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INLAND EM! IR VOL. 1, No. 15 MOORE, MONTANet, DECEMBER 21, 1905 Devoted to the interests of Rock Creek Bench and Judith Basin. In politics Republican. 'SHER1ViAN'S LATEST What is Purported to be the Final Confession Admits He Did the killing Alone Great Excitement Prevails Sherman's Last Statement Tuesday Morning To County Attorney Roy E. Ayers, James Sherman this morning made what he says is his final and eomplete statement with r refen--L- ence to the murder of Samuel Studzinekl. .After detailing matters ' concerning the various burglaries as given in another . paragraph, he said in effect: \I have deferred making the correct statement of this affair solely on account of ray mother. I now believe that it is best that every- thing be given up and will do so. \After having made up my mind to rob Studzinski. I went down there several times and talked with the old Man,' One evening I went in a disguise and wrapped but the old man would not admit me. I then decided that I would bet ter go in my proper person and on the evening of the murder,.. I went down between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock. We sat there for a while and talked and then Studzinski went out after a pail of beer. He came back, we drank the beer and then the old man got up and went over to his trunk to bring out a gun which I had been talking of buying. As he stooped over, I struck him three times on the head with a hammer. As he fell to one side, he gurgled, and, fearful that he might yet make an outcry,. I quickly tied the piece Of cord around his neck. I then made the cards which were found there, gathered together all of the stuff that I cared to take with me, went out, locked the doer and went to the Argue build- ing where I cached the goods. \I wish to say that it is my desire to repay all whom I have injur- ed through rnY robberies. I think I can fatly repay what was taken from all, including the amount stolen from the post office.\ The statement of County Attorney Roy E. Ayers at noon was this: \All the four men implicated by Sherman are officially exoner- 'ated from any Suspicion whatever of having been in any way - connect- ed with, any of these crimes. Sherman alone is held, and theq will be no further arrests on any statement of his that is unirupp - ortied by independent testimony. The arrest of these innocent men ,upon Sher -- Man's statement is,. of course, deeply regretted, but at the tithe, Other Oottree . could have been followed.\ • Statement of Monday Night. James Sherman wound up his remarkable series of confessions last night by the most sensatlonal :yet given. It i_a_henaved-by - many people that the boy has at last' told the truth and that little reliance is to be placed in anything further that he may say. In the presence of the officers ,he gave another detailed report throughout the night, the substance of which is that he 'alone is responsible for the burg- laries, holdups and murder - of- Samuel Studzinski. In the same even voice, apparently little shaken by emotions of any sort, he said, he began his active career by burg tarizing the Golden Rule store in the early summer. He made several other attempts, all of which were successful and came to have the utmost confidence in himself. Dur- ing this time he frequently passed the little shop of the oldhide buy- er and pawn broker. Studzinski, and being well acquainted with him, stopped several times and talked with him.. The old man once in- vited him into the cabin and tried to sell him something. He says that the Jew had a lot of stuff about him and conceived the idea of rob- )ing him. On Wednesday, August 23rd, • he provided himself' with a rope and along toward midnight went down to he place. He went in and started at once to do the work. He struck the old man three times on the head with a hammer and then tied the- cord around his neck. After fixing the cards with the mysterious \K. C. No. 17,\ he gathered up the loot and went 'back to the Argus building and plac- ed it in the cache. He got, in addition to the plunder, something over $160 in money. Upon the completion of this story, Hortqp, Dr. Long. Atchison and Gooch were released from custody. About . 