The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-13
BLOODY BUTcHERY.
The Highwood Tragedy a Horrible
AfRair-The Body Found Near
ArnOnx's Ranch.
The Murderer Cuts His Victims Throat
and Drags Him by the Heels
300 Feet.

In addition to the details in The
TRIBUNE Of Thursday morning regarding
that most horrible affair at the High
woods the following facts are CLEANED
from the Fort Benton Press and persons
arriving from that city.
a Last week Ole Lillidarl, a Norwegian
by of 20, in company with Alex. Carl
10, a Norwegian, arrived in Fort Benton
pm Illinois. At this time there was a
an called John Osnes, a big burly Nor
tegian who has been working around
)~ifferent hotels in Fort Benton for some
ears, and who hearing that Ole Lilli-
|arl wanted to visit a cousin in the
Highwoods called Peter Testle, stated he
las going to Testle's and last Saturday
OF Lillidarl to hire two saddle horses,
In which to make the trip. Sunday
Dsnes returned, his coat being torn and
covered with blood, his right arm cut,
Ind in his possession a bloody knife,
vhicL was the property of Lillidarl.
Carlson inquired Of Osnes what had be-
home of Lillidarl, and not getting a sat
bfactory answer, told his story in broken
Cnglish to Mr.. Burk, a boarder at the
otel. The latter had Osnes arrested on
%nspicion, and in justice Cranes court
Psnes could give no satisfactory explana-
on and was held on suspicion. A party
riders went on. that morning to clear
p the mystery and obtain trace, il pos
BILE, Of the missing Norwegian.
Jailer Lund went out with the party
Tuesday to search for the missing
)~rwegian, Ole Lillidarl, returned We'd
Bday with no news of him, except that
Dry story told by John Osnes regard
the affair was false, and and it looked
lch as though Osnes had in some man.
er disposed Of Lillidarl. The latter was
hst seen when the two rode up the
Arnoux hill, on Highwood creek. That
light Osnes came to Louis Hollands
ace, but the boy was not with him. and
phn could give no satisfactory evidence
his whereabouts. A watch which
Rsnes brought to town with him, he
kated was given to him by Holland, but
lis Holland denies.
INA party of riders was organized to
nr the country and on Wednesday
found On Highwood creek above
boux's ranch the place where the
rider was committed, there being a
BE pool Of blood. From this place for
INSTANCE OF three hundred feet could
e6een the track where the body had
IN dragged by the heels, and then the
6y was found with the throat cut
n ear to ear.
be body was taken to Fort Benton,
an inquest was held Thursday.
Pr Osnes being told in the county Jail
4 tho body had been found he re-
I'd: "Is that SOP" in a very u%nconcern-
tone. In the Jail on Wednesday he
De the remark that "when 1 fight, I
t to kill"
he murdered man had only sc with
having deposited the rest OF his
hey in the Stockman's National bank
Pre leaving, and 10 doubt it was
king the victim had the larger sum
him, that he was murdered.
yprt Benton is greatly aroused over
diabolical deed, for in ~atrocity it
never been surpassed in Choteau
uuty, and all circumstances point to
hes as the perpertrator Of the horrible
m BENTON, April G.-ISpecial to
ENE. - Yesterday the murdered
Lillidarl, was buried here and was
public funeral. The inquest re-
in the verdict "That Lillidarl
his death at the hands of John
Day the prisoner told the taller
id let him out he would 20 and
the knife he did the killing
\ ASN3Ihis vas done and the knife
n9dEburied in an alley 1t is reported
oues has confessed to the sheriff he
ID the killing but that it was done in
elf defense. The prisoner will have
|is hearing before a magistrate tomor.