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The Melstone Graphic (Melstone, Mont.), 24 Nov. 1911, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn86075007/1911-11-24/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
..itak jJ i.,10.46.. 0 'N . . VOL L Ng, -; .,MELSTONE, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY,',.$01TANA, FRIDAY, N,OVEMBEU 24, 1911. $2,00 PER YEAR. •.k0tity While M4kipg. Arrest s It The Story of How Life of Crime Finally Winds to The end of the Rope While attempting to place Mel Jewel under arrest at Melville last Thursday for q stealing horses Deputy Sheriff Joseph Brennan of Sweet Grass county, Was shot through the heart and died a few moments later. Although dying the gritty deputy tried three times to raise his gun and kill his mur- derer, but owing to his weakened condition he was unable to com- mand strength to take aim. Jewel made his escape on a horse that was tied to a nearby hitch rack. . Brennen had received orders from Sheriff Orrick of Yellowstone county to arrest Jewel for stealing live stock and the extreme cruelty , of cutting the brands out of stole horses. Brennan started on his • miseion to arrest Jewel who is an • ex -convict and an all-round bed . man, when a fellow by the name of Jackson interfered and helped Jewel resist arrest. A scuffle en- sued, during which Brennan and Jackson rolled out the door of Bennetts saloon, where the affair occurs& and to protect himself the deputy she a -three rip9.e. • osossoritikisti through hé 'th lAst hawed goirig otft 4 throtagt theear. Jackson will Tecover and is now in jell at Big Timber awaiting trial. Jewel ran into the 'alma and seized a -revolver that was behind the bar and shot Brennan, killing him almost instantly. Immediate- ly after the shooting Jewel rode a short distance where he hid In the brush along the Sweetgrais river, remaining there until dark, when be struck out for this vicin- ity, Thie was discovered the fol- lowing morning when tho spot where he had tied his horse was found. It is stated that the only one who made an attempt to capture Jewell was 0. T. Bennett, in whose saloon the murder was committed. As sopa. as the news of the deed was imparted to him, he being out at the time it was commited, he mounted a horse and started in hot pursuit. Bennet dismounted, and was in the act of firing at ( the fugitive when is couple of children appeared in the road, and in fear of hitting them be refrained from shooting, which gave the murderer time to disappear. Bennett is con- fident that He would still have got Man if his horse had not fell, throw- ing him to the ground and moment- arally knocking aim senseless. He mwia badly 'o at and bruised about the head and one of his hands was broken when he returned to town. Many rumors are afloat concern. lug the murder. One has it that /Annan was a victim of a plot, and beettneeof personal feelingesgainst him, eesistance_has been rendered his murderer in avaiding capture. Jewell hes but reoenllY been re. leased from the penitentiary at Deer Lodge, where he was Sent for stealing cattle several years ago. He was parolee before his term ex- pired, and in violation of that, he was taken into custody and sen- tenced W servo his full' term. He is a desperate man and more trouble is expected before he is captured. Brennan is a single man andedood high in that. coannuity as an officer and citizen. He came to Montana with his parents when very young and has resided in this state every since. His funeral was held at Big Timber Monday. and very largely attended by relatives and friends. :The posse headed by Sheriff Fallang of Big Timber and Sheriff Orrick of Billings arrived in Mel - stone Tuesday, morning, from here they spread out, men being sent in every direction, to scour the connive , in this section for the fugitive, who is supposed to be in hiding in this vicinity. Word was received here late Monday night that Jewel had been ern in this vicinity and helped himielf to some fresh horses, that he might be able to elude the officers who are hot upon his trail. Jewell formerly rode for the 79 outtit,and is well known in this vicinity,. The following is the desoriptiOn Pifel 1 frio GWct tall, - *del' '180 14; w black ledae brown eyesand rather keen, Med- itate full face, smooth shaven, good shaped nose, teeth even and some gold in them, good looking fellow, dark clothes and probably a dark red sweeter, new, was riding a good sized blue ream hone, sharp shod. The followrng later report from Columbus will let'a little light on what seems to be an organized band of horse !helves, Operating throughout Montana: Columbus, Mov. 21.