The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-07-24
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ReoapitulaAon Of the 0aae-An Indicted
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eestamouX.s $50 o3ti' ti'tL = @'1HSs
7 Special from Grand Forks, Dsk:-Tne orim'
for which twelve men are to be tried for, thei
lives, one after another, is sad one. Ih'
trial will best be Understood by rehearainl
Sofne facts which are undisputed. Charles
I Ward, aged twenty five, and Frederick Ward
aged thirty, sons Of Dr.: E. P. Ward; Of j. v
Farwell l. Co, Chicago, were in April, 1888
Iam&hagers of the TOWNSHIP Of Bartlett OAK,
sind-hsd few days before their: death built
SahSok on valuable claim between
/ Devils Lake and Creel City, : on which
one John Bell, 81 liyeryman in Devil
Lake, formerly Of st. Paul, also had
ast4ck. The night Of April q they, with 81, on
EllDtt, Occupied the shack, and wero attacked
by a:night party" The Wards wero ordered
+ offsa They refused The shack WAS riddlet
/ with bullets and Fred was shot down inside
T. Elliott and Charley Ward ran out, Charley fall
ing with several mortal wounds Elliott wal
spaTmitted to escape alters severe beating
Fred was dragged out and the shack rifed
Their bodies were found exposed on the prai
fazissale next morning. The father; Of the boy
wasMithin the bar when the case was. called
1sHe md Col Harrington, whose son is . de-
fendapt have both silver locks. The counsel
were ,all present but Col. Ball, who was called
Ito ST. Paul The jury was not complete
and on motion of Deputy District Attorney
K Pratt the case, went oyer to Thursday morn
go tVtrial with Ulina;s : The counsel have de-
+ eidAdto try B. ". Lair Of Devils Lake, first
|, His special counsel ia Hon.: 4. P, Ward o.
:Cynthiana, ~, who has been g here for nearly
1 Grand Forks. Special says: mot unexpected
sensation in the trial of Lair was the testim, ny
Fof Dick Turpin, one of the defendants, who
tstuths4l states evidence After finding the
h Wsr0s' bodies, it was proved Fred was neal
his shack lying on his back with hands clenche6
and feet drawn up, and Charley near Bell's
shack, about forty rods away, lying on his face
and shot in his back. Dick Turpin was PRO
duced and the indictmentswere both dismissed
4 against him, and he testified in substance thai
3 on the night in question Uline gave him q shot.
ggun, Harrington got the team and they al
FaArove down to Leopold's and got him, with
WARDS tRs ds'sr o the of p e}s% I'll;
Bell Lair,had rifle at Wards shack Bel
|sSalled Ward out Fred came to the door. Bel
pulled him oit and struck him. They scuffled
around Gnrpip saw, Fred draw his REVOLVER
fhe shack, LEANED against it and fen down
lgnried out: TT give up" He ana Elliott tl1er
/ I'm out, and some of thoms followed Elliott
Gharley ran by him within two yards, and to:
sEard Bells shack When, he got. near them
down on his knee, n;,,ks aim and shot, Charley
down. Ledford cried to him to shoot Elliott
EWho was running away. On cross-examina:
ton he admitted signing a statement in sNoyes
office, denying having gun or being with
Eas f tSyd yards that 0f woa ahs s sssek ha
The rest had done the same, under the promise
Esthey were to have bail and not hair of theil
heads should be harmed No promise 81
threats had been offered, he said, for this state
.ment, but as about six others proposed to make
Hclean breast of it, he. Thought it-would be bet
I ter to tell the truth than to lie.
