SEARCHLIGHT | Youth Planned Cold-Blooded Murder |="2"3-c those operated by Spanish physicians. DIS HERE SATURDAY | BEHIND THE CURRENT SCENE wirit UNUSUAL CALMNESS ‘Ashley and Deputy Dairy Today’s Contract Problem ; North plays the hand at: } Inspector six hearts, East opens the seven.of spades. How should : the hand now be played, and Rudolph R. Spitser, 42, manager of professional services made by the g contract . what is the only small slam ® crec—ry at Ashley and a deputy uently disallowed by manager | contract which, with proper | dairy inspector, died at a local hos- defense, cannot be defeated? pital a San, Saturday fol - Le Spiteer was born at Long Lake, 9 “bd 8. D., May 22, 1802, the son of Jo- Mes Manager of Oreamery at) TW iGr aman an et er Father Had Ordered Him From Farm A revelation of the calmness with | the lamp on the table and sat in the which he planned the cold-blooded | chair about 10 minutes; I just sat paged te a executed hed bp Lg I took owe Jamp leed by shooting unsuspecting |and went up stairs . father in the back from his position| “It was about 2 o'clock when I went |by rheumatism to forego his favorite He a ee sar and tabricated to officials to Ce I didn't sleep very seek iad exercise—chopping wood, In the subsequent investigation into! was thinking it over and was os on the homicide, is made in the confes-{ sick. The rubbers I got in December] PERCH STILL PRECARIOUS sion of George Hoffman, 21-year-old] at H. J. Shaw's store, either from Paris—The French cabinet, de- Bordulac youth. Percy or Math, I am quite sure it} spite two votes of confidence in The youngster confessed that he|was Math. I had a pair of black | the chamber of deputies, was be- slew his father early in the morning] gloves, that I wore that night; I had| lieved still on uncertain ground of Jan. 4 to J. A. Heder, commerce] the gloves off in the box car when| as a result of accusations of of- counsel of the state railroad com-|I put in the shells. Then I put the| ficial laxity and even implication mission who assisted in the probe as] gloves on agai I hid the rubbers} in the Bayonne bank scandal, permi and then, if he plays the hand 5 hee th neCepaee eat too Win GaSb might complain that it was his hard gulatory department and perhaps the beer we assistant attorney general. and gloves in the hay mow about noon The text of the young man’s con-| on Thursday. ‘The planet Venus journeys around feasion: “Stories I have told the officers}the sun in 584 days with respect to “friendly” audits or other departments in | Whose popularity was attested “I, Ge Hoffman, do hereby - | about luge. The issue, from the Langer standpoint, is , George Hoffman, do hereby con-| about getting chickens to sell from|the earth. fess that I shot my father at Bordu-| Henry Brown was not true; they were rapier’ S RLeLinae ure with|chickens from our own place; they ° @ shot gun, at about 12:15 a. m. on|were my own chickens, mother had THE BOYS WANT THE REAL DOPE iu nse dimiemusepiey, the fourth of January, 1934. , —_| given them to me; the chickens I sold itters in the anti-Langer camp are due to the pdtsibility that the | %® nice | play. Had Words With Father last fall were also from the farm; I ONTINUE move will succeed and an important source of information as to the opera-| 1). Mh rang oe five diamonds, and North well reasons} “I had trouble with my father on|never told father about them; the tions of various state offices will be dried up. : hand, it is not oS pope nd that this bid cannot be made without | Wednesday morning, the third of] stories I told the officers about going am om: ‘This faction has been yearning desperately for a copy of the state pay- bere first ta strong enough to open|the ace of hearts. In other words,|January, 1934. We quarreled about|to Fargo with Jack and Johnny Han- 0. B. Lund Apparent |", 1 fers the document would show the reasons for certain political | with s first hand bid: However, after | what could South hold, to have tnvit-|how the'farm should be run. He told|son was not true, T was not at Fargo ~am THEATRE ae— happened but what may happen. Solution in next issue, 18 ed the slam? me that I would have