4 o'clock Sunday morning Sherman gave what he -swore was THE confession. He had been mak- ing ierfessions With such regularity that the officers and even- his own Parents had become to have a grave doubt of anything which he might say, .but at any rate, his story told at this time was the most connected yet re- cited. He stated that over a year 'ago he lent ,Dr. Long $50 and that since that time, he and he doctor had been somewhat intimate. In the early part (*.last June, he, Sherman, was in the Occidental saloon and .lost some mon- ey gambling. After he had finished playing, Doctor Long. so he avers, called him to one side and asked him If he didn't Want to make some easy money. Sherman assented that he would not particularly object and then, - the doctor told him of hie plan, to break into some stores and houses about the town. At first, Shermat. refused to be drawn into, such a scheme, so he says, but the doctor - Tot. lowed him to the Argus building and there they agreed to get busy at llef house breaking business. Together they did several Jobs. Before they had gone far, however, they let Rus- sel Hortop, David Atchison and Night Watchman Walter Gooch in on the business. 'This Is simply Sher - man's story or, rather, one of his doz- en stories. They were all in on the Golden Rule job, Long entering the house and getting the swag while the other boys remained outside.- It must be explained here that several ad- ditional pieces of stolen property weee found in different places in the Argus building Sunday morning by Mr. Watson and others of the force. Among these things were a big revol- ver, a box containing a p...1r of lady's shoes and stockligs, a kalki Coat, some rings, a cap and a mask made of the upper portion of a stocking. ' It will be remembered a track made by a woman's shoe was found in the rear of the Golden Rule building on the morning after the robbery: Sher- man states that Dr. Long put on a pair of woman's shoes in order to make 'the officers believe that a wo- man Was really mixed up in the bur- glary. The boy went into detail in ex- plaining various other jobs, among them being the robbery of the post office which occurred on the 28th of September. He first stated that he and Dr. Long were in on that job, but it being brought to his attention that Dr. Long was in Chicago on that date, he switched and said that his assist- ant on that occasion was Hortop. His lapsus lingua in that instanee was not o‘ Coming oo considere dfalsehoodhina dg dh oe su w a surprising I ofts after e n terh g eb 0 1 fe .1 3 : 1:ge t the e obi nol glibly' o eventll e pours con- cerning the affair. In his •chain of villanY, the boy told how the murder Of Samuel Studzinski was accomplished on the 23rd of last August. Together with Long, Gooch, Hortop . :en - d - .A,tchison, he says that he went to the old man's place about 11 o'clock on that Wednesday night, Af- ter reconnoitering for a few moments. Sherman was placed on Main . street in front of the cabin, Atchison in the rear of the building and Hortop short way down First avenue. Dr. LOng anA Walter Gooch . went in and did the inside work, so the boy stated. After the job \VFW lone the loot, with the ex...:•ption of the money, wasgiv - - en to Sherman to place with the cache under the Argus building. Later Dr. Long gave him three twenty dollar golld pieces as his portion of the money secured from the old man. This tettiarkable arra (or lie, no one can., / tell et thia ) writing) was told to Sher- iff Sin ter(Under Sheriff Martin, Depu- ty Sheriff Silve - aehorne and th boy's father and mother. For the''firet time since his incarceration the bay -mani- fested some feeling during this - recit- al. It really looked as if he might be telling the truth but . in view of other circumstances, the utmost reliance was not to be placed in - The statement. However, the officers decided tei ap- prehend the men named in the so- called confession and Ed Martin ar- rested Atchison on Main street and Sheriff Slater too4 Hortop in the low- er part of town. They both appeared greatly surprised when told of the na- ture of the charge which would be fil- ed against them, and upon arriving at the jell and 'being taken face to face with Sherman indignantly 'told him that he knew that neither of them was implicated in the affair as charg- ed by him. Sherman maintained the composure which has never forsakm; him to any particular extent and in- sisted that he wasrtelling the truth. beputy, Sheriff Firman Tullock left Sunday morning for Flatwillow to ar- rest