The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-28
WESTERN LANDS.
HOW THE TITLES ARE OBTAINED.
The KEnIur Of the Ward Brothers Who Are Al
legged % Have Jumped q cIsIa-rhs Re-
mote Coaasstiou OF . naa Well KnowA
Ia This City with the Affair.

ST. PAUL, April T.-Further details oi
the killing OF the Ward brothers, at
Creel City say: Probably the best
move Lieutenant Creel made was his
last trip to St. Paul. Had he been at Devils
Lake when the crime was committed, he
certainly would have been held by large
number as guilty in part, and no doubt i'm.
plicated in the murder. Tho fact that he
had trouble with Fred Ward in regard to
the claim would no doubt have brought
him out prominently in the affair. The
Bell claim in dispute is an air line between
DEVILS Lake City and Creel City, being
about half mile from the latter. The
shanty claimed by Bell was about three
quarters Of mile from Creel City, on the
road between the two places, and it was
here they were sleeping when the fatal
attack was made. The door in the Bell
shanty was in the west, and in the Ward
shanty the door was in the south. Charlie
was found in front Of the Ward shanty,
and Fred Ward between the two. Sunday
night, about l2 o'clock, Bell went down to
sleep on his claim. He found the Wards
there and ordered them away. They re-
fused to 60. He went upto Creel City to
get men 10 assist him, and collected party
OF thirteen, among whom were Col. s.
Uline, Beckhsm W. Lacy, NJ. Warrington,
and john Bell, who went down 10 the
claim, and when within O few yards OF the
claim were nre9 upon py tne Matus, louf
snos oeins hrea without hitung anypooy'
and stne nun striking one Oh the Inirteeh,
WnoSs name can not pe ieafneu. ne crie1
out: Il am shot, eoysi am shot, ana
the whole party opeHea hte on tne snahty.
TiRISG BECAME GENERAL,
and It was impossible to say what shots
took effect and what did mot. Fred Ward
probably received shot in the shoulder
while in the shanty, but the fatal shots
were probably fired when the boys cape
outside.
Judge Bennett held an inquest over the
hod;es NJ Tho mrrdered man yestardav
od .Ss u ;rru vsrde, ;bs. Frs1
anJ n Gb.riss Ward csn,a 10 ,ns;r I dea,h NV bu
ha;nS az o aSat by nar,;ss @ @ nLnosn ~, A N"sA y
peK Eisott ,os vSo p wss in % ths shan,v with tho
hoSs % o.ys "ro ons rsnort n ~ tas,fsd y tha tact @
~, "9; rhsrlso ~ WsrJ sd % s.e oSota G bei"rs @
na' @ sGn,a rs,. s,ad hv ,ha wv onnos;no ] Oe",. nar.
81 ~ 'I ToI ITi;,a NJ .;r and a,Sana psda "a
s'si s;r,;,or a. ,ans,t Ths ;nnres, % IL reaI;,v %
amnrn.ad ] ~ 'rnt5;rs s,esn, to snd nn,
aueu mho mera :; n 10 raSd;na ;.p par,n " All All tha @
,,ao w. ~ ,ho ra;d;no nsrtv as. hn,3;,o nIa;rns
n.ar @ r Tresl Ti,v t tThs iac, s.;ii ssma;ns
tSat v IN % ali ,be shots firsJ III Elliot lot vss % not
.o"ohad ,rh;Ia a. Wsrds r.ra t;,IaJ
Tha s.mt;mant m | !. araa,I. @ medI d;,dnS u .oo
o,a;ns;n" tha. ,hs Wsrds 49, a' w Sia,ns no n
% tha ,,a,s.s .A and tba. ~ rsaS ~ W. hrnm,ht
on e ,ha % tsa, % wh;rb resmi,ad AZ; IL @ Ios;ua ,ssir
i;.ss lie T. 4 u,;d that % t5av wore ' '
't'''' 40 'A'S' '.". NV "s'
WARNED
that 1t would not be well for them to try
and hold the claims. but they responded
-, ..,;,o ,h., .hoy wero or,roj 10 ,ho ,oe,b
" '"''"s 'n", .Ae' "e,' .,,. 49, " .As 'es'n .
and could take care Of themselves IN any
event. and that they would hold the claims
at all costs. 0..'E
Rev. E. P. Crane, Congregational mis-.
sionary, procured team ut Bartlett and
went direct to Devils Lake, and from him
the correspondent learned the following
particularsof OF the crime, which are deemed
probable: Bell came down TO bis Bhanty,
which is located upon two claims, about u
o'clock, and when he found the Wards in
their shanty went to Creel City and col
lected the raiders, and when they came