Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-11-22
HARDWARE HEADQUARTERS
A BUREAU OF LIARS.

A BUREAU OF LIARS.
The Edwards Gang Defend the
sooundrel Creel.
The following telegram is from the St.
Paul Pioneer Press of Monday. 1t is
curiosity Of the most pronounced Mum
chausen stripe:
FARGO, Special Telegram, Nov, l8.-A
report comes that there is serious trouble
at Devils Lake over the late attempt to
cause an estrangement between Lieut.,
Creel and his wife. It ia stated that Pres
colt, Of the bank, and the federal officials
are engaged In an attempt to drive Lieut..
Creel nom the country, and in further
ance Of this object induced Mrs. Creel,
while under the influence Of q narcotic,
70 sign papers asking for q divorce on
came to her senses she denounced the
action, and is now back with her hus-
band. Great excitement was caused by
the event, and during its continuance,
when Prescott made an attack on Creel,
Creel drew his revolver to defend him.
SELF Mr.. Prescott went to Grand Forks
and had Creel indicted for assault with a
deadly weapon. Much indignation was
stirred up by this vindictive action. The
" AoAo O0oO 6OOAAo hu ol1OTJ W uElV0 CIo0l
out OF the country, and the methods
adopted meet the condemnation Of the
public. Bloodshed is expected.
The st. Paul Globe of the same date
contained half a column Of stuff to the
same effect, also dated at Fargo, and az a
great deal Of the Globe article is compiled
from manuscript speech" delivered
before the committee on credentials of
the Pierre convention by one Edwards
of Fargo, 1t is an easy matter to trace the
authorship of both dispatches. There is
no doubt that they were made up in and
sent out from the Edwards bureau of
liars, which bureau has its headquarters
in the Fargo Argus Office. The Argus
itself Of the 18th publishes an item writ
ton by Creel at Grand Forks, which
shows to what depths this bureau of liars
can 70. So,
In justice to Judge O'Brien, the attor-
ney for Mrs. Creel, the INTER- OCEAN
will state that the unfortunate woman
went to O'Brien year ago and request
ed him to commence an action for d.
vorce for her. The judge advised her
not to bring an action, and she followed
his advice. In October last, when Creel
again beat his wife, the latter again ap-
piled to Judge o. Brien for legal redress.
Mrs. Creeps parents and brother also re-
quested him to begin proceedings, and
the suit for divorce was begun. Now as
to the narcotic story. When the COM
plant and affidavit were ready they were
read to the plaintiff in the presence Of
two witnesses, and when she signed
them she remarked, "the complaint is
not half strong enough" The judge as
sured her that it would answer the pur-
pose, and it did until Creel, by cum
ming movement, and by extravagant
promises, induced his wife to go back to
him. No one who knows Judge O'Brien
will believe that he would resort to the
use of narcotics to get case-and that
is the inference in the dispatch sent out
by the bureau of liars.
So far as the federal officials are con-
cerned, we know that at least one Of the
three In this city interposed between
SAooA oAO d CO6L VI tdT duu lodLuoTB
the night after he whipped his wife the
last time. Another Of the three federal
officials was in Minnesota ten days prior
and two weeks after the proceedings
we're instituted, and the third federal
official knew nothing about the facts in
the case until he read the complaint in
these columns.
Creel is an utterly bad character. His
own brother-in-law appeared before the
grand jury last Saturday and testified
against him, and we understand that
! three or four indictments have been
found. At least two indictments have
brought Creel into court, as is shown by
the following from Grand Forks paper
Of the 18th:
Territory VS.. n. M. Creel, arraigned
on two indictments, charging assault
| with q dangerous weapon, and plead not
guilty. Noyes d Noyes attorneys for de-
fendants.
Later intelligence reaches here to the
effect that five indictments have been
found against Creel by the grand jury
all, 1t is supposed, Tor drawing deadly
weapons. His trial on one of the indict-
ments is in progress before Judge Hud-
son to-day.