Gooch, who is running a baud of sheep for Fon Jackman in the had land country. At this writing, Monday afternoon, the officers believe that Sherman was deliberately lying when he implicated Atchison, Horton and Gooch .and be- fore this paper goes to press, the men will probably be turned loose. There are some .facts with reference to Dr. Long which will have to be investi- gated and his family and friends be- lieve that he will also be able . to prove beyond preadventure of a doubt that he was in no wise connected with the cases. From all appearances, young Sher- man is showing . himself to be one of the' most perverted younk VI Man that ever broke into the criminal an- nals of the west, he has been prac- tically raised in this _community, having been brought to Lewistown by his parents when he was but three years of age. He is now ftr/the-nine- teenth year, He has always been held up as a model of -what _a real . good, manly bo'Y should be. In school he was bright arid left there\abbnt five years 'a -go to learn the %printer's - trade in the office of the Fergus County Ar- gus. He rapidly learned the trade and even mastered the intracies of the Mergenthaler- type setting -machine. He rapidly beearne a Most valuable man and was trusted implicitely by -the proprietor of the establiehment and his business manager. He was ever seen- with a smile on his face and no young man ever lived in the town who held the affections of the people at ILI:me to such an extent es Jamie. All of those . things make his connec- tion with the murder of Studzinski and the numerous burglaries and holdups which have • been committed about the town all the 'more surpris- ing. Had he acted differently he mizht have at least retained the sym- pathy of the community, but his stor- ies which have . _ implicated innocent men in his terrible acts and his heart- less falsehoods on every occasion have placed him in a most unfortunate pfl• sitipn in the minds of the people. Farmers' and Ranchers' Meeting The meeting of 'the Farmers' and Rancliers' - Protective association Wed- nesday, Dec. 27th; promises ta be one of the best, ever -held in Fergus county. The committee is arranging for a grand time and is hoping to 'see the ladies tnrn out, in large numbers with well tilled baskets. .The people of the Bench should meet in these gatherings oftener and should become better acquaint-ed. Besides the social features there Will be good speaking on subjects of direct interest to the ranchers. There will be music and singing and plenty of good things to eat. Don't fail to attend title, the in- itial meeting of a series that it is hoped will be the means ot a closer re- lation between the ranchers of the Bench, as well as their wives. Straw Notes. The birthday party given in honor of Miss Sarah Stofitenburg, commem- orating her Ilth birthday, was a very pleasant affair. All her friends were present to wish her many happy re- turns. A number of elegant presents were presented her. The evening was spent in dancing, cards and music. The hostesses were Mrs. Neff and Mrs. B. F. Gordon. The literary society is increasing in interest. The subject of the debate for the next, meeting \Resolved that Irrigation is a Permanent Benefit to - Montana.\ The Ladies' Aid society are giving a . Christmas, tree Christmas Eve for the benefit of the children in and around Straw. Mother , Goose will be present- ed by the children under the leader- ship of Mrs. Gordon. A. ('. Stoutenberg left Wednesday morning for an extended trip through Wafiliingtoll and Idaho to visit rela- Scovel Transfer When g lug to Lewistown take the •big bus fie- uptown Best facilities for transfer- ing h.q.:age, to and from time depot. Mrs. Dr. Frank T U E Eye SPecialist WILL BE IN OGRE, Dec. 2 1 st .F9r, a '1 ,- \ew Days only Wirli a full line of sirun ON eye- glasses. Weak. eyes strengthened, fail- ing sight: restored, headache, dizziness, nauseousness prevented. as well as useful. • Ornametal \He that is stricken blind cannot for- get the Precious t reasu re of ids eyesight, lost.\ Shakespeare. SINciLE COPIES FIVE CENTS tives. Mr. Stoutenburg will .be gone a month. The New Years' ball to be even here New Years night is expected to be one of the finest, affairs ever given in Straw. All ari c angements are com- pleted and nothing remains to be done but wait for the enjoyable affair. 