Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-11-07
MURDER CHARGED
The Arrest Of Ray Long, Albert ieinCke and Edward
Taylor, Charged With Murder of Samuel Studzinski,
Causes Great Sensation.

The long expected sensation in the
Studzinski murder case developed last
Friday afternoon when Ray Long, Ed
ward Taylor and Albert Heinicke,
three we'll known young men Of this
city were arrested by different MEM
bers of the sheriff's force and confin-
ed in separate cells in the county jail.
Although it was expected that some
one living in the community would be
apprehended, the surprise was great
when the names Of the suspects were
announced.
A few days after the murder of
Studzinski, the city authorities got
into communication with the Pinker-
ton detective agency and they sent to
this city Mr.. Lavigne, one Of their best
men. No one except the officers knew
of his presence in the city and he
worked carefully over the ground and
gathered together such evidence as
was to be had in the rather mysteri-
Gus case.
Suspicion was first directed toward
Long, Taylor and Heinicke because of
the fact that they We're living in the
two-story frame house belonging to
Peter Anderson and situated only
few steps from the little shack in
which old man Studzinski lived and
was murdered. The boys moved into
the house sometime in the spring.
Heinicke is single man but Long and
were away the greater part of the
summer, both of them returning but
a few days since-just in time to see
their husbands dragged off to a felon's
cell, charged with the most heinous
crime known to man.
Taking the fact that the boys were
living near the scene of the murder as
a starter, the detective spent several
weeks looking into the records of the
young men, hunting up every bit of
evidence that could in any way con-
meet LlGul Will tllG Olu llldll Illu1 NtS1
and generally ferriting every fact of
every nature concerning the young
men.
In his testimony before the coroner's S
jury, held the next day after the dis
coyery of Studzinskis body, Alex
Branson, the colored man who runs
the First and Last Chance saloon, just
across the street from the Studzinski
cabin stated that, on the Wednesday
night which is supposed to have been
the last that the old Jew spent Oh
earth, Studzinsli came over to the sa-
loon after a bucket of beer. That was
about $3.50 in the evening. Branson
asked the old man why he was getting
the beer at that time of night. The
reply was, according to Branson's tes-
timony at that time, that his neigh
bors were in to see him. 1t is stated
that Branson later informed the de.
tective that Heinicke and Long were
the neighbors to whom he referred.
AuOlueI WlluCSS 10 dhS6Co w AAC "
first stated to the detective that hi
saw some of those men at Studzinski'!
Wednesday night, August 23rd. bu
later, this witness denied ever having
made such an assertion.
The detective and officers in thei
work discovered that shortly after th
murder of Studzinski, Taylor. one o
the accused men, was seen wearing
diamond ring. 1t will be remembered
that the murdered man was supposed
to have had some valuable jewelry
including some diamonds, conceale
about his cabin.
Heinicke was at that time and ha
since been driving wagon for II.
Brown, the clothing man, and it wa
suspected by the detective that he wa
taking advantage of this opportunit
to get rid of some of the plunder stol
en- from Studzinski at the time of tn
murder, The detective has not revea
ed anything of any nature to til
newspapers tuC oSSouAS e'S AASi
given is the result of personal wor
by the two reporters of the city. but
is stated reliably, that Lavigne wei
out into the country through Whio
Heinicke passed, and disguised as
sheepherder, actually dickered vii
the young man for a watch which
supposed had been the property OF II
murdered man. This fact, howeve