I FThe testimony of Elliott corroborated Turpin
[ III the main The additional light it gave was
Fsthat he had been engaged by Fred Ward tc
move the shack from Charley's claim to Fred's
the same which Bell claimed. They got through
about 9 O clock the night of the tragedy. Bel
Ehad been there that evening. Mr.. Irwin tried
to get out what TRANSFERRED at that interview.
ness testified that . both the WARD
E,boys had revolvers. Charley's having anivory
bed. There was loaded shotgun in the cor
finer, which Charley took and put on tho bed
ewhere he last saw it. Fred went to the door
Having his hand on his revolver Some words
p passed. Bell pulled Fred out, and they passed
from the. door around the shack There wss
1'Tan to the door and fred five shots with his re:
yolver, Retreating behind the door he heard
shot they opened fire on ths bhssE. lie lay lay
ssdewn on the floor, Charley closed the doo1
6a oa Wea 9 fsa De BE sb AeRqt 6stSs,
caught and beaten but let go. Did not know
any of them. -
The evidence of the coronor's inquest was
offered and Gov. Bates objected Lair. .ap
peared at the inquest and ,admitte d he was a.
the fracas and heard shots-fred In;the argu.
pin DR.: 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 It is said Other
prisoners will make statement similar to Tur
pins
Grand Forks Special says: The event of The
dayin the Lair trial was the opening for the de-
Tense by Erwin, which was q mastery review
of the evidence adduced and the 'clain'of the
defense that their clients were there ip; pur.
suance Of their rights, and We're assaulted BY
the Ward boys, who moved on Bells claim
armed and prepared to take it byviolence. The
effort consumed an hour and half, and was
listened to by packed house. It made an in
| cisive impression on the jury: The Testimony
for the territory consisted of DR.. Lanes
GVlutuC0>Ou Gu0 udCuIO vi Gll0 WOunu CduSluE
Charlie Wards deatlI ;, T. =.
AS already intimated, the defense will be tho
tificaton No attempt will be made to de-
ny the presence Of any of the parties. It vii
be claimed that the Ward boys were claim
jumpers, and this claim was apparently valu
lived on it eight months aud was, only tempo
rarily off, that the Ward shack had beer
moved off before and the boys moved on il
that night, armed, and with threats to make j
hot for any party that would attempt to move
them.
Grand Forks Special 11th:-The defense pu
John W. Bell, one of the defendants, on the
stand, to prove his actual possession of the
premises in question. He was permitted tt
tell that he occupied the house the Sunday
named but not to go into the question of,tile
on this question by Davis, Erwin, Val" Ar1naar
and Ball. The courts ruled all out pertaining
to the question: Of claim of right as the de.
PENDANTS expected Bell related the interview
with Charles Ward about 9 o'clock of thu
night they brought on the shack, ir
which he told him to leave He then went te
Farrington's shack and Uline's, and gathered
the party to 60 and carry off the shack from his
claim. Heidi not see any gun or pistol in thu
crowd They got to the. Wards shack after II
?, m. He was told by Uline to Do the talking
from the shack He vent to the door, raped
called, and told them he was prepared to move
/ the shack, and they should come out The doo1
opened and Fred stepped out, with his righ
/ hand Ton pistol.
Gle struck me with his left hand said Bell
"and 1 warded the blow and advanced on him
We tussled alongside the shack, humping
against it, to the window. Five shots were
fired out of the door in about two or three
minutes, and the flashes we're toward me. We
got around on the other side Of the shack
There was 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, I'm
shotr he never spoke nor moved"
r., aBells further description was of Elliott
pleading for life and U1ine's saying, fDon't
kill this man." On cross examination Col Bal
him with his statement before the coroner
which were different He varied some, and
admitted some were false
The defendants excepted to the land
title controversy being ruled out, on
the ground that it was public domain, unen-
closed,i unsurveyed and subject to peaceable
long as he did not interferexith The improve s
tments Of others, and that the question Of tres.
pass did not arise in the case. The evidence
for the defense was abridged greatly. The at
journeys, however, have adroitly argued these
questions in the hearing Of the jury, and the
/ effect of their speeches is apparent, though
the evidence was excluded.
The defense is all in the Ward case, ard the
rebuttal on both sides closed the 10Th. Counsel
for the defense Is preparing requests for in
structions to the jury, which will be argued
Monday, 18th and will consume all the day.
The prosecution will give no instructions, but
early copy. The evidence in the forenoon was
mainly given by the codefendants, Carpenter,
McQueeny and Cole. Huge McFadden testified
tQ5a conversation month before the murder