'I he lintel Straw will serve a Turkey slip- per. Ola Wight. of Moore, will be floor manager. 1/AVID HILOilt HUSENRU Ito Phone No. 81 HEGER & BUSENBURG Pioneer Real Est:lite and Live Stock Corn - mission Agents Land Office Attorneys ConVeyaneing: Life. Accident and Fire 'Insurance Agents LAND SC11 , 1 P Foil SA LE - Lewistown, Montana Photographs When in Lewistown be Sure to visit the mpire Studio on Fith avenue and see' allthe late styles We are al ways pleased to have you cal I whether you sant work done or not C1Ii8tOtllil\a ont . CITIZENS' BONK. of MOORE, .., INCORPORATED UNDER ..... . ..„. , THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MONTANA 4,414114***, r .. Up Capital, $25,000.00 , Cent Paid on Time Deposits -T-- •••••••• OFFICERS:, Wminmas. • Prestdeta NIIIILL, Vice President ( 1 Sir ayent, Cashier , Paid 5 Per M L Pa'reica GbanoN DIRECTORS: . .. , C M ('cauv, .1 T WUNDERLIN, . PATRICK NIHILL. THOS. N iclloi.soN • I( W Ciarrottn, M L WooPmata, A M MATHEWs. .1' 1) Kirk:, Goanox 0 SHAFER. •••••••• ThiS bank I ratisacts a general banking inisitieSs. It sells drafts pay- able throughout the rutted States and in foreign coantries: accepts . .at face value checks and drafts -on all banks; gives careful attention to notes and other items left for collection, and makes approved loans. It- receives temporary arid permanent accounts in any amount, and es- pecially invites the opening of accounts by mail. Checks and cash Items endorsed to us, and sent by mall, will be placed to your credit, subject, to cheek. or as desired. ‘ -- ; The STATE BANK of MOORE CAPITAL PAID IN $25,000 WHY it, is Because: It- is to your advantage to keep an account, with a. strmig, safe, careful and liberal institutiori. us. v....,fe Because:' II is a growing, active, progressive up-to-date bank in every particular.- '-' Because: Your account will be appreciated by the bank, ana your In- terests will always be carefully considered. Eecauae: The bank has a tine fire -proof vault and burglar-proof safe In which to put your funds and' valuable papers. Because: Every depositor '(and others as well) is a welcome visitor at this bank. . Because: This bank studies the needs of its customers, and takes pro- per care of them whether their business is large or small. Because: l'sio bank can serve you better. -____ Because: it is in position to collect your drafts or notes and to attend to your banking wants generally. • . Because: Its dealings with its customers are absolutely centidedtial. , ,BEcAUSE. We do not believe that. you can ask for or get better treatment than this , :bank will give you. OFFICERS: JOHN C. HAUCK, - - President , . HON. CLeatielsca P. Moran*, - ' - ' Vice Vresident ,. C. W. •TereasTos, - _ • . . Cashier ' DIRECTORS: . ,_ JOHN C. 11Atres - , -. CLARENCC 1'.,TOOLEY. I), S. HASTIN08, ' L. H. HAMILTON, E. F. Timms, ' , T. E. Rica,' JOSEPH GALLAOHR, ' THEODC9RE GRAY, C. W. Miramar. , 1 490 to Loon on Approved Secprity. Interest Paid on Time DepoOlts. Drafts Issued on an Ftralga Countries. Ceurteous . aod Li*rat Tieatment (Inured to all. In. z. z. Owen, Ipinsician anb $tairion. Calls Promptly 2thavocreo lAlgin or IDIR2 Complck.-Mtoch,of Vru- (fl)oorc, Montana •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1.11, DUANE BUTTERFIELD, BREEDER OF Pore Bred hereford Cattle. WRITE FOR PRICES STANFORD, MONTANA aaaXtaataataxsaY0....X.Xeka0000Ce0aatees)Ca)a • TOM H. WHITE BARBER flair Cat ing and Sha v- ng done With neatness • • and dispatch. Guaran- tee satisfaction\ '0) Em MOolIE • MONT. li)e - ijelyeXi)eia))*„.sktia - oKkiett(e)*(104)*Otilitiivey•A • La)' • 0. F. DAVID. Physician and Surgeon, Calls Prompt i ,ly Answer- , it* ed Day or Night. a a Office at David Drug Store. MOORE, MONT. rilAS. MoItToN LOUIS E. PLACE Judith Basin Commission Co. Office over Bank of Fergus County, LEW I wrow N, MONT. COLLECTIONS MADE Fire and Life insurance io APPROVED COMPANIES -- mining•Properties, Ranch and City Real Estate, Cattle, Sheep, horses Handled on commission. H. LEONARD DeKALB, Airy for Company. Nelson Ross CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Is prepared to furnish plans and specitleations on short notice either in or out of town. Don't fail to have him figure on your work as he can save you money MOORE, MONTANA. THE INLAND EMPIRE $2.50 the year Let the EMPIRE do your boosting. If you have a friend who should come to Montana send him the EMPIRE Subscribe Now!
