The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-02-22

coffee. eat but little, and pushed bach
from tho table silent and moody
Then BedOcs and wife went to bed
The testimony is 81 little mixed and
conflicting as tu just what occurred
thereafter. Paul says he asked I,a,
lixte. to feed the horses. Balixte
who was mcnding his shoes, tool
the lantern aud went to the
stable. Till at the same time wen,
out to the granary for u straw-ticl
there and brought it In, probably fol
Mrs. Miller to sleep on us they were
short Of beds. Till came back and
went to bed. Ballxte came In from
the stable, and then took the lantern,
went to the granary for some shoe
thread there and found the horse and
cutter standing by the granary ut
that time.
Ballxtc says, that Paul asked him
to feed the horses but that TIL volun.
tecred to do It,, as he, Balixtc. was
fixing his SHOES. That Till went out
with the lantern and took care Of tile
horses, was gone fifteen minutes and
came In and went to bed. Balixtc
says he did MT 60 out until after Till
went to bed and then went outside
the house preparatory to going to bed
but at that time while standing out,
side the house. saw the horse and cut.
ter. Mrs. Miller's story Of these same
occurrences Is different again. She says
she went to bed but was awake and
heard the horse aud cutter when 1t
came lat least seventy-five yards from
the house to the track) she then told
Balixtc that the sleigh had come and
to 60 out and see fit was Adam. That
Balixte went out, found the sleigh,
and came In and reported Adam mis-.
sing.
There are many other minor dis.
crepancies developed in the testi.
mony. but owing to the fact that
none Of these people understand En-.
gltsh, and In some cases hardly under.
stand each other, most Of them ignor.
ant, and being very hard to make
them distinguish between facts that
they knew themselves and things
they have heard from others, all
these things make 1t a very difficult
task to analytic and compare their
testimony, and 1t will only be on the
final trial. with competent interpre.
tiers, that full weight can be given to
their statements.
The knife owned by Till, Of which
we spoke last week, was found on
Saturday by two Ilungarians, who
had been searching. It was discover.
ed step or two from the road near
where the cap was found about hun.
dred yards FROM the GRADER place.
1t was sticking slant-wisc 10 the
snow and close to it was short piece
of lead pencil and shirt button.
The same afternoon, the searchers
also found the revolver hidden In a
corner Of pig-pen adjoining the
stable at the Winchester farm. The
pig-pen Is walled up with straw and
manure and q hole was In the cornor
making it possible for the revolver to
have been hidden there either from
the outside or inside. The revolver
10 recognized by Mr.. Price as the one
he sold to Till couple Of days previ.
GUS to the murder. Till also told a
Hungarian named Smith that he hal
bought y revolver. 1t Is q very cheap
affair, but double action. Till only
had $l.s7 with which to pay for It.
The price was 42GO. He had no
more money and asked Mr.. Price to
give como cartridges. Mr.. Price took
down q box Of loose cartridges and
selected three to 1T the revolver and
gave him. They were of 80 calibre.
When found the revolver contained
three cartridges shells, two had been
fired. the other remained loaded,
The bullet taken from Miller's skull
10 of the same size m that NJ tho ca,.