The Dickinson press., 1912-05-25
WIN. BLAKE
Is Held
Bound Over to District Court in
Sum of $500. Charged With
Serious Crime. Opinion
Divided.

DlVlQeO.
William Blake of jamestown, state
humane officer and juvenile officer fo1
most of the counties of North Dakota,
got into a difficulty at Dickinson the
first of the week which, to say the least,
was very unfortunate.
Mi. Blake came to the city Monday
night. arriving here soon after mid
night, May %. having in his charge
Mrs. Wilson and two daughters. aged
10 and IL. from Bismarck, and Dora
Joslyn. nearly 10. from ear Steele in
Kidder county. He went to the Kihm.
registered as BLAKE and family"
taking rooms S and 4. The rooms were
up stairs on opposite sides of the hall.
Dan Murray, night clerk, took the party
to the rooms. He swore positively that
Blake told HIM he wanted two. singles
and that he had his wife along. Mrs.
Wilson and daughters were put in room
S and then Blake and the Joslyn girl
were shown into 4 and then the clerk
was introduced to the girl by Blake as
Blake's wife. They shook hands.
Blake's grip was put in the room. Mr..
Murray then went back 10 the Office.
He says that Blake did not ask for a
double room or say to him that he was
going to sleep somewhere alse.
Blake got some water for both Mrs.
Wilson and the Joslyn girl, it appears,
and went to the N. P. depot, where he
met his friend, Fred Schwader, the rail-
road policeman.
In the meantime Jerry Dryer. Frank
Roquette, Ed. j. Hughes. C. C. Turner,
S. L. Carroll. Arthur Pagenkopf, Valde.
mar lessen. Walter Junkin and others
became suspicious that things were not
as they should be. Mr.. Roquette. as
county commissioner. knew that Blake
was being allowed transportation for
his charges, etc. He went with Jerry
Dryer to the room of Mrs. Wilson where
they asked carefully about the Joslyn
girl. Mrs. Wilson did not appear to
know anything about her more than that
they had come from Bismarck together.
Everything was all right so far as she
knew. The men went to room 4, ex-
pecting to find Blake and the girl there.
This was probably nearly 1 O'Clock. a
half hour or more after Blake had been
shown the rooms When Dryer knocked
the girl opened the door. She had al
ready retired and as the men testify
was evidently expecting Blake back.
His grip was there and the girl at first
intimated that she was Blake's wife
and later said she was not. Ed. Hughes
and others visited the room and all
testified to finding the grip end also a
b ottle of beer. The girl testified that
the beer was there but she did not know
how it came there. Blake in his testi.
mony did not know anything about it.
Blake. it appears. accompanied
Schwader to his sleeping o in the
N. P. freight house where they had q
glass of beer. Blake testified that he
had accepted an invitation to bunk with
Schwader as had been his custom al
different times in Mandan where the
railroad policeman was stationed last
fall. Schwader testified to the same
thing and said that he had invited Blake
when he stepped off No. S. Charles
Johnson swore that he heard Schwadel
give the invitation.
From the freight house Blake and
Schwader came back to the depot. Blake
testified that some unknown person
rushed up to him and told him tina,
some fellows had been to the girls
room in the hotel. This was about /
O'Clock and he ran across the street
through rain and mud and up to the
girls room to see what was dol ng. He
said the girl was up and told him tina,
some men had been there. Blake testi.
fed that he took his revolver out Of
his grip in the room and went dowI
stairs where he found q crowd of men.
He said whats the trouble, boys?''
and some one answered. there seem.
to be plenty of trouble"
The complaining witness. Ed. ],
Hughes. testified that Blake answered
one of the men in the crowd that tn.
girl was his wife. Sine Carroll ther
pulled Blake around by the shoulde
saying. do you mean to say that tn,
girl in the room is your wife?" Blak.
then answered that he had nothing t,