Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-11-22
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that time Remington was supposed to
be living vita his paents on the farm
q short distance from Arthur. knight
and the elder Remington were old
time friends, and without h%esitancy|
knight gave the yong man an order
to present to the for,man at his farm,
but before ne arrived at the knight
farm he changed the order and made
1t appear to the foreman that Knight
had engaged him TO haul wheat. ES.
erything appeared 4,asOnable and IN.
foreman loaded q large grain tank
which Remington took TO Arthur ami
sold the wheat to Fett, for which he
received $50. There was no bank at
Arthur those days, and Flett invar-
iably carried a lare roll of currency on
his person, and when he settled with
Remington he produced his wallet.
That wallet was the motive for which
Remington murdered Flett later on.
Works 90 Hack Driver.
After receiving his pay for the load
OF wheat Remington lit out for Min
neapOlis whore his sweetheart then
resided. He went TO work there for
Hosford as a hack driver. The MONEY!
ne received from that load OF wheat
did not last very lOng-but he never
forgot the sight of that roll of green
backs carried by Flett back at Arthur
While he was driving hack at Mime
apOlis Remington met many women Of
easy virtue, and he formed a liaison
with Mrs. Eva GAY, who resided at 10.
Nicollet Ave-, upstairs His wages
in the city were so small that he
could not keep up the pace, so one day.
he started back for the little village
in North Dakota where he had seen
Flett carry tnat large roll.
. ,. Purchased Revolver.
He landed in Fargo at Two O'clock
in the morning Of February 18th, 1891;
he went to ,)oyle's livery and secured
a team and buggy. He left Fargo at
s O'Clock in he morning. He drove
direct to Mapleton. where he purchas.
ed six revolver cartridges from a deal.
stating chat he was going to kill
a dog" He drove on to Arthur, hid
his team behind a lumber yard at the
edge or the little town and went direct
to Flett's elevator. He told Flett that
his men were bringing in several loads
wheat AMI the agent made prep n.
alton for them. ever to the extent Of
snCw onto the driveway tina:
the sleds might run more easily. On
this pretext Remington kept Flett at
the elevator until late in the afternoon
awaiting an opportunity to kill him.
F1ett hitched the horses to the turn
power and later went to the hay lof.
which was on a level with the office
tloor-to put down the nights supply.
OF hav. for the horses. Remington fol.#
him into the loft and shot him
in the back II the head. When File t
fell. Remington sought the coveted
wallet, extracted the roll of bills, took
the victims watch and other minc:.
things of slight value In his pockets.
barred the front door of the Office by
placing a scoop shd sel under the knob
Of the door. SneaW through the barn.
made his " toA' Mplace where he
had hid his AaAyS a.lrove to Maple,
ION. There he left Tx team and ate:
writing the Fargo Nveryman where
lie could find the rig. Remington board
ed an east bound train, arriving in
Minneapolis the next morning. He
went direct 20 407 Nicol!et avenue anl
spent the night. Next day he started
for Lacrosse, Wis, where he expect.
ed to find his sweetheart-Ella Dengle
be married. Miss Dengle was.
at her home at Kilbourne City, and
Remington stayed around Lacrosse
for ten days awaiting her return; the
night he was arrested he met a late
train expecting his s~weetheart's ar
rival. but she had seen the newspaper
stories of the murder at Arthur and
the reward offered for Remingt0n's
arrest and she did not go to meet him.
Made a Confession.
After he was arrested at Lacrosse
on February cath, BY Chief Of Police
Byrne he made a confession of the.
Flett murder as follows:
II killed the man single-handed. He
had gone up into the hay-loft and 4
followed him. When. he started to
go out ! shot lin. He fell in the hay,
and | took the money, which amounted
to $3.50 and his silver watch; that was:
all / got and while I was robbing him
he, was still alive. ] left him there in.
the loft and went to Minneapolis
I remained two days and then
came to Lacrosse
Wife Found BODY.
Flett was . married man, having
two small chilcren-both boys. When
he did not appear at the usual time for
supper, Mrs. Flett waited for a time,
then started for the elevator to learn.
what was keeping her husband. In.
passing the power barn she noticed the
horses were still hitched 10 the power,
and she realized a- once that soma
thing was the matter. She summoned
e. Gale and together they
searched about the elevator. Whea
they stumbled upon the body of Flett
life was not extinct, but he died before
aid could be summoned.
Family Deaths Follow.
Mrs. Flett never recovered from the
first shock Of finding her husband muir
dered in the MY NOV; within a sh ,rl
time she gave birth to q premature
stillborn child; she never recovered
her health. and died two years later.
F.ettfs old father lived with the son;