The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-28
DEAD MANS TALE OF
SHOOTING WAS GIVEN
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wouldn't and would pass right along.
There was III particular trouble at all
sheep that he bought; he had IL bunch
sheep that he bought; he ha da bunch
of full-bloOded Hampshire sheep, nc
had about eighty and they put up ~
new building for them and they put
him UP Il bedroom for himself, with
II sheep. Sometimes he would go
away night and we wouldn't see him
next day until ten or il o'clock. 1
hadn't ANY trouble with McLain Coop
er during the time I was there up
to the 10th of March. During that
tim ! was hired as foreman and had
charge of the farm. On the evening
of the 10th of March, 1911, VIC had
some trouble. My wife had been sick
quite IL while and he W wanted to
worked l always had ~ meal hour,
summer and winter. Take it out there.
we had IL regular hours and l was
down hero for Billy Herman four
years and IL half. two miles east of
Argusville. where ! was straw boss and
working OH the farm, and We had our
regular meal hours. During the time
breakfast in the ummer time at half
past five and supper-Well h Il would
depend on where we was working. We
had some lands where we would have
to go two miles. We generally had
breakfast ut half past five and sup
per generally at about seven in the
month of March, 1911, we had sup
BILE started on the 10th of March, 1911
this Jack Houlet was milking-he is
the man who is now in Jail being held
as Il witness in the case of the state of
North Dakota against McL.ain Coop
cr-hc was doing the milking n We
Il a COW that nobody could milk:
] couldn't milk her. and Jack was
the hest mixer on the farm and he
couldn't milk her. and he told McLain
he couldn't. Just before dinner Nc
Lain come tome and asked me IL l
could send that cow down to the SUIT
ton farm. told him, after dinner.
and SO he ONT around after dinner
and he says: You don't need to take
the COW down." lie said the kid would
the only name he went by there. l
understood he was n cousin of Coop
crs' but L couldn't say. And so when
they started to milk, he couldn't get
no milk from her, and McLain was
helping him and they couldn't do any
thing and they was mad, jumping
around there, but didn't say anything,
nv SkihL AS NAASAS " ST. III
row started from. So when l asked
him ut even o'clock if he wasn't go
ing to supper, he said he would dc
when he damn pleased. My wife was
around the house sick and she didn't
feel like keeping rieals all night, so
he said he would Pet supper when he
damned pleased and he started to-
ward the door and I started toward
him. He looked pretty mad and VIC
rliaThol Ysiphf uf fI,n Hnnr VIC loSrl
down on the ice a little bit and l told
him, eff YOU wan to get up and be
Il man and go in and get your supper
! will let you up" and finally he says,
"All right. While I had him down
he called this George. the. kid. to go
down n call the sheriff and 1 told
the kid to keep way from that tele-
kid they hitched up TO drive down
II ] won't say whether they both
went down to the Sutton farm or not.
but they hitched up the team and
drove around the corner of the barn
and h Il is tho last that l see them.
This was in the evening. 1t was about
O'Clock when our trouble come
a quarter to eight when they got start
cd to go to the Sutton farm. When
we had this trouble John HOulet come
along and says. Let up Frank" j
SAYS. II amt hurting him." I says
ANY time he wants to get up and be-
have 1 will let him up" McLain
Cooper didn't call for help while we
had this trouble and he didn't call
Jack Houlet to come W there. We
was working, the two of us, Jack Hou-
let and I. right close to the sheep shed.
We was chopping ice away from the
we'll, pretty close to the water trough.
We had SO much trouble in with tho
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ter trough and we finally got the wa
ter started underneath and we used to
so out evenings to finish this water
and was chopping the ice SO the wa
ter could get away. There was an
artesian we'll there on the place and
hat was the cause of u trouble and
lots of it. During the trouble with
.McLlin l didn't strike him. ] chos-
ed him a little. but il never made a
mark on him. I didn't have any wea-
pnns with me at the time. | didn't
make. any threats against him at that
time, not a thing and | didn't iniure
him. had the prcttiest chance in
tho world If I wanter to. but ] didn't
want to. l had made any
threats against McLain Cooper during
the time that l was there and J. had
had no trouble with him up To this
time. lie had never asked me TO
leave the farm. didn't soc him again
that night after he went to the Sutton
farm, All that l did to him was To
put him down on the ground II hold
him there. He didn't get a scratch. /
must have throwcd him. We met
right; at tho door and he was making
for me and for him and J c"tchcd
him. It was all ice n water and 1t
wasn't much of Il trick To throw one
there. it was SO slippery. There was a
fence run west from the sheep shed
door where we met: 1t was right 'p
close: there is Il gate comes right up
to the building and ] think thHt.Eatc
was open MI winter. 1 didn't throw