Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-12-13

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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.. Fleltt was very methodical and
regular3in his habits and always went
out to feed and bed down his horses
at about 5 o'clock. He did so on
Wednesday evening, but on not COM
ing home atsLhe 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 its face in
the, hay having been shot with a re-
3volyer bullet shrough the back of his
head which had caused Instant death.
Over 81 COO of the currency belongin
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 M APPLETON, when he drove in with
his team about 10 minutes before the
arrival of the s p. m. train for the
east Ss He left the Doyle team with
R. Lester and wrote a note to Doyle
TO which he is said to sign Testers
name, telling him to come for his rig.
Mr.. Doyle got the note about noon
the next day and recovered his team
that night. q,
The man seems to have bought a
ticket to Fargo. reaching here at $50
and left for the east at 8.
Sheriff McLaren and deputies
worked might and day after the news
LOT the crime had reached them and
reprints of a picture of Remington
owned by Hamlin, the Casselton pho
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|tographer, were taken and distributed
lin places where he would likely be
found Upon questioning, it was
learned that when Remington drove
Iinto 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
Eemerge from the building and look
down the road to see5if the teams were
coming. The elevator was run by
horsepower and the animals were
stalbled in a small addition to the
building and were fed hay from the
toSSVuu5 SUI y. i uS 1lt1 y Lily, W " clo
reached by a door from the Office, after!
/ which ladder was to be assembled
1 1t seems that bout ) o clock Flett, ac-,
cording to his usual habit, ascended
i the ladder to feed the horses their
| hay and had thrown down one fork
full when his attention was called to
Isomething 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 a shovel
(which was braced in such 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 a seat direct
Fly in 'FRONT.' of the sheriff, who was on
1.-The train. with an insane prisoner.
j He paid his fare TO COnduc ctcr Matt
Walsh with a S. bill and received,
change. Upon his arrival in Fargo
he took supper at the Headqua rte1s.
3hptel and afterwards purchased some.
1cigars at Chas WI ilson s cigar store.
This was the last seen 81 him in North
Dakota at that time.
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tier q trial continuing for four.
days, Remington was found guilty and.
the evidence showed that he had made
5shres confessions as to his guilt He
was sentenced TO life Imprisonment
Iduring the latter part Of November in
1901 and this makes his term up to.
1.-The latter part Of last month nine.
years ;Is