The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-05-03
PAT DEVANEY SHOT To DEATH
. BY BANDITS TUESDAY NIGHT

charging A. l.. Buck and c. N. Tick
nor with the murder. The inquest
was held at the Rowan undertake
ing establishment where the body of
Policeman Devaney had been taken
Friday night. .,.
Buck Confesses
Since the cononer's inquest was
held and verdict given, A. L. Buck
requested that he be taken to the
states attorneys office and be al
lowed to plead guilty, and give
further information in regard to
the shooting, The police arranged
to take the man to the states attor-
ney's office, and his story was taken
by aistenographer,
duplicates Ticknor in Shooting
Ins his confession Buck says that
he and G, H. Ticknor were the only
men connected in the shooting, and
that he does not know who fired
the fiIst shot, he claims to have
used a 3S calibre revolver, states
that after the two officers had fall
len, Ticknor said to him "Get that
--' = meaning GOWN who
was lying on the ground about th1r-
ty feet from the automobile which
had taken him to the fatal spot.
Two shots> were fired into GOWNS
body ..after he had fallen fatally
wounded near the road. Both as
sassin4 fed in an automobile, which
they had stolen for the work after
seeing GOWN and Devaney stretch
ed on; the ground.
E. Bucks Gun Used
The bullet wounds in the bodies
of both men were made by .38
calibre gun, and five empty and
one loaded shell were found by
States Attorney Herigstad on the
ground shortly after the shooting.
which also compare with the size
gun known to have been in Bucks
possession, when he was arrested
recently on charge OF bootlegging.
Q Unable to Stand Suspense
The story told by young Buck
Sunday night, upon his own request,
after he had told Mr.. Herigstad
that he could no longer stand the
suspense was entirely different from
his statements Saturday morning
when arrested, at which time he
claimed to know nothing of the
shooting, and to have been with
thes+fre thieves early Friday even
ing on the trip to the country. In
which they came IN contact with a
farmer working late in HIS field and
had returned to the city, Buck
gives his age as 93- years and admits
that he is a slacker not having reg
iste:ed last June under the con-
scrirtive draft law,
Roberts Was Implicated
The statement made by Buck
morning had Implicated a
man named Roberts instcad of Tick
n and during his confession he
requested that the name Roberts be
stricken out and Ncknor's name
in It's place.
He had first stated that Roberts
furnished tho automobile and bor-
rowed the .3S caliOre gun used in
the killing. This statement Buck
claimed later was made through a |
grudge against Roberts.
Devaney Was Popular
Officer Pat Devaney for many
years was a resident of Clayton
township west of Bowbellc, and |
during his residence here proved to
be very popular among all who
knew him. He farled nearly a
section o: land each year, owned
land himself, and had
one of the best improved places in ,
his neighbo-hood. He was a man |
that took pleasure in doing a fellow |
man favor, and was always ready |
to give the other fellow the best of !
6 deal in order to avoid an argu-
m:nt. He was = peace loving, law
abiding citizen. a hard worker,