The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-23
JOE REMINGTON
IS A FREE Man
Has Served Twenty Years in
Penitentiary for Murder
of Flett.

After serving .Her~ than twenty
Years of his life in ne p~enitcnllary
for the murder vi - UrAn. Joe Erm-
ingt"n Yesterday MaiN"d forth from
h penitentlary al bismarck Il fires
man. The story has i special local
interest because OF the fact that Il son
~ the man for whose murder Rem
lnst"n has spent ali these years in
prison. graduated tr,;u thu university
in the class Of lall and was for two
years . stan tarkls Nn The university
football eam. Ch..lrS flttt. TIL
son. is one of the tWN remaining mem
hcrs of the IElett I'm !N. lie is now
in the constabulavy service in the
Philippines.
Remington spcn; ;le afternoon at
the state capitol, Where he presented
the judges of the supreme court with
canes made while j. prison. Severing
company with III" deputy warden,
Remington attended , Vaudeville show
and later Went back - the r~eniteniary,
whore he will spend The night.
Desire To get away from the NOR
hldlN curious. he Stl'ei. was the cause
for his return 10 Il. i'en. He leaves
in the morning oNr. the 500 line for
Minneapolis. from where he states he
is going 10 his old i Me" but refuses
20 state where tina; Is. and refuses alb
solutely 70 discuss l.4ns for his future
life.
George i'lett. elevator agcn, at r
thur. Cas- county. Vas lteminston's
Nlctlm: The murderer. who had jus,
arrived az MANHOOD. VS. crnploved on
4 farm near Arthur. H. hauled grain
20 the elevator whe"e i'!ctt was agent,
and IN those days ii" agents carried
large sums OF moHoy. paying cash di-
rect TO many patrons. H~emingto. SAW
that Flett had a large sum on his
person.
Story of F1ct,'> Murder.
A short time afterwards Remington
Went to Minneapolis and secured en-
p!oyment as d hac.l driver. While
there he met a woman who soon Spent
what money he hid saved and de-
handed more. Remington thought OF
n large sum he had seen Fiett carry
and stealing back 10 North Dakota
ana 20 Arthur. concealed himself in
inc haE!oft. When Flet. came 70
leed the horses Remington beat his
aead nto a pulp. took the money
from ms pockets and fed. He was
raced to Minneapolis and later 70
La Crosse, Wis, where he was ar.
rested and returned to Jail in Fargo
Remington soon began 10 serve his
,!te sentence. LIST summer the pardon
ooard granted Remington's petition
.or computation. An efTort 70 have
tntt board res"ind its action failed
ftemlngton's sentence was co,nrn1..d
70 l"entE-three years. his term .y,,ir.
ing yesterday. ~
Model Prisoner,
Remington has been "a model nris.
"ner; he apparently never losr hnne
ahd mas done nothing that would d..
lract from his chances Of icing mar.
aohed during the twenty a h., has
oeeh an inmate of the prison anG
,"daE he is given his liberty with sill
Il LONE life ahead Of him, he BENZ =
comparatively Young man.
While in prison he learned ,w,
RACES. That Of a barber and tai1nr
shd Tor several years past h. has
shaved tn warden and his dcpu,,
and has had charge of tho iaila,
YORK done by the other convic,s. H.
mas also made and sold a large n,m.
per OF fancy canes which he has COLI
az arg prices. He raised a l,rst
NUMBER of canary birds which ha,.<
nuhs IN cages about the coli bn,s,
lGr years, ana through his j%npcnni,,
al! THESE years it is said he mac h.a,
apie 10 save quite Il sum of NOW,