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

made. Long was arrested in the bus
ihess part of the town shortly before
4 O'Clock by Sheriff Slater, and at
once locked up in the county jail Tay-
lor. who was employed by Steve An
dersOn at the time, was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Ed. Silverthorne while
at work, and Under Sheriff Ed Mar
TIN was sent out in the country after
Henicke. who had left that morning
with Mr.. Browns stock wagon. He
was found at the Frey ranch. about
25 miles from this city. at 6 o'clock in
the evening. The officer returned
with him to Lewistown early Saturday
morning.
Prisoners Are Sweated.
Arrangements had been made in ad-
vance for sweating" the men, and
Long was the first to undergo this or
deal. 1t was not very trying one
In either OF the cases. The detective
acted as chief inQuisitioner, and con.
fined himself chiefly to asking Long
for an account of his whereabouts on
the night of the murder. OF course
ne had no more right to demand this
than he had to tell the prisoner to go
in the corner and stand on his head
but as usual in such cases. the pris-
oners all complied. Hal Gibson. the
court stenographer, was present to
take down all the statements, which
were subsequently acknowledged be-
fore trusty nOtarial officer called in
fol the purpose. Long stated that he
spent the evening of Aug. 23 in his
accustomed haunts, and also said that
he was with Heinicke a good part OF
the time. He declared that he knew
nothing whatever of the murder.
What Taylor Said.
Mr. Taylor, when it came his turn
stated that on Aug. 23 he had a great
deal OF work to do, and was very tired
that night. He went to his room at
about $3.50, and went to bed He knew
nothing whatever of the murder, and
had no acquaintance with Studzin
SKI, although he saw him occasional
| ly.
Heinicke's Statement.
Heinicke's statement was a com
plete surprise to the detective and
other officers. He denied all knowl
edge of the murder, and producing his
memorandum book, showed that he
had spent the night of Aug. % at the
Stephens home ranch, near Gilt Edge
At the time this was not credited, but
as Mr.. Heinicke made the trip in com
pany with Mr.. Hugh Wagner, the well
known business man, it was easy tc
check him up. When the matter was
submitted to Mr.. Wagner, and he had
chance to think upon it, he cor
rObOrated Heinicke's statement.
we left here the morning of Wed
nesday, Aug. 23, as will appear from
the entry at the store, where we toOh
on some grain. That night we spent
at ehe Stephens home ranch. Thurs
day night we slept at the ButterfielG
! ranch. Friday night we stayed a,
the Blanchard ranch, and Saturday
| night at the Wiedeman ranch. Sun
Gay afternoon we arrived in Lewis
town"
1t is a most fortunate thing for Mr.
Heinicke that Mr.. Wagner chancet
to accompany him on this trip, as il
enabled him to instantly present al
, alibi that is absolutely unassaiable
| and is admitted to be complete by the
| officers. While he is still held in jai
after this showing is a question thai
| hundreds are asking, but the Pinker
| ton detective will have to answer it
Little importance can be attached tt
the fact that Long believed he wa:
with Heinicke on the night of the
| 23rd, as not one man in a Thousand
would recall accurately his where
abouts on any particular night aftel
such lapse Of time. II any readel
doubts this let him try it himself
| Arrests Kept Quiet.
| The Argus representative was a
the county jail when Long was taker
ia, but was urged by the officers no
to mention the fact at the time, al
other arrests were to be made, and tn,
ends of justice might be defeated
! through any publication at that par
/ t'cular time. This request was &C
/, ceded to, and it was supposed that il
the course of human events, the detec
! tive would give to the public some gen
; eral statement as to the reasons 70
. his action. This he refuses to do
] following such a peculiar and unusua
! course as to array public sentimen
, largely against him. In fact hi
/; course since the arrests has been sucl
as to bring forth many bitter criti
, c.sms, especially with regard to tn,
/ way Heinicke is being treated, blu
| he promises that the result will jus
tify the arrests and every move tha
has been made. 1t is certainly t,
be hoped that such will be the case
and those who are doing the crit
!. clsing should bear in mind that thi
/, work has been done by experience,
men, and it is inconceivable that the
would tear men from their home
and throw them in Jail on such
charge as murder without the YER
strongest reasons. So we may cor
fidently hope and expect to see wha
Sheriff Slater and the PinkertOn detes
tive have done fully justified by sui
seQuent developments. II that Is no
the case, Pinkerton detectives vii
not be very popular in this neck @
the woods in future.
| The Arragnments.
The prisoners were separately al
raigned yesterday afternoon. Taylo
who was brought in first, was accon
panied by his wife and his counse
iluntOOn & Smith. and H. l.. De Kali
The complaint was read at length. a
+ir-Xas In each case, and to this M
IaylOr formally pleaded NOT p1,ilt,