The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-01-11
Think Olson
Was Murdered
FIND BLOOD STAINS ON MATTRESS
Officers are Searching for Fred Clancy, Who Had
Charge Of the Ranch

There are no new developments
in the matter of the disappear
apce of Oscar Olson. No fur
ther trace of him has been dis
covered and the opinion has be-
come more fixed among relatives
and friends That ne has been
loully dealt with.
The general belief is that ne
has been killed and his body Ind.
There is no means of knowing
where this was done or where TO
search for the remains. A thor
ough search will be made around
his ranch and i'm that ncighbor-
hood but his friends have little
hope of finding amy trace of him
there as ne was not seen i'm that
vicinity, SO far as is known. after
he left for This city TO attend dis
lrict court.
Suspicion points strongly To
Fred Clancy, the man whom he
lcftin charge of his ranch, as be-
ing the party who made away
with Olson. Not only did he
disappear Immediately after he
failed 10 get a $4,000 check, pur-
porting TO be signed by Olson,
Cashed, but further investigation
shows that prior to that time he
succeeded i'm cashing four checks
purporling to be signed by Olson,
amounting i'm all to between three
and four hundred dollars. Friends
| of Olson who were we'll acquainl-
oG with his handwriting. who
have seen these checks, are OF
he opinion that Olson's sigma
urc To them was forged. This
S also the conclusion of am OK
perl To whom the checks wcrc
Submitted
This fact, coupled with his dis
appearance Immediately after his
failure To- get the last check
cashed, makes a strong circum-
slantial case against Clancy The
case against him is so strong that
Sheriff Leaf is taking steps TO try
nd apprehend him and went to
spokane Saturday TO try and get
some trace of him.
Clancy is comparative
stranger i'm This vicinity and very
lliltlc is kniwn of him or where
he had previously resided. He
came TO Olson's last fall and ac-
cording to the story he told, was
from British Columbia, whore he
had been engaged i'm prospecting,
land This is all that appears TO be
known of him.
Besides trying lo locate and ar
llcsl Clancy, thorough search
ol the Olson ranch and vicinity
will be made tO try and find The
body and this seems about all
that can be done i'm The matter as
Ian efforts to get any trace of
Olson after he was seen in this
city have failed.
Sheriff Leaf returned last even
ing from his visit to the Olson
ranch. and although ne did not
find the body ne discovered evil
1once that convinced him that
bot only Olson had been murdered
but that the deed had been COM
llilted at the ranch.
The bedding from one of the
beds had all been removed. leav-
ling only the mattress and upon
turning this over he found a
large blood stain upon it. Tie
believes that Olson was killed
while asleep and that the body
was afterwards disposed of in
some manner. A search of the
house revealed the fact that Oh
sons papers, including the deed
to the ranch, had disappeared.
Another thing that points al
most conclusEely TO the fact tha
something has happened to Olsor
is The fact that his taxes were a.
lowed to go delinquent, some
thing ne had never permitted tc
happen before. He is known tc
, have had plenty of money witt
) which to pay thc taxes and there
is mo- reason why ne should al.
low them TO become delinquent