—The killing of Deputy • Sheriff Brennan of Sweetgrass comity by the des- perado, Jewell had its preliminary chapter in the country north of here a few days prior to the Mel- ville affair. A week ago two reel. dents of Valley county arrived here from Glasgow in eearch of stolen horses. By merest accident they learned from an employee of a local livery barn that a horse which answered the discription of an animal for which they were searching had been brought into the barn and kept over night by Pete Nelson, a dry land farmer. The men journeyed to Nelson's place and found two of their horses there. They took charge of them and placed Nelson under arrest, the Valley county men having been deputized as OfflOSTS before leaving Glasgow. ben brought to Columbus, Nelso .4old conflict- ing Stories how hi:: bteined the hope., and upon of Sheriff Wood he was take p; ck over the trail on, which the - , heroes were driven out. ' It is stated here Who,is beiievechto gang a hone thei which implicated Jo son as members. Sheriff Faller* r county was notified ordered Deputy fire Jackson.. Nelson fi Stead and desert horey ranch,sonie also tock Up a d he wae 'about to arrested. He . as a good citizen. ion of men hero Wilf) t Nelson, One of the gave a etory it and slack- Otio'l0 4 1,4g• 1 . 3weqgiass rico 44 be n to t on a home - the 'old ago, aid 4laim 'which ip oe when n regarded fp the opift e now some- thing of the °pent . ,ris of the gang that that there e more than fifty men connected'- with it and that they will assistelit every pos- sible way to make' 'gibed Jewell's escape. -.0111919d, and' 8 prollikte'eresere mitrie of which . wereillspailed of at the filet toxin of court. In the way•ef 'Nature!: leaden there has been. 129 first pipers -filed and•36 second papers; 618'land filing paper and 45 mar - rive licenses have been issued. •W. G. Jarrett, Clerk of the Dis- trict Court of this county and also a homesteader hero has moved his family into .Roundup for the winter in order to keep his two children in school. Miss Ethel Gorsline, former book keeper for F. M. Wall Co. at Roundup has been appointed Deputy Clerk of the District Court Miss GOTSlitti3 is one of the sub- atantial homesteaders of Mussel- shell county and has many friends throughout the county who will be glad to hear of her appointment. «me 'On Monday Judge Cheadle re- duced the verdict of the jury in the 'Dean Parkinson case from the finit'dogree to third degree assault and fixed the penalty at $500.00. For the first degree .assault the penalty was from 5 to 20 years 1w - imprisonment. Why subscribe for the Graphic? becauge it Is live up-to-date paper and only , costs $2.00 per year. Distrfct Court 3pnvees Wed., De4piber 6th Court will convene December 6th, and the clerk v the district court predicts a 'kilt thee weeks term this fall, there bo1ng lege) talent from Lewiskjn, Billings and Helena represen Some ten pr1sov,IçssJ. in the Conety jail await! and four or fide ere mai on ti)e • .90 „4!). , ,•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • Our Special Aubscliptioa Offer • • • • • • • Prom nowoq:until January 1, 1912, we 411 give any one who secureAtle Yearly Subscribers to The Me/stone I Graphic a Cash Prize of Sz.00. 77w Oraphic is an up- tc-date weekly, hewing general, local and vicinity news. 1/you want the best, you want the Graphic. • • • • • • • • Oesseemoseseed4rneemoseiiisesimiternom,0•••••••••• Roundup Record Destroyed by Fire A Debate to be held Between State Schools Bozeman, Nov. 18, That a debate Will,take place between the Univer- sity:oWontana and the\ Montana State College of Agriculture and Meehanie 'A'rts, at Missoula, in February, his • been made certain by the receipt of a 'signed contract from George H. Palmer', 'profetiser in debating at the University. The question which will be debated is; \Resolve that all corporations carrying on an inter -state com- merce should be required to take out a Federal charter,\ and the varsity has chosen to defend the the negative