Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1913-07-11

A. Yes sir.
Q. Will you state where you saw
hima A. | was over to his house.
Q. At eleven o'clock that nishta
A. Yes sir.
Q. What time did you leave his
housea A. should judge about a
quarter after eleven or half past.
Q. Where did you go when leaving
his housea A. Down to the pool
Q. How long did you stay therea
IA. Long enough to close up is all.
Q. Where did you go after leaving
the pool halla A. Down to the res
taurant. Wallis restaurant.
Q. How long did you stay at Wall
restauranta A. Don't know exactly
how long we did stay there, probably
twenty minutes.
Q. Was Fred Blumsun with you
when you were at the restauranta A.
He didn't go along with US, he came
afterwards.
Q. He was in there at the same
time you were was hea A. Yes sir.
Q. When you left the rstaurant
where did you goa A. walked down
the sidewalk toward the depot.
Q. Was anyone with youa A.
Yes sir.
Q. State whoa A. Joe Maher.
Battles. LeSieur, myself and Fred
Q. Where did you go1 A. We
form.
Q. When you arrived at the cor
ner Of the platform, will you state
what followed9 A. Blumsun stopped
there. Don't know whether he stop
ped to talk or what he did do. He
stopped there and we went on ahead.
Q. And where did you goa A.
We started to walk up the platform.
Q. Who was with youa A. Bat
ties and LeSieur
Q. How far down the platform did
you goa A. Couldn't say just how
far it was, it wasn't very far from the
depot.
Q. What transpired after you
walked down the platforma A. MIR.
Covers came across the track and
said we should consider ourselves un-
der arrest.
Q. Do you know where Mr.. Cow
ers came from2 A. He came acros.
the track.
Q. From which directiona A.
Coming from the south.
Q. And what did he say when he
| approacheda A. He said conside,
yourselves under arrest.
| Q. How many we're there of you
that he placed under arrest at tina,
timer A. Three.
Q. And who were the three2 A
Battles, LeSieur and myself.
! Q. What had become of Maher1
A. He walked on ahead. dom
know just where he did go.
Q. He was not placed under ar
resta A. No sir.
Q. What was the next thing Mr.
Covers saida A. Didn't say any
thing to us after that.
Q. What did you doa A. w.
turned around and started to wall
back.
Q. Which way1 A. To the west
Q. How far did you walka A
Don't know exactly how far, went /;
few steps.
Q. What happened then1 A. Mr.
Blumsun came in and met US.
Q. What happened when Mr.. Blum
sun came upa A. He asked wha
the matter and LeSieur told him tha
we were under arrest.
Q. What followed. State wha
took place there at that timer A. H,
said that he wasn't and that LeSieu
didn't have to go to jail and LeSieu
stopped. We kept walking on, me ant
Battles. LeSieur stopped to talk t.
Covers with Blumsun and after W,
walked on few steps, we saw the,
wasn't with us and we looked arount
and we saw Covers knock LeSieu
down and strike Blumsun. Blumsu,
lodged the blow.
Q. What did you see nexta A
That was all saw there.
| Q. What did Blumsun doa A
After he lodged the blow he got of
the platform and Covers went o,
were.
Q. Who are the Big Swedes1 "A
Ole. the foreman of the sewer gan,
and the fellow with glasses, | dom
know his name.
q. Just what do you mean by tn
cornera A. Down where the ar
light is. at the end of the depot plat
form. the west end.
II Q. When you arrived at the Yves
end of the depot platform. what di'
you doa A. Covers turned us owe
to Ole and said. you take care Of then
until get back.
!. Q. Who did he tell that too A
Ole.
Q. Told Ole to take care of 20,
until he got backa A. Yes sir.
Q. What did Covers proceed t.
do then. A.. He went back towar'
where LeSieur was lying.
Q. Did you see Covers after h
went back9 A. seen him as b
started back.
Q. Did you see him afterwards
A. No sir.
Q. Did you look down the plat
! form to SEQ where Covers was going
A. was looking until he got bacl
aways down and then wasn't lookin
, any more.
Q. How long did you remain witt
Olea A. | don't know exactly ho,
long.
Q. What did you do during tn
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