The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1912-12-06

ternoon. Strickland, on the other
hand, swore on the stand that he
had seen Hanson standing In, front
of the livery barn at one o'cock
that afternoon. The testimony Of
a physician taken at the inquest
brought out that the man could
not have been dead as long as the
testimony of the two miners would
Indicate. r. =.
Casey Up All Night.
W. R.. Casey. who was arrested
on suspicion of knowing something
OF, the affair, shortly after Judge
Murray's arrival in Kenmare yes
terday afternoon, admitted that he
had been up all night. i He stays
at the Florence hotel and accord
ing to the testimony Of the night
clerk he was not seen around the
hotel except for about half an hour.
from late Thursday afternoon un-
til four o'clock Friday morning.
The excuse given for his staying
up all night was that he expected
lady friend to arrive on the ear
ly morning train and it developed
that Casey did meet the four o'clock
train: At five o'clock he went to-
his room at the Florence and went
to bed. Casey is said to be a
somewhat notorious character
around Kenmare and he has also
been a sailor for many years. The
murdered man had also been a
sailor and both men were quite COW
cred with tattoo marks. Casey was
arrested on a charge of vagrancy
and will be held pending careful
investigation into his actions Thurs
day night.
Hanson n Miner at Tasker. !.
1t developed after Judge Muir
rays return here today that Han
son had been engaged as a coal
miner at Tasker pretty continuous
ly during the past year and a half
or two years. liver Halvorson, a
we'll known miner at Tasker was
in the city today and said that he
knew Hanson quite we'll. A year
ago he worked for George Mcclure
there and according to Halvorson
the man was an, excellent work.
man and a fellow of good habits.
Halvorson stated that he had never
seen the man take a drink of IL
quor and this statement was agreed
to by Mr.. Miller, proprietor OF a
restaurant at the lower end of
Main street, who also knew Hanson:
Gus Kirkelie, another miner at Tas-
ker was in the city today, and
spoke of knowing Hanson quite,
we'll It appears from what Kirke-
lie knew OF the man that he was
quite a wrestler. All three men
spoke very favorably OF the dead
mans character.
Three Men Released.
% The arrest of John Sullivan, An
ton Martinson and Lewis Scottum
followed soon after Judge Murray's
arrival at Kenmore yesterday af-
ternoon, but three men were later
released. Scottum testified that he
had worked with Hanson two or
three months this fall
Around Kenmare Since July.
Jack Sheehan of Kenmare was in
the city today and he stated that
he knew Hanson by sight and that
he had been in and around Ken
mare sice last July. No one at
Kenmare, aside from Strickland.
however, seemed to know the man
at all. ..... ~. &
Police Seek Mickey Burns.
1t developed today that a. well
known character known to the po-
lice as Mickey" Burns, had been
in Kenmare Thursday nigh t.
Burns is known to the local police
and it appears they had been ad-
vised of Burns presence in the
city either on Thursday or Friday
of this week. Although a lookout
was kept for him, as he is known
to be hold-up man, he was not
seen. He is known as bad ar
tist and efforts are being made to
locate him. @ a..
Inquest Held Open.
sS The inquest was left open by
Judge Murray and the jury will be
called together again within a few
days. P. M. Cole, p. L., Morrow
and w. r.. Smith comprise the jury
and they are conducting a careful
investigation into the case.
SAFE IS BuRGLAR|zED
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