to get off the! that time at all. I never took any of|| © Da 2:30-7-9 Victor in Tiff Over | occasionally broken into loud hosannas for the chief executive. o North accepts the invitation—| farm April Ist. He had told me that! the turkeys and I don't know who did. mili Friendly’ Auditing) tcusti’or payroliers, wil sct the det for unloading the governor.” They a eee enh ee Very Sorry For Deed 25¢ Until 7:30 — count on the facts about the mill and elevator and other state departments in, ~ not reach me. it} “I am very sorry for what I have morning right after the quarrel I got] done. I am making this confession my gun out, took out two cartridges} voluntarily, freely, because I want to TONIGHT out of the drawer, they were loose in} make a clean breast of the whole mat- the drawer, 12 gauge, I think, loaded| ter; I feel better after telling it all.|| Also Sunday Midnite and & deposit of $14,108.10, or $344 more| to complete the job which already has been well begun. than recorded in the audit. kee Says Gammons Afraid THE THIRD OF A SERIES Mulloy charged that Gammons| The hearing Friday before the state industrial commission marks the with No. 4 shot. I put the shells in] No one has mi romise turned over the $344 check to Lund| third attempt by Langer’s forces to remove Lund. my pocket. I left the gun and shells|as to iat woudl be done if Ttold it seh because “Gammons was afraid to de- ‘The first occurred at the legislative session @ year ago when Langer : heart opening, Eise: in the barn, second door from the| all; no threat of any kind was made; posit it” as a result of the investiga-| asked his party adherents for an investigation of the state board of audi- won the trick in dummy the ace. |silo, right ahead of the milk cows on] no one hit me or struck me. Mr. tion. tors, then composed of A. J, Gronna, Jr., former attorney general; Secretary It now looked as though the location |the east side. Heder, told me when he started to Mulloy read a letter he sent to| of State Robert Byrne and State Auditor Berta Baker. Gronna since has of the queen of diamonds was the gov- | “I left Ike Law’s place about 11] question me that he was an assistant members of the board of auditors | been replaced by P. O. Sathre, gubernatorial appointee. The idea was re- erning factor of the hand. However,|o'clock. I went home by the depot| attorney general; I knew I had a right Feb, 17, 1933, charging that Lund’s| Jected on the ground that it would only befoul the political nest, since all Eisenlord could see that, if West held |down the tracks to the path and then| to a lawyer to be present when ques- audit of the home builders account itera of Gg board are Nonpartisans and they could conduct any inves- ne pelted Laeagetered 7 the house. I saw my dad edt tioned if I wanted one; and I knew “ needed. b rdless jome yet. I lit the lamp then. en anythi tans oot ins discrepancies and "brought to|"™ Later Langer engineered the hearing on Lund’s qualifications held at he diamond location, by eliminating|T saw he was not home I blew out| te vacd vecinet meme! meh accept.” about the time he was reappointed. the hand of hearts and clubs. the lamp again, and went out to the] Mr. Heder wrote this on the type- His letter added “I cannot’ sccept|_,,1H€ Situation is more desperate now and the fight is in the open. 1@ Pass So a small heart was returned and|barn and got the gun and cartridges| writer and I read over each aheet | this sudit as being suthentic and|*icking under the covers has been abandoned for direct action. ruffed with the three of spades. The /and from the barn went towards| three in number, including this one, showing the true condition of the a ace and king of clubs were cashed |house, took road out and then went| and signed each sheet after it was 3 home builders association account ac- NOT MUCH OF A SHOWING MADE if and a club ruffed in dummy. Now/up path to the elevator. I stood] written before the next one was writ- o cording to the records in this office.” Independent advices from the hearing Friday are that not much of s the nine of spades was played, which |there for a while and looked, and|ten. There were three carbons