The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-07-11

information possible from him
the officers next went to John
Hausauer now employed by
the railway company at Junction
Switch, who had seen the man
who had been shot and after he
was shot. He had seen the Mar
shal at Big Stone and his com.
paniOn at Cash Town Ortonville,
in the afternoon and had been in
to Mr.. Monson's s saloon and had
imbibed SO freely that Mr.. Mon
soon had refuse to give them any
more liquor; they left the saloon
about seven and started for Big
Stone. The shooting occurred
about seven thirty. Afterwards
the officers went to Big Stone
and found the man who had been
shot, in the Jail there. Itappears
that his wound was not serious
and that he did not attach the
blame to the town marshal but
preferred to put the blame on the
man who was with the marshal
He said it was an unfortunate
affair that the marshal had been
shot. The marshal having been
shot in the foot. This man gave
his name as Bert McLusky and
as being a cook by trade, whose
home was at Fort Dodge, La, that
he worked in Devils Lake last
year in restaurant as cook.
That the man who was with him
had formerly lived at Devils
Lake and was in the restaurant
business and that his name was
Dick Evans. There were five
men in their party when they
met the marshal and his com :
panion. After this the officers
interviewed marshal Robert
Armstrong at Big Stone City
he said that he probably was too
fast in the matter and was not
able to state whether the other
man had shot him or he had shot
himself. He said that two cart
ridges were out of the magazine
of his revolver, that he usually
kept it filled SO it would be his
judgment that he had fired two
shots. He was using Savage
automatic. 80 caliber revolver.
He could not account as to how
he was shot in the foot definitely,
but as he and the hobo were
scufling it probably came in that
way. The officers afterwards
had an interview with the man
who was with the marshal and
whose name is John Bongur; he
is young man of French des.
cent, about twenty -one years Of
age and has lived in Big Stone
about two monthsand half com
ing there from Chicago and had
worked part of the time with the
cement gang. This young man
at first denied everything, but
they knew he was not telling the
truth, and when he found out
that the officers had gathered in
forma ton he began to own up
and admit that he had been in
toxicated. He said he was sure
two shots had been fired from
the marshal's gun but that he
saw the hobo make a move as
though he was trying to get hold
of the gun in the hip pocket of
the marshal before he fired; how
ever no gun was found upon the
hobos and no one was seen hav-
ing one.
Monday incoming states at
torney kaercher telephoned that
he knew where the partner was
of the man who had been shot,
and if he was needed an officer
could come and get him. After
the shooting Marshal Armstrong
as well as the stranger who had
been shot were taken to the hos
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wounds We're dressed, the mar
shal was placed under an anesthe
tic and the doctors probed in VAIN
to locate the bulletin his foot and
finally decided that he would have
to come to Mllbank to have an
eXray picture taken of his foot.
Accordingly Sunday afternoon
he was brought over to Milbank
where Monday forenoon Dr. Fer
guson took an eXray picture Of
his foot and from the picture it
appears thai the bullet entered
the top of his left foot and went
along the bones Of the foot and
lodged down in the flesh Of the
big toe. Apparently from the
picture no bones have been brok-
en-. The bullet was Winchester
steel jacket bullet. The location
of the bullet in the forepart of
the foot would indicate that the