The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-19
Accused of Completely In
Moorhead Staying, He
Blames Anderson
TELLS STORY OF .
REYNOLDS AFFAIR
Claims Companion Talked
of big Job" After
They Came to Fargo
At $3.50 Warner was bound
over TO the grand jury.

over TO the grand Jury.
Edmund Warner. accused as
an aeoompliee of Fred Anderson
in the killing Of George Sheffield,
g. NJ. night man in MoeFhead,
stand in his hearing in Moor
head, that he was positive
Anderson had killed Sheffield,
but denied being with him the
night of the robbery and kill
ing.
Warner declared he was at his
room in . local hotel after 1f;30
o'clock that night, and that
Anderson didn't come in "tiIl
along twoard morning.
Warner left the witness stand
at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and
was followed by NJ. n. Rhsa,
haggaaeman, who was in the @.
NJ. depot when the murder oe-
CURED.
Late this afternoon E. F. Warner,
charged with completely in the muir
der OF George Sheffield at Moorhead
on the night of Sept. 19, was still
under examination before Police
Magistrate Wade in Moorhead.
County Attorney c. G. Dosland in
conducting the examination. brought
out the complete story Of the rob-
berry of the LArsgaard store near
Reynolds. n. D.. by the prisoner and
Fred Anderson. who is now held at
the Clay county Jail. charged with
the Sheffield murder.
Warner told how Anderson beat
the old man" who was left for dead
in the store after the robbery. He
told how they fixed up their dis
guises before entering the store on
the night of$Sept. II. and recitsd in
detail how they conducted the rob-
berry and made their getaway to
Fargo.
Warner Tells Life Story.
Edmund F. Warner was the name
the young man. also known as Eddie
Burns, swore is his right one when
he was examined this morning.
Warner testified that he was born
at Redwood Falls. Mimi. and was 81
years old on March 10. last. When
only 4 or years old his mother,
who was a widow. moved near Mi
not. n. D. Later Mrs. Warner mar
ried Nels Pearson. and in 1906 she
died. For a time young Warner made
his home with his stepfather and
later with his grandmother at Mi
not. Warner told how he had worked
most of the time as a farm laborer
and had taken care Of himself most
of the time.
The prisoner told Of many places
where he had worked, during the
spring and summer in Montana,
North Dakota and Minnesota. While
working in Buttons Triangle cafe
at Glasgow, Mont. last May. he met
George Wheeler who was cooking,
and Warner was also employed in
the kitchen. About a month later
Warner came down to Minot and
Wheeler came there later, and the
two men Travelled about the state,
coming to Fargo about the middle Of
July. They made their headquarters
at Fargo and at various times were
at Casselton, Valley City, Reynolds,
New Rockford. Climax, Mimi, and
other places.
The two men hired out at Grand
Forks 70 work I'm the vicinity Of Rey-
nolds for farmer named Otto Lar
son, and also worked during harvest
fro zelmar Loing, another farmer Of
that neighborhood. Later they work.
ed at threshing in that section and IL
was there he says that Fred Ander-
son first spoke Of robbing the Lars
gaard store.
Early in September the three men
came to Fargo. Then Anderson and
Warner went back 70 the Reynolds
and did lots OF
Plotted Robbery.
Warner did not want to tell All the
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