Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-27

able story and apparently told things
as they were or as she Thought they
We're. She said that she would be Is
In August, that she had been with
her mother and brother in THE county
near Steele, THAT she gave birth to all
illegitimate child on May 4th, thai
she got up from her bed about the
18th, that Blake took her baby and
that she believed he hal been appoint
ed her guardian. She was taken be-
fore Judge Winchester in Bismarck
on Monday, etc. She testified that
Blake introduced her as his wife i'm a
drug store at Bismarck and at the
depot there tuld her, there would be
less talk if she went as his wife. AT
Dickinson she was introduced to the
hotel clerk as Blake's wife. She said
Blake had never made any indecent
proposals to her and he had always
been very good to her
VIM. Blake, ON the stand, told how
he had visited the girl in company
with the county judge of Kidder, etc.,
corroboratllng the girls story in most
particulars. He said her surround
ings We're not good at home and he
was taking both her and Mrs. Wilson
to the Grill restaurant i'm Dickinson
for employment. He had a letter
from the proprietor which bore out
the Statement. He had procured four
tickets for the charges from the Bur-
leigh county authorities Mr. Blake
admitted introducing the girl as his
wife in the drug store, but said 1t
was for a joke and that he was al
ways passing off his charges as bis
daughters, sons, sisters and brothers:
In Bismarck he said the people all
knew him and knew his wife. AT
Dickinson he did not remember intro
ducing the grill as his wife. He would
not say that he did not. He said he
didn't ask for a double room and he
didn't tell anyone around the hotel
that he was going out for the might.
He thought lit was none of their bus'+
ness. He said he always LEFT his gr1p
with the children he had along. He
had already found homes for u I'M
fortunates and Thought he had had
some experience and was surprised
that people would question: what he
was doing. He said he always regis
tered as Blake and family and had
been advised to do SO. There were
often reasons why he should He
said i've gave the girl the key to the
room and told her to lock herself In.
Blake said the girl was mistaken as
to what she said about his CONVERSE
ton at the depot He denied having
any beer or liquor in his grip and said
he knew moth ng about the bottle
found dn the room. He was not sure
THAT he saw it at all. He admitted
drinking with Schwader.
The other evidence that was intro
duced was not material. Justice Fol
som showed disposition to admit
everything and get at the facts and
the counsel on both sides worked
along the same lines. The girl said
that she had talked with both Mr.
Murtha and Mr. Casey before the
hearing. Both appeared to be search
ing for the truth.
In summing up the case Mr.. Murtha
laid much stress on the fact that
Blake had introduced the girl as his
wife, that he had not told anyone
around the hotel that he was going
out, that he did not ak for a double
room and had not spoken to Mrs. Will
son, an elderly woman, about keep
ing motherly eye on the JosIyn
girls room, etc. He believed that
Blake had deliberately planned to
commit serious crime and that he
should be punished.
The burden of Mr.. Casey's talk was
THAT am outrage had been committed
lin the arrest pf Blake, himself an
officer of the law, and that a job had
been put up on him, Mr., Casey con-
tended that the Stark county officers
and all the local witnesses for the
state were in contempt of court. He
said a step had been taken which
would, in a measure destroy the grand
work which VIM. Blake had been do
ing lin North Dakota.
The Press has tried to briefly give
the facts of both si 'es as presented
The city is divided lin its opinion of
the case. Mr. Blake has done a great
deal of good in the state and he has
many warm friends everywhere.
However, he "as very unwise in many
of his acts He did things which are
open to serious criticism. He had NO
business to Introduce an 18-yea-r-old
girl as his wife in Bismarck and Dick
inson. 1t looked bad and his subse-
quent actions did not look right.
This paper does not see any motive
for a Job being put up ON Mr. Blake
in Dickinson. His work here has al
ways been looked upon with favor.
The men who first visited room 4
probably Thought the humane officer