Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-09-21


This caused him to start to look up and
he asked who's that. He looked at the
rear of the COW and he saw two forms
and heard voice say sits me, you
- - - -, and you give
me that money or III kill you," and he
shot at the same time. The shot struck
Bryant in the right breast and knocked
him down. He scrambled to his feet,
and Alberts kept on shooting. The Sec
of them killing the COW Bryant had
been milking-the fourth shot tore a
hole through Bryant's left arm, the next
shot missed and the sixth shot struck
Bryant in the right leg near the hip.
Alberts' revolver being empty Bryant
started to make his way out among the
cattle and he heard Alberts say, "If the
old man gets to the house is there any
thing there he can shoot WITH" He
recognized his daughters voice when
she replied, "No, have taken care of
that" Bryant knowing from this that
his daughter had done away with the
two rifles and the revolver that were in
the house, made his way through the
grove and around to the barn which
was some distance from the COW yard,
hitched up team and started for And
Ae,h a Nv tho x-ar1 he
drove slow so as to attract no attention
and he heard Alberts tell his daughter,
eve got three loads left for the sheriff,
if that - comes after me, and if
Bryant, the old - shows
up here again I'll finish him" Bryant
drove to Andover, consulted Lawyer
Ellwood, made his will leaving every
thing, in case of his death, TO his son,
w. A. Bryant, of South Boardman,
Mich, found doctor and had his three
wounds dressed and then found Sheriff
Gross, who happened to be in Andover
that night, to whom he told the story
of his attempted murder
Sheriff Gross testified that he was in
Andover the night of the shooting and
as soon as he learned of the crime he
got his deputies, Gross and Passage, and
went after the criminal. At the Bry.
ant home he found the woman who told
him of the shooting. He found both OF
the rifles where they had been hidden,
one of them being behind tho girls bed.
He asked her which way Alberts had
gone and she told him that the last time
she had seen him he was going down
the road, walking toward the south.
When she was questioned by Deputies
Gross and Passage about the number OF
horses in the barn she misinformed the
men as to the number which should
have been there. The sheriff not hav-
ing got description of Alberts before
he left Andover, he asked Mrs. Davis
for description of HIM, and she gave
him description of man which did
not tally with the man at all when he
found him. The sheriff left his two
deputies at the farm and started for
Pierpont. Just before reaching Pier
pont he met grey saddle horse with
out rider, and he learned it belonged
to Bryant. At Pierpont he got the
marshal and went to the hotel where
they found three men sleeping in one
room. One of these men answered the
description given by Mrs. Davis almost
to the letter and the sheriff questioned
him very closely and the man was able
to give a good account of himself. The
sheriff asked him if his name was
Alberts and the defendant, who was
sleeping in another one of the beds,
said, "I'm the - that shot
that old - and hit him three times.
Is he dead, if he amt I'll go back and
finish him. told the girl that l would
make tor the Great Northern and get
out on that, but was too late 50 came
here and scared the horse back and was
going to take the train north in the
morning but guess wont now" He
claimed to the sheriff that he shot Bry-