The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-03-16
George Wagar Did Not Stand Trial
for killing His Brother In
" Cleveland.
The Victim Was John Wsgar
of Tower city In This
State.

lNiSFSIdhu, hdtSH iO.--OSO. w agar,
indicted for murder in the second de-
gree and with shooting to kill, was al
lowed to plead guilty to nanslaughter
and to shooting to kill, before Judge
Neff. 'a-'' ~'F>
The maximum penalty for. man
slaughter is 20 years in the penitentiary
that for shooting to kill is IS years.
Wagar may therefore receive "a sen-
tence of IS years. He will be sentsn-
ced Saturday. &,.&
Wagar paced back and forth In the
long bull pen at the county Jail Tues
day afternoon. His eyes werefred and
there we're dark circles about them.
He has slept but little since that night
of the tragedy in the old "Wagar home
stead. .--5 .,.e. sE-.y4.~
Perhaps in the dreams that come
with ftful aslumber, he sees again en-
acted the terrible, scenes OF that night.
He talks but little with his prison mates
and when he does it is of something
removed from the subject Of the slay-
ing of John Wagar, his brother OF
Tower City, N. D. lr. $50
ITS all a hideous nightmare to- me
d 4
reporter, a few minutes after he had
pleaded. .,.. - ..<, E
IF it had not been for the unfor-
tunate shooting of Kiaafiyer / would
not have pleaded guilty" he said. tT
and | believe | would have been clear
ed There is more to this. case, than
people generally think Some day
&Io IL II =.
and then there will be a reversal Of
feeling. am not all to blame Tor
this. ,o....z. "a Il. e,
Il was crazed with liquor and prob
ably did not know what / was doing,
Let me give this advice to the young
men: Leave whisky and faro alone.
Whisky is a good servant but very
bad master. No, / was not IAN habit
ual drunkard. / did not drink too. much,
but | was sure that the habit did not
have, the better OF me. It's too late
low too late" r r: ~ - -: q
Wagar is somewhat given tog boast
ing OF his life i'll the west, espcciallysof
bis exploits in the gambling hells of
Wyoming. "Wfiy, / have walked into
those places" he said Tuesday when
there would be half hundred men
there. Yes, and i bucked the tiger
pretty strong in those days. Sometimes
would 'win and sometimes I would
lose. Generally it was lose, however.
Why, man was safer there than The
is on the streets Of this city,, I'D
He .ranibled from one topic to an
other in his talk. First he would say
something Of the trouble with
his brother, and then about Wyoming
or Arizona. l,e.,sg. as1,ssrss- Ma gS.s.ss,ass
y John was not particularly quarrel
some, but he had a good right to be-"
he said once. There may have been
some humorain this to him, as he smil-
ed as he said it. "'.I don't remember
a great deal that happened that night.
It is more Of a dream than anything
else. | can't remember {, one thing
about shooting Klaafnyer. don't even
remember his being lat the house
If ] had not killed John that night
| would have left for Arizona or Brit
ish Columbia the next day. had
told him that | was going and had
packed my. clothes for the trip. But
its too late now ! hope the judge
will be leniert with me. z
In court Wagar was represented by
Attys. Walter, D.. Meals. ex-J Judge
Dellenbaugh and Horace Neff, The
moment Wagar was brought into the
court room Prosecutor Keller, after d
conference with Wagar's attorIseys, an
nounced that the state was, willing to
accept pleas Of guilty to iilanslatghtcr
and Shooting to- kill.
" At Wagars time of life,' said
Keeler afterwards the combined sen
fences will be practically tie same as
life Imprisonment, which IS tile penaity
for second degree murder, 4 4 : ssl
Wagar IS 81 years Old and uiiinar-
Mars Wagar. David Wagar. Ernest
Hall and Mrs. III C.. Hall. relatives of
the prisoner, were in the courffooiii
They remained outside the railiiig.
Wagar looked at them calmly and
nodded. He was composed and took
an intense interest in tie brief pro-
ceedings. M 3 n 49,
Wagar shot and killed Ills broti,er
John Wagar, of TowerslGity, N. III.
at the Wagar homestead Iii Lakewood.
on the night OF Jan. "a, Ioo5 dstiieh
|barricaded himself la the house, and
for hours held at bay d sllcriff's posse
and large number of policemen aud
others Patrolinari John Klaamyer,
Of Lakewood, attempted to- enter The
house, and was shot down BY Wagar.
who, Winchester iii hand. stood guard
at ali upstairs window Klaaniyer has
been discharged from the hospital,
though hc has not yet entirely rccoser-
(ed from his wound. A damage soft
tor $I 900, begun by Klaamyer agaiiist
svagar, h now pending III the common
pleas court:
Wagar was captured by Toy. Mar
shall former ex shal VI axe
wood, who recently died of heart dis
lease, Marshall exhibited great co}Is-
/ age. When all others stood ba6k.
AFRAID even to enter the ward of NE
Wagar house, he alone pas sed iiilto tlle