Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-02-03
IS CAPTURED
Man Wanted for the Murder of Simon
WEIGH Northeast of the City
Captured at Superior.
Sheriff Bogue and States Attorney
Allen Leave Sunday Afternoon
to Bring Him Here.
WEIGH Was Shot and Killed in May
1900, and Ctilkoff Believed to
l. be the Murderer.

States Attorney Allen and Sheriff
Bogue left on the afternoon train Sun
day for West Superior, where they
were called by a telegram from the
chief of police stating that he had in
custody there Ulic Chilkof, wanted
here for the murder of Simon Welch,
a bachelor farmer, at his farm north
east of the city in May, 1900. Since
a day or two after the murder Chill
koff has been missing, and this is the
first trace of him obtained by the au-
thorities. Requisition papers upon
the governor of Minnesota for the ex-
tradition Of Chilkoff were taken by the
officers, who, from the statement re-
ceived by the West Superior officer are
confident they have the right man
A few days ago a telegram was re-
ceived by Chief of Police Ritchey from
the West Superior officer, asking ii
the officials here were still looking for
a man who killed a farmer near this
city eighteen months ago. An affirm
alive reply was sent and Sheriff Bogue
sent a description of the man wanted.
Sunday morning a telegram was re-
ceived stating that Ulic Chilkoff was
in custody there, and asking the Off
Gals here to come and take him into
custody. A letter received in the
meantime stated that information had
been obtained there that a man work.
ing in the lumber woods near there
answered the description. and that
word was received that he had killed
a man near Bismarck eighteen months
ago.
The murder for which Chilkoff is
wanted will be remembered here. The,
victim was Simon Welch, who lived
alone in a little farm house four or five
miles northeast of the city. His
body was found lying OF the floor O.
his cabin, neal the stove, as though
he had lain there and died while sleep
ing. Further investigation revealed
that Welch had been foully murdered.
There was a bullet hole in the side of
his head, near the ear, following back
to the back of the neck and penetrat-
ing the brain, causing instant death.
1t was generally believed that Welch
had kept a considerable sun of money
in his house, and this knowledge is be-
lieved to have been the cause of the
crime. A box in the cellar in which
Welch is supposed to have kept his
money was rifed.
A coroner's jury held an inquest and
returned a verdict that WEIGH ha
come to his death by shooting, at the
hands of Ulic Chilkoff. There were
a number of matters tending to con-
meet Chilkoff with the crime. In the
first place, his actions in the city at
about the time were suspicious, he
having been absent from his usual
haunts at about the time the murder
is supposed to have been committed.
Further information was obtained to
the effect that Chilkoff had been Wis
iting Welch's occasionally, presuming
gaining the confidence of the vict
with a view to ascertaining whether a
robbery of the place would be profit
able. Chilkoff was a graduate of the
state penitentiary, where he had served
a term, and was an all around suspi-
cious character. As soon as the muir
der was discovered he went north, to
a graders camp near Wilton. There
he learned that he was suspected of
having committed the murder, and he
left the place suddenly, a few minutes
before the officers reached there to ar
rest him. He went east, and was fol-
lowed for several days but managed
to elude his pursuers and is beliey:s'
to have boarded a freight train some
where on the 500 and gone to Mime
apolis, where he was lost sight of.
Since that time he has not been heard
from until the telegram recently re-
ceived from the West Superior police.
What tends further to confirm the be-
lief that the officers have the right
man is the fact that Chilkoff's old
stamping ground was in the vicinity
Of Duluth and West Superior.
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