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

the shoulder and another thru .he hip.
The bandits then cranked their Ford
and started for Minot, without lights.
GOWN, who was in terrible misery,
called to Jones, and told him to hurry
to the hospital. 'I've been shot three
times at least" he said. Jones had
difficulty in getting Gown into the
car but finally managed to do so.
GOWN rode in the tonneau with his
feet up over the door. AS Jones hur-
ried to the hospital Mr.. Gown kept
saying "Step on her tall" referring
to the car. No officer ever put up a
gamer fight than did Mr.. Gown, who
was considered a dead shot, but he ad-
mitted before his death that he was
unable to fire effectively, owing to his
terrible injuries.
Jones inquired of GOWN as to the
whereabouts of Devaney, but Gown
replied that Devaney was dead, and
that he had fallen at the first shot.
AS soon as Jones had left Mr.. Cow
in at the hospital, he rushed to the
police station and accompanied by Of
ticers, went to the scene of the shoot
ing, where the body of Mr.. Devaney
was found. Mr. Devaney had fallen
on his back, his head pointing just op-
posite to the direction from which the
shots had come.
The following morning a search Of
the fields was made and considerable
valuable evidence was found. Shells
from the guns used by Buck and
Ticknor were found, and on the
ground, one of the bullets which had
passed thru Mr.. GOWNS body was
found.
A photographer made several pic
lures of the scene of the shooting,
men standing about the field in about
the positions occupied by the bandits
and the officers. Surveyor Thomas
was out taking measurements of the
ground. Hundreds of citizens drove
out to view the place during the day.
Buck Used Wife's Gun.
Arthur Buck used his wife's big 80
calibre revolver with which to kill the
officers. Buck at fiji st stated that he
had loaned his gun to Ticknor, who
went out in a car that night. He said
that Ticknor had told him later that
he had been in big gun fight anl on
his return had thrown the gun over
Cne VlauucC INTO CHe river. Inc OF. 'c-
ers knew that he was lying.
All day Sunday Ticknor kept pacing
his cell at the city Jail and could rot
eat. He made confession to States
Attorney Herigstad in the afternoon,
but again he lied. He disclaimed any
knowledge of whose car the bandits
had used.
That night at $3.50, however, he sent
for States Attorney Herigstad and
said that he was ready to confess all
and plead guilty, that he could stand
it no longer. He was taken to the
States Attorneys office by Officers
Dougherty and Reed and his testimony
was taken by Court Reporter Gran
than. At first he implicated Bob
Roberts, but confessed that he (Buck)
had done the shooting. Later, he
changed his confession, exonerat;ne
Roberts and saying that Ticknor was
guilty instead. His reason for atcus-
ing Roberts, he says, was because
Roberts had "squealed' on the bunch.
Roberts had proved by three witnesses
that he had been at home ell that
evening, and when Buck learned this
he decided to tell the truth. He says
that while Ticknor fired several shots,
he does not believe that any of them
took effect and the fact thai the bull
lets that killed the officers were all
of the size fired by Bucks gun, goes
to prove that this is the case.
Dying Statement From GOWN.
Mr.. Gown remained conscious up to
the very end and he made a dying
statement before States Attorney
Herigstad, giving him much valuable
information concerning the affair, de-
spite the great pain he was suffering.
That Mr.. Gown remained perfectly
cool thruout the fight, was demon
strated by the detailed account of the
affair which he gave to the States
Attorney. He recalled every little in
cident and the conversation which mad
taken place during the thick OF the
gun Lattle He remembered rarticu-
mer, who happened to BE-. Ticl:nor
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