Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-05-25
Authorities Offer 4 Reward for the Ar
rest Of Ulric Chilkof in the
WEIGH Case.
Man an Ex-convict, and Suspected d
Knowing Something Of the Muir
der Of WEIGH.
Was at Wilton Last Night, But Got
Wind Of Suspicion and Skipped
From There.
Officers Telegraph Descriptions Of the
Man and Hope for His Appre-
hension and Arrest.

Uric Chilkoff is wanted by the au-5
thorities as knowoing something Of
the murder Of Simon WEIGH at his
farm east OF the city. Chilkoff is a
Russian and an ex-convict who has
been about the city for several months.
He has worked as a laborer on farms
and was employed this spring by
Thomas Fortune in his tree planting
contract with the Northern Pacihs.
For the past five weeks he has been.
about the city idle, and apparently
without money. "A few days ago,2ac-.
scording to the reports that have
reached the authorities, he was seen
with money that he claimed came from
the old country. He left his usual.
haunts about the city Tuesday and it
was believed at first had gone to
Jamestown, as he stated he was going
there or to Minneapolis. Mayor Fat
terson went to jamestown with a
warrant Of arrest but a careful seart,l
of theScity failed to reveal Hin. In
the meantime reports reached the Off
GERS that he had Been at work norrttlhi
OF the city with a railroad grading
crew. Officer Hubert left yesterday:
evening for Wilton Ind reached there
at shortly after 10 O'Clock A night.
Today he telephoned down from will
ton that he had been about twenty
minutes too Late. ChilkoT had heard
that he was suspected and betaken
himself to parts unknown. Search
ing parties yer organized and are IN
search of him. In the meantime de-
scriptions Of Chilcof have been tele-
graphed to all parts OF the country.
a reward of 500 has been offered for
his apprehension. At last reports he
has not been apprehended. IA
The suspicion Of the authorities was
directed to ChilcolI by the statement
Of MCGEE, aneighbor, before the states
attorney and coroner when they went
out to view cne body. MCGEE told Of
q q who had been visiting occasion
ally with WEIGH, and who had been
coming to his place off and on through
the winter. He did not know the man.
but from statements made by WEIGH
of the man, which MCGEE repeated to
the officers, Chilcof was the man. At
one time WEIGH told MCGEE he had
"a hEs
gotten a dollar and given it to him to
buy a ham. At another time, so Nc
Gee said, not long after ChiIeof had
brought out Whiskey or liquor of some
kind to IWe1cn. Other statements
made by the man to Welch and re-
peated to MCGEE convinced the officers
that Chilkof was the man wanted.
They began to search for him at once.
But he had disappeared and the first
word received OF his whereabouts was
that from the officer at Wilton today
to the effect that he skipped from a
grading camp where he was at work
and had been for the past two or three
days. The foreman of the grading
camp was told that Chilkoff was sus-
pected and he told Chilkoff Of the fact.
It was not long before the man had
flown. O. :.
The fact that the "a has left so
suddenly confirms the officers in the
belief that he knows something Of the
case. Accordingly this afternoon they
have redoubled their efforts to find
him. Men have been sent out to the
north to look for him, and officers in
cities and counties where it is pos
sible for him to have gone have been
notified that he is wanted.
Chilkof is described as a Russian,
IS years Of age, five feet five and three
eighths inches in height, weighs 16C