Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-01-16

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RoWe0 M8UIN0ef Ease
Nh
(Contfnaed.fr n6sa III
anywhere lie i had done s6. The an-1
alysts OF the laboratories 1aSS NEGATIVE
both as to chemical and bacteria.
& nrs,a,,..flo Hans.y,.d
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my y, ~ SouIss. IN M.nAt
= :sle aeaSIAi. t9gr.ue - con
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sn /. ,n ~ acchhteeveQ Dy lheE Gun OF
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All Of h Information, entered
q der government. waeePfe-
TOR. SreWe. state yetesinar,
~ - al r.. >rsnrasentei ~
.timss,hw 49, II "a "a prSnaGn
ona5of NV assista nts. HoHeyer.
n viev6 a. h fact lfha no POISON
Of any kind had been discovered, it
was useless to pile up further expense
.by Continuing the investigation. This
was the conclusion reached by the
Council Of Defense, Judge H. A. Bron-
son and Dr.. Crewe, to. whom the
facts were submitted.
..xr.. nnu;.ns hoAcrer sill nnsat-.
,.,,.a nr"cssa :" 49,. az 4
~ctinn. ~ his nr,n snecimens were
s-.in .snt IL ~ ..ricnitmrsi college
Is "i nosennan Merssn.. sneni.
,nens u,ere s.nt t.Sthe North oaknfa.
! sric,,t ,,rs cnIlAsa and n, this Same
tin,a pnm, rhi,stt & coynnanv who
nra c4,caIiv nwrad the BOWEN cattle.
r.. raasan nf nsnr+ea zee .hs,a arsinst
them. were furnished with specimens
for I = aIy.,. m fresve state vetar-
;na ia = Vas nras.nted With thu facts
n,,d 'a;,,.m ~ svnn Mons and circsim-
a TO- nnas s,,rrnu Civ INC dsath ~ the
cattio Bnt none IF these chemists
~. Incto-s - u.hon, snocino ans werc
onoI snbnni+tSd we've evar able to find
az V s,is,,tsst nnsjiixe eaction az
nnison >S
@ s ,x.,,
NattAc !AOOAeA We'll
"Mr. CARRIER said IN his report:
lin the fall OF 1918 BoWen.s cat.
tie, looked to me very fit. healthy and
WE'LL
"And for some time after that Mr..
Bowen's cattle continued in good
! health. During the month Of Deem
| Der, however, OF 1918. the epidemic
broke out again, and early in January
Iof 1919, while. the legislature was in
session. Mr., Bowen came to Bismarck
and brought this unfortunate affair
70 nv attention for the first time
Mr., Bowen told me that he. believed
Ms neiehbors were in league agains,
| Him. and that the one way that those
who were responsible for placing the
poison might be caught was by OBJ:
serving the utrn secrecy. It was
at this time he informed me that Sea
maj Smith, whose term of sheriff had
be trusted, He told nae not to trus'
him because he vas too good
friend of the me suspected of doins
the poisoning and that was the rea,
son why, when Smith was sheriff ant
he had reported these same condi
tons, that nothing had been done
Mr.. Bowen was not discreet in men.
tion;ng his suspicious about the dis
honesty Of Seaman Smith, for he toit
that to several lnvestigator
whom ! employed 10 Work IN Uni
case.
immedlate olspa'cHeu Assis
tant Attorney General Snee,s =
beach n alter IN nVeslsa'l =
which Mr.. Bowen again spoke OF IN
necessity OF secrecy; y dues,ione'
n honesty OF emitn. Mr.. oneets re
turned 10 blsmaEch n repoIteu u
me. l IMMEDIATE, sot IN toncn VIZ
frank Evans OF FoWoer haser, mon.
Tno was a Jaw cn1orcins olnceI 2. In
montana STOCK assoclatio
ana M mad some or TN
most notorious bands 81 cattle thieve
ana poisoners N ne West, Sno wa
ape 70 onlain has services IN Inls case
Un Marcn ~. Is1s. ne commence
ms inpestagati on tne boWen Iane,
nsal hale.elf, MohS, evans proceea
ea 10 sasner YS.nples ana quieti
workea aanong tne neigRDors Th
wsI ,e, susrsutea; AL ~. tnese sam PIE,
!, wnich included dirt ana a cow
} stomach. Bowen wrote:
. we nave f0unQ what l belleVe !