Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-05-08
SINFUL DOINGS Ar EA.ISPELL
Involuntary Homicide, Attempted
Murder and lrceSt and Rape
Cases.
All Within the Last Few Days
Stories Of the Sensational
Crimes.

Sheriff Baldwin of Kaliepel arrived
here yesterday with Clarence Long, aged |
lG yeare, whom he is taking to the reform
school at Miles City. The boy was con
fined yesterday at the city jail and the
sheriff left with him on the early train
this morning. To THBCNG reporter
Sheriff Baldwin told the boys story, as
follows: Young Long was the owner of
a - callber rifle which he had gotten in
some way. Last week he went out hunt
ing equrrels at d ranch some seven miles
from kalispell whers Fred Blair and
family live. Mr.. b airs little son, Samuel.
aged & years, accompanied the Long boy
to see him shoot the squirrels, The
rifle was left lying across log, when the
elder boy suddenly saw squirrel and
made grab for the rifle, which, in some
accidental way that will never be known,
WAS discharged and the bullet struck his
young companion IN the chest. The
little fellow ran for the house and, reach
ing it, had just time to cry out, 80,
mamma | am hurt" when he fell dead,
the bullet having penetrated vital
organ. A coroner's jury found that the
shooting was accidental, but that young
Long was known to be Of reckless dis
position and unrestrained ia his actions,
and recommended that he be sent to the
reform school, and acting on this sug
gestion, the county attorney filed infOrma-
ton against him, charging incorrigibiity,
with the result that he was committed to
the reform school till Of age.
Sheriff Baldwin on Wednesday last
arrested Gideon Tetrault, Frenchman,
who has ranch few miles from Kal-
ispell, on charge of incest and rape,
sworn to by his 1J-year old daughter.
Tetrault has bad reputation among his
J neighbors, none of whom will have any
thing to do with him. Some time ago
bis wife left him and went to Canada,
and for some years he has lived very
much alone withs his young daughter,
The girl ran away from home some
days ago and told the county attorney a
horrible story of her fathers depravity,
from which it appeared that he had not
only ruined his daughter at the age of
13, but had insisted on the continuance
of the incestuous relations as condi-
D her cousin Frank, with whom the girl
a had fallen in love. 1t was this that
finally induced the girl to run away and
make complaint against her unnatural
q parent. lie WAS bound over to trial in
the district court in the sum of $1,000
!. bonds.
kalispel was the scene of most
brutal and cowardly attempt TO commit
s murder Monday last, apparently withou,
r any motive but pure deylishnesa. |,
y appears that railroad laborer, working
! on the section, named Jack Powers, gOl
" crazy drunk Monday night. While IL
l this condition he partially stripped him
self and wandered ont of the rear of d
saloon without any pants on. George
Beasley, Il brakeman, desirous Of pre-
venting MIN from making an exhibition
" Of himself, persuaded him to put on hi:
pants again and WAS l5neeling down but
toning them up for him, when Powers
without a word of warning, suddenly
- drew a razor from his coat pocket and
e slashed his friend across the throat
l. making horrible cash. The throa
j. was cut from ear to ear the wind
pipe severed, and the jugular vein cnt
! but notsevered, Beasly at oLce fell to tht
o ground and Was soon in pool of blood
Il He must have lost several quarts tefOr
,, A doctor was secured, who stanched the
O flow of the artery, sewed up the wind
10 pipe and throat and expressed the opln
. ion that if the patient lived till mOrnin!
j. he might recover. 1t was not supposed
" that the patient was sensible when TIN
. remark WAS made, but he opened hi
! eyes shortly after and asked if the dOcto
+, said he would recover if he lived til
- morning and on being told by the sherlt
that il was a fact, be managed to say
n Then will live TO morning, by C,
~ He did So, lying all night in tn
-, saloon, which was partitoDed otf as tn
- doctor did no. dare TO move him, Whe
- Sheriff Baldwin left for treat Falls h
~, y, was doing we'll and bad been removed I
: the county hospital and it was though
he would recover.
=. His cowardly Rssalant was arreste
" by constable shortly after the deed wa
u - done While he was being taken to ia
!, he managed to drop the razor he Cld III
- cutting with, but bystander asw tn
's' act and called the officers attention t
= it. This goes to show that while the ma
~ q claims to have had no knowledge {
a what be was doing he had sense or cur
q, a. ming enough to try to get rid Of tn
20 bloody evidence Of his crime,
90 AS there is another case OF incest o
g. the docket Of Fl8thead county and tn
90 circumstances connected with 1t are pa
- ticularly atrocious, it would seem ths
20 Sheriff Baldwin and Judge Pomero
- -, have some pretty tough citizens in the
'' bailiwick to deal with.
H. MATT FURNELL DEAD.