The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-06-13
PRIVATE PIQU E
CAUSED MURDER,
SAYS DAUGHTER
Mrs. w. w. Dougherty Says Her
Mother Was Slain Because
of Elevator Feud
DEMANDS INVESTIGATION
Asks State Council of Defense to
Look Into Instance of
Mob Violence
DEMANDS INVESTIGATION

That her mother, Mrs. E. L. Perras,
wealthy Emmons county landowner,
shot down by A. Pennington, a mem
Der of a mob which came to her home
seeking her son-in.law, w. w. Dough
erty, a week ago tonight, was the
victim of an, elevator feud is the dir
ect assertion of the dead woman's
daughter, Mrs. .Dougherty, who is here
with her husband today, demanding
from the state council of defense a
thorough investigation Of this first
example of mob violence growing out
OF the war in North Dakota.
DOugherty claims that he was hold
ing 1000 bushels of 1915 wheat in a
'Hazelton elevator He wanted s. for
It, but he was away from hOuie when
the market touched So last summer
and Mrs: Dougerty was in hospital
here with new born baby, and the
next day wheat started to- 60 down.
Then came the government price-fix.
ing, and Dougherty continued to hold
his wheat hoping to get better price
than Uncle Sam offered if he sold
the grain; for seed this spring. Mrs.
Doughattys claims that her husband
RECEIVED inltrnctions form CQmmtss'
ioner oisAgrinulture and Labor Hagan
early thiss spring to ship his, wheat
to Leith. to be sold for seed. When
Dougherty called upon the local ele'
vator for his wheat, says Mrs. Dough.
erty, the elevator man advised him
that II. had been shipped into Mime
ap0lis and sold, because the govern:
ment did not permit elevators to hold
wheat Ii storage more than 30 days
D0uEherty insisted that he have his
own wheat, and finally the elevator
man sent. into Minneapolis, bought
back thessrains and turned it over to
Doughertys who stored some of It In
bins about Hazelton and took the re-
mainder out to his farm. W
.tlis1r HAD Permission to Hold.
4, For some reason the wheat then was
not sold for seed, but Dougherty con
tinued to hold It. Being occupied with
planting. Dougherty claims he pro-
cured permission from Food Admins
traitor Ladd to hold his wheat until
June Is, when the spring work would
be finished. In the meantime, he
learned that he could get better
price for his wheat at the Temvik
mill, and he went there and made a
bargain with Manager Temple for the
sale, of all his wheat to the Temvik
mill.
crhreats Made.
Mrs. Dougherty alleges that open
threats grew out of the removal Of
her husbands wheat from the FIazhon
mill, and that animosity toward Dough
erty reached q climax when 1t was
learned that he had contracted to
sell his grain to the Temvik mill
which had been accused of violating
the federal food regulations by sell
Ing wheat flour without substitutes
Dougherty was called proGerman
Mrs. Perras refused to subscribe to
the Red Cross because she did not
like the man who !ieaded the commit
tee in Hazelton; she was not interest
ed in War Savings Stamps, because
she regarded them only an incentive
to children to save their pennies, and
she would not buy a Liberty bond
because she was already in debt, and
di dnot care to borrow the money al
10 percent to invest in the government
loan, says her daughter. Dougherty
however, supported all Of these caus
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