Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-09
BRINK MAKES CONFESSION
Witness at Basin Testifies Defendant
Admitted Part in Crime.
WIDOW OF AILEMAND ON STAND
Prosecution Completes Introduction
of Evidence in wyoming Trial
Wool GOrwers Commend
States Counsel.

BASIN. Wyo. Nov S.--(Special Tele-
gram with the introduction of the evil
denee of Mrs. JoEepr kSsllsuland today the
state finished its case agalnst Brink, lone
of the alleged Ten Sleep murderers. Mrs.
Allemand is the widow OF one of the men
murdered last April
The state sprung another hit of sensa-
tional evidence today when William Good
rich testified that Herbert Brink, defend
ant, confessed his participation in the raid
of April 2 and admitted firing into the
wagons. Brink and Goodrich went to the
scene Sunday at night, riding together to
the ranch house enroute. Brink said Sher-
If AlstOn was wrong in saying eight men
were among the raiders, and that only
seven were there. He also told the wit
ness, according to the testimony, that the
wagons were not surrounded, and then de-
seribed how the party was divided for the
attack:
You must have been there" Goodrich
says he told him and Brink said, IT was"
Goodrich said Brink then told how he
had fired into the front of the wagon in
which thi sheepmen were sleeping and later
riddled the wagon when no lights We're dis
played as commanded. Since the grand
jury reported Goodrich and wife have been
out of the state, returning Friday in the
custody of the sheriff of Red Lodge, Mont
Mrs. Goodrich testified to Brink having
acted nervous when told of the crime
Brink Traced to Camp.
At the Monday morning session the
first witness called was William Gibson
a resident of Big Horn county for ten
years, now deputy sheriff who identified
the rifle found by him In Keyes' chicken
coop, which the latter testified had been
used by George Saban in the raid. The
weapon, wen discovered, was in a gunny
sack. Gibson testified that he found a
second gun in the chicken house. Harvey
Cole, who worked for Albert Keyes April
2 and who owned the gun which Keyes
Keyes testified Saban used in the raid,
stated that he left the ranch on that day
between noon and O'clock but saw sew
eral members Of the Taiding party at the
ranch.
Cole said the gun in evidence was of sim
ilar caliber and pattern to the one handed
him for Identification but that his weapon
had been a new one On the day Of the
rail Cole said he was directed TO 60 to
Hyattville and that he stopped a moment
at the sheep outfit where he saw and
talked with Joe Emge who was later
killed and his body burned
George Rogers of Ten Sleep testified that
on lnS AFTERNOON OF Apfll z Whlle riOlng
along Norwood creek. he saw persons at
a distance he thought to be Tom Dixon
and Herbert Brink, the defendant. talking
to John Buckmaster, a rancher adjoining
Keyes ranch.
Defendant Seen on Road.
Samuel Rltchie testified he was at Buck
masters April and saw Dixon and Brink
travelling from north TO south from the
direction of Keyes ranch where he saw
several men. John Buckmaster testified
that Brink and Dixon stopped at his cor
raj April for several minutes. Samuel
Brandt. stage driver on the Lost Cabin
stage route testified he saw Alexander
about a quarter Of a, mile from the sheep
outfit riding south John F. Callahan who
was trapping on Alexander's place Nor
wood creek, April 2 saw Brink about $40
p. m. going in the direction OF Keyes' ranch
and had brief conversation. The witness
formerly worked for Allemand and Emge
He saw Brink at Alexanders place two
or three weeks previous.
Fred Meyer who lives on Norwood creek
! told OF conversation about the middle OF
March when Brink remarked that he hoped
Allemand and Emge would not bring theil
/ sheep 10 the COW range as there might be
something doing. w. G. Colethorpe in tes-
tifying to the conversation here said Brink
said Allemand and Emge would never gel
their sheep through the COW range anC
that he, Brink, was ready 10 get out with