Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-01
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the iron on the top was out of sight,
as the barrel would turn sideways. 1t
was not sideways when she saw his
coat on it that morning. In answer
to other questions as to what held the
bucket up, the witness said she did
not know, unless the singletree being
against the lower pulley kept lit up.
The witness said she did not know the
blood had been removed by May.
Witness said she thought in falling
Harry must have fallen over the we'll,
and struck on the curbing. If the
blood was eighteen inches or two feet
from the we'll, she could not under
stand how he could lie there and
bleed that much and then fall in the
we'll, unless when he was coming to
from his Inconsistencies he had
moved and then fallen in.
Considerable other testimony was
taken as to circumstances at the
Hibbs ranch before the death of Harry
Hibbs. The last Of the testimony
was taken at about s o'clock, and the
jury, after consulting for two hours,
returned the following verdict:
An inquisition holden at Bismarck,
in Burleigh county, state of North Da-
kota, on the 18th, Goth. 25th, Goth,
Goth, Both and 31st days of January,
1902, before John White. coroner, up
on the body of Harry G.. Hibbs there
lying dead, by the jurors whose names
are hereunto subscribed, the jurors
upon their oaths do say: That on
January 18th, 1902, that at the ranch
of Harry G. Hibbs, in said county and
state, by force and violence used by
jeff May, with some blunt instrument,
the kind and particular form of same
being unknown, the said Harry G.
Hibbs came to his death feloniously,
the said Jeff May then and there in
his hands holden said blunt instru-
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him, the said Harry G. Hibbs, on the
head and did then and there kill him,
the said Harry G. Hibbs.
In testimony whereof the said jur-
ors have hereunto set their hands the
day and year aforesaid.
JOHN SWEET
H. w. RICHHOLT,
CHAS. WACHTER,
Jurors.
Attest: JOHN WHITE,
Coroner, Burleigh County, N. D.
Mr.. May will probably not be ar
raigned until Monday, when he will
be taken before Justice Tibbils for a
preliminary examination on the
charge of murder. The offense is not
a bailable one and the prisoner will
have to remain in Jail, awaiting the
outcome of his trial. He feels his
position keenly, and is under a severe
strain as he realizes his position.
The affair is a lamentable one, from
whatever standpoint it is considered.
The officials have been careful in their
inquiry and returned a verdict only
after satisfying themselves that it was
justified and warranted by the evil
dence and circumstances surrounding
the case, and that it was necessary in
the interests of justice. Doubtless,
as the matter progresses, more light
will be thrown on the matter, and I'M
til that time it will be and should be
considered calmly and dispassionately,
without desire to do injustice t o n
one concerned, and with the sole OBJ
ject of seeing that justice be done,
and that if there wa afcrime, the per-
petrator be punished. Coroner
White, States Attorney Allen and the
members of the jury have been I
est and conscientious in their effort
to get to the bottom of this case, and
will leave nothing undone that may
tend to bring the whole facts to light.
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