Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-02-13
Alleged Murderer of Simon WEIGH
Brought Back to Bis.
mdrCk.
Did Not Seem to be Bothered Much
by Ugly Charge Against
Him.
Police Are Looking For An Im-
portdnt Witness In
The Case.


Patterson came in Wednesday evening
from Bismarck, and returned with
the man Chilkotf, wanted by the
authorities of Burleigh county and
captured in Michigan. Chilkotf was
an ignorant looking fellow and laugh
ed and talked with people on the
train. He was smoking cigar when
the train pulled into jamestown and
eyed Allen and Patterson suspiciously
when they entered the smoking car.
Chilkotf was dressed in his working
clothes. He served three years in the
penitentiary at Bismarck for stealing
a bicycle.
The West Superior authorities were
notified that Chillkoff was wanted for
the murder in May 1900 Of WEIGH, the
Bismarck miser, by man who had
worked in the same camp with Chill
koff in the woods. Chilkoff had con-
fesSed the murder to another man in
the camp and he in turn told it to the
man who informed the police. Efforts
are now being made to locate the man
to whom Chilkoff confessed. The re-
ward of $500 for the capture of Chill
ko6 goes to the West Superior Chief
Of Police. In case of conviction $500
more goes to the chief and he is max
ing a big effort to secure the fellow
Chilkoff told about the crime.
Chilko6 denies that he committed
the crime but is expected to weaken.
He will be obliged to explain his
movements and it is thought doubtful
II he can do fo.
Bismarck Tribune: The crime is
alleged as having occurred on May 20,
the date on which the body OF WEIGH
was discovered. Chilkoff stated that
he could prove that he was not 1t
Welch's at that time, but was some
distance away. He also says he was
not at Welch's for three months be-
fore the crime was committed.
In explanation Of his fight, he said
that he heard that he was suspected
of the murder Of WEIGH, and that he
feared he wonld stand no chance il he
ShOald be arrested for the crime. He
says he went east, circled about for
time, and finally after few days got
a job pulling weeds for farmer. He
came to Dawson several days after he
left the railroad camp at Wilton. took
the train and got of at Casselton,
where he worked for several days on
the Dalrymple farm, after which he
went to Crookston, from which place
he drifted to West Superior, and into
the lumber woods. He has been there
since early last summer.
Chilkof takes the position that he
is a much abused individual. He
states that be was not guilty Of the
theft of a bicycle at Fargo for which
he was originally sent to the peniten-
tiary, but bought the wheel from an
other man. He attempted to escape
from the sheriff, when arrested for
this crime because, he says he feared
he would be convicted on general
principles.
Chlkoff was arraigned before JUS
tice Tibbils Thursday afternoon and
pleaded not guilty to the crime of
murder with which he is charged.
Bismarck, n. D.. Feb. S.--Ulric
Chilkotf had hearing Friday in Bis
marck fer the murder of Simon Welch.
The evidence against him was very
slim but Chilkoff was held for trial at
the May term of court. The only evi-
dence which might 90 to show that he
might have committed the crime was
that he left the state after hearing he
was suspected of the crime and that
he had been seen coming from We!ch'S
cabin a week before the murder oc-
CURED.
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