Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-12-19

little further than this until in the af-
ternoon when Mr.. Jeff Sherman and
the Kew. Henry Quickenden went be-
fore the lad and, together, implored
him to make known all of the facts of
the murder and robberies. With q
great deal of reluctance, he told {,
story duplicating a woman whom he
said was formerly resident of Lew.
istown's red light district and her
lover. tin horn gambler both Of
whom had left town. He told on an
other occasion that he was in the deal
with man who was a comparative
stranger to him and that last Monday
morning, the fellow came to him and
told him that the thing was getting
TOO close and that he the accomplice,
had to move out and that Sherman
must give him the money with which
to leave. Sherman, the next morning.
sold some lots to H. Yaeger of the
First National bank for $3.50, and Of
this amount, said he gave his pal $3.50
and that the fellow went on the train
Wednesday morning
This story did not seem plausible to
the officers and the father and as he
was determined to get at the truth OF
the entire affair Mr.. Sherman and his
wife We're with the boy Saturday
night, pleading with him for a truth
full version of the business. He gave
out few further facts. almost every
one of them most incr'innatiug to
himself but Of such apparent unrelja
plilty concerning his accomplices in
the affair that to those to whom he
told the story felt that they did not
yet have a straight tale of the murder
of Samuel Studzinski and Of the mum,
| erous burglaries and robberies which
occurred in the city.
4 clever ruse by Under Sheriff Mar
tin during the night brought another
man into the game, the arrest of
whom early Sunday morning caused
4s&AasH.ch excitement u soughout the
! town as did the disclosure concerning
Sherman. The officer went into a cell
adjoining Jamie's and made noise as
| if he was locking a man in the cell.
| He then went to Sherman's cell and
said We'll, I've got the right man
now
| WHO is it ?' asked ShacmHp
| doc Long, the dentist replied
Martin.
Without moments hesitation.
Sherman answered. you've got the
right man"
| Dr. Long has been under suspicion
Of the officers for several months
J since the first of last September in
fact. when conversation between
| himself and another person was over.
heard by stranger in the city This
| man. who was a delegate to the state
| iiremen's convention. knew of the
| murder of Studzinski and also knew
| that Under Sheriff Martin was work.
son told the officer of the very unusual
| conversation which he overheard by
| the merest chance.
This fact together with Sherman's
statement was sufficient to cause the
officers to apprehend DR.. Long. The
| doctor was arrested in his home on
i Moi, c,tr n1,
| morning. He was greatly affected by
his arrest and vehemently denied that
he had even so much as been with the
Sherman boy.
| About o'clock Sunday morning
| Sherman gave what he sWore was
THE confession. He had been max
ing confessions with such regularity
that the officers and even his own
parents had become to have a grave
doubt of anything which he might say
| but al any rate, his story told at this
time was the most connected yet re-
| cited.
He stated that over a year ago he
| lent Dr. Long $oo ana that since that
| time. he and the doctor had been
somewhat intimate. In the early part
of last June, he, Sherman, was i'm the
| Occidental saloon and lost some mon
! ey gambling. After he had finished
playing, Doctor Long. so he AYERS,
called him to one side and asked him
| if he didn't want to make some easy
| money. Sherman aSsented that he
would not particularly object and
| then, the doctor told him of his plan,
to break into some stores and houses
| about the town. At first, Sherman
| refused to be drawn into such q
scheme, so he says, but the doctor fol-
lowed him to the Argus building ard
there they agreed to get busy at the
| house breaking business. Together
they did several jobs. Before they
had gone far, however, they let Rus
sci Hortop, David Atchison and
Night Watchman Walter Gooch in on
> the business. This is simply Sher-