The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-05-07
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Willmar, Special, April 20.-ssnstor Rice
and County Attorney Quist returned this
morning from Saltwater with the confession
q John Hultsren, ex.resister Of deeds OF
this county, who was sentenced last Dc.
ssm6er s.',' to seven years imprisonment at
saltwater for having robbed the. county
treasury Of some 5000 in August last.
Tho confession y sworn to; and was made
20 the above parties and HultSren's wife
n presence Of Warden Reed. He sivss the
following details.
The outsids vault door was open (un.
locked); the inside safe was locked. KNEW
the combination. l opened it by the com.
bination. I had only some matches. It
ont ell the money and the checks and post
odice order money was in cigar box and
In round tin box. took Che train &C
the depot and went to st. Johns, 1 carried
the money in my pockets all the way. I
walked from st. Johns to my home. I hid
: the hard money not far from my home, ct
the edge Of . slough south Of my house un.
der some stones. put the money into a
tin can md buried II in hole about hall
then went Into the houss and
went to bed. Iwent to town next morning
and attended to my business. On Sunday
good many OF my neighbors came to the
house and talked about the robbery. About
10 O'Clock that night went to tho hard
money and found some Of the money gone.
I had putt in three places about twenty
five rods apart. believe that the amount
taken from there was about $40 or $50,
being scared with the thought that was
detected, and dropped it loosely into tho
we'll. l estimate this to be about $500,
mostly gold. I then went for the paper
money, and found II all except email
package, which was gone. I estimate it at
about 81 900. The ground looked as il it
had becn dug out. was badly scared and
partially drunk. I went home and wanted
togo to bed, but could not. went out again
bed. l dressed again and made up my
mind to skip. went out to the prairie.
Here tore the money to pieces, and throw.
Ing 1t on the ground, tramped it down into
the slough.-more than $4,000. This was
on Monday. Tho night between Monday
and Tu esday went further north, close to
the road to Buffalo lake, where l
lay down in slough. Next morning l
went further north, about two miles south
dark. Then went home. Stayed home
until the next morning and then hitcheci
up, when tho officer came. destroyed the
money order, drafts and checks at the
same time destroyed the paper money. I
took up the money from the well while
was out on bail and gave it to my wife.
This is all the money have left. Tho
silver found in the lounge was my own
money. never told my wife that the
gold and silver Igave her was stolen money,
never had an accomplice. No one ever
knew anything about the robbery except
myself. l planned the theft about month
before. took the combination from the
back side OF tho safe lock by putting a nail
into the bolt and observing to what figures
1t turned. took of the back plate first.
Mrs. Hultsren wascompletely prostrated
when she heard theconiession, having been
a staunch believer in her husbands q limo.
cence. The news created sens alton here,
where. the majority believed that he was q
victim Of circumstantial evidence.