The morning call., 1890-11-18
UNDER ARREST.
August Olsen Charged With the
Crime Of Murder.
IYettS BrOthef-in-LaW Lodged In Jail and
Strongly Guarded.
Evidence against the PriSOner-A Delec-
= tiYe's Statement - Investigation OF
The Accident at Lake Labsh.
Special TO THE MORNING CALL

MERGED, Nov ia John-Doe warrant
was sent from here late last night to Edgar
Latour of Smelling for the arrest Of August
Olsen. Latour, accompanied by John
-Truesdale, went over TO Olsen'S ranch and
arrested him and brought him to MERGED, ar
irving here at s o'clock this evening. The
officers and their prisoner took supper at
restaurant, after which the party, accom-
panied by an Associated Press reporter,
: went TO the office Of Justice of the Peace
Robertson, where a warrant was issued
charging Olsen with the crime Of numbering
John L. Ivett On or about Sunday, Novem-
Der 9th. He was then conveyed 10 the
County Jail.
He refused to talk with reporter, as he
wished to consult his lawyer first As the
officer took him from the Sheriff's Office
=, TO the Jail he turned and said: Good night.
boys; this is hard deal" The town is
quiet and there is no talk OF lynehing; but
for fear there might be Sheriff Warfeld has
taken precaution and placed strong guard
over the Jail. a reporter interviewed one
of The detectives, F. 5. Griffith, this evening,
who has been on the case since the murder,
anu bSl INC 1N4lO" 4Ai6 tittS HNNbaAAN Va AN'
Mr. Griffith said: 81 and J. W. Gubbons.
hearing of the murder early Monday
morning, fastened to the scene OF
the, tragedy and meeting Sheriff
,Warfeld, we were engaged to
work up the case and procure what evidence
we could that would throw any light on the
murder. We first found bloody tracks OF
the assassin from where the murder was
committed on the porch, around to where his
horse was tied in front of the house. We
then followed the horse tracks about two
miles on the plains. We then let another
detective follow the tracks and we began
to look for other clews. We visited the
ranch. where rejected lover of Mrs. lvett
>was.w orkfng and uestloned the proprietor of
the farm, who said he was positive the
young man had not left the ranch the night
. OF the murder.
Finding that this was not the right clew
We returned to Smelling, and after studying
the matter We thought we would look up
: the whereabouts Of August Olsen, lvettS
bFOther-in-law. We first discovered that he
had made frequent visits to the house pre-
.viUuS to the murder, and that lie slept there
the night before the murder and left late on
Sunday evening. Being personally ac-
quainted with Olsen We at once mistrusted
him, and SO informed the Sheriff, and he in
structed US to keep an eye on Olsen and get
what evidence we could. About this time
Olsen came TO Ivett's, and we discovered
that he had on different clothes altogether
from what he had on the day pre-
Yious to the murder. We found his horse
very much fatigued, apparently from over
riding. and that its shoes had lately been
taken of, and we also found blood on the
hackamore. The hoofs of the horse cor
responded with those made by the murder
er's. We then FASTENED to where Olsen was
supposed to have slept, in his mothers barn.
near La Grange, and found the clothes pre-
viUusly worn by Olsen on his visit to IvetPs
on Sunday. On these were found evidences
of blood stains. After delivering these 10
the Sheriff we were instructed to look for
the hammer which Olsen claimed to have
lost the Friday previous to the murder be-
tween lvetts and larsen's, on the road to
La Grange. We searched every tunnel, pros
peet cliff and gulch on the rUad, but failed
to find it. The yarn that we were draining
the duck pond near IveItS is a mistake, but
we are draining the large reservoir near La
Grange.
Sheriff Warfield has been at work on the
ease constantly since the murder, and to my
own knowledge has spent $500 out of his
own pocket, and had it not been for the ad-
vice of the District Attorney he would have
arrested Olsen when the bloody clothes were
discovered"
Olsen requested the officers TO let him
send telegram when he arrived in MERGED,
presumably to his lawyer, MIR. HaZen, but
ne was too late to get private message off.
1t is thought he will either try TO get
cumstantal evidence is so strong against
him that it is doubtful if he can do either.
The officers say they have additional evil
dence that has not been made public.