The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-24
MURDER NEAR BR|DGER
E1aE1aHEaz@aH
John kulath, Well Known Here,
Sheets md Kills Noble
Brltton,
DISPUTE OVER CATTLE
'I'hp l'nllsu Or TIM Killing knlAlh
IfHpnDpt, Ilnt lhe Olllppvs Arp
On Illa 'FrAtl,

"Wednesday morning Sheriff a. W,
Hubbard received lllpNa InloApnnlf
from nnpbOn county officials asking
him 10 be on lln lOOkONl fnp md np.
pNAI john knlnlll, who WnH Whnlnn
for mnp'pr knjnth who N VOL
known llprn, wins supposed 10 Dn handH
MI lhlH why IN hn llnH nl0nAy on dNH
ppnll IN ,ho First National bnnh oI
Billings
nhn unpbon County Democrat hnH
thn following I'D AAp W the MNpllnp
')nlA morning nbDnI O'Clock I'nlldF
johnson Of DpldRap npplvn1 Oh hOrHeH
Mnh with letters from Rodney stone,
lnHllph Of Tho pnnGh I'D ahhpllf Dunn
nHn County Attorney lnnO, informing
lhnm tlnt ha hnH laannd q Warrant FOR
lhn nppopl W John Knjnth for tho
IDnrnnr NJ Noble bplIi0ll On upoOknl
oPnNk, THE Waprnllt Ind bnpn Annt To
deputy sheriff iiaeheldep nj ,lNbO,
hui Judge Stone hook tha ppnpnnllOn
VI, notify thn officers here for tenp TINT
l1nnlnllnp might possibly ln AWAY
from homo, nnnheldnr WnA IN Hpn
LonHn nnd Tho sheriff WnA AWAY nt
Warm springs with u lnnntlr,
'rhn linnop sheriff MI once wired n
description of knjnth 10 Billings and
OtDur points md nnelollop aInplnn MI
I D'nlOpA IhlA morning on thp tlnll
IfpOn Johnson tho DanlOppnt aOt Tho
following particulars, although no
WIN pA,illOiA enough 10 any ha knew
nothing VI hlA own hnoWlndRn nbOnl
Ihu killing, bnl rnlnlnd only Whnl WIS
tOll bN n NOnnA nlnll who MnH present
Whhn IhN lnlnl decd WINS done, 1'hn
llnDn Ot lllR Young lnnn johnson could
mi pnnOllnol, llo RooA by Ihn llnIno "
DOlh
lohn knjnlh ~ II pNlIloman md haA
n pnnph On lpODknd creek nnnp lho
Pryor mOnnlnIDa lIla nonpost neigh
bDp Wnn lin mnpleppO nlnll, Noble
l3pllIDn who nlAO Ind Onllln. fehlAPs
llny another nnlRhbop, Kelsey, hired
lbflllOn nnd IDOn 10 drive hOmn onttle
fDp him, An Doe pelnlee II They lind
uplvnn lin nnIIln nlDnH Tho POND md
Wppu 1nAt IN front Of kn1nthA hONAn
when KnJnth pnme Ouf with u plfp IN
hls llnnda and, swearing III them, do
lllAndpd IO know what lhey were drlys
Inv HIN pnttlN Tor. 'l'his VIVA hatWnei
ll,nn md | ID hi yesterday, Neither
DIltIDn nOp DOp WIS nplllad, l3pltlDn
slNvlod towards knlath, Wlnn lho
lnlIer ilrad, AhOOtlH HpitlOn IN Tho
hvpnAl nlld Instantly killing him. Doc
Anlll Kn1AIh then npAd llyo shots nj
him, DNt missed linn Doe lhan oalllp
10 lrldHup and tOld hlt story 10 the
aN,S Hoe, Johnson Ahys llnl when lle
Wnt 1ntt starting rOp had hodHe ha
holtll Doc any IN nllAWar 10 " Jnnly I'M
lO Nlelhap nplllDll WIS nnnd, hfes,
lla nNt ba dend fOp hlA bFnilA were
uOn NV Ont, /"
M IN statement IN contradictory Of
lho Dpnop ono lllnl llrlltoll WINS Ahot
IN Y bvnaAt, Dnl allowance must Da
lnndA fOp lhe Rpant ehellnnlent under
which Tho yDllla lllnn lnhOpau,
knlAIh lIan IOOh napDAA tho Pryor
lnOnnlninH, whether 10 hide Op 10 40
IN l|illilgH IN not known, H0 Heaps
nh ADutplnt In ono Of thn Billings bhlIhh
nnd MI tAnn tlnn lived In Yellowstone
OnnntypknylnA hephod sheep fop !, p,
D'DOnf1|l tnn ynapA nHO, before lln
lind lnlhE.y enough IO RO inlO business
gOp lhn&Alr, lle ppOtlnppl III tho
sInuy EinnHt, hnl aOln Ollt n year ~
n) aRO |ln hna hann nllRnHed III nnItlo
nvoWlD ainpn, Ile Inns always b0vne
h ROOd tnpnlnllDn llnpplOfOpn,
'll'hn llilnnnA npe hn hnH R0lln IN hill.
Inns Ii uIyn himself np IN ttle sheriff
lllppn, Who're lln llnn fplnllllA'
jipjtInl'n younger brother, Wesley,
WIS I'M tnWll snHlnpahy W inhh 0ill nv
fpat Naturalization Inl,nph, lha Nrll=
IONS hSIllH annndinna by birth When
I'M llMlvd iIn lnrplblo AlOpy NJ hia
hvoIhOps mnr1ep ho lpff vi ollan fop