Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-07

The arrest last Friday of H. Ray
Long. Edward w. Taylor and A. Ju-
lius Heinicke on the charge of hav-
ing murdered Samuel Studzinski on
the night of Aug. % last created a
sensation in this city that was, per-
haps, even greater than that caused
by the murder itself. The action TAX
en- came as complete surprise to
the community, and was painful
shock. All three men were ararigned
in Justice of the Peace McFarland's s
court yesterday afternoon, and each
entered plea of not guilty. The pre-
liminary hearing in the case of Taylor
was set for Saturday next at 10 a. M,
| but no time was fixed for the other
cases, although Justice Mcfarland ex-
pressed his willingness to set them
for Friday, and that will probably be
done. The defendants are, of course,
held without bail at the county Jail.
Due to Pinkerton Man.
The arrests were due to the work
done here during the past six weeks
| by PinkertOn detective from SpO.
kane, who came here about six weeks
ago, having been employed by the city
to take up this case. His presence in
the city has been known by number
Of people, and from the first he has
been operating more or less in con-
junction with the sheriff's office. A
number of theories that received at.
tention at the hands of the officers
since the commission of the murder
were run down in turn by the man
from Spokane, and not Oe of them
would stand the test of careful investi
| cation. 1t is no violation of conf
dence to say that along about the end
Of the month affairs were in such
shape that solution of the mystery
through the efforts of the detective
were not hoped for, and it was not
supposed his employment on the case
would continue much longer. About
that time the phase of the case relat
ing to the three men now under ar
rest was once more brought to his at
tention through certain developments
and this end of the inquiry was re
newed.
What Led to Suspicion.
|
tion was naturally called to these
three men from the very start from
the mere fact that they were batch
ing together in the small house i'm
mediately in the rear of the Studzin
ski place, on the corner of First ave
nue. and Main street. The idea at the
start was that some one of these three
men, owing to their opportunities fol
observation, might be able to throw
scme light on the case through pos
sible knowledge of men who callec
at Studzinski's, or through their fam
iliarity with the old mans habits
But they knew nothing that served t(
aid the officers at all. and were drop
pede out of the matter. 1t will be re
membered that when Alex BransOr
testified at the coroners inquest, hi
stated that the old man came to hit
saloon at about $3.50 o'clock Wednes
day night, Aug. 23, and when asked
ii he was not out rather late, replied
that he was, but that his neighbOrs
we're coming in or had come in. The
statement was allowed to rest there
at the time, but subsequently,, Mr.
BransOn said that the expression my
neighbors" was used more or less fre
qrently by Studzinski, and he asked
him, prior to the night of the murder
t, whom he referred. He said HI
meant Long and Heinicke. 1t appear!
that both these men were on more
or less intimate terms with Studzin
ski. Long paid the rent for the place
they were living in to the old mar
as the agent of P. E. Anderson, own
er of the house. and Studzinski seem'
to have been attracted to Heinicke
He liked bright, hustling young fel
low, and Heinicke filled this bill ex
, actly, SO that they were upon the mos
friendly terms. These facts, coupled
with the old mans expression tina
night, led the detective to take VI
this phase of the case more carefully
and ascertain all the details of tn
association of these men with Stud
, zinski. 1t developed that Taylor alone
of the three. did not know the oil
; man. The others were frequently il
his company and he appears to hav
been delighted to have them come an
see him. The detective also spent
! little time chasing down a report t
the effect that a certain man said h
saw Studzinski very much later Of
the night in question, and that StuG
;. zinski said Long and Heinicke wer
! in his house at that time. This clu
/, did not pan out we'll, and the stOr
t probably started through misundel
standing as to what the party to whor
: it was credited really said. Olive
Jutras, who has tin shop next to tn
5 Srudzinski place, also threw littl
, light on the matter, but it could nc
bc definitely ascertained that eithe
'. of the men were there on that parti'
2 ular night, so that this theory largel
t rests upon the remark made by tn
old man at Branson's saloon whe
/ he went there for beer. With thl
q start, however, the detective was abl
!. to learn all he wanted to about th
l. habits of the three men, who wei
l. under his surveillance for a long tim
e 1t is said that Long was spending MOI
/, money than he could afford to, an
that the lives of all three Of the me
o were what might be called irregula
t Their every move was watched, an
t the suspicion that they might be IL
Il guilty parties was strengthened in Il
mind of the detective by their gener