The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-12
MARTIN RINGS LIFE
An Eastern Exchange Credits Him
as Being a BOIgia.
HE'S YOUNG BUT HARDENED
His Innocent Appearance and APP
parentIy Tender Creenness Saves
Him From a Term i'm Jaii-How
the Officers Do Kick.

Great Falls, April 11.-Martin Ring,
the young tenderfoot whose suave and
innocent ways started the milk of hui
man kindness in Judge Hawkins
breast, and whose captivating help
lessness fascinated the entire police
force and moved many prominent citi-
zens and business men to pity his for
horn and unprotected condition, has
turned out to be a Borgia with whole
sale intentions. Before leaving his
quiet home at Winston, N. c.. he at
tempted to poison his father and
mother In an eastern paper the fol-
lowing special is published which ex-
plains young Rings exodus: wins
ton, N. c., March 2S.-Dr. j. w. Ring
a practicing physician and druggist.
and one of the leading citizens of Ell
Kin, Surrey county, and several mem
bers OF his family, have been critically
Ill for several days. IL was announced
to-day that their illness was caused by
an attempt of the doctors 16-year-old
son to poison his father by putting
arsenic in a prescription which was
given to the young mana clerk in a
drug store-to fill. One of the states
leading physicians, who was summon
ed to Elkin to attend DIR. Ring and his
FAMILY, say that an overdose of the
poison was the only thing that saved
their lives. The sons excuse for his
action was that he wanted to kill his
rather because he did not allow such
privileges to him as he thought he de-
served. To prevent his arrest the father
gave money to his son and sent him to
the West"
Young Ring came here from Kalis-
peil about week ago and was arrest
ed Tor begging on a street. He had
some money and said he wanted to
raise enough to get back home. He had
letters from r.. f. Harris and ]. III. c.
t1tz OF kalispell to ]. +. Driver of this
city saying that he had a fair kriowl-
edge or drugs and recommending him
as honest and straightforward. His
woe-begone story, his Inconsistencies,
MS immaculate greenness and ignor-
ance OF western life and ways moved
the court to pity and everything was
done TO help him out. Not being able
10 raise the necessary money he was al
lowed to sleep at the police station,
Where the officers made a pet OF him
and saw that he did not lack for some
thing to eat. His taking ways were
TOO seductive for their years of expert
ence and they would as soon have
thought of baby being a fugitive
from justice as this smooth-spoken.
soft-brained innocent from the effete
East.
His determination to reach home has
EFT MN, so he says, and to, get the
necessary money he went to work yes
-erday on a sheep ranch a few miles |
out OF the city. The officers are in |
iignant that they have been so success !
,uliy played for suckers and are won
ierlng whether or not young Ring has |
rot filled them up with some slow |
Working poison which will develop only
n time. They place the blame upon
he father who set loose upon the COM
nunty criminal whose only place is
'ehind the bars or dancing at the end
Il the rope. The lot of the next inno-
ent tenderfoot who makes a call of
ne mercies of the police court is not
o be envied ~