The Dickinson press., 1913-01-25
Medora
From the Herald

From the Herald:
It 10 intended by the commissioners
to build q room at the east side of the
court house for their use and one to
be used by the superintendent of schools
and states attorney.
Richard Kannen of Dickinson purchas-
ed three lots at Fryburg last week. and
will erect a store building 30x50 feet on
the around. He intends to install 8 large
stock Of merchandise.
George and J..;O. German came to
Medora Tuesday. the former named be-
Ing on the jury panel It is the 6rst
time in 9 year that: j.. o. has been in
Medora.
Dr.. Davis of, Dickinson wal in Me-
dora Thursday evening to determine the
sanity of the prisoner, Jack Dalt0ne.
He probably found that the man was but
an aviatist.
H. G. Whitmore, representative of the
Great Northern Bridge Co., was q Medora
visitor last week, making settlement
with the county commissioners for the
bridge work done by his company in the
county. The bridges built late in the
fall Of 1911. and damaged by the cloud
bursts of last spring. were repaired or
to the county. This will be q source of
satisfaction to the tax payers of the
county. and the bridge company is to-
be coInplimented upon their integrity
in thus adjusting q matter that might
have cost Billings county many hundred
dollars to repair.
eFNFI. -.
AS Jailer Dietz walked at the rear of
the Jail Sunday night he espied a small
hole in the brick wall thereof and heard
a sound that led him to believe that
someone was attempting to escape. He
went in and found that Jack Daltone.
who was recently arrested al Mineral
Springs, after having committed several
depradati0ns in this and Bowman coun-
ties, and who is a half blood Cherokee
Indian. had dug a hole through the wall
and was about to enter upon q more or
less prolonged period of liberty. He
had sawed several bars of the cage in
which he had been confined, probably
having had q saw confined and which
deied the careful search, though there
were several saws found. Then, with the
legs of q chair. he bent the iron of the
sawn bars back and worked on the brick
wall. Neither the opening in the bars
nor the wall was yet large enough to
ALLOW the passage of a mans body.
He was put into q solitary cell and Sc
cured AGAINST exercising his talent
further. When the sheriff brought
Jack Daitone before the court from his
cell Friday, there vas an exhibition of
brutality such as is rarely seen in real
life. The man resisted all efforts to bring
him from the cage, and it was necessary
to manacle him hand and foot. Even
then he fought like a demon. kicking
everything within reach. and biting
and scratching all persons near. AS
he would not walk and fought so tire
lessly. patience was exhausted. and the
sheriff DRAGGED him to the court room
by manacled hands. where they tied
him in q chair. This. they at first could
not do. 80 they held him on the floor
with great vi9or. Finally they succeed
sed in fastening him in a chair. With
several men holding him the judge pro-
nounced sentence, condemning him to
two years and six months at Bismarck.
Then the sheriff DRAGGED him back 10
the strong cell and left him handcu1fed.
Going back in a short time the sheriff
found that the desperate man had
broken the irons and twisted the chains
apart. He went into the cell and had
again to eight the prisoner into a state
of exhaustion before he could secure
him. He va taken to Bismarck the
same night.