Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-12-08
Tilted MAN KILLS.
YOUNG HOMESTeApER SHOOTS
NE!GhBOR RIVAL I'M LOVE
AFFAIR NEAR DATE
Dead MAN FOUND JJINlDD IN SHACK SHACK
Friends Entering Shack Found Body
on Floor Stained with Blood
Ia Eullet Hole in Door
Told the Story

Dsviston--G. Banick, young home
steader of this county, lies deal
with bullet through his LETT luag,
while Arthur w. Lowry, a neigh
Dor, is under arrest charged with his
murder. All this it is believed. is be-
cause Lizzie Walrath young lady OF
the neighborhood, had told Lowry
that Gus should hereafter be her
steady company" distinction that
Lowry had previously enjoyed and
which he still coveted All three par
tics occupied adjoining homestead
claims about four miles west of Date,
a rural postofiice of Perkins county,
and their respec tive sha ks are all
within distance OF eighty rods or
less from each other.
Arthur Lowry had teen keeping
company with Miss Walrath for sew
eral mont and Friday afternoon,
Nov. 25, went to her shack" to en-
gage her company for the meeting OF
a ii terarv society which met that
evening in the school house at Date.
He found Banick there ahead of him
and was informed that Lizzie had al
ready made an engagement with the
latter for the evening and more than
that, he was to be her steady" for
the future. Lowry made no ret
of the fact that he was angry over the
rebuff, but finally left, telling the girl
that he would see her later.
Evening came and the society me-
but it was noted that Lowry, Banick
and Miss Walrath, who had always
been regular at tendants, were absent
from the meeting Some of those
who were present passed Banicli's
shack on their way home and, seeing
a light burning. stopped to inquire the
cause of his absence There was no
response to theiy knocking on the door
and they pushed it open to find the
owner Of the shack lying dead just
inside his doorway with bullet hole
in his chest and his clothing saturat-
ed with blood Word was sent to the
sheriff at Bison as quickly as possible
and he came to the place the next dav.
Investigation revealed bullet hole
through panel of the door about the
height of tire wound in Banick's body
Another bullet was found imbedded in
the wall OF the. room, opposite the
door The inference OF the Office s is
that two SHOTS we're fred-l-e first
one, shot while the door was onen ana
Banick standing in the doorway, miss
ed It's intended victim and struck the
oppost tie wall. while the second one,
' shot after Banick had slammed the
, door in the face of his assa!'ant, ac-
! complished its deadly purpose.
} A little brother of Miss Walrath
who was staying with her, was outside
the shack at about 1880 p. m, and
claims to have heard two shots fired
in the direction Of BanicN's abode.
, This would seem to fix with some
accuracy the hour at which the crime
was committed. Lowry ALLEGES that
he was not on his own clam tina
evening nor in that neighhorhood. but
had gone to the claim Of sister about
! three miles distant. where he spent the
night as he has frequently done he e.
tofore: 1t was at his sisters claim
that the officers found him Saturday
night Unfortunately for the aibi
which he will doubtless seek to estab-
, lish. his sister was away from home on
the evening in question visiting at
ncighbors, and there was no one al
, her place when he arrived or for two
or three hours later covering tie time
in which tire killing is suppose dtt
have taken place,
While tie popular sentiment has
- Sttlic0 upon i-SNiy dS 'lsS az eiict "
> the crime his brother. sister and {
few other close friends declare theil
: faith in bis innocence and will assis
:. in providing tie means for his de
= fence Attorney HELEN OF Eison, ha
been retained ard is now at work il
g the locality of the crime seeking 70
= evidence on someone else. The pre-
= vious reputation of the accvsed IA
been gooA which will dorb llss wei@l
IN his favor. unless the state sNc ced
in finding stronger eriden a@ans
him than has already been secured
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