The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-26
HONOR ROLL MAN
TO PENITENTIARY::
HAROLD KIDD ONE
OF H0LDUP PAIR
Missing From the Ranks When Be-
midi Bade Good Bye to Her
Sturdy Sons.
HAD BRUTALLY ATTACKED A
WOUNDED VERDUN VETERAN
With Alex Monroe Invite Acquaint-
ance to Auto Ride; Beaten
Robbed of Medal.

Instead or wearing the KHAKI OF
defender of the Stars and Stripes,
Harold Kidd of Bemidji will don the
garb of a convict in Saltwater peni-
tentiary for term of from one to
fifteen years for assault and robbery.
And strangely enough the victim of
his attack was veteran of the ter
rible fighting at Verdun on the
French front when the famous "Prin-
cess Pat" Canadian regiment was all
but wiped off the face of the earth,
swept by terrible lire from the Ger
man guns at Verdun.
With Kidd goes Alex Monroe, a
pal of Kidd, also found guilty of par
ticipating in the attack. Kidd was
found guilty by jury in district
court late yesterday afternoon.
Victim of Friends"
Several weeks ago John McGilvery,
an American and a Minnesotan, came
to Bemidji Before the European
war broke out he was a cook in lum-
inner camps in Minnesota and had
the appearance of being pretty de-
cent sort of a chap. He had been
two years on the hospital list from
terrible wounds received while fight
ing with the famous Pats. He en-
listed with the Canadians and in the
crimson Verdun slaughter a she'll
tore a great gap in his right thigh
close to his body and the wound was
held together after hospital discharge
with silver wire. A piece of shrap-
mel also tore a chunk from an arm
and the scars mutely told the tale.
The survivors Of that horrible
butchery were each given medal OF
= honor, the "Princess Pat" medal, a
twerty-dollar gold piece suitably en-
graved and this was one of McGil-
very's proudest possessions.
While McGilvery was in Bemidji
he met several supposed friends, two
of whom were Kidd and Monroe.
One evening they invited him to take
a ride in an auto which he accepted
and when near the fair ground they
attacked him, beating him badly,
robbing him and throwing him from
the car insensible, where he lay un-
~ next morning before regaining
3his senses. Even the precious medal
! was taken.
McGilvery made his way to the
police station and reported the af-
fair and Chief Ripple got on the job.
A mysterious "tip' was received af-
ter securing the city and the chief
and McGilvery made their way to a
swamp west of Bemidji. After a
brief search the chief spied couple
of men crouching in a dense thicket
and called McGilvery. With drawn
revolver the chief ordered the men
to come out and they obeyed. They
were the two that had committed the
brutal attack and were held to the
district court.
McGilverv With Army.
Mr.. McGilvery has since enlisted
in the United States army. His
wounds prevented him seeing active
service but his experience both in
militar, and as camp cook, were
eagerly accepted and he is in the
commissary department of the army.
On the honor roll of the first draft
quota to leave Bemidji for Camp
Dodge appeared the name "Harold
Kidd" He had been certified as a
Amember of Beltrami's first honor con-
tingent but when the call of the roll
was made he was missing-await-
ing his fate for the brutal attack.