Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-07-12
The Wadsworth Case.


MEDoRA, July 3.-The Wadsworth
murder case will be tried in Burleigh
county on November 20. This is the
date for which the case has been set by
the court, and the next scene in the
tragedy in which the curtain arose upon
the death of poor Ed Severson on that
dreary morning of December 2lst last,
will be acted out in Bismarck.
The change of venue in the case was
decided upon Monday last, after nearly
100 veniremen had been summoned and
examined as prospective jurors in the case
It must be understood that 100 venire-
men exhausted the total of the county's
populace which is qualified for jury SER
vice. And when that total was ex-
hausted there was nothing to be done
but move the case from Billings county.
It is probable that this is the first
instance in the history of the state
where case has been changed from the
county in which it originated, because
of absolute impossibility to secure a
jury of twelve men, who were satis-
factory to both sides. In the case in
point, however, such was the fact. And
the great number of those who were
summoned were excused for cause. In
deed, the defense used but three of it's
peremptories, and enough remained to
both sides to excuse every eligible resi-
dent of the county who had not already
been excused for cause. q"
The principals in the case, Wadsworth
and his wife, have returned to their
ranch twenty miles down the river.
They are out upon bail bond of S1O,-
600, and have been since April. AS to
their guilt, public opinion is divided.
But, it is an assured fact that the county
authorities will spare nothing to unearth
the mystery of the murder, and place
the guilt where it belongs, if such task
be within the range of possibility. They
ask for naught but a fair and impartial
trial-a careful analysis of all the evil
dence in the case, and verdict which
shall be justified by that analysis. The
majority Of the residents of the county,
are engaged in much the same work,
and who labor much under the same
circumstances, as the murdered man,
Severson. It is needless to say they are
not desirous of meeting SO sad d fate as
his. And to their own preservation they
seek the truth of the matter, and to
know at whose instigation, if conspiracy
there was, the murdered man came to
his death.
Fred Roeher, the self confessed muir
derer, is still confined in Jail here, and is
not to be seen by anyone, except his
jailor, unless upon the express order of
the court. He will probably not be SEN
fenced until the conclusion of the trial
of those whom he claims to have been
the instigators Of his crime.
Chance to Sell Hay.
From the best obtainable information
it appears thai the hay crop throughout
Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin,
and parts of Iowa and Missouri is a very
limited one. The conditions are exceed
ingly good for the farmers in North Da-
kota 10 put up large amount Of wild
hay to ship and sell. One of the diff
culties in the past with hay made in
some section on our line has been that
it has not been put until late in the
season, consequently lacking the fair
! merchantable quality that is essential to
profit. If farmers will put up hay in
good order in July before it grows too
rank and the good qualities have been
destroyed by the toughening process in
cldent to full maturity, there promises to