Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-12-12
MURDER OF
STUDZINSKI
Plumber Stolen From the Old Mans
Shack is Found Under the Ar.
gus Building.
SOLUTION OF MYSTERY NEAR
Ed. Martin Expects to Pace His Hand
on the Murderer Within a Few
Hours

The Studzinski MUIR case. so pro-
life of sensations in tn past. has lust
developed another one which bids fair
to overshadow all thu others. and to
! furnish a solution to the mystery that
has so long baffled tn best efforts of
the officers. A part OF the loot stol-
en- from Studzinski's place on the
night the old man was so foully muir
| Gered has been found. ana Under Sher-
if Ed. Martin, who brought the plum
der to light, is confident that by to-
morrow night he will place his hand
upon the murderer
How It Was Discovered.
| The finding of the loot came about
ii remarkable way. some two
weeks ago Hal DelZer, WAC is employ
cd by the i.cwistown- Billings Mutual
Telephone company, was assigned to
/ the task of running wires into the
! Argus office. In order to put these
wires through the floor at the front of
the building, he crawlcd under the
| floor, entering through a small trap
door that was cut in at the time the
water works system was installed. and
which has never been used since.
There is no basement in the building,
the space between the floor and the
! ground being only a couple of feet.
and in some places less than that. AS
Delzer crawled along in this limited
space, he found a new suit case well
under the building. Naturally he was
very much surprised at his find. but
did not realize its Importance. In
stead of reporting the matter to tn
| business manager or some one connect
et with the office. ne kept the mat
ter to himself until few nights ago,
when he told his room mate, Mr. Farm
er, about it. The latter was telling an
other man about it, and this conversa-
ton being overheard. as it occurred in
public place, it was reported to Mr.
Martin. The officer started out Sun
day night to run the report down. and
! quickly traced it to Mr.. Dclzer. who
fully confirmed it.
He Begins Work.
Having placed himself in posses
sion of all the information obtainable
on the outside, the officer next called
up Halsey r. Watson, manager of the
Argus, and asked permission to make
a search. Mr.. Watson not only gave
this. but came down to the office to
| assist in it, and early Monday morn
ing. Mr.. Martin. taking a lighted can
che, entered the space under the floor.
| He crawlel along until well toward
the front of the building. and at the
point described by Delzer found the
suit case. Looking about little fur
ther Mr.. Martin unearthed another suit
case, and with these finds, started
back toward the trap door Before
reaching it, he caught Whit of the
contents, and called out to those wait
ing that he had the Studzinsk loot.
He was right. 1t needs to be said that
the old man used a peculiar spice ball
OF some sort for keeping in his furs,
and this scent permeated everything
ir his room All who ,isited the Stud
zinski place following the murder be
came quite familiar with the singular
OdOr and they will ever remember it,
This was impressed particularly mp
en- Mr.. Martins senses, as he was in
the old mans shack very frequently.
and he says that as soon as he drew
the suit cases to him under the build
irg, the old, familiar scent was very
plain, and he knew Just as well then
that he had some of the old Jews prop
crty as ne did later when the cases
were opened. In making his way I'M
der the floor. Mr.. Martin was unfOr-
tunate enough to come in contact with
a sharp nail or wire, and this tore an
| ugly wound in his head, so that when
he emerged the blood was pouring ov-
Ell his face in a small stream. A small
| artery had apparently been severed,
and the loss of blood was consider
able until DR.. A1tix dressed the wound
Cases Are Opened.
Wnen the suit cases We're opened
they were found to contain three sill
yer watches and a gold watch, one
large loaded revolver in its scabbard
and attached to a belt another belt
and some cheap jewelry. All of this
was stolen from the StudZinski place
after the murder. The suit cases We're
new, and in addition 10 the StudZinski
loot, contained a pair of ladies Slip
pers, four pairs of cors2ts and several
other articles of wOmen's apparel II
was soon brought out that these tlings
as well as the suit cases. were stolen
from the Golslen Rule store about
June 90 last, when the place was burg
lalZied. Mr. Atkins one OF the pro
prietOrs of the store, was at once sent
for, and after the goods had been fully
identified, the next move in the game
was considered. Here it is necessary
to state that last Thursday night an
ctner burglary was committed at he
Golden Rule, this being the fourth dur
ing the present year. On this last oc
casion, the money left in the cash
register and till, aggregating perhaps
$40. was taken, but so far as known,
nothing else was stolen. An entrance
to the place had been gained by Iry-
ing up rear window, and from this
window, footprint were found leading
to the rear door Of the Democrat of
flee, a short distance away. These
footprints had been made by nan
wearing a No. shoe At Mr.. Akins'
suggestion, il Wa decided to maze
search of the house occupied by Char
les r. Bebb, a printer employed "a the
Democrat, and who would make such
foot print as that found The party