The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-09
While His Partner Sailed Forth
From the Rexford Timber to
Rustic GRUB FOR MURDERER
Various Railroad Camps Were Visited
and the CIew Taken Up There.
Two Deputies Held Up Bakers,
Near Johnson's Camp, and He
Aided Them UnwiIIingiy.

George O'Brien, the Rexrord muir
derer was caught near Johnson &
Brant's construction camp, IA miles
east of kexford Friday afternoon
about o'clock. Robert Bakers
made the arrest and TOOK his man
with little trouble. O'Brien was re-
turned to Hayden and brought u
Kalspell, arriving here on No. 4,
Sunday evening. At the time of
OBnen's capture, his partner. named
Dempsey, was also taken in and was
also taken to the county Jail here.
Dempsey and O Brien have been
together ever since the crime was
committed and the former is thought
to know about the whole affair, and
is held on a charge of giving aid to
an escaped prisoner. He would go to
the different camps and purchase
food for y Blien, who never ventuTed
beyond the safety of the dense tim
Der, Bakers, together with Deputy
Sheriff George Rich, have been hunt
ing for the two men since the kill
ing, and on Friday, Rich was called
to Jennings by information alleging
that they We're near there. In his
absence, Bakers continued the
search Of the different camps along
the new line, accompanied by Frank
Kearns. In the adjoining camp near
Johnson & Bryants they were told
that two men answering O'Brien's
and Dempsey's description had been
there some time before, but had
gone away. The officers surmised
that they were heading for Johnson's
and left for that place. After their
arrival, and just as they were tieing
their horses, Dempsey was seen com
ing down the trail toward them
They waited until he was near them
and then ordered hands up. He was
taken by surprise and lost no time
in obeying the command. Contrary
to expectation, he was unarmed and
it was undoubtedly due to that that
he was captured 50 easily. When
asked about O'Brlen, he claimed to
know nothing about him, and denied
having been with him. He displayed
much nervousness when placed under
arrest, and urged the officers to let
him 60, claiming to be innocent of
any crime.
Bakers and Koarns were not de
ceiVCd by his story. and he remained
in custody of the latter while the
former started out on a search of the
in ,n lipp,tinn ,,b;, n
Dempsey came 1t was hard work
as the dense underbrush made prog
ress slow, and for a long time the
officer hunted without finding any
trace of his man. At last he heard a
man cough and, going in the direction
from which the sound came, he
caught sight of O'Brien. The latter
started to run, but Bakers, cover
ing him with his gun ordered him
to stop. and he did So He submit
It'd to arrest quietly and made no re
sistance. He and Dempsey had evi
IDENTIFY made camp at that place as
their bedding was spread on the
ground, and preparations made for 8
stay He was searched. but likl
Demps y, he was unarmed.
The prisoner was ordered to rol
4 his bedding and taken to the con
/ struction camp. When he and Demp
sey We're brought together. they eX
! pressed great surprise. and shool
j hands. after the manner of long los
brothers. Their acting was too
coarse to carry conviction, and TIL,
officers think that they were carry
ing out prearranged plan to den!
any knowledge of each other.
Dempsey, according to the stor!
told Sheriff Gregg, by George l.;
Plante, an alleged Canadian officer
is wanted at Fernie, b. c., for mul
der. LaPlante met Rich and Bak
kers as they We're coming to Kalis
pell with their two prisoners, an,
after scraping an acquaintance witt
them and hearing their story, sal,
that Dempsey's real name was Johl
O'Neill, and that he formerly mad
his home at Fernie. At that place
so LaPlante claims, he sandbagge,
a man and robbed him. The inju"e
man died and the Canadian official
offered reward Of 81 900 for Demr
sey, who made good his escape. La
Plante claimed that he had beel
looking for him for several months
and that recently he had obtaine