The Mineral argus., 1884-07-31
H WARDS.
REORGANIZATION of the Cass-AI indicted
Man Turns States Evidence Sensation
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lives, one after another, is a sad one. The
trial will best be understood by rehearsing
some facts which are undisputed. Charles
Ward. aged twenty five. and Frederick Ward,
aged thirty. sons Of DIR. E. p. Ward, Of J. v.
Farwell& Co, Chicago, were in April, 1855,
managers of the townsite of Bartlett, OAK,
and had a few days before their death bullt a
shack on a valuable claim between
DEVILS Lake and Creel City, on which
one John Bell, a liveryman in Devils
Lake. formerly of st Paul, also had
a shack. The night of April p they, with one
Elliott, occupied the shack, and were attacked
by a night party. The Wards were ordered
of. They refused The shack was riddled
with bullets and Fred was shot down inside.
Elliott and Charley Ward ran out, Charley fall
ing with several mortal wounds. Elliott was
permitted to escape after a severe beating
Fred was dragged out and the shack rifed.
Their bodies were found exposed on the pral-
RE the next morning. The father of the boys
was. within the bar when the case was called.
He and Col. Harrington, whose son Is a de-
PENDANT, have both silver locks. The counsel
were all present but Col Bah, who was called
to St Paul The jury was not complete,
and on motion of Deputy District Attorney
Pratt, the case went over to Thursday morn
ing at 9 o'clock. The defense were ready to
go to trial with Uline. The counsel have de-
cided to try B. w. Lair of DEVILS Lake, first
His special counsel is Hon. A. p. Ward of
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a month.
Grand Forks, Special says: not unexpected
sensation in the trial of Lair was the testimony
Of Dick Turpin, one of the defendants, who
turned states evidence. After finding the
Wards bodies, it was proved Fred was near
his shack lying on his back with hands clenched
and feet drawn up, and Charley near Bells
shack, about forty rods away lying on his face
and shot in his back. Dick Turpin was pro
duced and the indictments were both dismissed
auaiDaf him and he tncfi6ad in 6nhStanCa that
on the night in question Uline gave him a shot
gun, Harrington got the team, and they all
drove down to Leopold's and got him, with
the determination OF putting the
Bell. Lair had a rifle at Wards shack. Bell
called Ward out. Fred came to the door. Bell
pulled lin out and struck him. They scufied
around. Turpin saw Fred draw his revolver
and then Turpin shot Fred, h ran away to
the shack, leaned against it and fell down.
The rest opened fire on the shack. Charley
cried out: 81 give up" He and Elliott then
ran out, and some of them followed Elliott
Charley ran by him within two yards, and to-
ward Bells shack. When he got near them
Lair, who was a yard away from Tnrpln, got
down on his knee, took aim and shot Charley
down. Ledford cried to him to shoot Elliott,
who was running ava On cross-examina-
ton he admitted signing a statement in Noyes'
Office, denying having a gun or being with
in fifty yards of the shack. He
Mab LOlA MI0N Jul saw AAAAAH
The rest had done the same, under the promise
they were to have bail and not a hair Of their
heads should be harmed. No promise or
threats had been offered, he said, for this state
ment, but as about six others proposed 10 make
a clean breast of il, he thought it would be bet
ter to tell the truth than to lie.
The evidence of the ~coronor's inquest was
offered and Gov. Bates objected. Lair ap-
peared at the inquest and admitte d he was at
the fracas and heard shots fired. In the argu-
ment in the morning during the recital of Tur-
pin DIR. Ward was deeply moved and sat bowed
with his face covered by his hands. Col. Far
rington was also greatly touched. The defend
ant became deeply serious. 1t is said other
prisoners win make a statement similar to Tur-
pins
Grand Forks Special SAYS: The event of the
day in the Lair trial was the opening for the de-
Tense by Erwin, which was a mastery review
of the evidence adduced and the claim of the
defense hat their clients were there in pur-
suance of their rights, and were assailed by
the Ward boys, who moved on Bells claim
armed and prepared to takei it by violence. The
effort consumed an hour and.a half, and was
listened to by a packed house. 1t made an in
cisive impression on the jury. The testimony
for the territory consisted of DR.. Lanes
evidence on the nature of the wound causing
Charlie Wards death.
Grand Fork Special 11th:-The defense put
John w. Bell, one of the defendants, on the
stand, to prove his actual possession of the
premises in question. He was permitted TO
tell that he occupied the house the Sunday
named, but not to go into the question of title.
Nearly two hours were spent in argument up
on this question by Davis, Erwin, Van Arman
and Ball. The court ruled all out pertaining
to the question of claim of right as the de-
PENDANTS expected. Bell related the interview
with Charles Ward about Q o'clock of the
night they brought on the shack, in
which he told him to leave. He then went to
Farrington's shack and Uline's, and gathered
the party to go and carry of the shack from his
claim. He did not see any gun or pistol in the
crowd They got to the Wards shack after IL
p. M He was told by Uline to do the talking.
The rest we're scattered around twelve feet
from the shack. He went to the door, raped,
called, and told them he was prepared to move
the shack, and they should come out The door
opened and Fred stepped out, with his right
hand on a pistol.
'He struck me with his left hand" said Bell,
"and l warded the blow and advanced OIL him.
We tussled alongside the shack, humping
against 1t, to the window. Five shots were
fired out of the door in about two or three
minutes, and the flashes were toward me. We
got around on the other side of the shack.
There was a command to scatter out and shoot
in the shack. There were several shots fired.
Then Fred fell down in front of me with his
hands near me-. After he said, MY God, Pm
shotP he never spoke nor moved"
The defense is all in the Ward case, and the
rebuttal on both sides closed the 18th, Counsel
for the defense Is preparing requests for in
structions to the jury, which Will be argued
Monday, 14th and will consume all the day.
The prosecution will give no instructions, but
will reply TO the requests, and have asked an
early copy The evidence in the forenoon was
mainly given by the c~odefendants, Carpenter,
McQueeny and Cole. Huge McFadden testified
to a conversation a month before the murder
with Charles Ward at Bartlett, where Charles
said that if he had been there when Creel's
party moved the Ward shanty off the Bell
claim he would have shot the stuffing out of
them" and he was going to move the shanty
back and hold the claim, if he died for it "
George CARPENTER. sworn: