Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-12-19
MURDER Is NO LONGER A MYSTERY


en- stories. They We're all in on the
Golden Rule job. Long entering the
mouse ana getting the swag while tho
other boys remained outside 1t must
he explained here that several ad-
ditional pieces of stolen property were
round IN different places in the Argus
building Sunday morning by Mr..
Watson and others of the force.
Among these things were a big revol-
| Yer, a box containing pair of lady's
snoes ana stockings. a kalk coat
some rings, a cap and mask made of
the upper portion of stocking.
1t Will be remembered a track made
by woman's shoe was found in the
| rear or the Golden Rule building on
| the morning after the robbery. Sher-
| man states that DR.. Long put on n
| palf Oh WomanS shoes IN order to
| make the officers believe that a wo
man was really mixed up in the bur
| elary. The boy went into detail i'm ex-
| planning various other jobs among
| them being the robbery or the post
Office which occurred on the 2Sth OF
| September He first stated that he
and DR.. Long We're in on that job, but
II being brought to his attention that
| pr. Long was in Chicago Oh that date.
| ne switched and said that his assist
ant on that occasion was Horton His
| lapsus lingua in that instance was not
| considered surprising by the officers
VINO had heard the boy glibly pour
out falsehood after falsehood con-
corning the affair
coming down to the croWning event
IN his chain of villany, the boy told
now The murder of Samuel Studzinski
was accomplished on the 23rd of last
August Together with Long. Gooch.
iiortop and Atchison he SAYS that he
went to the old mans place about II
O'Clock on that Wednesday night Ar
Ter accommodating for a few moments.
sherman was placed on Main street
IN front Of the cabin, Atchison in the
rear OF the building and Horton
snort way down First avenue DR..
Long and Walter Gooch went in and
ala the inside work 50 the boy stated.
Aitei tte Juh wa" done the loot. with
'he exception Of the money, was Civ
eh 70 sherman to place with the cache
| under the Argus building. Later DR..
/ Long gave him three twenty dollar
gold pieces his portion Of the
money secured from the old man. This
remarkable story COR lie, no one can
tell at this writinG) was told to Sher-
lff Slater. Under Sheriff Martin Depu-
| " Sheriff Silver,borne and tn. bows
! rather and mother. For the first time
| since his incarceration the boy mani
| rested some feeling during this recit.
! al IL really looked as il he might he
| teiliiiS the truth but in view of other
! circumstances. the utmost reliance
| was not to be placed in the statement.
However. the officers decided to an
prehehd the men named in the So
called confession and Ed Martin ar
rested Atchison on Main street and
Sherif Slater took Hortop in the low
en- part of town. They both appeared
greatly surprised when told of the ma
lHfe or the charge which would be fil-
ed against them, and upon arriving
at the Jail and being taken face to
race with Sherman Indignantly told
iihl that he knew that neither of them
was iinplicated in the affair as c!larg-
ed by him. Sherman maintained the
composure which has never forsakan
him to any particular extent and in
| SISTED that he was telling the truth
| Deputy Sheriff F'irman TuIock left
Sunday morning for FIatwillow to ar
rest Gooch, who Is running a band OF
/ sheep for Fon Jackman In the bad
| land country.
! Al TINS writing, Monday afternoon.
the officers believe that Sherman was
| deliDerately lying when he implicated
| Atchison, Hortop and GOoch and be-
| iofe TINS paper goes to press, the men
| VIII probably be turned loose There
/ are some facts with reference to DR.
Long which will have to be investi-
gated and his family and friends be-
lieve that he will also be able to prove
| beyond preadventure of a doubt that
| he was in no wise connected with the
| cases.
from all appearances, young Sher-
J man is showing himself to be one of
| the most " perverted young william
that ever broke into the criminal an
| hais OF the west. He has been prac-
| tically raised in this community.
having been brought to Lewistown by
| ms parents when he was but three
| years OF age. he is now in his nine
teenth year. He has always been held
| up as model of what real good.
manly boy should be. In school he
was bright and left there about five
| years ago to learn the printers trade
IN the office of the Fergus County Ar.
gus He rapidly learned the trade
/ and even mastered the miracles of tht
Merganthaler type setting machine.
| lie rapidly became a most valuable
man and was trusted implicitly by
| the proprietor of the establishment
| and his business manager. He was
| ever seen with Il smile on his face and
| no young man ever lived in the town
| who held the affections of the people
| at large to such an extent as jamie
| All or those things make his connec-
| ton with the murder of StudZinSki
/ ana the numerous burglaries and
! holdups which have been committed
| about the town all the more surpris-
| ing. Had he acted differently he
| might have at least retained the SYM
| pathy of the community, but his stOr-
| les which have implicated innocent
| men in his terrible acts and his heart
less falsehoods on every occasion have
| placed him in a most unfortunate po-
| Sifian in the minds of the nennla