Great Falls tribune., 1889-06-26

as guide, and that he shot one man and
woman in the back while they were in
the wagon. The other two he shot in the
head. He killed the people about three
miles from Lewistown and hauled the
bodies 25 miles. WILDER was constantly
firing shots while with the travellers. The
fiend did so to accustom the team to shoot
ing.
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On this 23d day Of June, A. D. 1889, ap-
peared personally before me, Jno. P.
Dyas, probate judge, in and for said coun-
ty and territory, Emery A. Huson, who
having been first duly sworn according to
law, deposes and says as follows: That
on the Sth day OF June, A. d. 1889, was
on one Of my ranches on the bottom OF
the Judith river, about ~ miles above
Samples crossing Of the Judith. IThe
ranch in question is in an out Of the way
place, used as a winter sheep camp.
There are but two ways Of approaching
the ranch-one above and one below. was
working together with hired man on d
water ditch just above this ranch on the
day above named. / saw team fording
the river, above the ranch; it was distant
from me about onefourth of mile. |
first heard the wagon and went around
the brush short distance to get view of
the ford. After the team had crossed the
ford it disappeared behind the brush and
| went back to my work. After few
moments | started again to look at the
outfit, wondering who could be travelling
in that direction, as it was entirely off the
road and never travelled by anybody but
myself. got into my cart and started
down towards my ranch and had probably
gone so yards when I again saw the out
tance from me of about one-half a mile.
when near enough saw a man tucking
down wagon sheet close around some
thing in the wagon box. The man left
his team and came forward to meet me,
which lie did about 30 yards from the
team. When | first saw the team the
sheet was on the bows, and when | met
the man 1t was off the bows and tucked
tight down around something in the wag
on, which seemed to fill up the wagon
boxpretty we'll to the top. l spoke to the
man first and asked him where he was
going. He said he was going to Clagett
4 told him that was not the road to Ciagett.
He wanted to know if that was the end Of
that road. i told him it was.
l asked him if he could pull my gra de,
and showed him Il grade up the hill. lead
ing up on to the bench, and at the same
time asked him how much load he had
on. He said that he had ten or fifteen
hundred pounds. l looked at his load
and team from where l stood and told
him thought he could pull the grade all
right. l then directed him to the Clagett
road, by the way Of the grade, which was
in an easterly direction.
He then pulled out down the river
towards the grade about quarter of
mile distant, and disappeared in the
brush. afterward saw the wagon tracks
turn off on a dim road before the grade
was reached. Other parties traced the
wagon tracks from this point, down to
the the river, distance of about a quarter
of mile, where the bodies We're found.
The next morning | sent out a man to
look for some work horses. When he
came back he told me that he had seen
an outfit camped at the mouth of Allen
coulee, on the bank of the river, which
answered the description of the one seen
the day before-This was Sunday morn
ing, June 9th.
AT GllS camp on Alien COulee IS the
plate where they afterwards found in the
Judith river, two watches, one large tray,
some soup plates, the irons Of two satchels,
recently burned, two pairs Of scissors and
various other articles. The outfit was
seen by my sheep herder an Sunday, the
9th, coming from this point on Allen
coulee moving back over the same road
which it had travelled the day before.
He couldsee the outfit for distance of
about four miles, travelling in southerly
direction. 1t finally turned and disap-
peared into the hills in a westerly direc
tion, from this direction l understand the
the tracks were traced through the
prairie to Stanford. The outfit, when l
saw it, consisted of two heavy, dark col
ored horses, hitched to the wagon, one
buckskin pony following, one nearly new
wagon. have this day examined the
body of one, James WILDER, at
the Jail of Cascade county, at
Great Falls, Montana, and | am able to
fully identity it as being the one and the
same man seen by me with the outfit as
above described. EMERY A. HusON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
day and year first above written.
JNo. P. DYAs, Probate Judge