made, ‘Although copies were sent to Byrne, | Showing was made to justify Lund’s removal. The comment came from ‘West was forced to win with the ace, |kept looking to see if any one was/and I signed each of them. In read- Gronna snd Mra. Baker as members |i ¢xPert observer who, incidentally, is not friendly to Lund and who would and West was helpless. coming; after a while I saw some one| ing over sheet No. 2 I noticed that it ae caveat Mulloy aaid |e to see him removed. His comment was that Lund’s accusers didn’t If he returned @ club or a heart, |coming, walking on the road by Ike|read “I shot the door” and I called fhe members ‘acknowledged | #e™ to have enough facts to warrant their charges. three spades. Eisenlord would discard the five of |Law’s implement shop. It looked like] attention to that and Mr. Heder wrote the letter replied to it. He said TT partner diamonds, and ruff in dummy, while | my dad; then I jumped in the box car;| in, before I signed the sheet in pen he pth «Ae te-| THAT KIDDER COUNTY GRINDSTONE strength, signs if » diamond is returned, it elimin- |r put the shells in the gun after I got|and ink, the words “out of”, Iam the only ledgement he i Add to the indictment being prepared by Kidder county folk against ates necessity for the finesse. in the box car. Then I stood west of| glad that I have made this confession Gov. Langer, ceived a Salome inger, State cog oe pi who also ae ironed fete ted pageretire a makes @ mild slam try by bidding! (Copyright, 1934, NEA Service Inc.) s) las 50 8 could e a paraieh for I want to do what is right, and I whom sent iploye Bank orth Dakota, charge len he got nearer I could see that} am very sorry for it all.” ‘ Weather Report ( (ose .fi00 GntGves ‘neard when Erikson campaigned for Hoover tn oe at a: ae ij To Visit Binnnmrele. | | soctsacconne cttsones aerater| ¢—___—__—_________—___» 1932. olds urt ; | p ” FORECAST Tt was renewed when farmers in the county formed an association to P Ania ad oftice, 1 shot out of the door: t had! | All Over the World | Yor Bismarck and vicinity: Partly] deal with the Federal Land Bank in refinancing their mortgages. seta a coupling pin at Meactts|? ee cloudy tonight and Sunday: rising) ‘There had been three or four such associations, in the county before The U. 8. supreme court has af- brick; I put the coupling pin back. (By The Associated Press) but all were moribund and the farmers wanted a new one. Erickson was | firmed a decision of the North Dakota ‘Pulled Trigger With Left CLAIM FOOCHOW CAPTURE Da-| working elsewhere when Governor Langer heard about it and ordered him |cupreme court in an action involving “t opened the car right away when| Shanghai—Nationalist government into the county to see that his old IVA friend, the same man who had {attachment of certain lands in Ram- sig I came there; I shot with my right|S0urces claimed their marines had managed the previous loan associations, became secretary of the new layout. | sey county. hand on the barrel, and pulled’ the|!4nded in Foochow, capital of revolt- By the time Erickson got on the job, Lynn Sherman, bright and aggres-| ‘The suit was brought by trigger with my left hand. I had my|ing Fukien province, and had taken sive young attorney at law, had been pretty well settled on as the man for right foot some ahead of my left; Ij over the city, with rebel leaders flee- the fired two shots, one right after the|ing before Nationalist armies advanc- Erickson tried to upset the arrangement and was there a battle? Into the fray came John Sherman, Lynn’s father and old-time Nonpartisan, who h campaigned for congress in 1924, Erickson lost the battle, obtained some new political scars in the process. : Te was the second time he had rushed beck to tell the home folks what to do—the second time he was ignored. other; I did not pay any a ing from the north. attention as to whether he staggere omer as he went west; I heard something FRENCH LEADER DIES against the box car when I think he Paris—Justin de Selves, 85, pre- fell; then I got out of the box car; I} war foreign minister, died. went east between two cars; I stayed Lon ‘The co Us nghonbeer ae hagaaaaags the