The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-07-19

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ianRle. When Balssh wsat q u; tht
horse found II hltched q an empty
cutter without seat or robes with
some snow 10 it: ;he tookit to ths
house. went II and told what no hau
found, Paul told him and Tlll 70 "a
and look for Adam. asiit was Adams
cutter though the horse vas 1 strange
one ~ them. Paul did not get up,
Till dressed and he and Balash got 10
the sleigh and ride back towards
Pembina; about hree-fourths Of q
mile from Bedoes' place are q group
Of buildings then unoccopied, owned
BY jacob Graber; these are on the
straight road TO town and about q
mile from II. Near these buildlnRa
land In the road, BY the light OF the
lantern, Adam, M,ller's cap was found.
lThey then came on to town went to
the GRADER stable 10 town, found IL
locked and then went back 10 the
Bedoes place, and reported the find
Ing Ut the cap; then after getting
warm they looked about tho premises;
:they found some sleigh tracks but
could not follow them far a. they ran
into other tracks; they found however
the blanket. whip and cushion Of the
cutter. Then they went to Stephen
Smiths, q mile OF 30 away, thinking
that Adam might be there; Smith
and q young man named Martinas
were at home, Adam was not there
so they came home getting home to
Bedoes' between IL and O'Clock.
They reported their poor success and
Paul told them they had better 20 to
bed. maybe find Adam at q neighbor's
In the morning; then all went to bed.
Bedoes got up first In the morning
his wife next. There is some descrep-
ancy here among the witnesses as t0|
time Of getting up and how long he
was out; he says 1t was half past five
O'Clock, and that he took an hour and
Q half to feed and take care of his
stock. His wife says she was out to|
milk during the time, he and herl
came to the house together. Mrs.
Miller wanted him to search the i
granary, which he went out to do; he |
found the dead body Of Mr.. Miller at
the northwest corner of the granary,
stretched out In a composed position
on two small logs that lay there; he |
had on his cap, mitts and fur coat,
with collar turned up and there was
blood on his left temple. He went in |
told the people In the house and all
rushed out to see. Mrs. Miller was
much affected. was crying and said
what shall I do now" Till was also
crying, according to some of the testi-
mony. They took the body In the
house. Paul went for jacob Martin
and Alexander Martin, brothers, who
were nearby Hungarians. Meantime|
Isaac Foster had come out to sell
some land to some of these people.
Judson Durham and Snyder, a Ger.
man, neighbors had both come over;
by Durham's advice Paul and jacob
came to town to report tine accident"
they came TO Mr.. Feldman and after
to the county commissioners and
sheriff, and reported that Adam Miller
was found dead, that there was blood
on his temple and probably the horse
had run away and the sleigh had hnrt
him. The sheriff told them to bring
the body 10 to the city fire hall. AS
soon as the body came in, the casual
sight showed a cut some inch and q
half long on left temple, evidently
made with knife and 1t seemed ap-
parent that there had been foul play.
About two o'clock Till and Balash
were taken into custody, the former
on suspicion Of being the murderer,
and the latter as witness, or posi-
BILE acc0mplice. Mrs. Miller was also
detained as witness for time. AL,
coroner's jury was then impannelled,
consisting Of r. Aylen, Justice; acting
coroner, w. G. Short, T. L. Price and
w. Kemp, jurors. During the after
noon ana next day the jurors and
others made search of the locality
where the murder was committed;
meantime DR.. Harris 10 post mortem
discovered that bullet was embedded
10 the skull of the dead man, almost
IN the center Of the knife wound; the
bullet just went through the bone,
slightly wounding the covering of the
brain. No powder marks were shown
on the face, hence 1t is thought the
knife cut was made after the bullet
wound was made. The examination
Of premises by the jury and others
showed that near where the cap was
found, near the empty GRADER house,
were blood spots along the left side Of
the road at irregular intervals of Is
to 70 feet and three or four drops In a
place; these continued all along to the
stable on the Bedoes place. A guam.
tlty of blood was found at the spot
where Adam Miller had lain on the
logs. The road from Graders build
Jugs runs nearly straight north, but
at the Bedoes place a side road turns
at nearly right angles and rms about
one hundred yards along a fence to
the stable on Bedoes' place. The In.
vestigation showed that at point
about fifty yards from the GRADER
buildings, a track of a man In rubber
overshoes, apparently running, was dis
tinct In the shallow snow, over the
plowed ground, diagonally across che
angle made by the regular road just
described, as though some one had
taken short cut In a hurry.
The evidence at this trial and at
the inquest showed that Joseph Till
had purchased revolver of #. l..
Price. In this city, few days before
the murder, that he had brought a |
knife Of peculiar shape from the old |
country, that Adam had bought him
new ruhher nvo rShnoc. tho ovorcknoo