St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-26
A MURDERER CAPTURED
Who Makes Clean Breast of His
Crime.

gpeeial to the Globe
LA CROSSE, Wis, Feb. 25.- The MUIR
derer OF Grain Buyer j. Fleet at Ar
thur, n. D., on the 18th OF February, is
in jail here, and has made clean breast
Of it. He came by way of Minneapolis,
stopped there a day, spent money freely
and reached here three days after the
crime. The motive for his coming here
seems to have been to be near young
lady at Kllbourn City to whom he at
once wrote through third person using
the name OF G. III. Smith, asking her to
come here and marry him. He was ex-
pect!ng her here last night until
the last train was in from the
east and an hour after going
TO bed he was arrested. The police had
Bheir attention directed to him by cir
9ular containing picture description
ard an offer of 81 800 reward. They
watched HIM for several days. and last
night found part of one finger gone.
as described in the circular, whereupon
they unprecedented him at once. He adj
mitted his name to be Joseph Remington.
but said there were three in the job,an
that another man fired the shot. He
had S2l7 with him, and claimed his share
was $3.50. This evening he sent for
Chief Byrne, and admitted he killed Flett
and 10 other man was concerned In 1t.
He shot from behind and the man was
not dead while he was rifiing his body.
He got $3.50 which was much less than
expected. He says he lived for some
wears seven miles from Arthur and
knew his victim. He went to Fargo.
thirty miles distant, hired team there
and drove to Arthur in order to cover
up the Job. To-day letter came from
Kilbourn City from the woman. warning
him that officers were there looking for
him. He will go back to Dakota with
put rPquisition. In his confession Rem
ington says:
81 killed the man single handed He had
gone up in a hay loft and / followed him.
When he started to go out OF the loft shot
him. He fell in the hay and took his money,
which amounted to $3.50, and his silver watch !:
that was all / got and when was robbing
him he was still alive. left him there in the
loft and went to Minneapolis, where / re-
mained two days, and then came to La Crosse. y
FAHGo. n. D., Feb. %. Sheriff Me-
Laren received dispatch from La
Crosse this afternoon that Joe Reming
ton. the murderer of Agent Flett at Ar
thur, in this county, had been arrested
there. had made full confession Of the
tition papers. Accordingly the sheriff
left for that city tonight. The clue
npon which Remington was captured as
stated by Sheriff McLaren was obtained
from letter written by r. l.. Jennings.
HilIsboro resident, in which it was
stated that in 1889 himself and Rem1ng-
Ing were working together at II.
Hosford's, near Casselton, and that
young girl was also working
there who became engaged to
Remington, and the day of marriage
was in the coming March. She left
Casseiton for her home in Baraboo,
Wis. and after short visit went to La
Crosse, where she has since been work
ing for Mrs. Rose. She had also kept
up correspondence with Jennings, as
we'll as Remington. Sheriff McLaren
theorized that Remington would sooner
or later turn up in La Crosse because OF
this. but as he did not know Remington,
he would probably stand a poorer show
of capturing him than stranger, and
accordingly forwarded full descrip'
ton and photograph of the murderer to
Chief of Police Byrne, of La Crosse. to-
gether with the facts above given, which
resulted in the capture.