Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-09-14
FAST IN THE Tolls.
Myron r. Kent Captured, After a
Long and Exciting Chase
Through the West.
Run Down At Arlington, Colo, by a
shrewd Detective from Min
neapolis.
swidinsky Makes a Confession, Civ
ing Details Of His Horrible
Participation.
Detective Ehrlichman Gives q Graph
ic Description of His Success
full Man-Hunt.
The History OF a Crime.

The Rocky Mountain News, published
at Denver, Colo, gives a full and COM
plete account of the crime for which
Myron R. Kent>has been arrested, and
is being brought back to Mandan. The
story will be read with interest by those
who have followed up the Kent case,
and is told as follows: The story told
by Detective Ehrllchman who used every
means within his power to run to earth
the murderers of Mrs. Kent, is thrilling
and romantic. Ehrlichman, who yester-
day entered his name upon the register
of the Oxford hotel, told this story at
length to a News reporter. The detec.
tive is a young man, and by no means
has the appearance of an ideal sleuth.
His features are dark, and his eyes are
black and piercing. A heavy dark mus
tache hides q row Of pearly teeth. His
demeanor is quiet and unassuming. He
speaks eight different languages and
this linguistic ability aiding him greatly
in clearing the mystery which surround
ed the horrible murder.
His attention to the case was first
attracted by reading a newspaper ao-
count. Fourteen days after, there ap-
peared in the Minneapolis police station,
Frank Laird, son Of the deceased mil
l~ionaire. Young Laird said that he vas
not satisfied with the work of the Nor
ton county officials and wanted a man
who understood detective work detailed
on the case. He was referred to Ehr-
lichman, who is interpreter and detec-
tive on the force, and the detective at
once started to work, first paying a visit
to the scene Of the crime, taking accur-
ate notes and drawings Of the house and
surroundings.
The Lairds, with much difficulty, had
induced the sheriff of Morton county to
hold Swldinsky, and the prisoner was
then locked up in the Jail at Mandan.
Kent, it was currently reported, had
gone to England to look after a $4,000
estate, which he said was left him by
his mother. Ehrlichman began his task
with two objects in view. First, to in
duce the prisoner, Swidinsky, to tell all
he knew about the matter; and, second,
to locate Kent.
LEV DETECTIVE YORK.
He found that Swidlnsky had a broth
or, Joe Swidinsky, a farmer in Rich
mond, Iowa. This brother was an ig-
norant Bohemian, and became a ready
tool in the hands of the smooth officer
Ehrlichman paid him q visit and tolo
him that his brother was charged with
murder, and that he, the detective, was
q member of the law firm of Wyman &
McIntosh, engaged to defend the prls.
oner. The detective wa Nh. Mcintosh
and he simply wanted information con.
corning the prisoner. He did not want
money, as the state was bound TO pay
the prisoners attorneys fees. Joe
Swidinsky was greatly alarmed at the in.
formation.
language, and incidentally told Swid.
insky that q confession on the
part OF hie brother would be
OF great value to the attorneys
for the defense, who would thus be
acquainted with the details and enabled
to better defend the prisoner. He sug.
gested that Swidinsky write q letter tc
his brother. This the excited Bohemian
started to do, but he was so agitated
that he could not write. Then Ehrlich.
man, who gained the full confidence Of
his. host, dictated the letter which the
latter wrote. It was to the effect that
Swidinsky, the prisoner, had better con
TESS everything to his attorney.
Armed with this letter, Ehrlichmar
returned to Mandan, obtained permits
sion to interview the prisoner, whom he
had never 9 before, and introduced
himself as an attorney retained by Joe
Swidinsky to defend him. SwidinskJ
was greatly surprised, as it was the first
intimation he had received that he wa
accused Of murder. Ehrlichman gave
the prisoner the letter from his brother
but did not succeed until the following
day in inducing him to confess. At first
he told the same story he told before thu
coroner's jury-to the effect that the
woman's death was theSresult of an &C
cident. But the detective discovered
several flaws in this and told the victim
that the best way out Of the affair
would be to tell fully the details. Thit
the prisoner did in the presence Of DIS
trict Attorney Welsh, Sheriff BinRenhi
mer, Police Officer Clark and two stem
ographers. The confession covers BIZ
pages Of closely typewriter f~oolscar
and the details are fully set forth.
THE MURDER oNFEssED.
He began with the statement: Il an
going to tell the truth from the bottom
OF my heart and went on to say thal
about the middle Of February last, Kent