The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-12-27

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le heard shot In bank below Office and
went up right away. .-.,-
/ J. A. Rrick Of Richardton State bank
Said Gordon was depositor Of his bank. !
He identified Gordon's check book; said
lhe 81, 900 entry oh ia .sltub 'was written ~
Gordon and he thodsht the name Of E.
+. Hill was alto, written in BY him.
AZ first It bad. been supposed that Hill
had made tho entry. iaos - Hr~ rs %
On cssss examination ho thought that
ccosdone emitht tave been, excited when
makfde entry SO ,Hala :34' So
/ On ~ direct examination MI. Krick
eaid Gordon was worth Sis. ooo to1
$40. 900 and could have raised $5. 500
easily. He saw Gordon several times
on Nevembes 21st and noticed, nothing
unusual about him; called him on
.sphone at Risler'se sffice at 3 rs and
}alkedwith him. He knew he was q
little deaf Said Hill was In bank
around ! o'clock and asked for Gordon.
iHe 'phoned to Taylor and was advised.
that Gordon had just left in his auto for
home. He thought Hill nervous. .:
On Cross. examination said he saw,
Gordon last time about 10 minutes Of
8 as he was returning from Taylor. -. .
{ Mrs. C. c; Gordon had lived 3 years
in Richardton, previous to which time
Tie had lived On their farm lM miles
south of >; Antelope for many. years.
Said her husband ate dinner at home
10 usual On day Of his death: was5 in
usual health and spirits. He was
troubled with catarrah which made him
d little hard Of hearing at times !; noth-
ing bad. She thought him worth SIS. 600 |:
had no financial difficulty: relations
always pleasant. .l..., ,..st,
{ On cross examination she denied em-.
phatically that she and her. late hus-
band had had words about another
woman at time they moved from Ante
lepe. Said she never had any reason to
sdistrust husband. @
| Sheriff Brown identified dirk knife as
one he took from Hill November 21st.
1t is a new knife. When Mr.. Simpson
showed it to Hill he nodded that it
was his. T..
Mrs. Louise Evans. hotel keeper at
Richardton for two weeks. said she
saw Hill first night of 21st Of Novem-
Der. Mr.. and Mrs. Hill both there and
while in presence Of Officer Blade and
Others heard him say, .tGan darn that
man fxsoSsnslis has xnt.my knife..-;-H He
ALSO told about Gordon shooting himself.
b Witness testified in 1ippant manner
and was.butt Of much laughter when
crossed examined bYs Simpson. How
ever, Mrs. Evans was not shaken on
her knife story. She also told Simpson
that Hill first said Gordon had back to
him when he shot and the next time
heaold it he faced the man round.
Adam F.. Mischall went over to Hill
and wife in Richardton hotel lobby 20
minutes after shooting and asked him
this question: "What in the world
allied that man?'' meaning Gordon.
Hill replied: Il don't know" Hill
continued: I'VE came up here to trade
our store for: money. While me and my
wife were in hall talking over propo-
sition Gordon shot himself in Office. -.
" Mrs. Hazelton. of Richardton hotel
saw Gordon just before tragedy. He
seemed natural. Z y
Morris yCanavan from Dunn county
told how he and Hill were standing on
the rMfschell corner one day in fall.
Gordon passed in auto. Canavan re-
marked: There is a gentleman. He
gives q team the road when passing. =
Hill remarked: 1.-The d. s. b.
should have been killed long ago.
On cross examination witness had
difficulty in locating his farm and he
was embarrassed in trying to figure out
times and places he had seen Hill.
Here Simpson referred for second time
to mysterious Detective Jones. Wit
ness did not know of any such person
and said he first told his story to Rigler.
VI Henry Schmidt, of Richsrdlon meat
market. was one of first to see Gordon
after he was shot. 1t was about 4 us.
Went for Or. Furman on run. Took
to 10 minutes. Saw Hill and wife at
hotel door. At no time did he see Hill
upstairs.
t4F F. Z Lutz of Antelope testified that
Hill spoke to him at noon of 2lst about
being sworn in as assistan, postmaster
ut Antelope. saying that he and Mrs.
Hill were going to Richardton for two
hours. to transact business. When he
Teturned at o'clock from dinner was
sworn I'M. :ss. ll$.
sss D. Davis, coroner. arrived in Rich
lardton about 8 o'efock; found body on
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