side. Two men will be selected at each institutien in the near future to represent their respective colleges and work on the dedate will start at once. yhe State College has challong- eckhe University each year during the pest fear years and since this is the first time that the challenge ha e been accepted the oollege will try hard to score the victory in thie first debate between the two Institution'. In addition to this (Kid. the State College will meet the Utah Aggies at Legate Utah, end the Mentand, Weelayan at ng l p i e loath of April, lertillieeelabete•Oene a victory for.tht coil* last year and with newo traterial in the freshman class' the college hopes to repeat a record of success. The Grand Army Fast Diminishing ,e The yielding of its charter by a Grand Army of the Republic post at Hartwick N. Y. is a pathetic forecast of what muat happen with increasing frequency in the years to confc. A quarter Of a - con. tury ago this post was organized with 45 members but only five members were present at its final meeting Wednesday night. Appo- mattox is now more than 46 years in the past and another decade may be expected to witness the rapid depletion of ,the historic ranks of the boys in blue. In small towns especially, the Grand army will find it difficult to main- tain its organized existence, at least in its original form. In the aloe it will doubtless survive con- siderably longer. Miler City, November 20th Nickola SancheW, who shot 'and killed his father in e boarding car on the Milwaukee tracks Wednes- day night, 1 1fas been arrested and is in jail here, His trial for mur- der may, come up at the next term of diatract court, Which convenes In December. The coroner's jury found the killing wasdone in self defense sa all the witnesses at the inquest testified that the father began the quarrel which resulted in his death by abusing his son and drawing a razor urn him. • INV • Subscribe for, the Graphie. A Gasoline Tank Explodes and Force Have to Rush Out A disastrous fire visited Round- up last Friday night, when a gas- oline tank, used 'in connection•with the new Linotype machine which the office had installed, caught on fire and exploded. No one w9s in- jured, but the flames spread rapid- ly and there being no means to fight the fire, the plant and build- ing were a total wreck. The fire waa'qUickly discovbred but all effort to any() 'the building or some of ,the plant proved , futile The plant was a valuable one,, the new Mergenthaler alone being worth almost 14,000. The plant carried a good insurance. The Record is owned by A. H. Eislien and was established about three years ago. The facilities the Tribune were very kindly offered to the Record and both papers will be temporarily be ififilleti from that office. Mr. Eislien etpects to en- large both building and plant so as to put his business on a larger Cale. Montana Hilis.Great.. Lurid- Future AftlIr -. . . Nov. ref, lt n. eon, head of the.Afronorny an depart.ent of the Montana 4tate College of Agriculture and Mechanic, Arts was one of the, three judges of grain at the New York land show, at which the state of Montana won four out of the five first prizes offered for grain. In justice to the well known agronomist it should be said that the samples of grain judged were marked with a secret code and the judges had no means of knowing the grain they scored. The winning of these prizes by Montana ie significent. Montana has a groat agricultural future. The record made so far in grain production is but trifling when compared to what can be done as the state becomes More settled and modern farming methods are more comnionly used. The state college offers to the young 'men of Mon. tana who intend to take up agri. culture, a course of training under Mr. Atkinson which should appeal to everyone interested in crop raising. Railroad Ballasting is Now Finished —•0.— The crew of laborers, consisting of some 150 men, which has been employed on the Work of ballasting the Lewistown Line from 'Harlow - ton to Lowiatown, finished its work last Saturday, when theApree wag laid off. The big job of leveling the track, putting in new -ties wherever need- ed, and the other work incident to putting the track in first-clesia shape, occupied all summer. For a portion of . the distance heavier steel wee put in, • 05 0 •
