The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-12-11
Fearful Tragedy Was
Followed by a Grim
Man Hunt to the Death
Murderer Believed to be Charles Moline Cnmnaly Insane
Man Who Escaped From the State Asylum at James
town---Gave Name Of John WaIdma
Sheriff Moody Shot the Man Twice Hand in Effort to Grip
pie Him But Desperate Lunatc Was Able to Shoot
The Sheriff Through the Heart

examined today at Hankinson. II
was found that both shots had taken
effect One went through the palm
ed one of the fingers.
II is evident that Moody did not
shoot to kill but tried to cripple the
shooting hand OF the desperate.
Moody Shot Dead.
Moline then pointed his rife point
blank at the sheriff and shot him
through the heart
He then turned the gun onto the
deputies who were in the rig and who
were unarmed, and shot again. This
third shot hit George Moore, Moody's
driver, in the back and knocked him
down, but indicted only flesh wound.
Moline then walked over 10 the other
rig. occupied by Steffe. ordered Steffe
out and jumping into the buggy drove
away to the south.
WlloIs Country Aroused.
Then ensued one of the most thrill
ing man-hunts that North Dakota ever
knew.
George Moore cut one OF the horses
from his rig, jumped onto its back
and dashed ii into a dead run into
Wahpeton where the firebell was rung
and the whole country side was soon
out.
Militia Boys Join Posses.
Three posses were at once organiz-
ed in Wahpeton. About twenty mem
bers OF CO. /. N. ID. N. c., responded
and were sworn In as deputies under
Capt Thomas Thompson. Other posses
We're organized by Frank Ujka and
Glen Toney.
Posses were also organized at
Mooreton. Great Bend, DeLamere,
Hankinson and Lidgerwood and tele-
phone and telegraph wires were kept
hot in every direction.
Trail Found Near HanESinson.
Hankinson, n. D., Dec. 11.-Yester-
day morning when the posse arrived
in this city from Wahpeton, on the
hunt for the murderer of Sheriff Moo
dy. Jake Steffe. owner OF the team that
the murderer was driving, picked up
the trail Of the rig just outside Of Ham
kinson
The buggy which the murderer es-
capped in was rubber tired and one OF
the tires had come OF. This left a
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followed and the posse Immediately
started on the track taken by the MUIR
derer.
Slept at Farm House.
| The trail led to the farm home OF
Isaac Crooks. farmer who lives ten
miles south of Hanlxinson and here ii
was learned that Moline had driven
into the Crooks place about O'clock
/, Sunday morning, had put up his team
| there and spent the night. getting
breakfast the next morning.
Trail Easily Followed.
From there on the trail was easily
followed Late Sunday afternoon q
mixed posse from Wahpeton and Han
kinson overlook the murderer near
| White Rock, s. d. There were three
or four rigs of armed men composing
the pursuing party and when Moline
saw them he opened fire. The fire.
was returned and finally one Of Mo-
lines horses was shot.
| Murderer Left Rig.
The murderer left his rig and plung-
] ed across a big swampy slough where
the rigs could not follow. He walked
and ran for about four miles farther
during most OF which time the posse
could have dropped him at any time.
Finally when 1t was seen that the
murderer was about to get TO the
shelter of a straw stack, 1t was de-
cided that the time had come to shoot
the murderer down.
Shot Through Head.
The word was given and the posse
began shooting. The murderer re-
turned the fire and started on run
for the straw stack. AS he turned hiw
head steel bullet from an army gun.
in the hands OF a Hankinson man.
struck Moline just behind the right
temple and came out just behind the
left temple and the murderer fell dead
as stone.
The body was brought to Hankinson
and now lies in the city jail fin chargg
Eof Frank Budack. one of sheriff Moe
dy's deputies
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