The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-17
Theory Of Suicide Completely Dis
proved in the Case Of Mr..
Edwards.
Cumulative Evidence That the
Foul Deed Was Done by
tho Nephews.
An Interview with Pierre Paul-Hs De
tails the Murder Of Two Exonoh.
men In 1889.

to light this afternoon. It il learned from
. most reliable source that Mr.. Edwards
CROSSED the Bitter Root river at Riverside;
that he travelled in northerly direction on
the west side Of the bank; that he had q
conversation with man working in a held
one quarter Of mile from the bridge; that
he told this man that he was going to Bren-
mans mill, and this man 10 in a position to
know that he did 20 to this mill; that he
never CROSSED the bridge said to have been
crossed by him, and where his hat was
found, but came back on the same
side Of the river that he went down
ON. Two Frenchmen that were fishing
along the river and had gone up the noun
tain. one Of them on his way to return to
the river, heard three groans, "Oh! oh!
ohv' He ran and informed his partner.
and as both came along they heard the
cries of Help! help! helpv' A few days
ago Geo. Ward and others went to the spot
which had been located by the fishermen
and from where they heard the cries for
help, and found q three. oornered club COW
cred with human hair and human blood,
and tracks showing that scuffie had taken
place there. This new evidence. together
with the fact that the boys told three or
four different parties, one of whom was the
wife of Edwards, that he had skipped out.
and forty EIGHT hours after telling this they
informed Edwards' hired man, who was
% miles from Grantsdale. that Edwards
would be up in two days, and their numer.
ous other contradictory statements, begin
to weave net around the young men that
looks as if they were guilty of ono of the
most damnable crimes ever committed in
the county.
Pierre Paul, Lala-See's partner in crime,
in an interview to-day denies having had
anything to do with the killing of the two
Frenchmen. He says that Lala-See, Lala
ond La,rv Finley, who ID now serving = teu
years sentence for the murder of the In.
dian Joco. killed the men. They had asked
him to JOIN them in the job, but he would
have nothing to do with it. The murder
was committed at night in the spring of 1889
near Jocko station, on the Northern Pacific
railway, at the point where the Jocko emp.
ties into Clark's Fork river. The men wers
Of medium height and build and about Il
years old. They came walking along the
road, and were shot down. Whether or no,
they had any money or valuables in theil
possession, he could not tell. When asked
as to his reason for evading the officers al
this time, Paul said that he had no particu
| lar reason to evade them nor to 90 to them
that he at times saw the sheriff and othel
officers, but that he was not afraid Of them
Larry Finley, after being sentenced to Dee
Lodge last spring, told that Lala-See ani
Pierre Paul killed these men; that it alway,
had been his intention to help the officer
get them, and that he would appear az q
witness against them. He further statet
that he killed Joco in self-defense, and die
not think he ought to have been punished
for it. Now that he had been sentenced, h,
would never open his mouth against thes,
Indians.
| A mutual understanding has been OBJ.
tanned between Rev. j. L. Benedict anG
Rev. L. L. Wood, the Baptist churcl
ministers. who have figured some
what conspicuously in the newspapers for
time past. The former retracts any OBJ
jectionable language he may have use,
against the latter and the latte
also makes concession to thu
former and withdraws his suit a2ains
him. The reverend gentlemen say that bu
for the malicious Vaccinations OF a certai
third party there never would have been
misunderstanding between them.