Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-12-16

the street in broad daylight, that it had
been witnessed, and that the murderer
had given himself up to the authorities
and admitted the crime rendered the
work of arriving at a verdict not a diff
ficult one.
Frank Moorhousc testified before the
jury that he had seen two persons pass
his place on upper Sixth street and that
almost immediately afterwasd he had
heard three shots in quick succession.
Looking out, he saw the body of the
murdered girl sink to the sidewalk and
the murderer place a packet of papers
near her body and start to run away.
The witness testified that he ran out and
called upon the murderer to halt. Cole
was her running in the direction of the
Jail. Witness saw that the victim of the
shooting was dead and he picked up the
packet of papers and placed them in his
pocket, and followed Cole in the direc-
ton of the Jail, ovcrtaking him in the
yard of the Jail. Cole entcred.and stood
there and when questioned, said he was
a prisoner-that he had come to give
himself up. He gave up his revolver,
stating as he did so: "This is what did
the business The witness produced the
packet of papers and they were exam
incd by the jury.
George WEIGH was another witness.
He had heard the shots and on coming
out of the house saw the body lying Oh
the sidewalk. He also followed Cole,
and came up with him in the Jail yard
and was a witness to the surrender of
the prisoner to the jailor.
Drs. Bentley and Ballard, who had
made an examination of the body testi-
lied that death had cnsucd from either
of two bullet wounds, one behind the
right and the other behind the left ear.
From the location of the wounds, it was
evident that after the first shot, the vic
tim had turned partly around and the
second shot had entered on the opposite
side of the head. Either of the wounds
was mortal. The doctors also testified to
some other matters upon which the jury
wished information.
The papers that were found near the
body were letters written by the muir
, derer and one letter written by the vic
r tim to him. In these it was set forth in
a rambling and rather incohercnt way
that the separation of the murderer and
!. the victim had led to the murder-that
the murder had been done because the
t murderer was not allowed to marry tho
t victim-and there was a statement o!
! the %jealousics of the murderer, who was
+ determined to kill the girl rather thar
have her taken from him. From state
t mcnts in the letters it would seem tina
I the man had intended to commit suicide
after the crime, as he gave directions TO
o the disposition of his clothing and othe
effects, but after the commission of tn
murder his nerve failed him and he CAV
n himself up.
[ LllClC Tx OIllCl pdlc!S III tAC poooS"
u sion of the states attorney, written b,
Cole, in which his intention to kill tn
k girl is set forth and recounting hi
troubles and jcalousies. It is state
q that he went to the Ford home Saturda
night with the intention of killing he
S but could secure no opportunity. II
T. then determined to kill her on the pull
lie streets.
> After hearing the evidence and kan
is lining the papers, the %coroner's jury rt
r. turned a verdict that the deceased ha
j. come to her death by gunshot wound
ID from a pistol in the hands of j. w. Col
20 and that the shooting was wilful an
d f%elonious-in effect a verdict of murdt
against Cole. ri
" From all the evidence in the case, tn
murder was premeditated carefully, tt
insane jealousies and brutal passions
IT. Cole having been aroused to such
pitch that he determined that rattle
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