Steele Ozone, Kidder county there for # while; I really hid between —— salad parry ae 5 sales 2 the cars for a while to see if on ac- wana—Troops hospi ‘All of these things constitute a fine grindstone upon which to sharpen count of the noise anybody would{to prevent further disorders as a re- come up. When nobody came up I came up to where he lay; I went on the north side of the box cars when I went to where he lay; I wiggled his ‘millions, With Ted Healy, Eddie Foy, ., 4. Farrell MacDonald, Rey Hedge, JUST A LITTLE FUN WITH A RUBBER CHECK One of the funniest declarations on state political affairs recently to meet the light was an editorial in the Williston Herald, written by ‘Tom arm; then I put the gun in his hand; MEN WANTED SSE TL heap my ran avertinmes sng over Gane a ne Monit rire bm |] ie ewe up e gate an n int e The check was received to pay for an advertisement saying Governor i Langer would speak over the radio at a certain time, and was signed with bankruptcy, if anyone, | svangelist Christian Hild of Fargo paar ee eel Heap ana Bismarck Hide & Fur Co. Also the governor's name. 8th and Front Comedy, Cartoon & Novelty ‘The newspaper printed the advertisement, but the check was returned with the notation that its issuance had not been authorized. pon Moodie seized his typewriter and wrote a gem of political and tomfoolery. It was all in the spirit of good, clean fun but Next Attraction Starting Tuesday Eddie Cantor ENTIRELY SS 5 ‘That resolution of the Nonpartisan county chairmen, passed at the recent secret, here, was not so pointless as some political observers if aut E 9 7 7 a if ite i i : & ; iH ia Be § i Ge! iu He i [ 5 : oF ; 4 i § MINNEAPOLIS, A strictly fireproof, modern Hotel within a short walk of Shopping, Amusement, Financial and Wholesale Centers. . . . You'll appreciate the friendly hospitality, the reasonable room rates and the moderately priced Restaurants. W. & CLARK, MANAGER | Strange But True TRON | Prasier used loudly to call the “ple counter: News ee REALL’ _@y The, INTHE MATTER OF THD ESTATE SO MYSTERIOUS i 2 au: os noticed for trial at the present term of Burleigh county dis- Or aims & Adame, Derwerte 0 00 | trict court, in which Governor Langer, C. D. King and sn insurance com- ea,rGlen Dr Adame, got BOE CE LS Naleaemmadlagaadaaheageiads py rag ' 0 00)" ‘The reason st has not been duly explained is that F. E. McCurdy; attor- a ee Oi Lots, 30 ‘08| ney for the plaintiff, has not formally put the complaint on file with the creditors of and all (bereon a a 0 Sorices Qe < Cre py edly oa cag vag od vee cons o hibit them with the n 34 00] document without Mability. $4 20) “ren the nuit was fli last summer there seemed some doubt as to Iministrator at his 1 20 00 | whether it ever will go to trial. ‘There still is. . wee eth! sat teetanie oO ‘But this much is certain, Seats in the courtroom will be at # premium nd thirty eight (138) 36 00/ if tt really goes to hearing. “The charges against the governor sre such ae west of -the furth meridian 34 © 00/ to load the case with dynamite. Plenty of people know all about it, iaota ae FH Fr me * cdl a Burleigh amet his Seeibe a 4“ 00 8 4 the Burleigh, County, North Dako! E ds Sere eee eae ee s [Sues ee Bee 80 00| got into an , the ‘subject being the state administration. FH FS wburog, the conversation ‘the editor constantly referred to Governor) 11 vec cq son, Jackson, just Today Gluek's Beer ele 8 he was struck by an automobile etands as always: a true 8 Fe Finally the beer tnapector corrected him, polating out that the name i iin oy @ woman driver font 2 min 3 4 raised up Witt Ai Capooe?” Bar) “ahs ee oom, 3 am. sinare. onto Bim cour Bismar. ‘6 foned hospitality ... the 3 2 ‘That ended the argument. ba Sdjustin oil citine, againet. the -e- standard of good old- #% %|Former Commissioner. |‘ {0 "etenses. Sentence was de- fet teeutad Oiartel > oll gala * | ferred to 8 : heartily 6 i8|.. Of Minot Is Guilty| Kurt pleaded guilty to one of 11 cy PRDated December 26th. A. D. 1938, 8 a r — charges against him, 10 of obtaining 4 an the chnitinieiae os Nash-Finch Co: 3°23 : money under false pretenses and ; : he “estate ot fime. & mpany Pheme 447