Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-02-01

say. Charles Alberts did not try to fol-
low him to the barn. The first shot
knocked him down. He got right mp
and Alberts kept right on shooting and
shot five more times. Nobody helped
him to h tch MP the horses. Bella Davis
did not. Bella Davis did not get a towel
and bind up his wrist. He did not go
TO the house because he heard his daugh'
ter say there was nothing in there to
shoot with. Got the towel and cloth
off the clothes line that follows the fence
himself. Had paid. Alberts all he owed
him with the check he left with Bella
Davis for him the morning after he
found her sitting on his lap. Kept a
revolver, q rifle and "A shot gun for kill
ing game. Got the $3.50 after the shoot
ing from the sheriff, who had got the
money from Bella Davis. FIRST wrote
to Bella Davis to come and keep house
for him about a year before the shoot
ing. Have four other children. Never
made any will to Bella Davis but had
intended to do so.
Redirect examination of Bryant.
The state penitentiary of Michigan is
located at jackson. Was never there
in his life. The reason he did not marry
Bella Davis mother was because she
went off and married another man
d. aw1c1 90 .natia of pruonf
Did not threaten to kill Mr.. IReardon.
Did not threaten to kill a number of
people living in his neighborhood.
f. A. Passage was called and testified
in part as follows:
Was city marshal of Andover. about
the 18th of September, last year. Went
with Deputy Sheriff Gross out to A. s.
Bryant's place about half an hour after
bryant reported the shooting in Ando-
yer. Searched the house for firearms
when we first arrived there and found
none. Could % find any firearms OF
any kind in Bryant's house.
Philip A. Gross, sheriff of Day county.
gave the following evidence:
Started for Pierpont on the night of
September Is, 1905, TO serve some papers.
When he reached Andover 9. A. Wells
told at the depot of a shooting ARRAY at
Bryant's place. Went up town to get a
team to go out to Bryant's place. Saw
Bryant in front of TOYS store. His arm
was bound up and he was bloody and
looked weak. Got Bryant's team and
drove ont to his place. Found Mrs
Davis there. She told him that Charles
Alberts was of light complexion, that
she had not seen him since shortly after
the shooting, that he went towards
Andover. Emil Gross and Dan Pas
sage told him that they could not find
any guns in the house. Gross found
one gun and the girl got another one
from behind her bed. The girl did not
get the revolver fos him. He searched
the barn and outbuildings and could
find no trace of Alberts. Asked Bella
Davis how many horses Bryant kept in
the barn. She told him the number
and he went ont to the barn and found
that number there. On the way to
Pierpont he met . horse with a saddle
on and no rider which was recognized
a. one Of Bryant's horses aud making
one more than the girl had said any
thing about. In the hotel at Pierpont
Gross found = man that answered the
description Of Alberts as given him by
Bella Davis and went in and arrested
him. The sherin then sent 70 Andover
and got description Of Alberts, and
after receiving it turned the man he
arrested free. He then examined the
other parties in tho hotel and found
Alberts and arrested him. Right after
the arrest Alberts said to the sherR,