The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-28
The BIlad Plggsrs Of Psrtal Are
In The Tells, Al Editor
implicated.

Last Saturday morning the
flourishing border town, Portal,
was the scene of some lively do
ings, when a raid was made on
the blind piggers who were prac-
ticing their high handed lawless-
ness at that place. Both Amer
lean and Canadian officers figur.
ed in the cleanup and reports
are that one of the Canad ian
mountedt'police conducted him.
self in such manner as is likely
to bring on him a trial by court
martial and probably a term of
Imprisonment.
The most sensational part of
the occurrence is the arrest of
Galen P. Makee, publisher of the
Portal international, who is
charged with the serious crime
of assisting in the escape of the
prisoners. Makee is charged
with leading party who boarded
the train on which were being
held in custody the prisoners ar
rested and forcing the engineer
to back his train into Canada,
where the prisoners were arrest
ed by Canadian officials on a
charge of jumping a board bill on
that side of the line. Regarding
the occurrence the Minot Daily
Optic in it's issue of Tuesday has
to say:
Galen P. Makee, the Portal
editor, was placed under arrest
at II o'clock this morning at
Judge L. j. Palda's Office where
he was seeking legal advise.
Makee was not arrested Monday
as was reported, but came to
Minot on the morning train and
spent portion of the night at
the Leland Hotel. This morning
he appeared upon the streets of
the city and as soon as the fact
of his presence became known to
the officials, a warrant was issued
charging him with assisting the
Canadian officers to take twopri.
soners from Deputy Sheriff
George John r. Matthews, the
village marshal at Portal, and
William Dutch, also of Portal,
were arrested early this morn.
ing as they were alighting from
from the 500 train. All day Mon
day they remained in Canada as
they did not care to spend the
day in the Portal Jail. It is un.
derstood that they came to Minot
for the purpose of giving them
selves up to the authorities.
These two men are charged with
assisting the prisoners, Arm
strong and Mills. to escape.
Makee, Mathews and Dutch
were givena preliminary
before Judge Murray this morn.
ing. They waived examination
and were bound over to the dis.
trict court for trial, the bonds in
each case being fixed at $4O0,
which was furnished.
Pat Armstrong, who with
David Mills, were the principals
In the disturbances at Portal
Saturday morning has secured
bonds in the sum of $500 and has
been released from custody. At.
torney Greenleaf appeared in
court for Armstrong.
With the capture of Makee,
Matthews and Dutch, the Ward
county authorities have landed
the whole bunch of alleged Por'
tai disturbers, with the except.
ion of the two Peters, who will
probably remain on the Canadian
soil. Sheriff Lee expected te
experience considerable trouble
in landing the men who are
alleged to have been the arch
J conspirators in the Portal trouble
; but their arrest was accomplish
ed with ease.
It has been long time since
the piggers of Portal have re
ceived a good trimming" but
they will no doubt have good
cause to remember, for some
time to come their ''brave deeds
! committed last Saturday morn
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