The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-05-02

the Rex rooming house, has confessed
to his connection with the various rob-
berries and he has also brot Parriott
into the deals. Shirley tells of the
following robberies:
Anamoose-theft of silks, mems
clothing and shoes.
Donnybrook-theft of mems cloth
ing and silks.
Berwick-Theft of shot guns,
watches and tires.
York-Theft of clothing, silks and
hosiery.
Makoti-theft of tires.
Plant Discovered.
Shirley also told of the plant for
these goods. Most of the stuff stoleE
has been expressed to Aberdeen, S.
D., where the authorities have already
gotten in touch with the man receiv-
ing the stolen goods.
Ticknor Paroled Convict.
It is claimed that Ticknor told a
friend a short time ago that he had
been paroled from the penitentiary at
Deer Lodge, Mont. Authorities have
taken the matter up with the officials
1IOlu MOIlCdIld.
Neighboring Towns Called.
Immediately after the shooting,
Chief Dougherty called many of the
neighboring towns and hundreds IF
men armed to the teeth got out in
autos looking for the bandits, as it
was believed that they would certain
ly head for some outlying district.
Mrs. Buck Pleads Guilty.
An interesting sidelight was reveal
ed Monday when Mrs. Buck, wife of
the gunman, pleaded guilty to con.
Quoting common nuisance in this
city. She has been locked in the coun-
ty Jail for several days.
Gun Belonged to Mrs. Buck.
The big .38 revolver that Buck used
in killing the officers, belonged to his
wife, he says. The gun is al old
fashioned Navy revolver that shoots a
rifle cartridge. The police have Sc
cured two guns, those owned By Tick
nor and Shirley, but az still looking
for Bucks gun. He states that he
buried it near his home west of the
Normal. lie may be lying.
CorOner's Inquest Held.
Two separate inquests we've held
Monday afternoon, one over the re-
mains of Patrick Devaney, wlrn E. B.
McCutcheon, M. T. Dalquist and G. D
Colcord as jurors, and Tie other over
the remains of Kersey E. Gcwin, with
Geo. Reishus, Geo. Hoover and VIM.
Henderson as jurors.
In each case the jury decided tnat
the deceased had come to His death BY
gun shot wounds feloniously inflicted
by Arthur Buck and Clark NJ. Tick
nor.
Dan Dougherty, John E. Reed, Cor
oner R. w. Pence and Chauncey Jones
were the witnesses examined Their
testimony was substantially the same
as the information given above
States Attorney Herigstad conducted
the examination.
Coroner Pence, who conducted the
autopsy, brot out the fact thai the;
bullet that killed Mr.. Devaney, struck
him near the right breast, and was
DETECTED down thru the abdominal
cavity, penetrating the liver, one kid
ney and the spinal column, lodging in
the back.
Chauncey Jones, who drove the Of
fcers out to the Maloney farm, tolls
how the officers yelled :'whoa" when
he came to the bandits cor and he
stopped, shutting off his lights. He
could see the four men as the shoot
ing occurred and says he believes full
ly II shots were exchanged. After the
bandits came out onto the road, he
says one of them yelled, what the
hell are you fellows doing up there ?"
Gown came staggering towards him
and said, "I'm shot," Jones then got
out of his car and ran to GOWNS side.
Jones got under cover close to where
Gown lay and says he could hear the
bandits talking. One Of them shot at
his car, cutting of the lock at the
side, which held his tires in place. One
said to the other, "You crank that car