Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-12-21

which he said he expected would be
hauled in for him during that after
noon. About 5 o'clock he was seen
by a. young lady near the elevator and
this was the last seen of him in Ar
thur.
Mr.. Flett was very methodical and
regular in his habits and always went
out to feed and bed down his horses
at about o'clock. He did so ON
Wednesday evening, but on not COM
ing home at the usual hour, his wife
went to look for him. She was un-
able to find him in the elevator. and
the depot agent assisted in the search,
and upon his ascending a ladder lead
ing to the hayloft, over the stable,
which joined the elevator, he found
the body of Flett lying ON it's face in
the hay, having been shot with a re-
volver bullet through the back of his
head, which had caused instant death.
Over $1,000 of the currency belonging
to the elevator company, which he
carried on his person, was gone as was
his watch and revolver, which he al
ways carried.
The next heard of Remington was
at Mapleton, when he drove in with
his team about 10 minutes before the
arrival of the S p. m. train for the
east. He left the Doyle team with
r. Lester and wrote note to Doyle
to which he is said to ,sign Lester's
name, telling him to come for his rig.
Mr. Doyle got the note about noon
the next day and recovered his team
that night.
The man seems to have bought a
ticket to Fargo, reaching here at $50
and left for the east at 3.
Sheriff McLaren and deputies
worked night and day after the news
of the crime had reached them and
reprints of a picture of Remington
owned by Hamlin, the Casselton pho
tographer, were taken and distributed
in places where he would likely be
found. Upon questioning, it was
learned that when Remington drove
into Arthur, Fle'tt was standing on
the steps of one of the stores talking
to two men and, seeing Joe drive up
to the elevator, he walked across, the
men accompanying him. They all
went into the Office and Remington
stated that he had three loads of
wheat on the way and that he would
await their arrival. All of the men
remained in the elevator for some
time, after which the two men left.
Several times during the afternoon
Remington and Flett were seen to
emerge from the building and look
down the road to see if the teams were
coming. The elevator was run by
horsepower and the animals were
stabbed in a small addition to the
second story. The hay NOW was
reached by a door from the Office, after
which ladder was to be ascended.
1t seems THAT about ) O'Clock Flett, ac-
cording to his usual habit, ascended
the ladder to feed the horses their
hay and had thrown down one fork
full when his attention was called to
something outside and he walked over
to the window to see if the teams had
arrived. This was the chance coveted
by the assassin who shot just as Flett
turned away from the window. He
fell forward on his face dead and the
murderer robbed his victim and
blocked the door leading to the hay
NOW from the outside with shovel
which was braced in such a manner
as to make exit from the NOW impos-
sible. He then went to Mapleton
where he boarded the train for Fargo
as stated above and took seat direct
ly in front of the sheriff, who was on
the train, with an insane prisoner.
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Walsh with a So bill and received
change. Upon his arrival in Fargo
he took supper at the Headquarters
hotel and afterwards purchased some
cigars at Chas. Wilson's cigar store.
This was the last seen of him in North
Dakota at that time.
After a trial continuing for four
days, Remington was found guilty and
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
during the latter part OF November in
1891 and This makes his term up to
the latter part of last month nine
years.