Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-25
WHIT Man. Is
!. |MURD'f|R ! BY
!. DRUNKEN NEGRO.
JEALOUSY OVER H ii siARLoT$ SUP
POSED TO HAVE BEEN THE
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six WITNESSES RELATE STORY
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The recent hold.ups. q drunken
brawls, assaults II on women, etc,
which have become 50 numerous i in:
Devils Lake Of late eliminated Tues
day night in the murder Of Richard
Haberley at the Jensen i rooming5
house on East Third street. The vic
tim, a white man, was shot twice, once:
through the heart, and almost instant
" killed by a colo lored man who says.
his name IS George Taggart. s5351
At the time Of the shooting both,
men were engaged in packing q trunk,
belonging to Rena ,Manney, colored, in
the latter's apartments in the Jensen
property. Miss Manney was in the
front Of the building and knows moth
ingof how the affair happ pened. MI
Taggart, the negro, who done the
shooting, is lodged in the county JAIL
he having been arrested about nine
o'clock Tuesday evening at the Great
Northern shops. B. .s.55
Immediately after the murder was
committed police officers were noti-
fed who formed posses to run down.
the criminal A The search ended about
nine o'clock when Taggart appeared
at the round house and asked Fore.
man Mitchell to speak to the engine
on MOI, stating that he wanted to
go toseattle. Mr.. Mitchell becar
suspicious and after telling the colored
man to wait there for a few minutes,
went ia the phone and called Il the 20; q;
lice station. The police arriyed on
the scene shortly afterWard and es-
corted the fugitive to the county jail.
Taggart was given a preliminary
hearing before Judge Juergens Thurs
day morning, and after several wit
nesssB had been heard the prisoner
was bound over to the District Court H
without bail 3:
!: l.:y Rena danney testified that she 4 81 ar
rived iii the room IL time to see Tag
CART firing at zRHaberley and that the
latter fell dead while she was in the
70 on. s She states that Taggart left
the room imme diately without saying
anything to her and that she was & too t {, (!
55eacis I'D 20 notice whether there was vas
anyone else in the room. ssas5 5s5
ii Greenway, colored testifed that ll I
4 he was in the house att the time but Y
knew 81 ahiiing of any Quarrel. Sor any J
cause for the shooting He was V S 3:17 $in
another room at the time, but on
hearing the shooting, at frstt h'ols1lghll! ugh
nothing Of but on airing the lalE15 thirc
shot ent into the kite hen and 3 8! just Isl
as he entered Taggart passed pas by hin hin
5son his way out saying to him Where llhles
Ills she 5at,' referring to Miss lNs 'sE an 2
Il ney III the chen he saw Haber
ley, lying On the floor Miss Name! NJ
was also in the room and he i4 the1
went over the 6 ockWood Snote
v next door and calle up the police sta sta
ion. he only had Il speak king .sE' ac e
B %3uuaintance with Hal berley VI
William Collins, coIored, gave NOR y =
detailed informati On of the affair 11' Il, &,
had been ia the room with Haberle,
I and Taggart during the afterno bon 81 4; By '1
u testifies that there was no auarlrEelifnI'
Of IS rss hin 4 unusual. Just before tn
4 shooting occurred aF he entered Sd th
kitchen from the back door and ny "a q
Il heard Haberley say to aggart, Wei Vel
amt afraid of az
q. q whereupon Taggart made the sam il
statement and drew his revolver a 4
# this stage Of the game Collins ,l state ate
a that he went out Of the room on SWhe
81 he saw that something was going 8
happen. He had Just got out ilenrh q
heard the three shots fired. iIeg oye ,'7t'
heard no more words other than Y e e
/ above and knows not what was q q
3 occasion of those.
The three witnesses. Rena ~ anne anne
william Collins, and u. GreenIwa
we're put on $4,000 bonds and .flssl hel
& over to appear 10 district our. '' &;
Attorney w. NJ. And derson appears lEs1
for the defendant.
John w. Maher will ma ke Iar la'i'
loans at lowest rates with priys'les IA
4 Of paying ali Of part of principall. II
any interest payment date. No dela y
Money always on n hand !. .